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Liu D, Guan X, Liu W, Jia Y, Zhou H, Xi C, Zhao M, Fang Y, Wu L, Li K. Identification of transcriptome characteristics of granulosa cells and the possible role of UBE2C in the pathogenesis of premature ovarian insufficiency. J Ovarian Res 2023; 16:203. [PMID: 37848988 PMCID: PMC10580542 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-023-01266-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is an important cause of infertility characterized by the functional decline of the ovary. Granulosa cells (GCs) around oocytes are critical for folliculogenesis, and GC dysfunction is one of the important etiologies of POI. The aim of this study was to explore the potential biomarkers of POI by identifying hub genes and analyze the correlation of biomarkers with immune infiltration in POI using RNA profiling and bioinformatics analysis. METHODS RNA sequencing was performed on GCs from biochemical POI (bPOI) patients and controls. Differential expression analysis and weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) were used to explore the candidate genes. qRT‒PCR was performed to verify the expression of hub genes. Western blot, Cell Counting Kit-8, 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) assays, TUNEL (TdT-mediated dUTP Nick-End Labeling) and flow cytometry analysis were used to validate the possible role of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) in POI. CIBERSORT was adopted to explore immune cell infiltration and the correlation between UBE2C and immune cells in bPOI. RESULTS Through analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and WGCNA, we obtained 143 candidate genes. After construction of the protein‒protein interaction (PPI) network and analysis with Cytoscape, 10 hub genes, including UBE2C, PBK, BUB1, CDC20, NUSAP1, CENPA, CCNB2, TOP2A, AURKB, and FOXM1, were identified and verified by qRT‒PCR. Subsequently, UBE2C was chosen as a possible biomarker of POI because knockdown of UBE2C could inhibit the proliferation and promote the apoptosis of GCs. Immune infiltration analysis indicated that monocytes and M1 macrophages may be associated with the pathogenesis of POI. In addition, UBE2C was negatively correlated with monocytes and M1 macrophages in POI. CONCLUSIONS This study identified a hub gene in GCs that might be important in the pathogenesis of POI and revealed the key role of UBE2C in driving POI. Immune infiltration may be highly related with the onset and etiology of POI.
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- Dan Liu
- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China
- Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Signaling and Disease Research, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center of Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- Centre for Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, 2699 Gaoke West Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 201204, China.
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Sang Y, Yang Q, Guo Y, Liu X, Shen D, Jiang C, Wang X, Li K, Wang H, Yang C, Ding L, Sun H, Guo X, Li C. Oocytes orchestrate protein prenylation for mitochondrial function through selective inactivation of cholesterol biosynthesis in murine species. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105183. [PMID: 37611828 PMCID: PMC10534227 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Emerging research and clinical evidence suggest that the metabolic activity of oocytes may play a pivotal role in reproductive anomalies. However, the intrinsic mechanisms governing oocyte development regulated by metabolic enzymes remain largely unknown. Our investigation demonstrates that geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase1 (Ggps1), the crucial enzyme in the mevalonate pathway responsible for synthesizing isoprenoid metabolite geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate from farnesyl pyrophosphate, is essential for oocyte maturation in mice. Our findings reveal that the deletion of Ggps1 that prevents protein prenylation in fully grown oocytes leads to subfertility and offspring metabolic defects without affecting follicle development. Oocytes that lack Ggps1 exhibit disrupted mitochondrial homeostasis and the mitochondrial defects arising from oocytes are inherited by the fetal offspring. Mechanistically, the excessive farnesylation of mitochondrial ribosome protein, Dap3, and decreased levels of small G proteins mediate the mitochondrial dysfunction induced by Ggps1 deficiency. Additionally, a significant reduction in Ggps1 levels in oocytes is accompanied by offspring defects when females are exposed to a high-cholesterol diet. Collectively, this study establishes that mevalonate pathway-protein prenylation is vital for mitochondrial function in oocyte maturation and provides evidence that the disrupted protein prenylation resulting from an imbalance between farnesyl pyrophosphate and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate is the major mechanism underlying impairment of oocyte quality induced by high cholesterol.
