Abstract
Rat granulosa cells (GCs) were treated with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), 8-bromo-adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP), forskolin, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), A23187 or pregnenolone in the absence or presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Different doses of trilostane were applied to GCs treated with steroidogenic precursors, that is, 25-hydroxy-cholesterol (25-OH-C) in the absence or presence of H2O2. Results showed that all of the chemicals stimulated the progesterone (PG) release from rat GCs, but the stimulatory effects were inhibited by H2O2 dose-dependently. 25-OH-C stimulated the PG release, which was inhibited by H2O2 in the presence of trilostane. H2O2 attenuated steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein expression, but did not alter the expression of cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage (P450scc) in Western blotting. This study indicated that H2O2 inhibited PG production by GCs via cAMP pathway, protein kinase C (PKC) and the activities of intracellular calcium, P450scc and StAR protein.
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