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Chang CL, Lo WC, Lee TH, Sung JY, Sung YJ. Oocyte-specific disruption of adrenomedullin 2 gene enhances ovarian follicle growth after superovulation. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:1047498. [PMID: 36452323 PMCID: PMC9702065 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1047498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Adrenomedullin 2 (ADM2), adrenomedullin (ADM), and calcitonin gene-related peptides (α- and β-CGRPs) signal through heterodimeric calcitonin receptor-like receptor/receptor activity-modifying protein 1, 2 and 3 (CLR/RAMP1, 2 and 3) complexes. These peptides are important regulators of neurotransmission, vasotone, cardiovascular development, and metabolic homeostasis. In rodents, ADM is essential for regulating embryo implantation, fetal-placental development, and hemodynamic adaptation during pregnancy. On the other hand, ADM2 was shown to affect vascular lumen enlargement, and cumulus cell-oocyte complex (COC) communication in rodent and bovine ovarian follicles. To investigate whether oocyte-derived ADM2 plays a physiological role in regulating ovarian folliculogenesis, we generated mice with oocyte-specific disruption of the Adm2 gene using a LoxP-flanked Adm2 transgene (Adm2 loxP/loxP) and crossed them with Zp3-Cre mice which carry a zona pellucida 3 (Zp3) promoter-Cre recombinase transgene. RESULTS While heterozygous Adm2 +/-/Zp3-Cre and homozygous Adm2 -/-/Zp3-Cre mice were fertile, Adm2 disruption in oocytes significantly increased the number of ovulated oocytes following a superovulation treatment. Oocyte-specific Adm2 disruption also significantly impaired the developmental capacity of fertilized eggs and decreased the size of the corpus luteum following superovulation, perhaps due to a reduction of ovarian cyclin D2-associated signaling. CONCLUSIONS The disruption of intrafollicular ADM2 signaling leads to follicular dysfunction. These data suggested that oocyte-derived ADM2 plays a facilitative role in the regulation of hormonal response and follicle growth independent of the closely related ADM and CGRP peptides, albeit in a subtle manner.
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Jana B, Palus K, Meller K, Całka J. Porcine dorsal root ganglia ovarian neurons are affected by long lasting testosterone treatment. Physiol Res 2017; 65:1019-1030. [PMID: 27959574 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We studied the effect of testosterone overdose on the number, distribution and chemical coding of ovarian neurons in the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) in pigs. On day 3 of the estrous cycle, the ovaries of both the control and experimental gilts were injected with retrograde tracer Fast Blue. From day 4 of the estrous cycle to the expected day 20 of the second studied cycle, the experimental gilts were injected with testosterone, while the control gilts received oil. After the completion of the protocol the Th16-L5 DRGs were collected. Injections of testosterone increased the testosterone (~3.5 fold) and estradiol-17beta (~1.6 fold) levels in the peripheral blood, and reduced the following in the DRGs: the total number of the Fast Blue-positive perikarya, the population of perikarya in the L2-L4 ganglia, and the numbers of SP(+)/CGRP(+), SP(+)/PACAP(+), SP(+)/nNOS(+) and SP(-)/nNOS(+) perikarya. In the testosterone-injected gilts, the populations of SP(+)CGRP(-), small and large androgen receptors-expressing perikarya were increased. These results suggest that elevated androgen levels during pathological states may regulate the transmission of sensory modalities from the ovary to the spinal cord, and antidromic regulation of the ovarian functions.
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- B Jana
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland.
