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- Title
Progesterone down‐regulates insulin‐like growth factor‐I expression in cultured human uterine leiomyoma cells.
- Authors
Yamada, Takashi; Nakago, Satoshi; Kurachi, Osamu; Wang, Jiayin; Takekida, Shigeki; Matsuo, Hiroya; Maruo, Takeshi
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐I) plays crucial roles in uterine leiomyoma cell growth through stimulating proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis. The present study was conducted to elucidate whether progesterone affects IGF‐I and its receptor expression in cultured leiomyoma cells. METHODS: Isolated leiomyoma cells were subcultured in Phenol Red‐free Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum for 120 h and then stepped down to serum‐free conditions for an additional 48 h in the presence or absence of 17β‐estradiol (E2) (10 ng/ml) or progesterone (100 ng/ml). IGF‐I and its receptor mRNA and immunoreactive IGF‐I in the cultured cells were assessed by quantitative RT–PCR with Southern blot analysis and by radioimmunoassay with Seppak C18 chromatography, respectively. The presence of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) in cultured leiomyoma cells was immunocytochemically examined. RESULTS: Both treatment with progesterone alone and treatment with E2 and progesterone combined significantly decreased IGF‐I mRNA and protein expression in cultured leiomyoma cells compared with that in untreated cultures, but treatment with E2 alone did not. IGF‐I receptor mRNA expression in those cells was not affected by treatment with either E2 or progesterone. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that PR protein expression in cultured leiomyoma cells maintained in a serum‐free condition for 48 h whereas ER protein expression in the cells remarkably decreased after 24 h culture under the serum‐free condition. CONCLUSIONS: The present study provided evidence for the first time that progesterone down‐regulates IGF‐I mRNA and protein expression in cultured leiomyoma cells without affecting IGF‐I receptor mRNA expression.
- Subjects
PROGESTERONE; SEX hormones; OVARIES; PROGESTATIONAL hormones; CORPUS luteum; UTERINE fibroids; GROWTH factors
- Publication
Human Reproduction, 2004, Vol 19, Issue 4, p815
- ISSN
0268-1161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/humrep/deh146