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Fluks M, Szczepanska K, Ishikawa T, Ajduk A. Transcriptional status of mouse oocytes corresponds with their ability to generate Ca2+ release. Reproduction 2019; 157:465-474. [PMID: 30817322 DOI: 10.1530/rep-18-0625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In fully grown ovarian follicles both transcriptionally active (NSN) and inactive (SN) oocytes are present. NSN oocytes have been shown to display lower developmental potential. It is possible that oocytes that have not completed transcription before meiosis resumption accumulate less RNA and proteins required for their further development, including those responsible for regulation of Ca2+ homeostasis. Oscillations of the cytoplasmic concentration of free Ca2+ ions ([Ca2+]i) are triggered in oocytes by a fertilizing spermatozoon and are crucial for inducing and regulating further embryonic development. We showed that NSN-derived oocytes express less inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor type 1 (IP3R1), store less Ca2+ ions and generate weaker spontaneous [Ca2+]i oscillations during maturation than SN oocytes. Consequently, NSN oocytes display aberrant [Ca2+]i oscillations at fertilization. We speculate that this defective regulation of Ca2+ homeostasis might be one of the factors responsible for the lower developmental potential of NSN oocytes.
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- Monika Fluks
- Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Embryology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Günalan E, Yaba A, Yılmaz B. The effect of nutrient supplementation in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome-associated metabolic dysfunctions: A critical review. J Turk Ger Gynecol Assoc 2018; 19:220-232. [PMID: 30299265 PMCID: PMC6250088 DOI: 10.4274/jtgga.2018.0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is complex heterogeneous disorder that has several aspects in terms of pathology such as metabolic, endocrine, reproductive, and psychological. However, the etiology of PCOS remains poorly understood. Several studies suggest that insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism play a central role in the progression of PCOS pathophysiology. Therefore, common treatment strategies of PCOS are based on lifestyle modification, which include exercise, diet, and nutrient supplementation therapy. Recent studies have recommended some nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and vitamin-like nutrients for the therapy of PCOS because each has at least one functional property in PCOS-induced pathways. Therefore, it is claimed that the cause of PCOS could be vitamin or mineral deficiency. This review aims to provide a critical literature survey on nutritional supplementation for the treatment of PCOS-associated endocrine and metabolic dysfunctions and discuss the role of nutrients in the management of PCOS in view of the clinical trials and experimental studies.
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- Elif Günalan
- Department of Physiology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Yeditepe University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
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Jafari-Sfidvajani S, Ahangari R, Hozoori M, Mozaffari-Khosravi H, Fallahzadeh H, Nadjarzadeh A. The effect of vitamin D supplementation in combination with low-calorie diet on anthropometric indices and androgen hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Endocrinol Invest 2018; 41:597-607. [PMID: 29110281 DOI: 10.1007/s40618-017-0785-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is known as the most common endocrine disorder in reproductive age women. The aim of this studywas to evaluate the effects of vitamin D supplementation in combination with low-calorie diet on anthropometric indices, reproductive hormones and menstrual regularity in overweight and obese PCOS women. METHODS In this randomized controlled clinical trial, 60 PCOS women with vitamin D insufficiency were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of either (1) weight-loss intervention + 50,000 IU/week oral vitamin D3 or (2) weight-loss intervention + placebo. At the beginning and end of the study, the anthropometric indices, body composition, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, total testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and free androgen index (FAI) were measured and regularity of menses was compared among the two groups. RESULT After 12-week intervention, median of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 significantly increased from 18.5 (10.75-20) ng/ml to 42.69 (34-53.25) ng/ml in vitamin D group compared to placebo group (p < 001). Moreover, there was a significant improvement in frequency regular menstrual cycle (p = 0.01). Mean of weight, body mass index, fat mass, waist and hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio significantly decreased in both groups, but was not different between two groups. Mean of total testosterone insignificantly decreased from 0.7 to 0.5 ng/ml in vitamin D group (p = 0.18). In addition, we did not observe significant differences regarding DHEAS, FAI and SHBG between two groups. CONCLUSIONS In women with PCOS, androgen profile did not change with vitamin D supplementation when combined with low-calorie diet, but menstrual frequency significantly improved. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER IRCT2016062710826N19.
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- S Jafari-Sfidvajani
- Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Obstetric and Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Nutritional Community Medicine Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Diabetic Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Research Center for Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-communicable Disease, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Nutrition and Food Security Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
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Moini A, Shirzad N, Ahmadzadeh M, Hosseini R, Hosseini L, Sadatmahalleh SJ. Comparison of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Calcium Levels between Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Normal Women. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY & STERILITY 2015; 9:1-8. [PMID: 25918586 PMCID: PMC4410027 DOI: 10.22074/ijfs.2015.4201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Background Given the relationship of vitamin D deficiency with insulin resistance syndrome as the component of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the main aim of this
study was to compare serum level of 25hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] between PCOS
patients and normal individuals. Materials and Methods A cross sectional study was conducted to compare 25(OH)D
level between117 normal and 125 untreated PCOS cases at our clinic in Arash Hospital, Tehran, Iran, during 2011-2012. The obtained levels of 25(OH)D were classified as
follows: lower than 25 nmol/ml as severe deficiency, between 25-49.9 nmol/ml as deficiency, 50-74.9 nmol/ml as insufficiency, and above 75 nmol/ml asnormal. In addition,
endocrine and metabolic variables were evaluated. Results Among PCOS patients, our findings shows 3(2.4%) normal, 7(5.6%) with
insufficiency, 33(26.4%) with deficiency and 82(65.6%) with severe deficiency, whereas in normal participants, 5(4.3%) normal, 4(3.4%) with insufficiency,
28(23.9%) with deficiency and 80(68.4%) with severe deficiency. Comparison of
25(OH)D level between two main groups showed no significant differences (p=
0.65). Also, the calcium and 25(OH)D levels had no significant differences in patients with overweight (p=0.22) and insulin resistance (p=0.64). But we also found
a relationship between 25(OH)D level and metabolic syndrome (p=0.01). Furthermore, there was a correlation between 25(OH)D and body mass index (BMI) in
control group (p=0.01), while the C-reactive protein (CRP) level was predominantly
higher in PCOS group (p<0.001). Conclusion Although the difference of 25(OH)D level between PCOS and healthy women is not significant, the high prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency is a real alarm for public
health care system and may influence our results.
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- Ashraf Moini
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran ; Vali-e-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Arash Women's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran ; Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Kim JJ, Choi YM, Chae SJ, Hwang KR, Yoon SH, Kim MJ, Kim SM, Ku SY, Kim SH, Kim JG. Vitamin D deficiency in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Clin Exp Reprod Med 2014; 41:80-5. [PMID: 25045632 PMCID: PMC4102694 DOI: 10.5653/cerm.2014.41.2.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate: the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Korean women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and the relationship between vitamin D status and clinical or metabolic features in this group. Methods We recruited 38 women with PCOS using the Rotterdam criteria. A total of 109 premenopausal control women were matched with patients based on age and body mass index. Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentrations less than 20 ng/mL were classified as frank vitamin D deficiency. Since vitamin D may play a significant role in metabolic disturbances in women with PCOS, correlations between clinical or metabolic parameters and vitamin D status were analyzed separately in patients and controls. Results Women with PCOS showed no differences in the level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (19.6±6.6 ng/mL in patients vs. 20.1±7.4 ng/mL in controls, respectively, p=0.696) or prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (57.9% in patients vs. 56.5% in controls, respectively, p=0.880). In addition, we did not find any correlations between serum vitamin D level and clinical or metabolic profiles in either PCOS patients or controls. Conclusion Our study found no differences in the absolute level of serum vitamin D between PCOS patients and matched controls. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was equally common among both patients and controls. Additionally, we did not find any correlations between serum vitamin D level and clinical or metabolic profiles, suggesting that the role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of PCOS is not yet clear.
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- Jin Ju Kim
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. ; The Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- The Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul Municipal Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- The Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- The Institute of Reproductive Medicine and Population, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Raja-Khan N, Shah J, Stetter CM, Lott MEJ, Kunselman AR, Dodson WC, Legro RS. High-dose vitamin D supplementation and measures of insulin sensitivity in polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized, controlled pilot trial. Fertil Steril 2014; 101:1740-6. [PMID: 24636395 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of high-dose vitamin D on insulin sensitivity in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN Randomized, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENT(S) Twenty-eight women with PCOS. INTERVENTION(S) Vitamin D3, 12,000 IU, or placebo daily for 12 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) The primary outcome was quantitative insulin sensitivity check index. Secondary outcomes included glucose and insulin levels during a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test and blood pressure. RESULT(S) Twenty-two women completed the study. Compared with placebo, vitamin D significantly increased 25-hydroxyvitamin D (mean [95% confidence interval] in vitamin D group 20.1 [15.7 to 24.5] ng/mL at baseline and 65.7 [52.3 to 79.2] ng/mL at 12 weeks; placebo 22.5 [18.1 to 26.8] ng/mL at baseline and 23.8 [10.4 to 37.2] ng/mL at 12 weeks). There were no significant differences in quantitative insulin sensitivity check index and other measures of insulin sensitivity; however, we observed trends toward lower 2-hour insulin and lower 2-hour glucose. We also observed a protective effect of vitamin D on blood pressure. CONCLUSION(S) In women with PCOS, insulin sensitivity was unchanged with high-dose vitamin D, but there was a trend toward decreased 2-hour insulin and a protective effect on blood pressure. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT00907153.
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- Nazia Raja-Khan
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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BACKGROUND Vitamin D has been well-known for its function in maintaining calcium and phosphorus homeostasis and promoting bone mineralization. There is some evidence that in addition to sex steroid hormones, the classic regulators of human reproduction, vitamin D also modulates reproductive processes in women and men. AIM The aim of this review was to assess the studies that evaluated the relationship between vitamin D and fertility in women and men as well as in animals. METHODS We performed a systematic literature search in Pubmed for relevant English language publications published until October 2011. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The vitamin D receptor (VDR) and vitamin D metabolizing enzymes are found in reproductive tissues of women and men. Vdr knockout mice have significant gonadal insufficiency, decreased sperm count and motility, and histological abnormalities of testis, ovary and uterus. Moreover, we present evidence that vitamin D is involved in female reproduction including IVF outcome (clinical pregnancy rates) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). In PCOS women, low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels are associated with obesity, metabolic, and endocrine disturbances and vitamin D supplementation might improve menstrual frequency and metabolic disturbances in those women. Moreover, vitamin D might influence steroidogenesis of sex hormones (estradiol and progesterone) in healthy women and high 25(OH)D levels might be associated with endometriosis. In men, vitamin D is positively associated with semen quality and androgen status. Moreover, vitamin D treatment might increase testosterone levels. Testiculopathic men show low CYP21R expression, low 25(OH)D levels, and osteoporosis despite normal testosterone levels.
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- Elisabeth Lerchbaum
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria.
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Martín-Romero FJ, López-Guerrero AM, Álvarez IS, Pozo-Guisado E. Role of Store-Operated Calcium Entry During Meiotic Progression and Fertilization of Mammalian Oocytes. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012; 295:291-328. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394306-4.00014-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Wehr E, Pieber TR, Obermayer-Pietsch B. Effect of vitamin D3 treatment on glucose metabolism and menstrual frequency in polycystic ovary syndrome women: a pilot study. J Endocrinol Invest 2011; 34:757-63. [PMID: 21613813 DOI: 10.3275/7748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) frequently suffer from metabolic disturbances, in particular from insulin resistance. Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the development of insulin resistance. Hence, we aimed to examine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on metabolic and endocrine parameters in PCOS women. METHODS Fifty-seven PCOS women were included in the study. PCOS women received 20,000 IU cholecalciferol weekly for 24 weeks. Anthropometric measures, oral glucose tolerance test, and blood analyses of endocrine parameters were performed at baseline and after 12 weeks (V2) and 24 weeks (V3). RESULTS Forty-six PCOS women finished the study. 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels significantly increased from 28.0±11.0 ng/ml at baseline to 51.3±17.3 and 52.4±21.5 at V2 and V3, respectively (p<0.001). We observed a significant decrease of fasting and stimulated glucose (V3, p<0.05) and C-peptide levels (V2 and 3, p<0.001) after vitamin D treatment. Moreover, triglyceride and estradiol levels significantly decreased at V3 (p=0.001) and V2 (p=0.022), respectively, whereas total cholesterol (V2, p=0.008) and LDL cholesterol levels (V2, p=0.005; V3, p=0.026) significantly increased after vitamin D treatment. There were no changes in androgens. At V2, 14 out of 46 PCOS women previously affected by menstrual disturbances (30.4%) reported improvement of menstrual frequency; at V3, 23 out of 46 women (50.0%), who were oligo- or amenorrheic at baseline reported improvement. DISCUSSION Our results suggest that vitamin D treatment might improve glucose metabolism and menstrual frequency in PCOS women. Further randomized controlled trails are warranted to confirm our findings.
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- E Wehr
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Segers I, Adriaenssens T, Ozturk E, Smitz J. Acquisition and loss of oocyte meiotic and developmental competence during in vitro antral follicle growth in mouse. Fertil Steril 2010; 93:2695-700. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2009] [Revised: 11/16/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mahmoudi T, Gourabi H, Ashrafi M, Yazdi RS, Ezabadi Z. Calciotropic hormones, insulin resistance, and the polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 2010; 93:1208-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2008] [Revised: 11/24/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The Effects of Calcium-Vitamin D and Metformin on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Study. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2009; 48:142-7. [DOI: 10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60275-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Boni R, Cocchia N, Silvestre F, Tortora G, Lorizio R, Tosti E. Juvenile and adult immature and in vitro matured ovine oocytes evaluated in relation to membrane electrical properties, calcium stores, IP3 sensitivity and apoptosis occurrence in cumulus cells. Mol Reprod Dev 2008; 75:1752-60. [PMID: 18404643 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The analysis of differences between juvenile and adult oocytes may provide useful information on the acquisition of meiotic and developmental competence of the female gamete. In oocytes collected from either ewes or 40-day-old lambs, we evaluated membrane electrical properties, such as resting potential, conductance, activation ion currents, L-type Ca(2+) currents as well as calcium stores and IP3 sensitivity; in addition, the incidence of apoptosis in cumulus cells in these two age categories was compared. The analysis was carried out in oocytes both prior to and after in vitro maturation. Significant differences were found in all the examined parameters in relation to maturational stages whereas minor differences were recorded in relation to age of the donor. IP3 sensitivity strongly increased after in vitro maturation following a dose-dependent pattern from 1 to 500 micromol/L with a significant interaction (P < 0.01) between dose and maturational stage. The incidence of apoptosis in cumulus cells strongly increased after in vitro maturation and was greater in adult than in juvenile cumulus cells (39.2 +/- 5.8% vs. 21.9 +/- 3.5%; P < 0.01). In conclusion, all the examined parameters were greatly affected by the maturational stage, whereas minor differences were due to age-related oocyte quality, that is, at plasma membrane levels to conductance, activation current peaks and calcium currents, at cytosol level to calcium stores and IP3 sensitivity, and to incidence of apoptosis in cumulus cells. These parameters were compared with previous data in bovine to analyze oocyte quality in juvenile and adult individuals or between species.
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- R Boni
- Departimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Animali, Università della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
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Liepa GU, Sengupta A, Karsies D. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and Other Androgen Excess–Related Conditions: Can Changes in Dietary Intake Make a Difference? Nutr Clin Pract 2008; 23:63-71. [DOI: 10.1177/011542650802300163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- George U. Liepa
- School of Health Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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- School of Health Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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- School of Health Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
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In this study, we investigated the fluctuations of concentration of intracytoplasmic free Ca(2+) during in vitro maturation of caprine primary oocytes and its role in meiotic resumption. Oocytes that were extracted from caprine ovaries were cultured and allowed to mature in vitro to determine their developmental stages including germinal vesicle (GV), germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), metaphase of the first meiotic division (MI) and metaphase of the second meiotic division (MII). Intracytoplasmic free Ca(2+) turnovers of caprine oocytes at these different developmental stages were measured using the calcium fluorescent probe Fura-2/AM (C(44)H(47)N(3)O(24)) to investigate the dynamics of cytosolic free Ca(2+) during in vitro maturation of oocytes and the role of Ca(2+) in inducing the initiation of meiotic resumption of oocytes. Moreover, the oocytes were cultured in Ca(2+) culture medium and Ca(2+)-free culture medium to examine the effect of extracellular Ca(2+) on the oocyte maturation. The results indicated that Ca(2+) concentrations at GV, GVBD, MI and MII stages were 78.06, 147.41, 126.97 and 97.73 nmol/l, respectively, and that 86.30% of oocytes remained at the GV stage and no oocyte developed to MII in Ca(2+)-free culture medium, and 1.1% of oocytes stayed at the GV stage and 83.5% of oocytes developed to MII in Ca(2+) culture medium. These results suggest that the occurrence of GVBD and cell cycle progression to MI and MII stages are closely related to Ca(2+), and that extracellular Ca(2+) performs a specific function for the initiation of meiotic resumption in caprine oocytes.
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- H M Zhou
- College of Bioengineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China.
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Mehlmann LM, Kalinowski RR, Ross LF, Parlow AF, Hewlett EL, Jaffe LA. Meiotic resumption in response to luteinizing hormone is independent of a Gi family G protein or calcium in the mouse oocyte. Dev Biol 2006; 299:345-55. [PMID: 16949564 PMCID: PMC1864934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The signaling pathway by which luteinizing hormone (LH) acts on the somatic cells of vertebrate ovarian follicles to stimulate meiotic resumption in the oocyte requires a decrease in cAMP in the oocyte, but how cAMP is decreased is unknown. Activation of Gi family G proteins can lower cAMP by inhibiting adenylate cyclase or stimulating a cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase, but we show here that inhibition of this class of G proteins by injection of pertussis toxin into follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes does not prevent meiotic resumption in response to LH. Likewise, elevation of Ca2+ can lower cAMP through its action on Ca2+-sensitive adenylate cyclases or phosphodiesterases, but inhibition of a Ca2+ rise by injection of EGTA into follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes does not inhibit the LH response. Thus, neither of these well-known mechanisms of cAMP regulation can account for LH signaling to the oocyte in the mouse ovary.
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- Lisa M. Mehlmann
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032
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- National Hormone and Peptide Program, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, and Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032
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During maturation, the last phase of oogenesis, the oocyte undergoes several changes which prepare it to be ovulated and fertilized. Immature oocytes are arrested in the first meiotic process prophase, that is morphologically identified by a germinal vesicle. The removal of the first meiotic block marks the initiation of maturation. Although a large number of molecules are involved in complex sequences of events, there is evidence that a calcium increase plays a pivotal role in meiosis re-initiation. It is well established that, during this process, calcium is released from the intracellular stores, whereas less is known on the role of external calcium entering the cell through the plasma membrane ion channels. This review is focused on the functional role of calcium currents during oocyte maturation in all the species, from invertebrates to mammals. The emerging role of specific L-type calcium channels will be discussed.
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Horner K, Livera G, Hinckley M, Trinh K, Storm D, Conti M. Rodent oocytes express an active adenylyl cyclase required for meiotic arrest. Dev Biol 2003; 258:385-96. [PMID: 12798295 DOI: 10.1016/s0012-1606(03)00134-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The intracellular levels of cAMP play a critical role in the meiotic arrest of mammalian oocytes. However, it is debated whether this second messenger is produced endogenously by the oocytes or is maintained at levels inhibitory to meiotic resumption via diffusion from somatic cells. Here, we demonstrate that adenylyl cyclase genes and corresponding proteins are expressed in rodent oocytes. The mRNA coding for the AC3 isoform of adenylyl cyclase was detected in rat and mouse oocytes by RT-PCR and by in situ hybridization. The expression of AC3 protein was confirmed by immunocytochemistry and immunofluorescence analysis in oocytes in situ. Cyclic AMP accumulation in denuded oocytes was increased by incubation with forskolin, and this stimulation was abolished by increasing intraoocyte Ca(2+) with the ionophore A23187. The Ca(2+) effects were reversed by an inhibitor of Ca(2+), calmodulin-dependent kinase II. These regulations of cAMP levels indicate that the major cyclase that produces cAMP in the rat oocyte has properties identical to those of recombinant or endogenous AC3 expressed in somatic cells. Furthermore, mouse oocytes deficient in AC3 show signs of a defect in meiotic arrest in vivo and accelerated spontaneous maturation in vitro. Collectively, these data provide evidence that an adenylyl cyclase is functional in rodent oocytes and that its activity is involved in the control of oocyte meiotic arrest.
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- Kathleen Horner
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Su YQ, Eppig JJ. Evidence that multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM KII) participates in the meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. Mol Reprod Dev 2002; 61:560-9. [PMID: 11891928 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Calcium-dependent signaling pathways are thought to be involved in the regulation of mammalian oocyte meiotic maturation. However, the molecular linkages between the calcium signal and the processes driving meiotic maturation are not clearly defined. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that the multi-functional calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM KII) functions as one of these key linkers. Mouse oocytes were treated with a pharmacological CaM KII inhibitor, KN-93, or a peptide CaM KII inhibitor, myristoylated AIP, and assessed for the progression of meiosis. Two systems for in vitro oocyte maturation were used: (1) spontaneous gonadotropin-independent maturation and (2) follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-induced reversal of hypoxanthine-mediated meiotic arrest. FSH-induced, but not spontaneous germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) was dose-dependently inhibited by both myristoylated AIP and KN-93, but not its inactive analog, KN-92. However, emission of the first polar body (PB1) was inhibited by myristoylated AIP and KN-93 in both oocyte maturation systems. Oocytes that failed to produce PB1 exhibited normal-appearing metaphase I chromosome congression and spindles indicating that CaM KII inhibitors blocked the metaphase I to anaphase I transition. Similar results were obtained when the oocytes were treated with a calmodulin antagonist, W-7, and matured spontaneously. These results suggest that CaM KII, and hence the calcium signaling pathway, is potentially involved in regulating the meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. This kinase both participates in gonadotropin-induced resumption of meiosis, as well as promoting the metaphase I to anaphase I transition. Further evidence is therefore, provided of the critical role of calcium-dependent pathways in mammalian oocyte maturation.
