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Ubba V, Gupta RK, Hakim BA, Bora HK, Sachdev M, Tripathi R, Jha RK. PKC-βII is downregulated in the premature ovarian failure SD rat model. Reprod Biol 2023; 23:100754. [PMID: 36934663 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2023.100754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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We investigated the role of protein kinase c (PKC) -α and -β during the ovarian follicular dynamics using estrous cycle, gonadotropin-induced ovulation, and antral follicle culture, 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide (VCD)-induced premature ovarian failure (POF) in the SD rat models. We found the higher activity of PKC during the proestrus stage along with expression of PKC-α during the estrus and metestrus stages of the estrous cycle while PKC-β expression was increased during the diestrus, proestrus, and estrus stages. In response to pregnant mare gonadotropin (PMSG)-induced follicular recruitment and ovulation, the phosphorylated (Thr-642) PKC-β was increased. PKC activity inhibition by hispidin during the proestrus stage resulted in decreased antral follicles and corpus luteum. Treatment with hispidin resulted in the downregulation of granulosa cell (GC) biomarker, follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) expression in the cultured pre-antral follicle. During the forskolin-induced luteinization of human granulosa cells, the expression level of PKC-α and β (I and II) was decreased. In the POF condition, the activity of total PKC and the expression levels of PKC-α and β (I and II) were increased. Immunostaining depicted ubiquitous expression of PKC-α in the ovary during the estrous cycle and POF conditions. Taken together, we conclude the association of PKC-α and -β (I and II) during ovarian follicular dynamics where the expression level of PKC-α is increased, but the expression level of PKC-β (I and II) is suppressed in the POF condition in the SD rat model.
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- Vaibhave Ubba
- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- National Laboratory Animal Centre, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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- Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
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Fan B, Han Y, Yang Y, Zhao X, Tang Y, Li X, Diao Y, Xu B. Transcriptomic analysis of ovarian signaling at the emergence of the embryo from obligate diapause in the American mink (Neovison vison). Anim Reprod Sci 2021; 232:106823. [PMID: 34390943 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Mink embryonic diapause occurs when embryos, at the blastocyst stage, enter a state of a reversible arrest in development and metabolism. Some ovarian factors are required because ovariectomy leads to prevention of implantation in mink. Mechanisms regulating this process, however, remain largely unknown. To explore ovarian modifications associated with emergence of embryonic diapause in mink, there was comparison of transcriptomes after embryonic activation to when there was embryonic diapause using RNA-sequencing. A library of 655 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of all assembled 33,656 genes was generated. Among these, 558 genes were annotated with 106 genes being expressed to a greater extent in ovaries during embryonic diapause, whereas 452 genes were more abundantly expressed in ovaries after embryonic activation. The major categories of genes with differential transcript abundances include metabolic pathways, metabolism of tryptophan, tyrosine and vitamin B6, oxidoreductase activity, calcium signaling pathway, steroid biosynthesis and lysosome. The APOE and APOA1 hub genes identified through the protein-protein interaction (PPI) analysis have important functions in cholesterol transport and steroidogenesis. Transcript abundances associated with 39 genes were investigated using RT-qPCR procedures to confirm RNA-sequencing data. Of 29 mRNA transcripts, 26 were validated using RNA-sequencing, whereas three of ten indistinguishable genes determined using RNA-sequencing were confirmed. Most of these verified DEGs are involved in the prolactin signaling pathway, formation of functional corpora lutea, and steroid synthesis, suggesting these biological processes are implicated in embryonic reactivation. Overall, results provide new insights into ovarian signaling at the time of emergence of the blastocyst from diapause in mink.
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- Bingfeng Fan
- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agriculture Science and Technology University, Jilin, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agriculture Science and Technology University, Jilin, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China; State Key Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Special Economic Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, 130112, China.
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Nilsson E, Klukovich R, Sadler-Riggleman I, Beck D, Xie Y, Yan W, Skinner MK. Environmental toxicant induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian pathology and granulosa cell epigenome and transcriptome alterations: ancestral origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome and primary ovarian insufiency. Epigenetics 2018; 13:875-895. [PMID: 30207508 PMCID: PMC6224216 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2018.1521223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Two of the most prevalent ovarian diseases affecting women's fertility and health are Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Previous studies have shown that exposure to a number of environmental toxicants can promote the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian disease. In the current study, transgenerational changes to the transcriptome and epigenome of ovarian granulosa cells are characterized in F3 generation rats after ancestral vinclozolin or DDT exposures. In purified granulosa cells from 20-day-old F3 generation females, 164 differentially methylated regions (DMRs) (P < 1 x 10-6) were found in the F3 generation vinclozolin lineage and 293 DMRs (P < 1 x 10-6) in the DDT lineage, compared to controls. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) were found to be differentially expressed in both the vinclozolin and DDT lineage granulosa cells. There were 492 sncRNAs (P < 1 x 10-4) in the vinclozolin lineage and 1,085 sncRNAs (P < 1 x 10-4) in the DDT lineage. There were 123 lncRNAs and 51 lncRNAs in the vinclozolin and DDT lineages, respectively (P < 1 x 10-4). Differentially expressed mRNAs were also found in the vinclozolin lineage (174 mRNAs at P < 1 x 10-4) and the DDT lineage (212 mRNAs at P < 1 x 10-4) granulosa cells. Comparisons with known ovarian disease associated genes were made. These transgenerational epigenetic changes appear to contribute to the dysregulation of the ovary and disease susceptibility that can occur in later life. Observations suggest that ancestral exposure to toxicants is a risk factor that must be considered in the molecular etiology of ovarian disease.
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- Eric Nilsson
- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA
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- Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Nascimento AR, Pimenta MT, Lucas TFG, Royer C, Porto CS, Lazari MFM. Intracellular signaling pathways involved in the relaxin-induced proliferation of rat Sertoli cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2012; 691:283-91. [PMID: 22819701 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Revised: 06/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Regulation of Sertoli cell number is a key event to determine normal spermatogenesis. We have previously shown that relaxin and its G-protein coupled receptor RXFP1 are expressed in rat Sertoli cells, and that relaxin stimulates Sertoli cell proliferation. This study examined the mechanisms underlying the mitogenic effect of relaxin in a primary culture of Sertoli cells removed from testes of immature rats. Stimulation with exogenous relaxin increased Sertoli cell number and the expression of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), but did not affect the mRNA level of the differentiation markers cadherins 1 and 2. Relaxin-induced Sertoli cell proliferation was blocked by inhibition of MEK/ERK1/2 or PI3K/AKT pathways, but not by inhibition of PKC or EGFR activity. Relaxin induced a rapid and transient activation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation, which was MEK and SRC-dependent, and involved upstream activation of G(i). AKT activation could be detected 5 min after relaxin stimulation, and was still detected after 24h of stimulation with relaxin. Relaxin-induced AKT phosphorylation was G(i)- but not PKA-dependent, and it was blocked by both PI3K and MEK inhibitors. In conclusion, the mitogenic effect of relaxin in Sertoli cell involves coupling to G(i) and activation of both MEK/ERK1/2 and PI3K/AKT pathways.
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- Aline Rosa Nascimento
- Section of Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Pharmacology, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Nilsson E, Larsen G, Manikkam M, Guerrero-Bosagna C, Savenkova MI, Skinner MK. Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian disease. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36129. [PMID: 22570695 PMCID: PMC3343040 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2011] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The actions of environmental toxicants and relevant mixtures in promoting the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian disease was investigated with the use of a fungicide, a pesticide mixture, a plastic mixture, dioxin and a hydrocarbon mixture. After transient exposure of an F0 gestating female rat during embryonic gonadal sex determination, the F1 and F3 generation progeny adult onset ovarian disease was assessed. Transgenerational disease phenotypes observed included an increase in cysts resembling human polycystic ovarian disease (PCO) and a decrease in the ovarian primordial follicle pool size resembling primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). The F3 generation granulosa cells were isolated and found to have a transgenerational effect on the transcriptome and epigenome (differential DNA methylation). Epigenetic biomarkers for environmental exposure and associated gene networks were identified. Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian disease states was induced by all the different classes of environmental compounds, suggesting a role of environmental epigenetics in ovarian disease etiology.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Manna PR, Soh JW, Stocco DM. The involvement of specific PKC isoenzymes in phorbol ester-mediated regulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression and steroid synthesis in mouse Leydig cells. Endocrinology 2011; 152:313-25. [PMID: 21047949 PMCID: PMC3033061 DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) is a multigene family of serine/threonine kinases. PKC is involved in regulating adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis; however, the functional relevance of the different PKC isoenzymes remains obscure. In this study, we demonstrate that MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells express several PKC isoforms to varying levels and that the activation of PKC signaling, by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) elevated the expression and phosphorylation of PKCα, -δ, -ε, and -μ/protein kinase D (PKD). These responses coincided with the expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein and progesterone synthesis. Targeted silencing of PKCα, δ, and ε and PKD, using small interfering RNAs, resulted in deceases in basal and PMA-mediated StAR and steroid levels and demonstrated the importance of PKD in steroidogenesis. PKD was capable of controlling PMA and cAMP/PKA-mediated synergism involved in the steroidogenic response. Further studies pointed out that the regulatory events effected by PKD are associated with cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) and c-Jun/c-Fos-mediated transcription of the StAR gene. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies revealed that the activation of phosphorylated CREB, c-Jun, and c-Fos by PMA was correlated with in vivo protein-DNA interactions and the recruitment of CREB-binding protein, whereas knockdown of PKD suppressed the association of these factors with the StAR promoter. Ectopic expression of CREB-binding protein enhanced the trans-activation potential of CREB and c-Jun/c-Fos in StAR gene expression. Using EMSA, a -83/-67-bp region of the StAR promoter was shown to bind PKD-transfected MA-10 nuclear extract in a PMA-responsive manner, targeting CREB and c-Jun/c-Fos proteins. These findings provide evidence for the presence of multiple PKC isoforms and demonstrate the molecular events by which selective isozymes, especially PKD, influence PMA/PKC signaling involved in the regulation of the steroidogenic machinery in mouse Leydig cells.
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- Pulak R Manna
- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA
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Sriraman V, Modi SR, Bodenburg Y, Denner LA, Urban RJ. Identification of ERK and JNK as signaling mediators on protein kinase C activation in cultured granulosa cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2008; 294:52-60. [PMID: 18694803 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2008] [Revised: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 07/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PKC signaling is critical for follicular development and the induction of ovulatory genes including Pgr, Prkg2, and Cyp11a1 (SCC). We investigated PKC signaling mechanisms in the JC-410 porcine granulosa cell line stably expressing an SCC-luciferase reporter gene containing 2kb of the porcine SCC promoter. Addition of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which activates protein kinase C, induced the promoter approximately 6-fold over the basal levels in 4h. This effect was predominantly mediated by the PKC beta and delta isoforms. PMA-mediated induction of the SCC promoter was sensitive to inhibition of ERK1/2 or JNK. Inhibition of p38 MAP kinase or Src tyrosine kinase did not alter the PMA-mediated inducibility of the promoter. SCC promoter induction in response to PMA treatment required basal EGF-receptor activity, but did not involve ectodomain shedding. Western blot analyses using phospho-specific antibodies showed that PMA treatment of JC-410 cells induced phosphorylation of MEK1/2, ERK1/2, and its downstream target p90 RSK at 15min. We also documented the rapid phosphorylation of JNK1/2 in response to PMA treatment. Phosphorylation of ERK and JNK was robust and sustained in contrast to activation of PKA and EGF-receptor signaling in these cells. Pretreatment of JC-410 granulosa cells with IGF-1 had a synergistic effect on PMA-mediated induction of the SCC promoter. We demonstrated the importance of PMA activation of ERK signaling and the synergism with IGF-1 by showing similar responses for Prkg2 expression in primary granulosa cells. In conclusion, our studies demonstrated PMA activation of ERK and JNK signaling which is relevant in the regulation of gene expression during follicular development, ovulation, and luteinization.
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- Venkataraman Sriraman
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1060, USA.
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Park JI, Kim SG, Chun JS, Seo YM, Jeon MJ, Ohba M, Kim HJ, Chun SY. Activation of protein kinase Czeta mediates luteinizing hormone- or forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression in preovulatory granulosa cells of rat ovary. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2007; 270:79-86. [PMID: 17416458 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2006] [Revised: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 02/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that luteinizing hormone (LH) induces a rapid and transient expression of NGFI-B in the ovary. In this report, we investigated the signaling pathway for LH- and forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression in cultured rat granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles. LH- or forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression was suppressed by high dose of protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor RO 31-8220 (10 microM), but not by low doses RO 31-8220 (0.1-1.0 microM) or adenylate cyclase inhibitor MDL-12,300A, implicating the involvement of atypical PKCs. Kinase assay revealed that LH treatment of granulosa cells resulted in a rapid stimulation of atypical PKCzeta activity. Interestingly, like LH, forskolin was also able to activate PKCzeta. Treatment with the cell-permeable PKCzeta-specific inhibitor pseudosubstrate peptide inhibited LH-or forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression, indicating the essential role of PKCzeta. Consistent with this promise, in granulosa cells depleted of diacylglycerol sensitive PKCs by prolonged treatment with tetradecanoylphobol-13-acetate, LH or forskolin could still induce NGFI-B expression, and RO 31-8220 or the PKCzeta pseudosubstrate peptide inhibited LH- or forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant-negative PKCzeta in primary granulosa cells using a replication-defective adenovirus vector resulted in the suppression of LH- or forskolin-induced NGFI-B expression. Our findings demonstrate that PKCzeta, which is activated by LH or forskolin, contributes to the induction of NGFI-B in granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles.
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- Jae-Il Park
- Hormone Research Center and School of Biological Sciences & Technology, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea
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NGFI-B is an immediate-early gene that encodes an orphan nuclear receptor. In the rat ovary, the preovulatory surge of LH induces NGFI-B expression in granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles, reaching a peak within 1 h and declining to control levels at 6 h. The LH-stimulated NGFI-B expression is abolished by alpha-amanitin, but superinduced by cycloheximide. Similarly, treatment of human luteinized granulosa cells with LH causes a rapid and transient stimulation of NGFI-B expression. Interestingly, the induction of NGFI-B expression in response to LH stimulation in preovulatory granulosa cells requires signaling through protein kinase Czeta. Furthermore, two other NGFI-B family members, Nurr1 and Nor1, are also rapidly stimulated by LH in granulosa cells of preovulatory follicles through the activation of protein kinase Czeta. The cell-type specific expression and LH induction of NGFI-B suggests a potential role of NGFI-B in the ovulatory process.
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- Jae-Il Park
- Hormone Research Center, Chonnam National University, Kwangju 500-757, South Korea
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Budnik LT, Mukhopadhyay AK. Lysophosphatidic acid-induced nuclear localization of protein kinase C delta in bovine theca cells stimulated with luteinizing hormone. Biol Reprod 2002; 67:935-44. [PMID: 12193405 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.101.003087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The amounts of lysophospholipase D (LPLD) and the ovarian protein kinase C delta (PKCdelta) increase during the course of pregnancy. Because LPLD is involved in the production of the bioactive phospholipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), we examined whether stimulation with LPA would influence PKCdelta in the ovary. We used immunoblotting and immunohistochemical methods to show that stimulation of bovine theca cells with LPA leads to an unexpected redistribution of PKCdelta from the cytosol to the perinuclear area and that in the presence of LH, LPA induces a complete nuclear translocation of PKCdelta. These effects of LPA are dose dependent, can be mimicked by phorbol ester, and are inhibited by a PKCdelta inhibitor, rottlerin. Concomitantly, under the same experimental conditions both LPA and the phorbol ester PMA (4beta-phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate) augment LH-stimulated progesterone accumulation in this cell system. This functional effect of LPA and PMA is abolished in cells pretreated with rottlerin. It is unclear whether the nuclear localization of PKCdelta indicates a specific function of the enzyme in the bovine ovary. Because PKCdelta supports a luteotropic function in rodent models, a similar role in the bovine ovary is also likely.
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- Lygia T Budnik
- Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hamburg, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany.
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Salvador LM, Maizels E, Hales DB, Miyamoto E, Yamamoto H, Hunzicker-Dunn M. Acute signaling by the LH receptor is independent of protein kinase C activation. Endocrinology 2002; 143:2986-94. [PMID: 12130564 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.8.8976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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LH receptor activation leads to the phosphorylation/activation of p42/44 MAPK in preovulatory granulosa cells. As the LH receptor can activate both adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C, we hypothesized that the LH receptor could elicit phosphorylation of p42/44 MAPK through activation of protein kinase A (PKA) and/or protein kinase C (PKC). Preovulatory granulosa cells in serum-free primary cultures were treated with ovulatory concentrations of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), an LH receptor agonist, with or without various inhibitors. The PKA inhibitor H89 as well as the myristoylated PKA inhibitor peptide PKI strongly inhibited hCG-stimulated p42/44 MAPK phosphorylation, whereas the PKC inhibitor GF109203X had no effect on p42/44 MAPK phosphorylation. LH receptor-stimulated phosphorylation of cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), histone H3, and MAPK kinase (MEK) was also strongly inhibited by H89 and not by GF109203X. The extent of PKC activation was assessed in preovulatory granulosa cells using three criteria: translocation of PKC isoforms to the membrane fraction, phosphorylation of a known PKC substrate, and autophosphorylation of PKC delta on an activation-related site. By all three criteria PKCs were partially activated before hCG stimulation, and hCG treatment failed to elicit further PKC activation, in vitro or in vivo. Taken together, these results indicate that, under primary culture conditions where physiological levels of signaling proteins are present, hCG signals to activate MEK, p42/44 MAPK, CREB, and histone H3 in a predominantly PKA-dependent and PKC-independent manner. Unexpectedly, PKCs were partially activated in the absence of LH receptor activation, and LH receptor activation did not elicit further detectable PKC activation.
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- Lisa M Salvador
- Department of Cell Biology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Frasor J, Barkai U, Zhong L, Fazleabas AT, Gibori G. PRL-induced ERalpha gene expression is mediated by Janus kinase 2 (Jak2) while signal transducer and activator of transcription 5b (Stat5b) phosphorylation involves Jak2 and a second tyrosine kinase. Mol Endocrinol 2001; 15:1941-52. [PMID: 11682625 DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.11.0722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In the rat corpus luteum of pregnancy, PRL stimulation of ER expression is a prerequisite for E2 to have any luteotropic effect. Previous work from our laboratory has established that PRL stimulates ERalpha expression at the level of transcription and that the transcription factor Stat5 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 5) mediates this stimulation. Since it is well established that PRL activates Stat5 through the tyrosine kinase, Janus kinase 2 (Jak2), the role of Jak2 in PRL regulation of ERalpha expression was investigated. In primary luteinized granulosa cells, the general tyrosine kinase inhibitors, genistein and AG18, and the Jak2 inhibitor, AG490, prevented PRL stimulation of ERalpha mRNA levels, suggesting that PRL signaling to the ERalpha gene requires Jak2 activity. However, using an antibody that recognizes the tyrosine-phosphorylated forms of both Stat5a and Stat5b (Y694/Y699), it was found that AG490 could inhibit PRL-induced Stat5a phosphorylation only and had little or no effect on Stat5b phosphorylation. These effects of AG490 were confirmed in COS cells overexpressing Stat5b. Also in COS cells, a kinase-negative Jak2 prevented PRL stimulation of ERalpha promoter activity and Stat5b phosphorylation while a constitutively active Jak2 could stimulate both in the absence of PRL. Furthermore, kinase-negative-Jak2, but not AG490, could inhibit Stat5b nuclear translocation and DNA binding. Therefore, it seems that in the presence of AG490, Stat5b remains phosphorylated, is located in the nucleus and capable of binding DNA, but is apparently transcriptionally inactive. These findings suggest that PRL may activate a second tyrosine kinase, other than Jak2, that is capable of phosphorylating Stat5b without inducing transcriptional activity. To investigate whether another signaling pathway is involved, the src kinase inhibitor PP2 and the phosphoinositol-3 kinase inhibitor (PI3K), LY294002, were used. Neither inhibitor alone had any major effect on PRL regulation of ERalpha promoter activity or on PRL-induced Stat5b phosphorylation. However, the combination of AG490 and LY294002 largely prevented PRL-induced Stat5b phosphorylation. These findings indicate that PRL stimulation of ERalpha expression requires Jak2 and also that PRL can induce Stat5b phosphorylation through two tyrosine kinases, Jak2 and one downstream of PI3K. Furthermore, these results suggest that the role of Jak2 in activating Stat5b may be through a mechanism other than simply inducing Stat5b phosphorylation.
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- J Frasor
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Peluso JJ, Pappalardo A, Fernandez G. Basic fibroblast growth factor maintains calcium homeostasis and granulosa cell viability by stimulating calcium efflux via a PKC delta-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2001; 142:4203-11. [PMID: 11564676 DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.10.8460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated that basic fibroblast growth factor prevents granulosa cell apoptosis. The following six observations provide insight into the mechanism by which basic fibroblast growth factor mediates its antiapoptotic action. First, loading granulosa cells with 1,2 bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, an intracellular calcium chelator, prevented apoptosis when granulosa cells were deprived of basic fibroblast growth factor. Second, treatment with thapsigargin, an agent known to increase intracellular free calcium, induced granulosa cell apoptosis even in the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor. Third, an activator of PKC mimicked, whereas PKC inhibitors blocked, basic fibroblast growth factor's antiapoptotic action. Fourth, continuous basic fibroblast growth factor exposure maintained relatively constant levels of intracellular free calcium, and a PKC inhibitor induced a sustained 2- to 3-fold increase in intracellular free calcium. Fifth, granulosa cells, as well as spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells, were shown to express PKC delta, -lambda, and -zeta. Finally, the PKC delta-specific inhibitor, rottlerin, blocked basic fibroblast growth factor's antiapoptotic action in granulosa cells and spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells. These studies suggest that basic fibroblast growth factor regulates intracellular free calcium through a PKC delta-dependent mechanism and that a sustained increase in intracellular free calcium is sufficient to induce and is required for granulosa cell apoptosis. Additional studies demonstrated that in spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells, basic fibroblast growth factor increased PKC delta activity by 60% within 2.5 min compared with serum-free control levels. Rottlerin attenuated basic fibroblast growth factor's ability to stimulate PKC delta activity and to maintain intracellular free calcium. Further, intracellular free calcium levels in spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells transfected with a PKC delta antibody in the presence of basic fibroblast growth factor were 2-fold higher than those spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells transfected with IgG. Similarly, transfecting spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells with a specific PKC delta-substrate increased intracellular free calcium compared with spontaneously immortalized granulosa cells transfected with a specific substrate for PKC epsilon. Moreover, basic fibroblast growth factor increased and rottlerin attenuated (45)Ca efflux by 50% compared with that in basic fibroblast growth factor-treated cells. Finally, an inhibitor of the plasma membrane calciumadenosine triphosphatase pump suppressed (45)Ca efflux, elevated intracellular free calcium, and induced apoptosis. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that basic fibroblast growth factor activates PKC delta, which, in turn, stimulates calcium efflux, accounting in part for basic fibroblast growth factor's ability to maintain calcium homeostasis and, ultimately, granulosa cell viability.
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- J J Peluso
- Departments of Physiology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030, USA.
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Sakurai Y, Onishi Y, Tanimoto Y, Kizaki H. Novel protein kinase C delta isoform insensitive to caspase-3. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:973-7. [PMID: 11558579 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein kinase C delta (PKC delta) plays a key regulatory role in a variety of cellular functions, including apoptosis, as well as cell growth and differentiation. We previously reported that apoptosis was induced by pretreatment with 1-(5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-methylpiperazine (H-7), an inhibitor of PKC, in mouse thymocytes. In the present study, we showed that a novel PKC delta isoform (PKC deltaII) was transiently expressed when thymocytes were pretreated with H-7. The analysis of the cDNA encoding PKC deltaII indicated that a 78 bp fragment was inserted into the caspase-3 sensitive site of the original PKC delta (PKC deltaI), presumably by alternative splicing. The PKC deltaII expressed in COS-1 cells was one product with a molecular mass of 81 kDa and with kinase activity similar to that of PKC deltaI. The expressed PKC deltaI protein (78 kDa) was in part cleaved into a 38 kDa fragment in vivo and in vitro, but the PKC deltaII protein was not. Cleavage of the PKC deltaI protein was inhibited by a specific inhibitor of caspase-3, indicating that PKC deltaII is insensitive to caspase-3. The PKC deltaII was highly expressed in the testis and ovary, and at a lower level in the thymocytes, brain and kidney, whereas PKC deltaI was detected in most tissues, suggesting that the function of PKC deltaII is different from that of PKC deltaI.
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- Y Sakurai
- Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
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Budnik LT, Mukhopadhyay AK. Lysophosphatidic acid antagonizes the morphoregulatory effects of the luteinizing hormone on luteal cells: possible role of small Rho-G-proteins. Biol Reprod 2001; 65:180-7. [PMID: 11420238 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.1.180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a biologically active phospholipid recently introduced as a new marker for ovarian cancer. Because high concentrations of LPA have also been found in the follicular fluid from healthy subjects, one can presume that this biological mediator may have relevance for normal ovarian physiology as well. We have reported earlier that luteal cells possess specific binding sites for LPA. Using these cells as a model, we show now that LPA is able to modulate the morphological cell shape changes induced by LH in that it inhibits the formation of stellate processes induced by LH. This morphoregulatory effect of LPA is mimicked by cytotoxic necrotizing factor 1, a bacterial toxin known to activate small G-proteins from the Rho family. On the other hand, C3-exotransferase that acts mainly through the inhibition of Rho A mimics the effects of LH. Furthermore, we report here that the morphoregulatory effects of LPA are accompanied by the translocation of Rho proteins from the cytosol to cell membrane, an effect generally considered to be an indicator for the activation of Rho-GTPases. During the development and rescue of the corpus luteum, major morphoregulatory effects are exerted by LH that appear to be modulated by LPA via an activation of Rho proteins.