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- Yongjuan Sang
- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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- Modern Animal Research Center of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Offspring Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Telfer EE, Grosbois J, Odey YL, Rosario R, Anderson RA. Making a good egg: human oocyte health, aging, and in vitro development. Physiol Rev 2023; 103:2623-2677. [PMID: 37171807 PMCID: PMC10625843 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00032.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Mammalian eggs (oocytes) are formed during fetal life and establish associations with somatic cells to form primordial follicles that create a store of germ cells (the primordial pool). The size of this pool is influenced by key events during the formation of germ cells and by factors that influence the subsequent activation of follicle growth. These regulatory pathways must ensure that the reserve of oocytes within primordial follicles in humans lasts for up to 50 years, yet only approximately 0.1% will ever be ovulated with the rest undergoing degeneration. This review outlines the mechanisms and regulatory pathways that govern the processes of oocyte and follicle formation and later growth, within the ovarian stroma, through to ovulation with particular reference to human oocytes/follicles. In addition, the effects of aging on female reproductive capacity through changes in oocyte number and quality are emphasized, with both the cellular mechanisms and clinical implications discussed. Finally, the details of current developments in culture systems that support all stages of follicle growth to generate mature oocytes in vitro and emerging prospects for making new oocytes from stem cells are outlined.
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- Evelyn E Telfer
- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Yuan L, Huang W, Bi Y, Chen S, Wang X, Li T, Wei P, Du J, Zhao L, Liu B, Yang Y. G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cells combined with platelet-rich plasma restored the ovarian function of aged rats. J Reprod Immunol 2023; 158:103953. [PMID: 37209460 DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2023.103953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Regenerative medicine with peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) transplantation sheds light on the issue of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). However, the efficiency of PBMC treatment in natural ovarian aging (NOA) remains unclear. METHODS Thirteen-month-old female Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were used to verify the NOA model. Seventy-two NOA rats were randomly divided into three groups: the NOA control group, PBMC group, and PBMC+platelet-rich plasma (PRP) group. PBMCs and PRP were transplanted by intraovarian injection. The effects on ovarian function and fertility were measured after transplantation. RESULTS Transplantation of PBMCs could restore the normal estrous cycle, consistent with the recovery of serum sex hormone levels, increased follicle numbers at all stages, and restoration of fertility by facilitating pregnancy and live birth. Moreover, when combined with PRP injection, these effects were more significant. The male-specific SRY gene was detected in the ovary at all four time points, suggesting that PBMCs continuously survived and functioned in NOA rats. In addition, after PBMC treatment, the expression of angiogenesis-related and glycolysis-related markers in the ovaries was upregulated, which indicated that these effects were associated with angiogenesis and glycolysis. CONCLUSIONS PBMC transplantation restores the ovarian functions and fertility of NOA rats, and PRP could enhance the efficiency. Increased ovarian vascularization, follicle production, and glycolysis are likely the major mechanisms.
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- Lifang Yuan
- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou, Guangxi 545005, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Guangxi Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi 530002, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China.
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- Reproductive Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China.
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Use of logistic models to evaluate the response of superovulation treatment and embryo production in Santa Inês ewes. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:276. [PMID: 36070151 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03310-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The study aimed to verify the influence of the FecGE mutation in superovulated ewes and to evaluate the probability of logistic models to determine the response capacity of these ewes to superovulatory treatment. Santa Inês ewes (n = 29) were genotyped for the FecGE mutation and separated for their genotype group in carriers of the mutant E allele (FecGE/E, FecG+/E) and non-carrier (FecG+/+) alleles. The ewes underwent hormonal treatment for superovulation. Aside from the genotypes, variables included in the statistical model were reproductive status (empty, early lactation, or late lactation), age (> or < 6 years), and number of births (nulliparous, primiparous, multiparous). The carriers of the mutation could be discriminated from the non-carriers based on the number of corpora lutea, rate of frozen embryos, and fecundity. Recovery rate was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in FecGE/E (94.31%) compared to FecG+/E (63.15%) and FecG+/+ (61.90%) (P < 0.05), whereas fecundity rate of FecG+/+ ewes (50.76%) was significantly higher than FecG+/E (18.96%) and FecGE/E (32.53%) (P < 0.05). We determined in this study that the response to superovulation and embryo production can be discriminated between FecGE/E and FecG+/E ewes in relation to the FecG+/+ genotype. Logistic models that included reproductive status and mutation, or reproductive status and age, or reproductive status and number of births were effective in predicting the response to superovulatory treatment.
