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Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Promotes Rat Stem Leydig Cell Differentiation.


ABSTRACT: The regulatory factors for stem Leydig cell development are largely unknown. Herein, we reported that parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) may be a factor to regulate this process. The effects of PTHrP on rat stem Leydig cell proliferation and differentiation were investigated using a stem Leydig cell culture system and an ethane dimethane sulfonate (EDS)-treated in vivo Leydig cell regeneration model. PTHrP (1,000 pg/ml) significantly increased medium testosterone level and up-regulated STAR, CYP17A1, and 17?-HSD3 expressions. Co-treatment with PKA inhibitor H-89 or PKC inhibitor U73122 reversed PTHrP-mediated increase of testosterone production in vitro. Intratesticular injection of PTHrP (100 ng/testis) into the Leydig cell-depleted testis from post-EDS day 7 to 21 significantly increased serum testosterone level, up-regulated LHCGR, SCARB1, CYP11A1, 11?-HSD1, and CYP17A1 expressions. It also enlarged Leydig cell size without affecting PCNA-labeled Leydig cell number. This indicates that PTHrP promotes stem Leydig cell differentiation. PTHrP in vivo increased CREB and p-CREB levels, suggesting that PTHrP acts via a PKA-CREB signaling pathway. In conclusion, PTHrP stimulates stem Leydig cell differentiation without affecting its proliferation, showing its novel action and mechanism on rat stem Leydig cell development.

SUBMITTER: Song T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693895 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Promotes Rat Stem Leydig Cell Differentiation.

Song Tiantian T   Wang Yiyan Y   Li Huitao H   Chen Lanlan L   Liu Jianpeng J   Chen Xianwu X   Li Xiaojun X   Li Xiaoheng X   Li Linxi L   Lian Qingquan Q   Ge Ren-Shan RS  

Frontiers in physiology 20171113


The regulatory factors for stem Leydig cell development are largely unknown. Herein, we reported that parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) may be a factor to regulate this process. The effects of PTHrP on rat stem Leydig cell proliferation and differentiation were investigated using a stem Leydig cell culture system and an ethane dimethane sulfonate (EDS)-treated <i>in vivo</i> Leydig cell regeneration model. PTHrP (1,000 pg/ml) significantly increased medium testosterone level and up-reg  ...[more]

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