Identification of a non-mitogenic paracrine factor involved in mesenchymal-epithelial cell interactions between testicular peritubular cells and Sertoli cells
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Identification of a non-mitogenic paracrine factor involved in mesenchymal-epithelial cell interactions between testicular peritubular cells and Sertoli cells
Abstract
Seminiferous peritubular cells have previously been shown to secrete a protein termed P-Mod-S which modulates the functions of Sertoli cells. The present study provides an initial characterization of P-Mod-S and examines the actions of P-Mod-S on Sertoli cells. Gel filtration chromatography demonstrates that P-Mod-S has an apparent molecular weight of 70 000 that could not be dissociated to a lower molecular weight form. A 40- to 90-fold purification of P-Mod-S was obtained with a predicted half maximal effective concentration for Sertoli cells of less than 10(-9) M. Through an analysis of the actions of P-Mod-S on Sertoli cells it is demonstrated that P-Mod-S stimulates the Sertoli cell to a greater extent than any single hormone or vitamin known to influence the cell. P-Mod-S maximally stimulates testicular transferrin and androgen-binding protein production by Sertoli cells, but does not stimulate levels of plasminogen activator activity. P-Mod-S also appears to induce the synthesis of several proteins that are not detected in control non-treated Sertoli cell cultures. One such protein whose synthesis was stimulated by P-Mod-S treatment of Sertoli cells was a component having a molecular mass of 20 kDa. This 20 kDa Sertoli cell-secreted protein was specifically immunoprecipitated with an antibody against an epididymal lactalbumin-like protein. This implies that P-Mod-S can induce Sertoli cells to synthesize and secrete a lactalbumin-like protein. P-Mod-S was found not to contain mitogenic activity. Data presented indicate that testicular peritubular cells synthesize and secrete a 70 kDa non mitogenic paracrine factor termed P-Mod-S which has a dramatic influence on Sertoli cell functions. Results are discussed with respect to modulation of epithelial (Sertoli) cell functions by components produced by mesenchymal (peritubular) cells.
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