Evidence for the requirement of proteolysis in LH stimulated cyclic AMP production and steroidogenesis in Leydig cells
- 6 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 282 (2) , 239-241
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(91)80486-m
Abstract
We have investigated the effect of protease activity on cyclic AMP production and steroidogenesis in rat testis, mouse testis and mouse tumour Leydig (MA10) cells. LH-, dibutyryl cyclic AMP-, and forskolin-stimulated steroidogenesis, but not 22R(OH) cholesterol conversion to pregnenolone, was inhibited by protease inhibitors. In mouse Leydig cells, LH but not forskolin or cholera toxin stimulated cyclic AMP production was inhibited by protease inhibitors. These results suggest that steroidogenesis in Leydig cells requires proteolysis before the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone. In the mouse but not rat Leydig cells, LH-stimulated cyclic AMP production is also dependent on proteolysis.Keywords
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