title: Possible role of interleukin-1 in the regulation of bovine corpus luteum throughout the luteal phase.
abstract: Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is one of the principal cytokines that participate in local regulation of many reproductive functions. The present study was undertaken to determine whether mRNAs for IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1 type I receptor (IL-1R) are expressed in bovine corpora lutea (CL), and whether luteal cells respond to treatment with IL-1alpha and IL-1beta during the luteal phase. Bovine CL were classified into five stages (early, Days 2-3; developing, Days 5-6; mid, Days 8-12; late, Days 15-17; and regressed, Days 19-21). IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1R mRNAs were detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in all luteal stages examined. Densitometric analysis of PCR products revealed increases of the mRNA of IL-1alpha and IL-1R in the CL of the regressed stage (P < 0.05). There was less mRNA for IL-1beta in the regressed stage than in the developing and mid stages (P < 0.05). When developing, mid, and late luteal cells were treated with IL-1alpha (1-30 ng/ml) or IL-1beta (1-30 ng/ml) for 24 h, IL-1alpha and IL-1beta dose-dependently increased prostaglandin (PG) F(2alpha) and PGE(2) production by the luteal cells of all stages (P < 0.05), indicating the presence of functional IL-1R in bovine CL. However, progesterone synthesis was not affected by either IL-1alpha or IL-1beta treatment. Stimulation with IL-1alpha and IL-1beta decreased the PGE(2):PGF(2alpha) ratio in the developing stage (P < 0.05), whereas it increased the ratio in the mid stage (P < 0.05). In the late stage, the ratio of IL-1beta-treated cells was greater than that of IL-1alpha-treated cells (P < 0.05). Overall results indicate that genes for IL-1alpha and IL-1beta are expressed and a functional IL-1R is present in the bovine CL throughout the luteal phase, and suggest that IL-1alpha and IL-1beta have different roles as local modulators to regulate PGF(2alpha) and PGE(2) production during the luteal phase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Anom
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bowolaksono
authors.forename: Tomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Shuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Piotrowska
authors.forename: Dariusz J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Skarzynski
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D008183:Luteal Phase / Q000502:physiology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017472:Receptors, Interleukin-1; D011374:Progesterone; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone