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Inhibitory actions of mibefradil on steroidogenesis in mouse Leydig cells: involvement of Ca(2+) entry via the T-type Ca(2+) channel.


ABSTRACT: Intracellular cAMP and Ca(2+) are involved in the regulation of steroidogenic activity in Leydig cells, which coordinate responses to luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). However, the identification of Ca(2+) entry implicated in Leydig cell steroidogenesis is not well defined. The objective of this study was to identify the type of Ca(2+) channel that affects Leydig cell steroidogenesis. In vitro steroidogenesis in the freshly dissociated Leydig cells of mice was induced by hCG incubation. The effects of mibefradil (a putative T-type Ca(2+) channel blocker) on steroidogenesis were assessed using reverse transcription (RT)-polymerase chain reaction analysis for the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) mRNA expression and testosterone production using radioimmunoassay. In the presence of 1.0 mmol L(-1) extracellular Ca(2+), hCG at 1 to 100 IU noticeably elevated both StAR mRNA level and testosterone secretion (P < 0.05), and the stimulatory effects of hCG were markedly diminished by mibefradil in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05). Moreover, the hCG-induced increase in testosterone production was completely removed when external Ca(2+) was omitted, implying that Ca(2+) entry is needed for hCG-induced steroidogenesis. Furthermore, a patch-clamp study revealed the presence of mibefradil-sensitive Ca(2+) currents seen at a concentration range that nearly paralleled those inhibiting steroidogenesis. Collectively, our data provide evidence that hCG-stimulated steroidogenesis is mediated at least in part by Ca(2+) entry carried out by the T-type Ca(2+) channel in the Leydig cells of mice.

SUBMITTER: Lee JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3739071 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibitory actions of mibefradil on steroidogenesis in mouse Leydig cells: involvement of Ca(2+) entry via the T-type Ca(2+) channel.

Lee Jae-Ho JH   Kim Jong-Uk JU   Kim Changhoon C   Min Churl K CK  

Asian journal of andrology 20100809 6


Intracellular cAMP and Ca(2+) are involved in the regulation of steroidogenic activity in Leydig cells, which coordinate responses to luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). However, the identification of Ca(2+) entry implicated in Leydig cell steroidogenesis is not well defined. The objective of this study was to identify the type of Ca(2+) channel that affects Leydig cell steroidogenesis. In vitro steroidogenesis in the freshly dissociated Leydig cells of mice was indu  ...[more]

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