title: Follicle-stimulating hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin induced changes in granulosa cell glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol concentration.
abstract: In the present investigation, a hCG sensitive glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) was isolated from cultured rat granulosa cells obtained from the ovaries of diethylstilbestrol (DES) implanted immature rats. The inositol-phosphoglycan (IPG) moiety of the GPI-lipid contains galactose, glucosamine, and myoinositol as demonstrated by metabolic labelling of granulosa cells for different time periods (5-96 h) with [3H]galactose, [3H]glucosamine, or [3H]myoinositol and treatment of the purified [3H]GPI with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. Labelling equilibrium of the GPI-lipid was achieved after 24 h ([3H]galactose and [3H]myoinositol) or 72 h ([3H]glucosamine) incubation, whereas incorporation of other labelled carbohydrates tested ([3H]galactosamine, [3H]mannose, and [3H]sorbitol) was negligible throughout the time period studied. The glucosamine C-1 appears to be linked through a glycosidic bond to the myoinositol molecule of the IPG moiety as revealed by the generation of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) after nitrous acid deamination of dual labelled ([3H]glucosamine/[14C]palmitate or [3H]glucosamine/[14C]myristate) glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol. To investigate the fatty acid composition of the diacylglycerol (DAG) backbone of the GPI, granulosa cells were also labelled (5-72 hr) with [14C]linoleate, [3H]myristate, [3H]oleate, [3H]palmitate, or [3H]stearate and the radioactivity associated with the purified glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol determined. Incorporation of [3H]palmitate and [3H]myristate into the GPI-lipid peaked after 8 h and 24 h of labelling, respectively, and both fatty acids were partially released after PLA2 treatment of the dual labelled ([3H]glucosamine/[14C]palmitate or [3H]glucosamine/[14C]myristate) GPI. In parallel experiments no significant incorporation of labelled stearate, oleate, or linoleic acid into the DAG backbone of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol could be detected. Granulosa cells were also labelled with [3H]glucosamine in the presence of FSH (30 ng/ml), cholera toxin (1 microgram/ml), or the membrane permeable cAMP analog (but)2cAMP (1 mM). Time related increases in GPI-labelling were apparent after 48 h and reached a maximum level (3-, 5-, and 7-fold for FSH, CT, and (but)2cAMP, respectively) after 72 h in culture. In another set of experiments, granulosa cells were labelled for 72 h with [3H]glucosamine in the presence of (but)2cAMP (1 mM), TPA (10(-7) M), or combination thereof. The effect of treatment with the membrane permeable cAMP analog on GPI labelling was prevented in the presence of TPA, whereas no differences in [3H]GPI content could be observed in untreated granulosa cells or cells cultured in the presence of the protein kinase C-activating phorbol ester alone.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors: Departamento de Endocrinología Celular y molecular, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain.
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Fanjul
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Marrero
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Estevez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gonzalez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Quintana
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Santana
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Ruiz de Galarreta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone