Transforming growth factor-β regulates Kit ligand expression in rat ovarian surface epithelial cells
- 18 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Oncogene
- Vol. 18 (33), 4734-4741
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1202865
Abstract
In preparation for ovulation, paracrine communication between the preovulatory follicle and overlying theca/stromal cells and ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) must take place to facilitate the degradative and apoptotic events associated with ovulation. Kit tyrosine kinase receptors and their ligand, kit ligand (KL) are expressed within ovarian follicles, and ligand-induced receptor activation appears to account for some of the cell – cell interactions important for oocyte development. We investigated the expression of Kit receptors and KL in OSE cells and the possibility that modulation of their expression could affect OSE cell activity. KL mRNA and protein were detected in the OSE cell layer of rat ovaries, and primary cultures of rat OSE as well as the immortalized rat OSE cell line, ROSE 199, expressed KL, but not Kit receptors. Both primary and immortalized OSE cells preferentially expressed KL-1, rather than KL-2, transcripts, suggesting that these cells produce predominantly the soluble form of KL. Activation of the cAMP signalling pathway using dibutyryl cAMP decreased proliferation of ROSE 199 cells and elicited a threefold increase in KL expression. TGF-β similarly inhibited ROSE 199 cell proliferation, but strongly inhibited dibutyryl cAMP-induced KL expression, indicating that changes in KL expression were not directly associated with OSE cell proliferation. The expression of mostly soluble KL in the surface epithelium suggests that this cytokine may be acting in a paracrine fashion, perhaps interacting with nearby Kit receptor-bearing theca cells.Keywords
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