Porcine granulosa cells in suspension culture. II. Luteinization and hCG responsiveness.
Granulosa cells from small follicles were cultured as suspensions in spinner flasks for 10 days in the absence or presence of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). With or without FSH, the cultured cells ultrastructurally resembled luteinized cells to different degrees. FSH increased progesterone accumulation in the culture medium. Ovine prolactin potentiated the effect of FSH in terms of the quantity of progesterone produced and the duration of accumulation. FSH increased acute human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-responsive progesterone secretion in short-term incubations of cultured granulosa cells. Responsiveness of FSH-cultured cells was maximal at day 4; that of control cultured cells was maximal at day 6. Adenylate cyclase activity of homogenates of cells cultured for 4, 6, or 8 days was measured. FSH induced in cultured cells an hCG sensitivity of the adenylate cyclase enzyme. These results indicate that FSH induced hCG-responsive progesterone secretion and hCG-responsive adenylate cyclase activity that correlate with ultrastructural signs of luteinization and with the previously reported FSH induction of hCG receptors.
D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D011974:Receptors, LH; D013552:Swine
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011974:Receptors, LH; D011374:Progesterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D004247:DNA; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases