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- Title
Insulin Attenuates the Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I)-Akt Pathway, not IGF-I-Extracellularly Regulated Kinase Pathway, in Luteinized Granulosa Cells with an Increase in PTEN.
- Authors
Akira Iwase; Maki Goto; Toko Harata; Sachiko Takigawa; Tatsuo Nakahara; Kyosuke Suzuki; Shuichi Manabe; Fumitaka Kikkawa
- Abstract
Context: Insulin resistance is considered as part of the pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and PCOS patients often show hyperinsulinemia. The influence of insulin on folliculogenesis in women with PCOS has not been fully investigated. Objective: Our objective was to assess the induction of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) expression with insulin treatment and effects of PTEN on IGF-I-induced granulosa cell proliferation as well as the correlation of PTEN levels with the concentration of insulin in follicular fluid in PCOS and non-PCOS patients. Design, Setting, Patients, and Main Outcome Measures: A cell proliferation assay, real-time RTPCR, and Western blotting for PTEN, Akt, and ERK1/2 were conducted in primary cultured granulosa cells under IGF-I stimulation with or without insulin pretreatment. Phosphorylation of Akt and ERK1/2 was also determined by Western blotting. We also measured the insulin concentration in follicular fluid and the levels of PTEN expression in granulosa cells collected at the time of oocyte retrieval of in vitro fertilization in PCOS (n 13) and non-PCOS patients (n 37). Results: PTEN expression was induced by insulin. Pretreatment with insulin attenuated the IGF-Iinduced Akt phosphorylation and cell proliferation but not ERK1/2 phosphorylation. A phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, LY294002, inhibited the IGF-I-induced cell proliferation. Suppression of insulin-induced PTEN expression using small interfering RNA recovered IGF-I-induced Akt phosphorylation. PTEN levels in granulosa cells, which tended to be higher in PCOS patients, were correlated with the insulin concentration in follicular fluid. Conclusions: PTEN may influence the proliferation of human granulosa cells as well as disturbance of follicular growth in PCOS patients.
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2009, Vol 94, Issue 6, p2184
- ISSN
0021-972X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1210/jc.2008-1948