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  • Title: Phorbol ester inhibits luteinizing hormone-, forskolin-, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP-induced progesterone production in chicken granulosa cells.
    Author: Asem EK, Tsang BK.
    Journal: Can J Physiol Pharmacol; 1989 Feb; 67(2):122-5. PubMed ID: 2540895.
    Abstract:
    The possible role of protein kinase C in avian granulosa cell steroidogenesis was studied in vitro by examining the effect of tumor-promoting phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) on progesterone synthesis in chicken granulosa cells in short-term (3h) incubations. TPA (1-100 nM) caused a marginal but nonsignificant increase in progesterone production in granulosa cells isolated from the largest preovulatory follicle. When incubated in combination with luteinizing hormone (5-100 ng/mL), TPA suppressed the stimulatory effects of submaximally and maximally effective doses of the gonadotropin in a concentration-related manner. Similarly, the phorbol ester inhibited the steroidogenic responses to forskolin and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. By comparison, TPA had no appreciable effect on the metabolism of exogenous pregnenolone substrate to progesterone. Our data indicate that the tumor-promoting phorbol ester influences steroidogenic steps distal to cyclic AMP generation but at or before pregnenolone formation, and that protein kinase C may be a negative regulator of steroid biosynthesis in chicken granulosa cells.
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