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- You-Qiang Su
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609-1500, USA
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Thys-Jacobs S, Donovan D, Papadopoulos A, Sarrel P, Bilezikian JP. Vitamin D and calcium dysregulation in the polycystic ovarian syndrome. Steroids 1999; 64:430-5. [PMID: 10433180 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-128x(99)00012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Over the past 30 years, numerous studies in invertebrates and vertebrates have established a role of calcium in oocyte maturation as well as in the resumption and progression of follicular development. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCO) is characterized by hyperandrogenic chronic anovulation, theca cell hyperplasia, and arrested follicular development. The aim of this observational study was to determine whether vitamin D and calcium dysregulation contribute to the development of follicular arrest in women with PCO, resulting in reproductive and menstrual dysfunction. Thirteen premenopausal women (mean age 31 +/- 7.9 years) with documented chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism were evaluated. Four women were amenorrheic and nine had a history oligomenorrhea, two of whom had dysfunctional bleeding. Nine had abnormal pelvic sonograms with multiple ovarian follicular cysts. All were hirsute, two had alopecia, and five had acanthosis nigricans. The mean 25 hydrovitamin D was 11.2 +/- 6.9 ng/ml [normal (nl): 9-52], and the mean 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D was 45.8 +/- 18 pg/ml. with one woman with a 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D <5 pg/ml (nl: 15-60). The mean intact parathyroid hormone level was 47 +/- 19 pg/ml (nl: 10-65), with five women with abnormally elevated parathyroid hormone levels. All were normocalcemic (9.3 +/- 0.4 mg/dl). Vitamin D repletion with calcium therapy resulted in normalized menstrual cycles within 2 months for seven women, with two experiencing resolution of their dysfunctional bleeding. Two became pregnant, and the other four patients maintained normal menstrual cycles. These data suggest that abnormalities in calcium homeostasis may be responsible, in part, for the arrested follicular development in women with PCO and may contribute to the pathogenesis of PCO.
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- S Thys-Jacobs
- Department of Medicine, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
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Su YQ, Xia GL, Byskov AG, Fu GD, Yang CR. Protein kinase C and intracellular calcium are involved in follicle-stimulating hormone-mediated meiotic resumption of cumulus cell-enclosed porcine oocytes in hypoxanthine-supplemented medium. Mol Reprod Dev 1999; 53:51-8. [PMID: 10230816 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199905)53:1<51::aid-mrd6>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The present experiments were conducted to examine the hypothesis that follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) can stimulate the hydrolysis of phosphoinositide, generating the intracellular second messengers to activate protein kinase C and mobilizing intracellular calcium, thus inducing oocyte meiotic resumption. Pig cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO) were cultured for 24 hr in 4 mM hypoxanthine (HX)-supplemented medium and treated with different agents in the following designs: (1) CEO were treated with neomycin (an inhibitor of phosphoinositide hydrolysis) in the presence of FSH or only treated with 7,12-dimethylbenzin(a) anthracene (DMBA, a tumor promoter which can cause phosphorylation of phospholipase C (PLC), formation of inositol triphophate, and mobilization of intracellular calcium) to mimic the direct activation of PLC; (2) CEO were challenged by FSH, together with sphingosine or staurosporine (two kinds of PKC inhibitors); or treated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA, an activator of PKC) separately; (3) CEO were primed with BAPTA/AM (an intracellular calcium chelator) or BAPTA/AM +FSH for 60 min, and then transferred into a new culture medium supplemented with FSH but without BAPTA/AM; total culture time was 24 hr. At the end of the culture, the incidence of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) was calculated. The results showed that: (1) FSH (100 U/liter) could stimulate pig CEO to override the arrest of HX and resume meiosis; DMBA (10(-8)-10(-5) M) itself also had such a kind of effect; whereas neomycin, at the level of 10-20 mM, could dramatically inhibit the stimulatory effect of FSH. (2) Staurosporine (10(-9)-10(-6) M) or sphingosine (10(-8)-10(-5) M) could also inhibit the effect of FSH in a dose-dependent manner on stimulating CEO to resume meiosis. However, PMA (10(-8)-10(-5) M) alone had a dual effect on the meiotic resumption of pig CEO. PMA, at the level of 10(-8)-10(-6) M, could stimulate CEO to resume meiosis, and at high concentration of 10(-5) M , it could even enhance the inhibitory effect of HX. (3) Priming CEO with BAPTA/AM only or BAPTA/AM +FSH for 60 min could significantly inhibit the effect of FSH in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that in the process of ligand-mediated meiotic resumption of pig CEO, FSH can stimulate the hydrolysis of phosphoinositide leading to the activation of PKC and mobilization of intracellular calcium; and suggest that multiple signaling pathways and signal interaction are involved in this process.
