Developmental Sensitivity of the Bovine Corpus Luteum to Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) and Endothelin-1 (ET-1): Is ET-1 a Mediator of the Luteolytic Actions of PGF2α or a Tonic Inhibitor of Progesterone Secretion?1
Open Access
- 1 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 72 (3), 633-642
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.104.034736
Abstract
We examined the responsiveness of large luteal cells (LLC), small luteal cells (SLC), and endothelial cells of the Day 4 and Day 10 bovine corpus luteum (CL) to prostaglandin (PG) F2α and endothelin (ET)-1. Using a single-cell approach, we tested the ability of each agonist to increase the cytoplasmic concentration of calcium ions ([Ca2+]i) as function of luteal development. All tested concentrations of agonists significantly (P = 0.05) increased [Ca2+]i in all cell populations isolated from Day 4 and Day 10 CL. Day 10 steroidogenic cells were more responsive than Day 4 cells to PGF2α and ET-1. Response amplitudes and number of responding cells were affected significantly by agonist concentration, luteal development, and cell type. Response amplitudes were greater in LLC than in SLC; responses of maximal amplitude were elicited with lower agonist concentrations in Day 10 cells than in Day 4 cells. Furthermore, on Day 10, as the concentration of PGF2α increased, larger percentages of SLC responded. Endothelial cells responded maximally, regardless of agonist concentration and luteal development. In experiment 2, we tested the developmental responsiveness of total dispersed and steroidogenic-enriched cells to the inhibitory actions of PGF2α and ET-1 on basal and LH-stimulated progesterone accumulation. The potency of PGF2α steroidogenic-enriched cells on Day 4 was lower than on Day 10; in contrast, the potency of ET-1 was not different. Therefore, ET-1 was a tonic inhibitor of progesterone accumulation rather than a mediator of PGF2α action. The lower efficacy of PGF2α in the early CL more likely is related to signal transduction differences associated with its receptor at these two developmental stages than to the inability of PGF2α to up-regulate ET-1.Keywords
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