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RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.
Effects of luteinizing hormone (LH) and androgen on steady state levels of messenger ribonucleic acid for LH receptors, androgen receptors, and steroidogenic enzymes in rat Leydig cell progenitors in vivo.
Endocrinology 1995 April
Adult Leydig cells differentiate postnatally from mesenchymal-like progenitor cells. The relative scarcity of LH receptors (LHRs) in progenitor cells indicates that additional hormones may be important in the initial phases of Leydig cell differentiation. High levels of androgen receptor (AR) in progenitor cells point to a role for androgen in these cells. In the present study, an LHRH antagonist, [Ac-D2Nal1,4C1DPhe2,D3Pal3,Arg5,DGlu6(anis ole adduct), DAla10]GnRH (NalGlu; 250 micrograms/kg body weight), was used to suppress endogenous secretion of both LH and androgen during days 14 to 21 postpartum in vivo. To examine the effects of LH and androgen on regulation of Leydig cell progenitors (PLCs), exogenous LH (5 micrograms/day), testosterone (T; 30 micrograms/day), or both were administered to NalGlu-treated rats. After 7 days of treatment, we examined the effects on testis weight, Leydig cell morphology, and T production. The steady state messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for LHR, AR, cytochrome P450 17 alpha-hydroxylase, and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in purified PLCs were measured by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, with ribosomal protein S16 as the internal control. Treatment with NalGlu significantly decreased testis weight, resulted in an abundance of mesenchymal-like cells over immature Leydig cells, lowered T production, and reduced the levels of several Leydig cell mRNAs. Treatment with exogenous LH or T maintained testis weight and Leydig cell morphology in NalGlu-treated rats. The mRNA levels for LHR, AR, and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase were significantly increased by LH or T. P450 17 alpha-hydroxylase mRNA levels were elevated by LH to control level but strikingly reduced by T. Combined treatment with LH and T further increased basal T production but did not elevate mRNAs beyond the levels obtained with each hormone alone. LH and androgen act similarly in PLCs in promoting Leydig cell differentiation with respect to morphological and molecular landmarks. These findings support the hypothesis that androgen as well as LH is involved in the differentiation of immature Leydig cells from mesenchymal-like progenitors.
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