Cyclooxygenase-2 is acutely induced by CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein ß to produce prostaglandin E 2 and F 2α following gonadotropin stimulation in Leydig cells.
Mol Reprod Dev
; 86(7): 786-797, 2019 07.
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ABSTRACT
Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) is an inducible rate-limiting enzyme for prostanoid production. Because COX-2 represents one of the inducible genes in mouse mesenchymal stem cells upon differentiation into Leydig cells, we investigated COX-2 expression and production of prostaglandin (PG) in Leydig cells. Although COX-2 was undetectable in mouse testis, it was transiently induced in Leydig cells by human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) administration. Consistent with the finding that Leydig cells expressed aldo-keto reductase 1B7 (PGF synthase) and PGE synthase 2, induction of COX-2 by hCG caused a marked increase in testicular PGF 2α and PGE 2 levels. Using mouse Leydig cell tumor-derived MA-10 cells as a model, it was indicated by reporter assays and electron mobility shift assays that transcription of the COX-2 gene was activated by CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein ß (C/EBPß) with cAMP-stimulation. C/EBPß expression was induced by cAMP-stimulation, whereas expression of C/EBP homolog protein (CHOP) was robustly downregulated. Transfection of CHOP expression plasmid inhibited cAMP-induced COX-2 promoter activity. In addition, CHOP reduced constitutive COX-2 expression in other mouse Leydig cell tumor-derived TM3 cells. These results indicate that COX-2 is induced in Leydig cells by activation of C/EBPß via reduction of CHOP expression upon gonadotropin-stimulation to produce PGF 2α and PGE 2 .
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Substâncias para o Controle da Reprodução
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Dinoprostona
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Proteína beta Intensificadora de Ligação a CCAAT
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Ciclo-Oxigenase 2
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Gonadotropina Coriônica
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Células Intersticiais do Testículo
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article