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- Y Q Su
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Bae I, Yoon S, Yoon Y, Kim MK, Kim H. Identification of three types of voltage dependent Ca2+‐channels in mouse follicular oocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1080/12265071.1999.9647465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pey R, Vial C, Schatten G, Hafner M. Increase of intracellular Ca2+ and relocation of E-cadherin during experimental decompaction of mouse embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:12977-82. [PMID: 9789026 PMCID: PMC23677 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.22.12977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To determine the role of intracellular Ca2+ in compaction, the first morphogenetic event in embryogenesis, we analyzed preimplantation mouse embryos under several decompacting conditions, including depletion of extracellular Ca2+, blocking of Ca2+ channels, and inhibition of microfilaments, calmodulin, and intracellular Ca2+ release. Those treatments induced decompaction of mouse morulae and simultaneously induced changes in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration and deregionalization of E-cadherin and fodrin. When morulae were allowed to recompact, the location of both proteins recovered. In contrast, actin did not change its cortical location with compaction nor with decompaction-recompaction. Calmodulin localized in areas opposite to cell-cell contacts in eight-cell stage embryos before and after compaction. Inhibition of calmodulin with trifluoperazine induced its delocalization while morulae decompacted. A nonspecific rise of intracellular free Ca2+ provoked by ionomycin did not affect the compacted shape. Moreover, the same decompacting treatments when applied to uncompacted embryos did not produce any change in intracellular Ca2+. Our results demonstrate that in preimplantation mouse embryos experimentally induced stage-specific changes of cell shape are accompanied by changes of intracellular free Ca2+ and redistribution of the cytoskeleton-related proteins E-cadherin, fodrin, and calmodulin. We conclude that intracellular Ca2+ specifically is involved in compaction and probably regulates the function and localization of cytoskeleton elements.
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- R Pey
- Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
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Cebral E, Lasserre A, Motta A, de Gimeno MF. Mouse oocyte quality and prostaglandin synthesis by cumulus oocyte complex after moderate chronic ethanol intake. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1998; 58:381-7. [PMID: 9690717 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-3278(98)90075-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Chronic ingestion of ethanol produces a variety of effects on female reproductive function, depending on the dose and the exposure time but the mechanism of alcohol-induced ovarian failure has been little studied. Also the effects of chronic ethanol consumption on the oocyte quality in relation to morphological alterations and PGE synthesis by the oocyte cumulus complexes (OCCs) have not been described. In this study, immature female mice were treated with 10% ethanol in drinking water for 30 days. Then they were induced to superovulate, and at 14, 16 and 20 h post-hCG the quality of the ovarian and oviductal oocytes and PGE production by OCC was determined. At 14 h post-hCG, the percentage of oviductal immature oocytes was increased in the ethanol-treated females (P < 0.05). At 16 h post-hCG, the percent of oviductal activated oocytes was higher in the treated females (P < 0.05), and the ovarian immature oocytes were decreased as compared to the control females (P < 0.05). At 20 h post-hCG, the ethanol-treated females had higher percents of activated oocytes in the oviducts and in the ovaries (P < 0.05) with respect to the controls. PGE synthesis by OCCs, assessed by RIA, was decreased in the treated female mice (P < 0.001). In summary, moderate chronic ethanol treatment in immature female mice can produce morphologic abnormalities in the oocytes (high parthenogenetic activated rates) and altered PGE production in the OCCs.
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- E Cebral
- Centro de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos (CEFYBO-CONICET), Capital Federal, Argentina
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The regulation of cell cycle progression is a complex process which involves kinase cascades, protease action, production of second messengers and other operations. Increasing evidence now compellingly suggests that changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration may also have a crucial role. Ca2+ transients occur at the awakening from quiescence, at the G/S transition, during S-phase, and at the exit from mitosis. They may lead to the activation of Ca2+ binding proteins like S-100, but the key decoder of the Ca2+ signals in the cycle is calmodulin. Activation of calmodulin leads to the stimulation of protein kinases, i.e., CaM-kinase II, and of the CaM-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin. Ample evidence now indicates the G/S transition, the progression from G2 to M, and the metaphase/anaphase transition as specific points of intervention of CaM-kinase II. Another attractive possibility for the role of Ca2+ in the cycle is through the activation of the Ca(2+)-dependent protease calpain: other proteases (e.g., the proteasome) have been suggested to be responsible for the degradation of some of cyclins, which is essential to the progression of the cycle. One of the cyclins, however, (D1) is instead degraded by calpain, which has been shown to promote both mitosis and meiosis when injected into somatic cells or oocytes.
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- L Santella
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Napoli, Italy.
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Rout UK, Krawetz SA, Armant DR. Ethanol-induced intracellular calcium mobilization rapidly alters gene expression in the mouse blastocyst. Cell Calcium 1997; 22:463-74. [PMID: 9502196 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4160(97)90074-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The induction of intracellular Ca2+ release in pre-implantation mouse embryos accelerates their subsequent rate of development in vitro through a calmodulin-dependent mechanism [Stachecki J.J., Armant D.R. Transient release of calcium from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-specific stores regulates mouse pre-implantation development. Development 1996; 122: 2485-2496]. To examine the hypothesis that intracellular Ca2+ signaling alters embryonic gene expression, individual transcript levels were compared by mRNA differential display before and 1 h after intracellular Ca2+ mobilization with ethanol in mouse blastocysts. Ten up-regulated and four down-regulated genes were observed, representing 3.5% of approximately 400 transcripts that were resolved. After sequencing, most of the DNA fragments appeared to be novel; however, two amplicons that increased after Ca2+ mobilization were identified as arginase and ubiquitin conjugating enzyme (E2). The up-regulation of arginase mRNA (3.5-fold after 2 h) was confirmed by reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction using specific oligonucleotide primers derived from the deduced mouse embryo sequence. A corresponding 2.5-fold increase in arginase enzymatic activity peaked 9 h after ethanol exposure. Increased expression of arginase and other genes may mediate the onset of rapid cell proliferation and differentiation that is induced by Ca2+ signaling during pre-implantation development.
