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Mol. Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2006
Molecular Human Reproduction 2006 12(10):593-599; doi:10.1093/molehr/gal068
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

PGE2 up-regulates EGF-like growth factor biosynthesis in human granulosa cells: new insights into the coordination between PGE2 and LH in ovulation

I. Ben-Ami1,3, S. Freimann1, L. Armon1, A. Dantes1, D. Strassburger3, S. Friedler3, A. Raziel3, R. Seger2, R. Ron-El3 and A. Amsterdam1,4

1Department of Molecular Cell Biology, 2Department of Biological Regulation, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot and 3IVF and Fertility Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

4 To whom correspondence should be addressed at: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100 Israel. E-mail: idorit{at}netvision.net.il

LH and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) share many similar effects on the pre-ovulatory follicle. They can induce independently cumulus expansion, the resumption of meiosis and progesterone production. However, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors were found to hinder most of the LH-induced effects. Recently, EGF-like growth factors amphiregulin (Ar) and epiregulin (Ep) were found to be produced in response to LH stimulation and to induce cumulus expansion and oocyte maturation. We aimed at evaluating whether PGE2 induces Ar and Ep syntheses in human granulosa cells and whether the inhibition of PGE2 production by selective COX-2 inhibitor, nimesulide, affects LH-induced Ar and Ep biosynthesis. Ar and Ep mRNA levels increased following PGE2 stimulation, in a dose- and time-dependent manner, which resembled those of LH. The blockade of protein kinase A (PKA) (by H89) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) (by UO126) reduced the expression of PGE2-induced Ar and Ep biosynthesis. Although the stimulation of the cells with LH in the presence of nimesulide did not change the progesterone levels, it resulted in a significant reduction of Ar and Ep biosynthesis. In conclusion, PGE2 may mimic LH action, at least in part, by the induction of Ar and Ep biosynthesis, which involves cAMP/PKA and MAPK pathways. The negative effect of nimesulide on the ovulatory process may be due to the reduction of Ar and Ep biosynthesis, which implies a possible collaborative role between PGE2 and LH on their induction.

Key words: amphiregulin/epiregulin/LH/PGE2/oocyte maturation


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