Yx. Liu et al., HORMONAL-REGULATION OF EXPRESSION OF TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR AND PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR TYPE-1 IN CULTURED RAT GRANULOSA-CELLS, Science in China. Series B, Chemistry, life sciences & earth sciences, 37(3), 1994, pp. 271-279
In the present study, gonadotropin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone
(GnRH) regulation of tPA and PAI-1 expression in PMSG-primed granulosa
cells has been investigated. (i) Addition of gonadotropins (FSH and L
H) and GnRH agonist (GnRHa) or PMA to the culture increases tPA activi
ty; FSH (or LH) plus GnRHa (or PMA) in the culture further enhances th
e enzyme production to such an extent that a more obvious effect than
the additive effect caused by these hormones used alone has been obser
ved ; (ii) in contrast, FSH and LH decrease PAI-1 activity, whereas Gn
RHa and PMA alone markedly increase PAI-1 mRNA level and PAI-I activit
y. Because FSH and LH stimulate tPA production and have no significant
effect on PAI-1 mRNA induction, the observed inhibition of PAI-1 acti
vity by gonadotropins may be due to the occurrence of neutralization o
f PA and PAI-1 proteins in the conditioned media by the formation of c
omplexes between PA and PAI-1; (iii) increases in PAI-1 mRNA level and
activity by GnRH and PMA are completely inhibited by the co-addition
of FSH or LH to the culture. It is, therefore, suggested that the mech
anism of gonadotropin and GnRHa regulation of tPA and PAI-I expression
in granulosa cells is different.