Effect of human and murine interferon-α on steroid production by rat ovarian cells
- 3 April 1998
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Life Sciences
- Vol. 62 (19), 1733-1744
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0024-3205(98)00135-0
Abstract
The effect of interferon on the rat ovarian cell function was investigated. Cells from the ovary of juvenile rats were used as a model to investigate the effect of IFN-α on the secretion of estradiol and testosterone. In addition the effect of human IFN-α (hIFN-α) on the secretion of testosterone by the rat adult testis was studied. Present results show that leukocyte hIFN-α decreased the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulated secretion of estradiol and testosterone by ovarian cells, and the production of testosterone by testis cells. Basal secretion of steroids was affected later and in less proportion than the hCG-dependent production. The IFN-α obtained from murine leukocytes, also inhibited the response of ovarian cells to the hCG stimulus. The nature of this effect in the secretion of the steroids is dose and time-dependent. The incubation of hIFN-α with an specific antibody completely blocked the effect of the cytokine on ovarian cells.Keywords
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