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Chatterjee A, Maity S, Banerjee S, Dutta S, Adhikari M, Guchhait R, Biswas C, De S, Pramanick K. Toxicological impacts of nanopolystyrene on zebrafish oocyte with insight into the mechanism of action: An expression-based analysis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 830:154796. [PMID: 35341844 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Many studies have investigated the negative impacts of microplastics on teleost fishes with very little or no evidence of their mechanism of action. This scenario entreats us to investigate the toxicities of nanopolystyrene in zebrafish oocyte with emphasis on the mechanism of action. In the present study, the cellular levels of mRNA transcripts of different genetic markers (such as: sod, gpx, nrf2, inos, ucp2, and atp6 (redox-sensitive markers); nfkβ, tnfα, il-10, ikβ, gdf9, and bmp15 (immune markers); gadd45, rad51, p53 and bcl2 (DNA damage and apoptotic)) have been quantified by real-time PCR after 6 h of incubation of isolated oocyte with different doses of nanopolystyrene viz. P0 (control i.e. no polystyrene in culture medium), P1 (100 ng/ml), and P2 (400 ng/ml). Results showed that both the treatment concentrations of nanopolystyrene induce oxidative stress with % DPPH = 30.75, 31.61, and 32.43% for P0, P1, and P2, respectively. Increase in oxidative stress in oocytes with increasing doses of nanopolystyrene was also observed in TBARS assay with MDA content 0.12 and 0.21 μM for P1 and P2, respectively as compaired to the control 0.08 μM. This increased oxidative stress can regulate the expression pattern (upregulation/downregulation) of selected genes leading to different toxic effects like - oxidative stress, immunotoxicity, and apoptosis in oocytes, which suggests the impairment of reproductive functions by nanopolystyrene.
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- Ankit Chatterjee
- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University, Bolpur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physics, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India; P.G. Department of Zoology, Mahishadal Raj College, Garkamalpur, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
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- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Physics, Presidency University, West Bengal, India
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- Integrative Biology Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Presidency University, West Bengal, India.
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In vitro maturation on a soft agarose matrix enhances the developmental ability of pig oocytes derived from small antral follicles. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.12750/jarb.37.1.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Wassarman PM, Litscher ES. Female fertility and the zona pellucida. eLife 2022; 11:76106. [PMID: 35076396 PMCID: PMC8789258 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Fertility in female mammals, including mice and humans, is dependent on the presence of a zona pellucida (ZP) around growing oocytes and unfertilized eggs. A ZP is required to stabilize contacts between oocyte microvilli and follicle cell projections that traverse the ZP to form gap junctions that support the health of growing oocytes and developing follicles. In the absence of a ZP, due to inactivation or mutation of genes encoding ZP proteins, there is a loss of contacts between growing oocytes and neighboring follicle cells and a concomitant reduction in the production of ovulated eggs that results in female infertility.
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- Paul M Wassarman
- Department Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave L. Levy Place
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- Department Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai One Gustave L. Levy Place
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EMORI C, KANKE T, ITO H, AKIMOTO Y, FUJII W, NAITO K, SUGIURA K. Expression and regulation of estrogen receptor 2 and its coregulators in mouse granulosa cells. J Reprod Dev 2022; 68:137-143. [PMID: 35046244 PMCID: PMC8979806 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2021-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cooperative effects of estrogen and oocyte-derived paracrine factors (ODPFs) play critical roles in the normal development of ovarian follicles; however, the mechanism underlying this
cooperation has not been well studied. The present study aimed to determine whether ODPFs affect estrogen signaling by regulating the expression of estrogen receptor (ESR) and its
coregulators in mouse granulosa cells. Some transcripts encoding ESR coregulators were differentially expressed between cumulus and mural granulosa cells (MGCs). The transcript levels of ESR
coregulators, including nuclear receptor corepressor 1 and activator 2, in cumulus cells were significantly suppressed by ODPFs; however, they increased when cumulus cell-oocyte complexes
were treated with the transforming growth factor beta receptor I inhibitor, SB431542. Moreover, MGCs exhibited significantly higher ESR2 protein and transcript levels than those in cumulus
cells. ODPFs promoted Esr2 expression in cumulus cells but had no effect on that in MGCs. Overall, regulation of the expression of ESR2 and its coregulators in cumulus cells
by oocytes seems to be one of the mechanisms underlying estrogen-oocyte cooperation in well-developed antral follicles in mice.
