Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of intraovarian insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins by interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta): evidence for IL-1beta as an antiatretic principal.
Intraovarian interleukin-1 (IL-1), a putative intermediary in the ovulatory cascade, has recently been implicated as an antiatretic agent. Given the reported antigonadotropic and thus atretogenic potential of granulosa cell-derived insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs), we evaluated the ability of IL-1beta to regulate ovarian IGFBP-4 and -5, the IGFBP species elaborated by the rat granulosa cell. Treatment of whole ovarian dispersates of immature rat origin with increasing concentrations of IL-1beta for 96 h resulted in substantial and significant time-dependent inhibition of IGFBP-4 and IGFBP-5 transcripts compared with that in untreated controls. The IL-1 effect proved relatively specific in that no significant alterations in IGFBP transcripts were observed in the presence of select ovarian agonists, including transforming growth factor-alpha, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, endothelin-1, hepatocyte growth factor, keratinocyte growth factor, or basic fibroblast growth factor. The inhibitory effect of IL-1beta on ovarian IGFBP-4 and -5 expression was almost completely reversed in the presence of IL-1 receptor antagonist, suggesting mediation via a specific IL-1 receptor. The addition of actinomycin D to IL-1beta-pretreated whole ovarian dispersates produced a pattern of (IGFBP-4 and -5) messenger RNA decay indistinguishable from that noted for the untreated control group. Medium conditioned by IL-1beta-treated (but not untreated) whole ovarian dispersates displayed a marked diminution in the relative content of the IGFBP-4 and IGFBP-5 proteins (24- and 28- to 29-kDa proteins, respectively). Medium conditioned by IL-1beta-treated (but not untreated) whole ovarian dispersates proteolyzed [125I]IGFBP-5 (but not IGFBP-4) into fragments with apparent molecular masses of 18 and 14 kDa, respectively. In conclusion, our present observations demonstrate the ability of IL-1 to 1) inhibit the steady state levels of transcripts corresponding to IGFBP-4 and -5 in a time-dependent, relatively specific, and receptor-mediated fashion; 2) suppress the accumulation of the corresponding IGFBP proteins; and 3) stimulate the activity of the IGFBP-5-directed (but not IGFBP-4) endopeptidase, a posttranscriptional phenomenon. Our findings also suggest, by inference, that the IL-1beta-mediated inhibition of IGFBP-4 and -5 transcripts is due in part to a decrease in the rate of transcription of the corresponding genes and not to a change in the stability of the relevant messenger RNAs. Consequently, the ability of IL-1 to influence ovarian IGFBP economy appears multifaceted, comprising both transcriptional and posttranscriptional effects. To the extent that IGFBP-4 and -5 constitute atretogenic agents, our present findings support the view that IL-1beta may play an antiatretic role in the context of ovarian physiology.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
DeMoura
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Levitas
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Resnick
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Gargosky
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Rosenfeld
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Matsumoto
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Adashi
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D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005496:Follicular Atresia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D018975:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5 / Q000235:genetics*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D018975:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003609:Dactinomycin