期刊
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
卷 63, 期 4, 页码 1024-1033出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.4.1024
关键词
Leydig cells; male sexual function; signal transduction; stress
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [T32-HD07271, HD17481] Funding Source: Medline
Lindane, the gamma isomer of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), is one of the oldest synthetic pesticides still in use worldwide. Numerous reports have shown that this pesticide adversely affects reproductive function in animals. Although the pathogenesis of reproductive dysfunction is not yet fully understood, recent reports indicate that lindane can directly inhibit adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis. Because Leydig cells play a pivotal role in male reproductive function through the production of testosterone, the mouse MA-10 Leydig tumor cell line was used to assess the potential effects of gamma-HCH and its isomers, alpha-HCH and delta-HCH, on steroid production, steroidogenic enzyme expression and activity, and steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein expression. StGR mediates the rate-limiting and acutely regulated step in hormone-stimulated steroidogenesis, the intramitochondrial transfer of cholesterol to the P450(SCC) enzyme. Our studies demonstrate that alpha-, delta-, and gamma-HCH inhibited dibutyryl ([Bu](2)) cAMP-stimulated progesterone production in MA-10 cells in a dosage dependent manner without affecting general protein synthesis; and protein kinase A or steroidogenic enzyme expression, activity, or both. In contrast, each of these isomers dramatically reduced (Bu)(2)cAMP-stimulated StAR protein levels. Therefore, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that alpha-, delta-, and gamma-HCH inhibited steroidogenesis by reducing StAR protein expression, an action that may contribute to the pathogenesis of lindane-induced reproductive dysfunction.
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