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- L T Budnik
- Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hamburg, 22529 Hamburg, Germany
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Maizels ET, Mukherjee A, Sithanandam G, Peters CA, Cottom J, Mayo KE, Hunzicker-Dunn M. Developmental regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated kinases-2 and -3 (MAPKAPK-2/-3) in vivo during corpus luteum formation in the rat. Mol Endocrinol 2001; 15:716-33. [PMID: 11328854 DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.5.0634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The current study investigates the activation in vivo and regulation of the expression of components of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway during gonadotropin-induced formation and development of the rat corpus luteum, employing a sequential PMSG/human CG (hCG) treatment paradigm. We postulated that the p38 MAPK pathway could serve to promote phosphorylation of key substrates during luteal maturation, since maturing luteal cells, thought to be cAMP-nonresponsive, nevertheless maintain critical phosphoproteins. Both p38 MAPK and its upstream activator MAPK kinase-6 (MKK6) were found to be chronically activated during the luteal maturation phase, with activation detected by 24 h post hCG and maintained through 4 days post hCG. The p38 MAPK downstream protein kinase target termed MAPK-activated protein kinase-3 (MAPKAPK-3) was newly induced at both mRNA and protein levels during luteal formation and maturation, while mRNA and protein expression of the closely related MAPKAPK-2 diminished. Two potential substrates for MAPKAPKs, the small heat shock protein HSP-27 and the cAMP regulatory element binding protein CREB, were monitored in vivo for phosphorylation. HSP-27 phosphorylation was not modulated during luteal maturation. In contrast, we observed sustained luteal-phase CREB phosphorylation in vivo, consistent with upstream MKK6/p38 MAPK activation and MAPKAPK-3 induction. MAPKAPK-3-specific immune complex kinase assays provided direct evidence that MAPKAPK-3 was in an activated state during luteal maturation in vivo. Cellular inhibitor studies indicated that an intact p38 MAPK path was required for CREB phosphorylation in a cellular model of luteinization, as treatment of luteinized granulosa cells with the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB 203580 strongly inhibited CREB phosphorylation. Transient transfection studies provided direct evidence that MAPKAPK-3 was capable of signaling to activate CREB transcriptional activity, as assessed by means of GAL4-CREB fusion protein construct coexpressed with GAL4-luciferase reporter construct. Introduction of wild-type, but not kinase-dead mutant, MAPKAPK-3 cDNA, into a mouse ovarian cell line stimulated GAL4-CREB- dependent transcriptional activity approximately 3-fold. Thus MAPKAPK-3 is indeed uniquely poised to support luteal maturation through the phosphorylation and activation of the nuclear transcription factor CREB.
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- E T Maizels
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Gaubert F, Escaffit F, Bertrand C, Korc M, Pradayrol L, Clemente F, Estival A. Expression of the high molecular weight fibroblast growth factor-2 isoform of 210 amino acids is associated with modulation of protein kinases C delta and epsilon and ERK activation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:1545-54. [PMID: 11031252 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001184200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high molecular weight (HMW) fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 isoform of 210 amino acids initiated at a CUG start codon possesses a nuclear localization sequence and is not secreted. In contrast, the low molecular weight (LMW) isoform of 155 amino acids initiated at the AUG start codon can be secreted and activates the cell surface FGF receptors. The two isoforms possess different biological properties; however, little is known about the intracrine regulatory mechanisms involved in the biological effects of the HMW FGF-2 isoform. Using pancreatic cells stably transfected with cDNAs leading to the expression of either the HMW FGF-2 (A3 cells) or the LMW form (A5 cells), we provide evidence that the two FGF-2 isoforms differentially modulate PKC levels. The LMW FGF-2 up-regulated the PKC epsilon levels by 1.6-fold; by contrast the HMW isoform down-regulated the level of this PKC isotype by about 3-fold and increased the amount of PKC delta by 1.7-fold. PKC mRNAs were also modified, suggesting that PKC expression was regulated at a pretranslational level. Additionally, expression of different levels of the HMW FGF-2 with an inducible expression system confirmed the role of this isoform on PKC delta and epsilon expressions. Increased activation of ERK-1 and -2 was also observed in cells expressing the HMW FGF-2. By using different PKC inhibitors and a dominant negative PKC delta, it was found that ERK activation was PKC delta-dependent. These data indicate that expression of HMW FGF-2 can modify PKC levels by acting at the intracellular level and that the overexpression of PKC delta induces ERK-1/2 activation. The expression of a dominant negative FGFR1 did not reduce ERK-1/2 activation by the HMW FGF-2, suggesting that ERK activation does not require FGFR activity. The signaling cascade downstream of ERK might be involved in the known mitogenic effect exerted by this FGF-2 isoform.
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- F Gaubert
- INSERM U 531, Institut Louis Bugnard, CHU Rangueil Bat L 3, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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