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- U K Rout
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Li CJ, Fan BQ. Changes in the 3-dimensional distribution of mitochondria during meiotic divisions of mouse oocytes. Theriogenology 1997; 48:33-41. [PMID: 16728105 DOI: 10.1016/s0093-691x(97)00189-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/1996] [Accepted: 02/28/1997] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mitochondrial reorganization during meiotic maturation and parthenogenetic activation was studied in mouse oocytes using a laser scanning confocal microscope and a transmission electron microscope. Mitochondria were mainly distributed perinuclearly in the germinal vesicle (GV) stage oocytes and were dispersed throughout ooplasm after germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), except for a slightly higher occurrence in one hemisphere of oocytes, from which the first polar body (PbI) would become extruded. Mitochondria reaggregated around the metaphae II (MII) spindle and pronuclear region after alcohol activatation at the MII stage. The mitochondrial distribution may correspond to the Ca(2+) changes during meiotic maturation and parthenogenetic activation.
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- C J Li
- Biology Department of Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
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Santella L, Kyozuka K. Association of calmodulin with nuclear structures in starfish oocytes and its role in the resumption of meiosis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1997; 246:602-10. [PMID: 9219515 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The resumption of meiosis in prophase-arrested starfish oocytes is induced by the hormone 1-methyladenine, which has been shown previously to induce a calcium transient in the nucleus which at this stage is called the germinal vesicle. This transient precedes the breakdown of the germinal vesicle (GVBD). Experiments were performed to establish whether nuclear calmodulin (CaM) was involved in the progression of the meiotic cycle. CaM antagonists, antibodies, and an inhibitory peptide corresponding to the CaM-binding domain of myosin-light-chain kinase have been injected into the nucleus of prophase-arrested starfish oocytes. The antagonists failed to affect the final response to 1-methyladenine, i.e. GVBD, although two antagonists delayed it, whereas the peptide inhibitor and the antibodies completely inhibited it. The antibodies suppressed the nuclear Ca2+ spikes that were shown by previous work to be induced by the photoreleasing of caged adenosine 3',5'-(cyclic)diphosphate ribose in the germinal vesicle. Immunofluorescence staining of isolated starfish oocyte nuclei with CaM antibodies showed CaM in the envelope and in the nucleolus. Immunogold labelling of oocytes revealed aggregates of CaM and of a 36-kDa protein, of the heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein particles (hnRNP), in electron-dense hnRNP in the nuclear matrix. 1-Methyladenine induced the disappearance of these hnRNP from the nucleoplasm and the translocation of CaM and the 36-kDa protein previously associated with them to the cytoplasm, prior to the breakdown of the nuclear envelope.
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- L Santella
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy.
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Stachecki JJ, Armant DR. Transient release of calcium from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-specific stores regulates mouse preimplantation development. Development 1996; 122:2485-96. [PMID: 8756293 DOI: 10.1242/dev.122.8.2485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate can regulate growth and differentiation by modulating the release of intracellular Ca2+ in a variety of cellular systems, and it is involved in oocyte activation. Recent studies suggest that mammalian preimplantation development may also be regulated by the release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores. The rate of cavitation and cell division was accelerated after a transient elevation of intracellular Ca2+ levels was induced in morulae by exposure to ethanol or ionomycin. Embryos exposed to BAPTA-AM, a chelator of intracellular Ca2+, exhibited a brief dose-dependent reduction in basal Ca2+ levels, a temporal inhibition of ionophore-induced Ca2+ signalling and a subsequent delay in blastocoel formation. BAPTA-AM at 0.5 microM did not significantly alter the basal intracellular calcium level, but chelated Ca2+ that was released after ethanol exposure and thereby attenuated the ethanol-induced acceleration of cavitation. BAPTA-AM also inhibited cell division to the 16-cell stage in a dose-dependent manner, which correlated with the inhibition of cavitation. Thimerosal and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate significantly elevated the intracellular Ca2+ concentration in mouse morula-stage embryos, providing evidence for the existence of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ stores. Although caffeine failed to release intracellular Ca2+, ryanodine induced a small biphasic release of Ca2+, suggesting that ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ stores may also exist in mouse embryos. Morulae exposed to the calmodulin inhibitor W-7 exhibited a dose-dependent delay in blastocoel formation. A 4 hour exposure to 10 microM W-7 did not significantly alter cavitation, but attenuated the ionophore-induced stimulation of blastocoel formation. This finding suggests that the developmental effects produced through Ca2+ signalling are mediated by calmodulin. Our results demonstrate that Ca2+ release in mouse morulae occurs predominantly through the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor, and that alteration of intracellular Ca2+ levels can accelerate or delay embryonic growth and differentiation, providing a mechanistic link between the regulation of oocyte and embryonic development.
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- J J Stachecki
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Kowalczyk CL, Stachecki JJ, Schultz JF, Leach RE, Armant DR. Effects of alcohols on murine preimplantation development: relationship to relative membrane disordering potency. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1996; 20:566-71. [PMID: 8727256 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01094.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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During in vitro culture of murine preimplantation embryos, we have observed that exposure to 0.1% ethanol induces an immediate increase in intracellular calcium levels and subsequently accelerates embryogenesis. If the observed effects of ethanol on developing embryos is mediated by its membrane disordering potency, we hypothesized that the relative membrane disordering potencies of related alcohols would correspondingly effect embryonic intracellular calcium levels and developmental rates. Two-cell embryos were exposed to 0.1% ethanol or 0.05 to 1.0% (w/v) n-butanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, 1,2-propanediol, glycerol, or methanol for 24 hr at 37 degrees C, and development to the blastocyst stage was monitored after 5 days. n-Butanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, and methanol treatment caused a dose-dependent inhibition (p < 0.01) of development to the blastocyst stage, whereas 1,2-propanediol or glycerol neither accelerated nor inhibited development. In a second experiment, 8-cell morulae were treated with 1,2-propanediol or glycerol, and cavitation rates were examined. There was no significant difference from control embryos in the onset of cavitation or the blastocoel expansion rate of 1,2-propanediol- or glycerol-exposed embryos, whereas exposure to 0.1% ethanol accelerate cavitation (p > 0.05). In a third experiment, morulae were exposed to 0.1% or 1.0% of each alcohol and were monitored for changes in intracellular calcium levels using the fluorescent indicator, fluo-3-acetoxymethyl ester. There was an immediate increase in intracellular calcium levels when morulae were treated with 1.0% ethanol or n-butanol, but only ethanol induced an increase (p < 0.05) in the level of intracellular calcium at 0.1%. These data suggest that ethanol is unique in its ability to accelerate embryogenesis and that the membrane disordering potency of ethanol does not directly underlie its effects on intracellular calcium release and the acceleration of preimplantation development.
