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The aim of this study was to compare the actions and interactions of gonadotrophins (LH and FSH) and an analogue of insulin-like growth factor I (LR3-IGF-I) on the secretion of inhibin A, inhibin B and progesterone by cultured chicken granulosa cells derived from the three largest (F1--F3) follicles of the preovulatory hierarchy. Treatment with LH or FSH promoted marked dose-(P < 0.0001) and time- (P < 0.0001) dependent increases in both inhibin A and progesterone secretion, with the magnitude of response (< 15-fold compared with basal) increasing over time in culture. Concentrations of inhibin B were below the detection limit in all samples. Initially, F1 cells were more LH-responsive than were F3 cells in terms of progesterone secretion (P < 0.02) but this difference between follicles decreased over time in culture. In contrast, LH-induced inhibin A secretion tended to be highest from F3 cells, although this was not significant. Cells from F3 follicles were consistently more FSH-responsive than F1 cells in terms of both progesterone (P < 0.01) and inhibin A (P < 0.02) secretion. Initially, F1 cells were more responsive to LR3-IGF-I than were F3 cells in terms of progesterone secretion (P < 0.001) but were less responsive in terms of inhibin A secretion (P < 0.001). Again, these inter-follicle differences decreased over time in culture (not significant on day 3 of treatment). Co-treatment experiments showed that LR3-IGF-I enhanced both LH- and FSH-induced secretion of inhibin A and progesterone in a time- (P < 0.001) and follicle- (P < 0.001) dependent way. Initially, F1 cells showed highest LR3-IGF-I enhancement of LH-induced inhibin A and progesterone secretion; in contrast, F3 cells showed the highest LR3- IGF-1 enhancement of FSH-induced inhibin A and progesterone secretion. These inter-follicle differences persisted over time in the case of FSH-induced hormone responses but not in the case of LH-induced responses, even though the relative degree of LR3-IGF-I enhancement increased markedly over time. Collectively, these data support a positive role for IGF-I, presumably of thecal origin, as an amplifier of gonadotrophin action on granulosa cell inhibin A and progesterone production by preovulatory chicken follicles.

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Modulatory effects of gonadotrophins and insulin-like growth factor on the secretion of inhibin A and progesterone by granulosa cells from chicken preovulatory (F1-F3) follicles