title: Follicle-stimulating hormone regulates the expression of cyclic protein-2/cathepsin L messenger ribonucleic acid in rat Sertoli cells in a stage-specific manner.
abstract: Cyclic protein-2/cathepsin L (CP-2) is secreted by Sertoli cells in a highly stage-specific manner, maximally during stages VI-VII of the rat seminiferous epithelial cycle. We investigated FSH regulation of CP-2 mRNA expression of its cellular localization in isolated staged seminiferous tubular segments. FSH induced a significant increase of CP-2 mRNA expression and its cellular localization in isolated staged seminiferous tubular segments. FSH induced a significant increase of CP-2 mRNA levels in stages IX-I, whereas in stages II-VIII, the levels of CP-2 mRNA were reduced. A similar effect was produced by two cAMP analogs, dbcAMP (0.2 mM) and Sp cAMP (20 microM). FSH and cAMP did not affect on the levels of SGP-2 mRNA during the seminiferous epithelial cycle. The magnitude of the response was time- and dose-dependent; the maximum was obtained with 100 ng/ml of FSH. It is likely that FSH regulates Cp-2 gene transcription, since de novo RNA synthesis was required for the stimulatory FSH effect on CP-2 mRNA levels, while ongoing protein synthesis was not. In conclusion, the data suggest that FSH, via cAMP-mediated pathway, regulates CP-2/cathepsin L gene transcription in rat Sertoli cells and modulated the stage-specific expression pattern.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Penttilä
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hakovirta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mali
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parvinen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000235:genetics*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003609:Dactinomycin; D003994:Bucladesine; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534280:Ctsl protein, rat