Lipoprotein receptor expression during luteinization of the ovarian follicle
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- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Vol. 293 (4), E1053-E1061
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00554.2006
Abstract
Ovarian follicles luteinize after ovulation, requiring structural and molecular remodeling along with exponential increases in steroidogenesis. Cholesterol substrates for luteal steroidogenesis are imported via scavenger receptor-BI (SR-BI) and the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor from circulating high-density lipoproteins and LDL. SR-BI mRNA is expressed in pig ovaries at all stages of folliculogenesis and in the corpus luteum (CL). An 82-kDa form of SR-BI predominates throughout, is weakly present in granulosa cells, and is robustly expressed in the CL, along with the less abundant 57-kDa form. Digestion of N-linked carbohydrates substantially reduced the SR-BI mass in luteal cells, indicating that differences between forms is attributable to glycosylation. Immunohistochemistry revealed SR-BI to be concentrated in the cytoplasm of follicular granulosa cells, although found mostly at the periphery of luteal cells. To examine receptor dynamics during gonadotropin-induced luteinization, pigs were treated with an ovulatory stimulus, and ovaries were collected at intervals to ovulation. SR-BI in granulosa cell cytoplasm increased through the periovulatory period, with migration to the cell periphery as the CL matured. In vitro culture of follicles with human chorionic gonadotropin induced time-dependent upregulation of 82-kDa SR-BI in granulosa cells. SR-BI and LDL receptor were reciprocally expressed, with the latter highest in follicular granulosa cells, declining precipitously with CL formation. We conclude that luteinization causes upregulation of SR-BI expression, its posttranslational maturation by glycosylation, and insertion into luteal cell membranes. Expression of the LDL receptor is extinguished during luteinization, indicating dynamic regulation of cholesterol importation to maintain elevated steroid output by the CL.Keywords
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