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- Chihiro EMORI
- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Dong MZ, Li QN, Fan LH, Li L, Shen W, Wang ZB, Sun QY. Diabetic Uterine Environment Leads to Disorders in Metabolism of Offspring. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:706879. [PMID: 34381787 PMCID: PMC8350518 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.706879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aims Research evidence indicates that epigenetic modifications of gametes in obese or diabetic parents may contribute to metabolic disorders in offspring. In the present study, we sought to address the effect of diabetic uterine environment on the offspring metabolism. Methods Type 2 diabetes mouse model was induced by high-fat diet combined with streptozotocin (STZ) administration. We maintained other effect factors constant and changed uterine environment by zygote transfers, and then determined and compared the offspring numbers, symptoms, body weight trajectories, and metabolism indices from different groups. Result We found that maternal type 2 diabetes mice had lower fertility and a higher dystocia rate, accompanying the increased risk of offspring malformations and death. Compared to only a pre-gestational exposure to hyperglycemia, exposure to hyperglycemia both pre- and during pregnancy resulted in offspring growth restriction and impaired metabolism in adulthood. But there was no significant difference between a pre-gestational exposure group and a no exposure group. The deleterious effects, no matter bodyweight or glucose tolerance, could be rescued by transferring the embryos from diabetic mothers into normal uterine environment. Conclusion Our data demonstrate that uterine environment of maternal diabetes makes critical impact on the offspring health.
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- Ming-Zhe Dong
- Institute of Reproductive Science, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.,State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Reproductive Science, College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Fertility Preservation Lab, Reproductive Medicine Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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Moorey SE, Monnig JM, Smith MF, Ortega MS, Green JA, Pohler KG, Bridges GA, Behura SK, Geary TW. Differential Transcript Profiles in Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes Originating from Pre-Ovulatory Follicles of Varied Physiological Maturity in Beef Cows. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12060893. [PMID: 34200628 PMCID: PMC8227736 DOI: 10.3390/genes12060893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Small dominant follicle diameter at induced ovulation, but not at spontaneous ovulation, decreased pregnancy rate, fertilization rate, and day seven embryo quality in beef cows. We hypothesized that the physiological status of the follicle at GnRH-induced ovulation has a direct effect on the transcriptome of the Cumulus-Oocyte complex, thereby affecting oocyte competence and subsequent embryo development. The objective of this study was to determine if the transcriptome of oocytes and associated cumulus cells (CC) differed among small (≤11.7 mm) and large follicles (≥12.7 mm) exposed to a GnRH-induced gonadotropin surge and follicles (11.7–14.0 mm) exposed to an endogenous gonadotropin surge (spontaneous follicles). RNA sequencing data, from pools of four oocytes or their corresponding CC, revealed 69, 94, and 83 differentially expressed gene transcripts (DEG) among oocyte pools from small versus large, small versus spontaneous, and large versus spontaneous follicle classifications, respectively. An additional 128, 98, and 80 DEG were identified among small versus large, small versus spontaneous, and large versus spontaneous follicle CC pools, respectively. The biological pathway “oxidative phosphorylation” was significantly enriched with DEG from small versus spontaneous follicle oocyte pools (FDR < 0.01); whereas the glycolytic pathway was significantly enriched with DEG from CC pools obtained from large versus small follicles (FDR < 0.01). These findings collectively suggest that altered carbohydrate metabolism within the Cumulus-Oocyte complex likely contributes to the decreased competency of oocytes from small pre-ovulatory follicles exposed to an exogenous GnRH-induced gonadotropin surge.
