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GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 122, Issue 1, Pages 88-97Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7619
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rat Sertoli cells; lactate production; TNF alpha; FSH; IL1 beta; LDH isozymes
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One of the nurse cell functions of Sertoli cells is to provide lactate for the energy production in spermatocytes and spermatids. The present study shows that, as in porcine Sertoli cells, interleukin (IL)1 beta and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) increase lactate production in rat Sertoli cells (basal, 9.1 +/- 1.0; FSH (100 ng/ml), 16.6 +/- 2.0; IL1 beta (50 ng/ml), 13.3 +/- 1.6 mug/mug DNA). Increments in glucose uptake (basal, 1083 +/- 70; FSH, 2686 +/- 128; IL1 beta, 1899 +/- 74 dpm/mug DNA), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) activity (basal, 36.6 +/- 4.1; FSH, 52.2 +/- 4.9; IL1 beta, 55.3 +/- 5.1 mUL/mug DNA), LDH A mRNA levels, and redistribution of LDH isozymes are involved in these stimulatory effects. Differences in the period required by IL1 beta to increase glucose uptake, as compared with the porcine model, have been observed. In addition, tumor necrosis factor or (TNF alpha), one of the major stimulators for lactate production in porcine Sertoli cells, does not control the secretion of this glucose metabolite in rat Sertoli cells. Lactate production may be regulated differently among mammals. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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