Effect of the cell-permeable calcium chelator, Bapta-AM, on basal and LH-stimulated progesterone synthesis/secretion (ng/ml) in cultured steroidogenic cells collected Day 10 bovine CL

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "PKCepsilon and an increase in intracellular calcium concentration are necessary for PGF2alpha to inhibit LH-stimulated progesterone secretion in cultured bovine steroidogenic luteal cells"</p><p>Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E 2007;5():37-37.</p><p>Published online 30 Aug 2007</p><p>PMCID:PMC2041951.</p><p></p> Progesterone accumulated in culture media was determined after 4 h of incubation in the following treatments: media alone (Media), LH (100 ng/ml), LH and PGFα (1000 ng/ml), or LH and Bapta-AM (0.1, 1, 10, and 100 μmol). As explained in Materials and Methods, these treatments also contained 0.1% of the solvent used for PGFα and Bapta-AM, DMSO. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM of four Day 10 individual replicates (n = 4 CL obtained from 4 cows). Statistical comparisons were made across treatments, and means with different letters denote different values, P < 0.05