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- Sarah E. Moorey
- Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.M.M.); (M.F.S.); (M.S.O.); (J.A.G.); (S.K.B.)
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.M.M.); (M.F.S.); (M.S.O.); (J.A.G.); (S.K.B.)
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.M.M.); (M.F.S.); (M.S.O.); (J.A.G.); (S.K.B.)
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.M.M.); (M.F.S.); (M.S.O.); (J.A.G.); (S.K.B.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA;
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (J.M.M.); (M.F.S.); (M.S.O.); (J.A.G.); (S.K.B.)
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- USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Lab, Miles City, MT 59301, USA;
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Ortiz-Huidobro RI, Velasco M, Larqué C, Escalona R, Hiriart M. Molecular Insulin Actions Are Sexually Dimorphic in Lipid Metabolism. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:690484. [PMID: 34220716 PMCID: PMC8251559 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.690484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The increment in energy-dense food and low physical activity has contributed to the current obesity pandemic, which is more prevalent in women than in men. Insulin is an anabolic hormone that regulates the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins in adipose tissue, liver, and skeletal muscle. During obesity, nutrient storage capacity is dysregulated due to a reduced insulin action on its target organs, producing insulin resistance, an early marker of metabolic dysfunction. Insulin resistance in adipose tissue is central in metabolic diseases due to the critical role that this tissue plays in energy homeostasis. We focused on sexual dimorphism on the molecular mechanisms of insulin actions and their relationship with the physiology and pathophysiology of adipose tissue. Until recently, most of the physiological and pharmacological studies were done in males without considering sexual dimorphism, which is relevant. There is ample clinical and epidemiological evidence of its contribution to the establishment and progression of metabolic diseases. Sexual dimorphism is a critical and often overlooked factor that should be considered in design of sex-targeted therapeutic strategies and public health policies to address obesity and diabetes.
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- Rosa Isela Ortiz-Huidobro
- Neurosciences Division, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Neurosciences Division, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Embryology and Genetics, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Department of Embryology and Genetics, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Neurosciences Division, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Marcia Hiriart,
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Metabolomic alternations of follicular fluid of obese women undergoing in-vitro fertilization treatment. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5968. [PMID: 32249791 PMCID: PMC7136245 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62975-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Obesity exerts negative effects on the metabolic homeostasis of cells in various tissues, but how it influences ovum metabolism is not fully understood. Previous studies demonstrate that oocyte genes that regulate oxidative stress, lipid metabolism, and inflammation are highly expressed in obese women. However, the metabolic effects of these genetic variations are not clear. To address this gap, we conducted an exploratory evaluation of follicular fluid (FF) metabolites in underweight, normal-weight, overweight, and obese women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The FF samples from the underweight (Group A, n = 40), normal-weight (Group B, n = 40), overweight (Group C, n = 40), and obese women (Group D, n = 40) were analyzed using ultra-performance liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry. A novel, high-coverage, semi-targeted metabolomics method (SWATH to MRM) and a targeted metabolomics method were employed to identify and verify the differential metabolites between the four groups. Sixteen differentially expressed FF metabolites were identified. Increase of BMI was associated with upregulation of 5 metabolites, ganoderiol H, LPI (18:3), sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate, austalide L and 2 - {[hydroxyl (3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenylmethylidene] amino} acetic acid, and downregulation of 5 metabolites, 1-phenyl-1,3-elcosanedione, retinol acetate, p-Cresol sulfate, setariol and arachidonyl carnitine. These metabolites were enriched in different metabolic pathways of retinol metabolism and fatty acid metabolism. These obesity-related differential metabolites provide a pathogenesis mechanism that explains the decline of oocyte development during obesity. These results suggest that obesity affects follicular environment prior to pregnancy, a time-window that may be important for lifestyle interventions to decrease obesity levels.
