title: Transforming growth factor beta1 regulates follistatin mRNA expression during in vitro bovine granulosa cell differentiation.
abstract: In order to test the hypothesis that transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) acts by FS regulation on bovine granulosa cells in in vitro differentiation, we analyzed the effect of TGF-beta1 on follistatin mRNA expression in three differentiation states of bovine granulosa cells. We showed a positive regulation of FS mRNA after TGF-beta1 (1 ng/ml) treatment of freshly isolated granulosa cells from small-medium antral follicles (2-8 mm). This effect was abolished by the addition of exogenous follistatin (100 ng/ml), suggesting that this effect could be mediated by activin. Although these cells showed a similar effect on FS mRNA expression after treatment with activin-A, a soluble form of activin receptor type IIA was unable to inactivate the TGF-beta effect. When we tested the TGF-beta effect on FS mRNA in different granulosa cell states, TGF-beta1 regulation was associated with progesterone production only in freshly isolated cells. The amount of total activin-A produced by first passage cells (dedifferentiated cells), was ten times smaller than the one measured in a conditioned medium from freshly isolated cells (mature cells). The TGF-beta1-dependent FS mRNA expression persisted in first passage cells without changes with FS addition. On the other hand, the BGC-1 granulosa cell line (immature cells) produced large amounts of activin-A regulated by TGF-beta1 and an invariable steady state of FS mRNAs. In summary, our results showed that FS mRNA expression is regulated by TGF-beta1 independently of activin effects in differentiated granulosa cells.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Biologia y Medicina Experimental-CONICET, Dto de Quimica Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fazzini
authors.forename: Griselda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colman-Lerner
authors.forename: Romina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trigo
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: J Lino S
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barañao
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Saragüeta
mesh_terms: D030301:Activin Receptors, Type II / Q000494:pharmacology; D028341:Activins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002417:Cattle; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D038681:Follistatin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D028322:Inhibin-beta Subunits / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005353:Fibronectins; D038681:Follistatin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; C422405:activin A; D028341:Activins; D011374:Progesterone; D028322:Inhibin-beta Subunits; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D030301:Activin Receptors, Type II; D000077294:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type II; C425585:activin receptor type II-A