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Parada-Bustamante A, Oróstica ML, Reuquen P, Zuñiga LM, Cardenas H, Orihuela PA. The role of mating in oviduct biology. Mol Reprod Dev 2018; 83:875-883. [PMID: 27371809 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
The oviduct connects the ovary to the uterus, and is subject to changes that influence gamete transport, fertilization, and early embryo development. The ovarian steroids estradiol and progesterone are largely responsible for regulating oviduct function, although mating signals also affect the female reproductive tract, both indirectly, through sensory stimulation, and directly, through contact with seminal plasma or spermatozoa. The resulting alterations in gene and protein expression help establish a microenvironment that is appropriate for sperm storage and selection, embryo development, and gamete transport. Mating may also induce the switch from a non-genomic to a genomic pathway of estradiol-accelerated oviduct egg transport, reflecting a novel example of the functional plasticity in well-differentiated cells. This review highlights the physiological relevance of various aspects of mating to oviduct biology and reproductive success. Expanding our knowledge of the mating-associated molecular and cellular events in oviduct cells would undoubtedly facilitate new therapeutic strategies to treat infertility attributable to oviduct pathologies. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 83: 875-883, 2016 © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Affiliation(s)
| | - María L Oróstica
- Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Para el Desarrollo en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología-CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile
| | - Patricia Reuquen
- Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Para el Desarrollo en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología-CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile
| | - Lidia M Zuñiga
- Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Antofagasta, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile
| | - Hugo Cardenas
- Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Centro Para el Desarrollo en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología-CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile
| | - Pedro A Orihuela
- Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Centro Para el Desarrollo en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología-CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile.
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