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Piersanti RL, Santos JEP, Sheldon IM, Bromfield JJ. Lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha alter gene expression of oocytes and cumulus cells during bovine in vitro maturation. Mol Reprod Dev 2019; 86:1909-1920. [PMID: 31663199 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Communication between the oocyte and cumulus facilitates oocyte growth, cell cycle regulation, and metabolism. This communication is mediated by direct contact between oocytes and cumulus cells, and soluble secreted molecules. Secreted molecules involved in this process are known inflammatory mediators. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is detected in follicular fluid and is associated with reduced fertility, whereas accumulation of inflammatory mediators in follicular fluid, including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), is associated with female infertility. Maturation of oocytes in the presence of LPS or TNF-α reduces meiotic maturation and the capacity to develop to the blastocyst. Here we evaluated the abundance of 92 candidate genes involved immune function, epigenetic modifications, embryo development, oocyte secreted factors, apoptosis, cell cycle, and cell signaling in bovine cumulus cells or zona-free oocytes after exposure to LPS or TNF-α during in vitro maturation. We hypothesize that LPS or TNF-α will alter the abundance of transcripts in oocytes and cumulus cell in a cell type dependent manner. Exposure to LPS altered abundance of 31 transcripts in oocytes (including ACVR1V, BMP15, DNMT3A) and 12 transcripts in cumulus cells (including AREG, FGF4, PIK3IP1). Exposure to TNF-α altered 1 transcript in oocytes (IGF2) and 4 transcripts in cumulus cells (GJA1, PLD2, PTGER4, STAT1). Cumulus expansion was reduced after exposure to LPS or TNF-α. Exposing COCs to LPS had a marked effect on expression of targeted transcripts in oocytes. We propose that altered oocyte transcript abundance is associated with reduced meiotic maturation and embryo development observed in oocytes cultured in LPS or TNF-α.
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- Rachel L Piersanti
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Nagy RA, Hollema H, Andrei D, Jurdzinski A, Kuipers F, Hoek A, Tietge UJ. The Origin of Follicular Bile Acids in the Human Ovary. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2019; 189:2036-2045. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2019.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Yadav AK, Yadav PK, Chaudhary GR, Tiwari M, Gupta A, Sharma A, Pandey AN, Pandey AK, Chaube SK. Autophagy in hypoxic ovary. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:3311-3322. [PMID: 31062072 PMCID: PMC11105528 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03122-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Oxygen deprivation affects human health by modulating system as well as cellular physiology. Hypoxia generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), causes oxidative stress and affects female reproductive health by altering ovarian as well as oocyte physiology in mammals. Hypoxic conditions lead to several degenerative changes by inducing various cell death pathways like autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis in the follicle of mammalian ovary. The encircling somatic cell death interrupts supply of nutrients to the oocyte and nutrient deprivation may result in the generation of ROS. Increased level of ROS could induce granulosa cells as well as oocyte autophagy. Although autophagy removes damaged proteins and subcellular organelles to maintain the cell survival, irreparable damages could induce cell death within intra-follicular microenvironment. Hypoxia-induced autophagy is operated through 5' AMP activated protein kinase-mammalian target of rapamycin, endoplasmic reticulum stress/unfolded protein response and protein kinase C delta-c-junN terminal kinase 1 pathways in a wide variety of somatic cell types. Similar to somatic cells, we propose that hypoxia may induce granulosa cell as well as oocyte autophagy and it could be responsible at least in part for germ cell elimination from mammalian ovary. Hypoxia-mediated germ cell depletion may cause several reproductive impairments including early menopause in mammals.
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- Anil Kumar Yadav
- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Kayachikitsa, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cell Physiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
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Del Collado M, Andrade GM, Meirelles FV, da Silveira JC, Perecin F. Contributions from the ovarian follicular environment to oocyte function. Anim Reprod 2018; 15:261-270. [PMID: 34178149 PMCID: PMC8202235 DOI: 10.21451/1984-3143-ar2018-0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The magnitude of oocyte's role for embryo development is categorical. This unique cell contains the machineries and cellular components necessary to remodel male and female chromatin, to sustain early development and to, ultimately, generate a complete and complex individual. However, to gain these competences before fertilization, the oocyte undergoes several morphological, cellular and molecular changes during its lifetime enclosed in the ovarian follicle. This review will briefly revisit how the oocyte orchestrate the follicular cells, and how molecules transit to the oocyte from the innermost (cumulus) and outermost (antrum and granulosa cells) layers surrounding the follicle-enclosed oocyte. Finally, we will discuss the interferences of in vitro culture conditions in the communication of the oocyte with its surrounding cells and the potential strategies to modulate these communication systems to increase oocyte competence.
