Mullerian inhibiting substance blocks the protein kinase Α-induced expression of cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/C17-20 lyase mRNA in a mouse Leydig cell line independent of cAMP responsive element binding protein phosphorylation

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Laurich, VM
Trbovich, AM
O'Neill, FH
Houk, CP
Sluss, PM
Payne, AH
Donahoe, PK
Teixeira, J
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[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Pediat Surg Res Lab, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[2] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Reprod Endocrine Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[4] Stanford Univ, Div Reprod Biol, Dept Obstet Gynecol, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA
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10.1210/en.2001-211352
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Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS) is produced by fetal Sertoli cells and causes regression of the Mullerian duct in male fetuses shortly after commitment of the bipotential embry. onic gonad to testes differentiation. MIS is also produced by the Sertoli cells and granulosa cells of the adult gonads where it plays an important role in regulating steroidogenesis. We have previously shown that MIS can dramatically reduce testosterone synthesis in Leydig cells by inhibiting the expression of cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase/C17-20 lyase (Cyp17) mRNA in vitro and in vivo. To characterize the signal trans. duction pathway used by MIS to control expression of endogenous Cyp17 in a mouse Leydig cell line, we demonstrate that MIS inhibits both LH- and cAMP-induced expression of Cyp17 at concentrations as low as 3.5 nm and for as long as 18 h. The induction of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (SCAR) mRNA by cAMP, however, was slightly increased by addition of MIS. Protein kinase A (PKA) inhibition with H-89 blocked Cyp17 mRNA induction, suggesting that MIS interferes with the PKA signal transduction pathway. Inhibition of Cyp17 induction was not seen with added U0126, and wortmannin inhibited the induction incompletely. In addition, phosphorylation of the cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) was not detected following 50 muM cAMP exposure, a concentration sufficient for Cyp17 mRNA induction. Moreover, CREB phosphorylation, which was observed with addition of 500 pm cAMP, was not inhibited by coincubation with MIS. Taken together, these results suggest that cAMP induces expression of Cyp17 by a PKA-mediated mechanism and that this induction, which is inhibited by MIS signal transduction, does not require CREB activity, and is distinct from that used to induce steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression.
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