INHIBITORY ACTION OF PORCINE FOLLICULAR FLUID UPON GRANULOSA CELL LUTEINIZATION IN VITRO: ASSAY AND INFLUENCE OF FOLLICULAR MATURATION
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Journal of Endocrinology
- Vol. 74 (2), 175-184
- https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.0740175
Abstract
Culture medium 199 supplemented with follicular fluid from 1–2 mm antral porcine follicles inhibited spontaneous luteinization of granulosa cells from preovulatory porcine follicles in vitro. Three characteristics of luteinization were inhibited: morphological transformation, progesterone secretion, and accumulation of cyclic AMP in response to LH. The last was inhibited more effectively by culture media containing 50% follicular fluid than by media containing 20% follicular fluid. The inhibitory actions of the follicular fluid were not altered by charcoal or petroleum ether extraction. Follicular fluid from large follicles (6–12 mm) did not exhibit any of these inhibitory actions. These observations may indicate the presence of a luteinization inhibitor in the fluid of small follicles which (1) is lost by the time the follicle reaches the preovulatory stage, or (2) is overcome by a stimulatory agent which may accumulate as the follicle grows.Keywords
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