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- Maite Del Collado
- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Animal Sciences and Food Engineering, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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iTRAQ-based proteomic profiling of granulosa cells from lamb and ewe after superstimulation. Theriogenology 2017; 101:99-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cho SJ, Lee KL, Kim YG, Kim DH, Yoo JG, Yang BC, Park JK, Kong IK. Differential gene-expression profiles from canine cumulus cells of ovulated versus in vitro-matured oocytes. Reprod Fertil Dev 2017; 28:278-85. [PMID: 25004936 DOI: 10.1071/rd14086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We compared the nuclear maturation status and gene-expression profiles of canine cumulus cells (CCs) derived from cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) that were spontaneously ovulated versus those that were matured in vitro. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were retrieved from uteri by surgical flushing (after spontaneous ovulation) or by ovariectomy follicle aspiration and in vitro maturation. The objective of Experiment 1 was to investigate the nuclear maturation status of in vivo- versus in vitro-matured oocytes. The objective of Experiment 2 was to compare gene-expression profiles of CCs derived from in vivo- versus in vitro-matured COCs. Genes analysed are related to cell maturation, development and apoptosis, including GDF9, MAPK1, PTX3, CX43, Bcl2 and BAX; mRNA expression for all of these genes, except for GDF9, differed (P<0.05) between in vivo- and in vitro-matured CCs. In conclusion, we found that gene-expression profiles are related to the quality of CCs and therefore posit that monitoring gene expression could be a useful strategy to guide attempts to improve in vitro culture systems.
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- Su-Jin Cho
- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon 441-706, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Dairy Science Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Cheonan 331-801, Chungcheongnam-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon 441-706, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, Suwon 441-706, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Republic of Korea
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Brown HM, Dunning KR, Sutton-McDowall M, Gilchrist RB, Thompson JG, Russell DL. Failure to launch: aberrant cumulus gene expression during oocyte in vitro maturation. Reproduction 2017; 153:R109-R120. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-16-0426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In vitro maturation (IVM) offers significant benefits for human infertility treatment and animal breeding, but this potential is yet to be fully realised due to reduced oocyte developmental competence in comparison with in vivo matured oocytes. Cumulus cells occupy an essential position in determining oocyte developmental competence. Here we have examined the areas of deficient gene expression, as determined within microarrays primarily from cumulus cells of mouse COCs, but also other species, between in vivo matured and in vitro matured oocytes. By retrospectively analysing the literature, directed by focussing on downregulated genes, we provide an insight as to why the in vitro cumulus cells fail to support full oocyte potential and dissect molecular pathways that have important roles in oocyte competence. We conclude that the roles of epidermal growth factor signalling, the expanded extracellular matrix, cumulus cell metabolism and the immune system are critical deficiencies in cumulus cells of IVM COCs.
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Campen KA, McNatty KP, Pitman JL. A protective role of cumulus cells after short-term exposure of rat cumulus cell-oocyte complexes to lifestyle or environmental contaminants. Reprod Toxicol 2017; 69:19-33. [PMID: 28087314 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Ovarian follicular fluid provides a potential reservoir for exogenous compounds that may adversely affect oocyte quality. This study examined the effects of common lifestyle and environmental contaminants, namely bisphenol-A (BPA), caffeine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), nicotine and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on gap junction genes (Gja1, Gja4) and proteins (GJA1), glucose metabolism genes (Gfpt1, Pfkp) and oocyte growth factor genes (Bmp15, Gdf9), as well as gap junction transfer rate, in rat cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs). In vitro exposure to MDMA and THC accelerated the timing of meiotic resumption and all contaminants altered either gap junction gene expression (BPA, caffeine, MDMA and THC) or transfer rate (BPA and nicotine). In vitro exposure of COCs to MDMA also altered glucose metabolism genes. Overall, oocyte-derived genes were largely unaffected following exposure to any contaminant. In summary, the impact of short-term exposure to lifestyle and environmental contaminants on oocyte function may be diminished due to protective properties of cumulus cells.
