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  • Title: Human chorionic gonadotropin and 8-bromo-adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate stimulate [125I]low density lipoprotein uptake and metabolism by luteinized human granulosa cells in culture.
    Author: Golos TG, Soto EA, Tureck RW, Strauss JF.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1985 Oct; 61(4):633-8. PubMed ID: 4031008.
    Abstract:
    In nonsteroidogenic cells, cellular cholesterol requirements and sterol availability determine low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor expression and LDL metabolism. We wished to learn if hCG and cAMP increase LDL metabolism by cultured luteinized human granulosa cells and whether this increase is dependent on enhanced metabolism of cellular cholesterol stores to steroid. Granulosa cells were cultured for 48 h in medium containing 20% human male serum and then for 48 h in serum- and hormone-free medium. The cells then received either fresh medium (no additions) or one of the following treatments: 500 mIU hCG/ml, 1.5 mM 8-bromo-cAMP, 100 micrograms aminoglutethimide (AG)/ml to inhibit cholesterol metabolism to steroid hormones, hCG plus AG, or 8-bromo-cAMP plus AG. After 6-48 h of exposure to tropic agents, specific metabolism of [125I]LDL was determined. hCG and 8-bromo-cAMP significantly increased (P less than 0.05) the amount of [125I]LDL bound (2.2-fold), internalized (2.3-fold), and degraded (2.9-fold) by the luteinized granulosa cells. The apparent Km values for LDL degradation in control and hCG-treated cells were similar (2.0 and 2.6 micrograms/ml, respectively). As little as 10 mIU hCG/ml stimulated LDL metabolism in a time-dependent fashion: a stimulatory effect was detected within 6 h of exposure to hCG and was greater after 24 h. AG attenuated but did not prevent the hCG- or 8-bromo-cAMP-stimulated increase in both LDL uptake and metabolism, although it completely inhibited the steroidogenic response. AG alone had no significant effect on [125I] LDL metabolism. We conclude that hCG and cAMP increase LDL metabolism by luteinized human granulosa cells. These effects are apparently not simply a consequence of enhanced cellular cholesterol metabolism to steroids.
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