title: Apoptotic effects of 25-hydroxycholesterol in immature rat Sertoli cells: prevention by 17beta-estradiol.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine whether or not apoptosis occurs in Sertoli cells in presence of 25-hydroxycholesterol, an oxysterol derived from cholesterol-containing foods or endogenous oxidation. Here, we provide evidence that 25-hydroxycholesterol can induce cultured Sertoli cells of immature rat to undergo apoptosis. The cell death was identified by analysis of fragmented DNA detected using enzyme-immunoassay. After 48 h of treatment with 50 microM of 25-hydroxycholesterol, apoptosis increased by 70% in Sertoli cells. Moreover, 50 microM of 25-hydroxycholesterol inhibited the incorporation of [14C] acetate into cholesterol by 70%. Addition of mevanolate to prevent isoprenoid deficiency do not inhibit the apoptosis generated by 25-hydroxycholesterol. In contrast, this increase of DNA fragmentation was reversed by addition of caspase-3 inhibitors as Ac-DEVD-CHO or Ac-ESMD-CHO. Bcl-2 mRNA level in the Sertoli cells decreased by 60% after 24 h exposure to 25-hydroxycholesterol. In parallel, Bax mRNA level increased by 40% in the Sertoli cells incubated in presence of 50 microM of 25-hydroxycholesterol. Physiological concentrations of 17beta-estradiol (10 or 100 nM) elicited a significant protection on apoptosis generated by 25-hydroxycholesterol in Sertoli cells. Our results show that the 25-hydroxycholesterol would control the cholesterol synthesis without toxic effect in immature rat Sertoli cells, these cells being able to protect themselves by estradiol production.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, UPRES EA 2608-USC INRA, University de Caen, 14032 Caen, France. dominique.legoff@unicaen.fr
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viville
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carreau
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D061945:Caspase Inhibitors; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D006888:Hydroxycholesterols; D009842:Oligopeptides; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C099158:acetyl-aspartyl-glutamyl-valyl-aspartal; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D004958:Estradiol; C007997:25-hydroxycholesterol; D002784:Cholesterol; D053148:Caspase 3