Arato, IvoGrande, GiuseppeBarrachina, FerranBellucci, CatiaLilli, CinziaJodar Bifet, MeritxellAglietti, Maria ChiaraMancini, FrancescaVincenzoni, FedericaPontecorvi, AlfredoCalafiore, RiccardoOliva Virgili, RafaelLuca, GiovanniMancuso, FrancescaMilardi, Domenico2021-04-222021-04-222020-06-181664-2392https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176569Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), a major regulator of spermatogenesis, has a crucial function in the development and function of the testis and it is extensively given as a fertility treatment to stimulate spermatogenesis. We analyzed the effects of different FSH preparations (α-follitropin, β-follitropin, and urofollitropin) in combination with testosterone on porcine pre-pubertal Sertoli cells. To study the effect of the different FSH treatments in the Sertoli cell function we performed Real Time PCR analysis of AMH, inhibin B, and FSH-r, an ELISA assay for AMH and inhibin B, and a high-throughput comparative proteomic analysis. We verified that all three preparations induced a reduction of AMH in terms of mRNA and secreted proteins, and an increase of inhibin B in terms of mRNA in all the FSH formulations, while solely α-follitropin produced an increase of secreted inhibin B in the culture medium. Comparative proteomic analysis of the three FSH preparations identified 46 proteins, 11 up-regulated and 2 down-regulated. Surprisingly, the combination of testosterone with β-follitropin specifically induced an up-regulation of eight specific secreted proteins. Our study, showing that the three different FSH preparations induce different effects, could offer the opportunity to shed light inside new applications to a personalized reproductive medicine.10 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Arato, Ivo et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esCèl·lules de SertoliEspermatogènesiSertoli cellsSpermatogenesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article7097722021-04-22info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess32625170