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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M007428200 on September 20, 2000

J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 50, 39523-39528, December 15, 2000
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein-15
IDENTIFICATION OF TARGET CELLS AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS*

Fumio Otsuka, Zuxu Yao, Taek-hoo Lee, Shin Yamamoto, Gregory F. Erickson, and Shunichi ShimasakiDagger

From the Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093-0633

In developing ovarian follicles, the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation is tightly coordinated. Precisely how this coordination is achieved is unknown, but recent observations have suggested that molecules emitted by the oocyte are involved in the process. The newly discovered oocyte-specific growth factor, bone morphogenetic protein-15 (BMP-15), is one such molecule. At present, nothing is known about the target cells and biological functions of BMP-15. To fill this gap in our knowledge, recombinant BMP-15 and its antibody were produced and used to determine BMP-15 expression and bioactivity. BMP-15 mRNA and protein were shown to be co-expressed in oocytes throughout folliculogenesis, supporting the idea that BMP-15 is a physiological regulator of follicle cell proliferation and/or differentiation. To test this, we used primary cultures of rat granulosa cells (GCs). We found that BMP-15 is a potent stimulator of GC proliferation, and importantly, the mitogenic effect was follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-independent. By contrast, BMP-15 alone had no effect on steroidogenesis. However, it produced a marked decrease in FSH-induced progesterone production, but had no effect on FSH-stimulated estradiol production. This result indicates that BMP-15 is a selective modulator of FSH action. In summary, this study identifies GCs as the first target cells for BMP-15. Moreover, it identifies the stimulation of GC proliferation and the differential regulation of two crucial steroid hormones as the first biological functions of BMP-15. Significantly, BMP-15 is the first growth factor that can coordinate GC proliferation and differentiation in a way that reflects normal physiology.


* This work was supported in part by the Lalor Foundation; by University of California, San Diego Academic Senate Grant RY 440M; and by NICHD, National Institutes of Health through cooperative agreement (Grant U54HD12303) as part of the Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction Research.The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Dagger To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093-0633. E-mail: sshimasaki@ucsd.edu.


Copyright © 2000 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
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