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García-Ortega J, Pinto FM, Prados N, Bello AR, Almeida TA, Fernández-Sánchez M, Candenas L. Expression of Tachykinins and Tachykinin Receptors and Interaction with Kisspeptin in Human Granulosa and Cumulus Cells1. Biol Reprod 2016; 94:124. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.139881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The neurokinin B/NK3 receptor (NK3R) and kisspeptin/kisspeptin receptor (KISS1R), two systems which are essential for reproduction, are coexpressed in human mural granulosa (MGC) and cumulus cells (CCs). However, little is known about the presence of other members of the tachykinin family in the human ovary. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of substance P (SP), hemokinin-1 (HK-1), NK1 receptor (NK1R), and NK2 receptor (NK2R) in MGCs and CCs collected from preovulatory follicles of oocyte donors at the time of oocyte retrieval. RT-PCR, quantitative RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry, and Western blotting were used to investigate the patterns of expression of tachykinin and tachykinin receptor mRNAs and proteins and the possible interaction between the tachykinin family and kisspeptin. Intracellular free Ca2+ levels ([Ca2+]i) in MGCs after exposure to SP or kisspeptin in the presence of SP were also measured. We found that SP, HK-1, the truncated NK1R isoform NK1R-Tr, and NK2R were all expressed in MGCs and CCs. NK1R-Tr mRNA and NK2R mRNA and protein levels were higher in MGCs than in CCs from the same patients. Treatment of cells with kisspeptin modulated the expression of HK-1, NK3R, and KISS1R mRNAs, whereas treatment with SP regulated kisspeptin mRNA levels and reduced the [Ca2+]i response produced by kisspeptin. These data demonstrate that the whole tachykinin system is expressed and acts in coordination with kisspeptin to regulate granulosa cell function in the human ovary.
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- Instituto de enfermedades tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de enfermedades tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de la Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
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Jana B, Lata M, Bulc M, Całka J. Long term estradiol-17β administration changes population of the dorsal root ganglia neurons innervating the ovary in the sexually mature gilts. Neuropeptides 2012; 46:157-65. [PMID: 22677207 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2012.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The influence of estradiol-17β (E₂) overdose on the number and distribution of neurons in the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) supplying the ovary of adult pigs was investigated. The numbers of ovarian substance P (SP)-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-, galanin (GAL)-, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-, neuronal isoform of nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)- and estrogen receptors (ERs)-immunoreactive perikarya were also determined. On day 3 of the estrous cycle, the ovaries of both the control and experimental gilts were injected with retrograde tracer Fast Blue. From day 4 of the estrous cycle to the expected day 20 of the second studied cycle, the experimental gilts were injected with E₂, while the control gilts received oil. The DRGs Th16-L5 were then collected and processed for double-labelling immunofluorescence. Injections of E₂ increased the E₂ level in the peripheral blood ∼4-5-fold and reduced the following in the DRGs: the total number of Fast Blue-positive perikarya, the number of large perikarya, the population of perikarya in the L2 and L3 ganglia, the numbers of SP- and/or CGRP-, PACAP-, nNOS-immunoreactive perikarya and the number of large perikarya expressing ERs subtype α and β. These results show that long-term E₂ treatment of adult gilts affects both the spatial and neurochemical organization pattern of ovary sensory innervation. Our findings suggest that elevated E₂ levels occurring during pathological states may regulate the transmission of sensory modalities from the ovary to the spinal cord.
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- Barbara Jana
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-747 Olsztyn, Tuwima 10, Poland.
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Brylla E, Aust G, Geyer M, Uckermann O, Löffler S, Spanel-Borowski K. Coexpression of preprotachykinin A and B transcripts in the bovine corpus luteum and evidence for functional neurokinin receptor activity in luteal endothelial cells and ovarian macrophages. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 125:125-33. [PMID: 15582723 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2004.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2004] [Revised: 08/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/19/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nonneuronal cell sources of tachykinins, such as substance P (SP) and neurokinin B (NKB), have been demonstrated in leukocytes, endothelial cells and endocrine cells, and may play a role in corpus luteum (CL) development. For this reason, we analyzed mRNA presence for the two tachykinin precursors together with the neurokinin-1 receptor and the neurokinin-3 receptor (NK-1R and NK-3R, preferred by SP and NKB, respectively) in bovine CL at various stages in the luteal phase. Using the RT-PCR technique, we detected coexpression for the preprotachykinin A gene (PPT-A), which encodes SP and neurokinin A (NKA), and the preprotachykinin B gene (PPT-B) for NKB in the CL at the development, secretion and regression stages. Coexpression was also noted for NK-1R and NK-3R gene transcripts. Cultures of endothelial cells (ECs) derived from bovine CL expressed NK-1R and NK-3R mRNA, as did ovarian macrophages. Agonist treatment induced a stronger intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) increase after activation of NK-1R compared to NK-3R, a result that we verified by calcium imaging. This is the first evidence for functional tachykinin receptor activity in luteal ECs and ovarian macrophages from bovine CL.
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- Elke Brylla
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 13, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Löffler S, Schulz A, Brylla E, Nieber K, Spanel-Borowski K. Transcripts of neurokinin B and neurokinin 3 receptor in superovulated rat ovaries and increased number of corpora lutea as a non-specific effect of intraperitoneal agonist application. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 122:131-7. [PMID: 15380930 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2004.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Revised: 05/26/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Neurokinin B (NKB), a member of the tachykinin family, and its neurokinin 3 receptor (NK3-R) are preferentially found in the central nervous system. Others have recently reported on mRNA from this ligand-receptor system in the uterus and on NK3-R expression increasing with age. NKB and NK3-R mRNAs have also been noted in cumulus cells and oocytes from superovulated rats. Intact ovaries before and after puberty have not been studied. In this study, we stimulated 29-day-old rats by s.c. injections with gonadotropins for estrous cycle synchronization in order to elucidate the NKB-NK3-R system's expression and function in the ovary. Simultaneously, NaCl, the NK3-R agonist (Pro(7))-NKB, the antagonist SB 218795, or thiorphan, a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor of tachykinin degradation, were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) for 3 1/2 consecutive days. First, we demonstrated NKB and NK3-R transcripts in one rat ovary by RT-PCR. No significant mRNA differences were noted between immature ovaries and superovulated ovaries in any of the i.p. applications. Second, the possible role of NK3-R on the ovulatory process was verified by counting corpora lutea (CL) and CL cysts in serial sections of the other ovary derived from the four different groups and embedded in paraffin wax. CL and CL cysts were noted in greater numbers in the pharmacologically treated groups than in the saline-treated group. To validate possible drug effects on the peritoneum, we additionally studied pieces of the omentum majus and retroperitoneal fat tissue. Both tissues were heavily infiltrated by granulocytes similar to a non-specific inflammatory response. The saline-treated group as well as the pharmacologically treated groups appeared to develop this unexpected side effect to a similar degree. We conclude that transcripts of NKB and NK3-R are present before and after puberty in the rat ovary and appear to be expressed at similar levels which may indicate a role for the NKB-NK3-R system in follicle growth. The effect of increased CL formation after application of the NK3-R agonist i.p. is related to a non-specific response.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Female
- Gonadotropins, Equine/administration & dosage
- Gonadotropins, Equine/adverse effects
- Gonadotropins, Equine/pharmacology
- Inflammation/chemically induced
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Neurokinin B/genetics
- Ovary/cytology
- Ovary/drug effects
- Ovary/metabolism
- Ovary/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Neurokinin-3/genetics
- Superovulation/drug effects
- Superovulation/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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- Sabine Löffler
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 13, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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Patak E, Pinto FM, Story ME, Pintado CO, Fleming A, Page NM, Pennefather JN, Candenas ML. Functional and molecular characterization of tachykinins and tachykinin receptors in the mouse uterus. Biol Reprod 2005; 72:1125-33. [PMID: 15647454 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.036814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to analyze the function and expression of tachykinins, tachykinin receptors, and neprilysin (NEP) in the mouse uterus. A previous study showed that the uterotonic effects of substance P (SP), neurokinin A (NKA), and neurokinin B (NKB) in estrogen-treated mice were mainly mediated by the tachykinin NK1 receptor. In the present work, further contractility studies were undertaken to determine the nature of the receptors mediating responses to tachykinins in uteri of late pregnant mice. Endpoint and real-time quantitative RT-PCR were used to analyze the expression of the genes that encode the tachykinins SP/NKA, NKB, and hemokinin-1 (HK-1) (Tac1, Tac2, and Tac4); and the genes that encode tachykinin NK1 (Tacr1), NK2 (Tacr2), and NK3 (Tacr3) receptors in uteri from pregnant and nonpregnant mice. The data show that the mRNAs of tachykinins (particularly NKB and HK-1), tachykinin receptors, and NEP are locally expressed in the mouse uterus, and their expression changes during the estrous cycle and during pregnancy. The tachykinin NK1 receptor is the predominant tachykinin receptor in the nonpregnant and early pregnant mouse and may mediate tachykinin-induced uterine contractions in the nonpregnant mouse. The tachykinin NK2 receptor is predominant in the late pregnant mouse and is the main receptor mediating uterotonic responses to tachykinins at late pregnancy. The tachykinin NK3 receptor is expressed in considerable amounts only in uteri from nonpregnant diestrous animals, and its physiological significance remains to be clarified.
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- Eva Patak
- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
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