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Endocrinology, Vol 116, 516-521, Copyright © 1985 by Endocrine Society

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Follicular plasminogen activator: involvement in ovulation

R Reich, R Miskin and A Tsafriri

Production of plasminogen activator (PA) by granulosa cells (GC) and its stimulation by gonadotropins led to the suggestion that PA is involved in ovulation. However, whereas only LH may be regarded as the ovulation-inducing hormone in the rat, FSH was found to be much more potent than LH in enhancing PA production by GC. Assuming that the entire follicular wall, rather than isolated GC, is involved in follicular rupture, we have examined activity of PA in intact follicles. LH (NIH-LH-S23) was 5-fold more potent than FSH (NIH-FSH- S14), and purified ovine LH and FSH were equally potent in enhancing follicular PA activity. Furthermore, injection into the ovarian bursa of proestrous rats of epsilon-amino-caproic acid and benzamidine (0.05- 0.25 mmol), inhibitors of serine proteases, including PA and plasmin, resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of ovulation without causing changes discernible by histological examinations of the ovaries. Whereas steroids did not change basal follicular PA production in culture, addition of estradiol-17 beta [(E2) 1 microgram/ml] but not progesterone or testosterone, further enhanced LH-stimulated PA. Aminoglutethimide phosphate (10(-3) M) and 17 beta-formamidoandrost-4- en-3-one inhibited LH-induced increase in follicular PA and this inhibition was reversed by addition of E2. Intrabursal injection of indomethacin, an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase, and of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, an inhibitor of lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism at doses which effectively blocked ovulation (0.3 mg/bursa) had no effect on PA content of the follicles. Likewise, indomethacin (10 microM) and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (100 microM) did not affect LH-stimulated PA in vitro. In conclusion, LH, the physiological trigger of ovulation is, at least, as potent as FSH in stimulating follicular PA activity. The role of serine proteases, most probably of PA and plasmin, in ovulation is further corroborated by a pharmacological approach. LH stimulation of follicular PA appears to be enhanced by E2 but is not mediated by arachidonic acid metabolites.


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