RAPID CHANGES IN THE EXPRESSION OF INHIBIN ALPHA-SUBUNITS, BETA-A-SUBUNITS, AND BETA-B-SUBUNITS IN OVARIAN CELL-TYPES DURING THE RAT ESTROUS-CYCLE

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MEUNIER, H
CAJANDER, SB
ROBERTS, VJ
RIVIER, C
SAWCHENKO, PE
HSUEH, AJW
VALE, W
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[1] SALK INST BIOL STUDIES, CLAYTON FDN PEPTIDE BIOL, 10010 N TORREY PINES RD, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA
[2] SALK INST BIOL STUDIES, DEV NEUROBIOL LAB, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 USA
[3] UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, DEPT REPROD MED, LA JOLLA, CA 92093 USA
[4] HOSP SICK CHILDREN, RES INST, DIV ENDOCRINOL, TORONTO M5G 1X8, ONTARIO, CANADA
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10.1210/mend-2-12-1352
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R5 [内科学];
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Distributions of inhibin .alpha.-, .beta.A-, and .beta.B-subunits in different ovarian compartments were studied in cycling female rats by in situ hybridization with complementary RNA probes and using immunohistochemical localization with antibodies selective for each inhibin subunit. Consistent with earlier studies showing inhibin production by granulosa cells of maturing follicles, we also detected mRNAs for inhibin .alpha.-, .beta.A-, and .beta.B-subunits in granulosa cells of these follicles. However, based on immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization, we found that inhibin .alpha.- is not only expressed in granulosa cells of mature follicles but in follicles at all stages of maturation, including primary to tertiary follicles. A number of primordial follicles also contained .alpha. mRNA and immunodetectable .alpha.-subunit. Interestingly, theca interna and interstitial gland cells contained inhibin .alpha. mRNA and .alpha.-subunit. Low levels of inhibin .alpha. immunoreactivity as well as specific hybridization to the complementary inhibin .alpha. mRNA probe were observed in newly formed luteal tissue. .beta.-Subunits, on the other hand, were detected exclusively in granulosa cells of healthy tertiary follicles. The changes in expression of inhibin .alpha.-, .beta.A-, and .beta.B-subunits were more pronounced during the follicular phase of the cycle: inhibin .alpha. reached its highest level in granulosa cells, theca interna, and interstitial gland cells a few hours after the LH/FSH surge, while at the same time the .beta.-subunits decreased dramatically in granulosa cells of mature follicles. Immediately before ovulation (estrus 0200 h), the .alpha.-subunit sharply declined in preovulatory follicles and was present mainly in granulosa cells from nonovulatory follicles at varius stages of maturation. At that time, the .beta.A- and .beta.B-subunits could not be detected in preovulatory follicles but were localized mainly in small tertiary follicles (< 300 .mu.m). Unlike for the .alpha.- and .beta.B-subunits, .beta.A mRNA and immunoreactivity was present in large tertiary follicles (.apprx. 600 .mu.m) immediately before ovulation. The present findings support the hypothesis that a decrease in inhibin production could be responsible for the secondary FSH surge observed early on estrus. This could be initiated by a change in the ratios of activin-inhibin production by decreasing first, the levels of .beta.-subunits, second, the levels of .alpha.-subunit, and third, by a resurgence of activin A produced mainly by granulosa cells from large tertiary follicles. However, it is expected that at all stages of the estrous cycle .alpha./.beta.- and .beta./.beta.-dimers are produced by the ovary, and that changes in circulating FSH are due to variations in the overall production of the respective subunits.
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