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- C L Kowalczyk
- C. S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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The role of calcium in the regulation of both the meiotic and mitotic cell cycles has been the subject of considerable investigation in the nonmammalian field. In contrast, the mechanisms for signalling meiotic maturation in the mammalian oocyte are not as well documented nor as clearly defined. In the mammalian oocyte, calcium is associated with both spontaneous and hormone-induced meiotic maturation. A transient release of endogenously stored calcium precedes germinal vesicle breakdown and can override cyclic AMP maintained meiotic arrest; it thus may signal the resumption of meiosis. Additionally, extracellular calcium is apparently required for meiotic progression past metaphase I. The time sequence for meiotic resumption and progression is very varied between species. The timing of cell cycle protein synthesis during meiosis suggests that cyclins may be expressed in oocytes of some species much earlier in their development than in others. A generic model is proposed for the mechanism for triggering meiotic resumption in the mammalian oocyte. In this model, the critical components of meiotic resumption involve the temporal relationship of cyclin synthesis and the subsequent activation of the MPF complex by the calcium signal generated, which accounts for differences among species.
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- S T Homa
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, England
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Pesty A, Lefèvre B, Kubiak J, Géraud G, Tesarik J, Maro B. Mouse oocyte maturation is affected by lithium via the polyphosphoinositide metabolism and the microtubule network. Mol Reprod Dev 1994; 38:187-99. [PMID: 8080648 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080380210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The incubation of mechanically denuded mouse oocytes in medium containing LiCl delayed both germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and polar body extrusion in a dose-dependent and reversible manner. When myo-inositol alone was added to the culture medium, we observed that it accelerated GVBD and increased the rate of polar body extrusion, whereas, when combined with LiCl, the normal timing of GVBD was recovered. In the same way, when inositol trisphosphate (InsP3) was microinjected into the ooplasma, we observed an important improvement of the rate of GVBD, as compared to control oocytes, and prevention of lithium inhibition. However, neither myo-inositol nor InsP3 were able to rescue totally the oocytes from the negative effect of lithium on polar body extrusion. Moreover, lithium induced some important changes in microtubule and chromosome organizations. Before extrusion of the first polar body, the reduction of the spindle size or the appearance of short individualized chromosomes dispersed around a large aster of microtubules were often observed, whereas, after polar body extrusion, the spindle appeared smaller and chromosomes were often trapped in the midbody. Thus lithium affects mouse oocyte maturation at two different levels: GVBD and polar body extrusion. Whereas the former seems to be affected via polyphosphoinositide turnover, the latter is InsP3-independent and seems to be influenced negatively via underdevelopment of microtubular structures.
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- A Pesty
- I.N.S.E.R.M., Clamart, France
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Kaufman ML, Homa ST. Defining a role for calcium in the resumption and progression of meiosis in the pig oocyte. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1993; 265:69-76. [PMID: 8384654 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402650110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The role of calcium (Ca++) during spontaneous meiotic maturation of pig oocytes was examined. The hypothesis that elevations of endogenously derived intracellular Ca++ are prerequisite for germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and progression through meiosis was tested. In addition, investigations were carried out to determine whether GVBD and meiotic progression were dependent upon extracellular Ca++ influx. Elevation of endogenously derived Ca++ was inhibited directly by loading cells with BAPTA, a specific Ca++-chelator, or indirectly with neomycin. Extracellular Ca++ influx was prevented by culturing oocytes in Ca(++)-deficient medium, with EGTA, or in the presence of the Ca++ channel blocker verapamil. Pretreatment with BAPTA/AM and subsequent culture in the absence of added exogenous Ca++ resulted in a similar inhibition of GVBD (1 microM BAPTA/AM vs. untreated, P < 0.01). After 4 h following follicular release, oocytes were no longer sensitive to BAPTA/AM treatment. Neomycin also significantly inhibited GVBD (0.5 mM neomycin vs. untreated, P < 0.05) as well as meiotic progression past metaphase I (0.25 mM neomycin vs. untreated, P < 0.05). The incidence of GVBD was not significantly affected when oocytes were simply cultured in Ca++ deficient medium or when cultured in the presence of EGTA or verapamil. However, progression of meiosis past GVBD to metaphase II was suppressed by reducing levels of Ca++ in the culture medium (0.68 mM Ca++ vs. 1.7 mM Ca++, P < 0.05) and by treatment with verapamil (0.25 mM verapamil vs. untreated, P < 0.05). Meiotic progression was completely blocked at metaphase I in the presence of 0.85 mM EGTA.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M L Kaufman
- Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287
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Simerly C, Schatten G. Techniques for localization of specific molecules in oocytes and embryos. Methods Enzymol 1993; 225:516-53. [PMID: 8231872 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(93)25035-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- C Simerly
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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