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spelling todo:paper_00257680_v57_n3_p337_DelPunta2023-10-03T14:36:32Z Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide Del Punta, K. Sanchez-Ruiz, M.E. Pignataro, O.P. cholesterol cholesterol monooxygenase (side chain cleaving) chorionic gonadotropin cyclic gmp cyclic gmp derivative hemoprotein nitric oxide nitric oxide donor pregnenolone nitric oxide steroid animal cell animal tissue article inhibition kinetics leydig cell macrophage activation mouse nonhuman pathophysiology rat second messenger steroidogenesis testis cell animal biosynthesis disease model Leydig cell tumor male metabolism physiology Sprague Dawley rat testis tumor Animals Disease Models, Animal Leydig Cell Tumor Male Mice Nitric Oxide Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Steroids Testicular Neoplasms Testicular macrophages as well as endothelial cells, which are intimately associated with Leydig cells, constitute a potential source of paracrine nitric oxide (NO). In the present study, we investigated the effect of NO donors on MA-10 murine Leydig tumor cell line and rat Leydig cell steroidogenesis. We observed that NO donors, reversibly inhibit hGG-induced steroidogenesis in both types of cells. We also studied NO mechanism of action. Contrary to what is observed in many other systems, NO inhibitory effect on Leydig cell steroidogenesis is not mediated by cGMP, as NO fails to increase cGMP production and cGMP analogs do not reproduce NO effect. NO does not modify the production of cAMP, the main second messenger that mediates gonadotropin action. When we studied NO effect over the steroidogenic pathway in MA-10 cells, we found that NO is inhibiting the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone. Taken together these results show an inhibitory effect of NO donors on Leydig cell steroidogenesis and suggest that NO can be directly inhibiting cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (cytochrome P-450scc) as it does with other heme proteins, including different cytochromes P-450. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00257680_v57_n3_p337_DelPunta
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic cholesterol
cholesterol monooxygenase (side chain cleaving)
chorionic gonadotropin
cyclic gmp
cyclic gmp derivative
hemoprotein
nitric oxide
nitric oxide donor
pregnenolone
nitric oxide
steroid
animal cell
animal tissue
article
inhibition kinetics
leydig cell
macrophage activation
mouse
nonhuman
pathophysiology
rat
second messenger
steroidogenesis
testis cell
animal
biosynthesis
disease model
Leydig cell tumor
male
metabolism
physiology
Sprague Dawley rat
testis tumor
Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Leydig Cell Tumor
Male
Mice
Nitric Oxide
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Steroids
Testicular Neoplasms
spellingShingle cholesterol
cholesterol monooxygenase (side chain cleaving)
chorionic gonadotropin
cyclic gmp
cyclic gmp derivative
hemoprotein
nitric oxide
nitric oxide donor
pregnenolone
nitric oxide
steroid
animal cell
animal tissue
article
inhibition kinetics
leydig cell
macrophage activation
mouse
nonhuman
pathophysiology
rat
second messenger
steroidogenesis
testis cell
animal
biosynthesis
disease model
Leydig cell tumor
male
metabolism
physiology
Sprague Dawley rat
testis tumor
Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Leydig Cell Tumor
Male
Mice
Nitric Oxide
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Steroids
Testicular Neoplasms
Del Punta, K.
Sanchez-Ruiz, M.E.
Pignataro, O.P.
Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
topic_facet cholesterol
cholesterol monooxygenase (side chain cleaving)
chorionic gonadotropin
cyclic gmp
cyclic gmp derivative
hemoprotein
nitric oxide
nitric oxide donor
pregnenolone
nitric oxide
steroid
animal cell
animal tissue
article
inhibition kinetics
leydig cell
macrophage activation
mouse
nonhuman
pathophysiology
rat
second messenger
steroidogenesis
testis cell
animal
biosynthesis
disease model
Leydig cell tumor
male
metabolism
physiology
Sprague Dawley rat
testis tumor
Animals
Disease Models, Animal
Leydig Cell Tumor
Male
Mice
Nitric Oxide
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Steroids
Testicular Neoplasms
description Testicular macrophages as well as endothelial cells, which are intimately associated with Leydig cells, constitute a potential source of paracrine nitric oxide (NO). In the present study, we investigated the effect of NO donors on MA-10 murine Leydig tumor cell line and rat Leydig cell steroidogenesis. We observed that NO donors, reversibly inhibit hGG-induced steroidogenesis in both types of cells. We also studied NO mechanism of action. Contrary to what is observed in many other systems, NO inhibitory effect on Leydig cell steroidogenesis is not mediated by cGMP, as NO fails to increase cGMP production and cGMP analogs do not reproduce NO effect. NO does not modify the production of cAMP, the main second messenger that mediates gonadotropin action. When we studied NO effect over the steroidogenic pathway in MA-10 cells, we found that NO is inhibiting the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone. Taken together these results show an inhibitory effect of NO donors on Leydig cell steroidogenesis and suggest that NO can be directly inhibiting cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (cytochrome P-450scc) as it does with other heme proteins, including different cytochromes P-450.
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author Del Punta, K.
Sanchez-Ruiz, M.E.
Pignataro, O.P.
author_facet Del Punta, K.
Sanchez-Ruiz, M.E.
Pignataro, O.P.
author_sort Del Punta, K.
title Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
title_short Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
title_full Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
title_fullStr Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
title_full_unstemmed Regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
title_sort regulation of testicular steroidogenesis by nitric oxide
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00257680_v57_n3_p337_DelPunta
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