Journal
FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 5299-5316Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201902958R
Keywords
bovine; corpus luteum; dynamin-like protein 1; mitochondria; progesterone; protein kinase A; steroidogenesis
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- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2018-67012-29531 MRP, 2017-67015-26450 JSD]
- NIH [R01 HD087402, R01HD092263]
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Olson Center for Women's Health
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The corpus luteum is an endocrine gland that synthesizes and secretes progesterone. Luteinizing hormone (LH) activates protein kinase A (PKA) signaling in luteal cells, increasing delivery of substrate to mitochondria for progesterone production. Mitochondria maintain a highly regulated equilibrium between fusion and fission in order to sustain biological function. Dynamin-related protein 1 (DRP1), is a key mediator of mitochondrial fission. The mechanism by which DRP1 is regulated in the ovary is largely unknown. We hypothesize that LH via PKA differentially regulates the phosphorylation of DRP1 on Ser616 and Ser637 in bovine luteal cells. In primary cultures of steroidogenic small luteal cells (SLCs), LH, and forskolin stimulated phosphorylation of DRP1 (Ser 637), and inhibited phosphorylation of DRP1 (Ser 616). Overexpression of a PKA inhibitor blocked the effects of LH and forskolin on DRP1 phosphorylation. In addition, LH decreased the association of DRP1 with the mitochondria. Genetic knockdown of the DRP1 mitochondria receptor, and a small molecule inhibitor of DRP1 increased basal and LH-induced progesterone production. Studies with a general Dynamin inhibitor and siRNA knockdown of DRP1 showed that DRP1 is required for optimal LH-induced progesterone biosynthesis. Taken together, the findings place DRP1 as an important target downstream of PKA in steroidogenic luteal cells.
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