Involvement of chloride channels in progesterone production during meiotic maturation of follicle-enclosed oocytes of Rana temporaria and Xenopus laevis

Skoblina, MN; Huhtaniemi, I

HERO ID

4942584

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

1997

Language

English

PMID

9262009

HERO ID 4942584
In Press No
Year 1997
Title Involvement of chloride channels in progesterone production during meiotic maturation of follicle-enclosed oocytes of Rana temporaria and Xenopus laevis
Authors Skoblina, MN; Huhtaniemi, I
Journal Journal of Experimental Zoology
Volume 278
Issue 6
Page Numbers 422-428
Abstract The chloride channel blockers SITS (4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostibene-2,2'-disulphonic acid) and DIDS (4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid) markedly suppressed progesterone production in the Rana temporaria and Xenopus laevis follicle-enclosed oocytes and oocyte maturation stimulated by the homologous pituitary suspension and hCG, respectively. Inhibition was dose-dependent and decreased with the increase of the hormone concentration. SITS did not affect progesterone production in the R. temporaria follicle-enclosed oocytes stimulated by dbcAMP. Substitution of sodium chloride for equimolar concentrations of sodium gluconate, methanesulfonate, glutamate, or formate significantly potentiated the gonadotropin-stimulated progesterone production and oocyte maturation in the both species. Possible involvement of chloride channels in progesterone production by the gonadotropin-stimulated amphibian follicle-enclosed oocytes is discussed. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Doi 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970815)278:6<422::AID-JEZ10>3.0.CO;2-0
Pmid 9262009
Wosid WOS:A1997XP43300011
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