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- Kelly A Campen
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
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GGPP-Mediated Protein Geranylgeranylation in Oocyte Is Essential for the Establishment of Oocyte-Granulosa Cell Communication and Primary-Secondary Follicle Transition in Mouse Ovary. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006535. [PMID: 28072828 PMCID: PMC5224981 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Folliculogenesis is a progressive and highly regulated process, which is essential to provide ova for later reproductive life, requires the bidirectional communication between the oocyte and granulosa cells. This physical connection-mediated communication conveys not only the signals from the oocyte to granulosa cells that regulate their proliferation but also metabolites from the granulosa cells to the oocyte for biosynthesis. However, the underlying mechanism of establishing this communication is largely unknown. Here, we report that oocyte geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP), a metabolic intermediate involved in protein geranylgeranylation, is required to establish the oocyte-granulosa cell communication. GGPP and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (Ggpps) levels in oocytes increased during early follicular development. The selective depletion of GGPP in mouse oocytes impaired the proliferation of granulosa cells, primary-secondary follicle transition and female fertility. Mechanistically, GGPP depletion inhibited Rho GTPase geranylgeranylation and its GTPase activity, which was responsible for the accumulation of cell junction proteins in the oocyte cytoplasm and the failure to maintain physical connection between oocyte and granulosa cells. GGPP ablation also blocked Rab27a geranylgeranylation, which might account for the impaired secretion of oocyte materials such as Gdf9. Moreover, GGPP administration restored the defects in oocyte-granulosa cell contact, granulosa cell proliferation and primary-secondary follicle transition in Ggpps depletion mice. Our study provides the evidence that GGPP-mediated protein geranylgeranylation contributes to the establishment of oocyte-granulosa cell communication and then regulates the primary-secondary follicle transition, a key phase of folliculogenesis essential for female reproductive function. Folliculogenesis is a progressive and highly regulated process that requires the tight coordination of metabolism and bidirectional communication between the oocyte and granulosa cells. How this communication is established remains unclear. Here, we find that GGPP-mediated protein geranylgeranylation, a post-translational modification, is essential for the oocyte-granulosa cell communication. GGPP depletion in oocytes inhibits Rho GTPase geranylgeranylation-regulated cell adhesion and impairs Rab GTPase geranylgeranylation-directed cell secretion, which are responsible for the failure to maintain oocyte-granulosa cell communication. This communication defect is probably not able to support the proliferation of granulosa cells from one layer to multiple layers and ultimately results in the failure of the primary-secondary follicle transition and female subfertility. Our findings provide the evidence of GGPP-mediated protein geranylgeranylation involving in regulating primary-secondary follicle transition and establish a novel link between folliculogenesis and GGPP-regulated membrane dynamics.
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Promotion of glucose utilization by insulin enhances granulosa cell proliferation and developmental competence of porcine oocyte grown in vitro. ZYGOTE 2016; 25:65-74. [DOI: 10.1017/s0967199416000356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SummaryIn vitro culture of the oocyte granulosa cell complexes (OGCs) from early antral follicles (EAFs) shows granulosa cell (GC) proliferation, but to a lesser extent than that observed in vivo during follicle development. As the number of GCs closely relates to energy sufficiency of the oocytes, enhancement of GC proliferation influences oocyte development. GC proliferation depends on glycolysis and insulin-mediated AKT/mTOR signaling pathway; therefore, addition of culture medium containing insulin and glucose may potentially promote GC proliferation and hence improve oocyte development. In the present study, we assessed the effect of exogenous insulin and glucose concentration on GC proliferation and oocyte energy status as well as developmental abilities of porcine oocytes grown in vitro. In the presence of 5.5 mM of glucose (Low), a comparison of 10 versus 20 μg/ml insulin showed that high insulin enhanced GC proliferation but exhausted glucose from the medium, which resulted in low energy status including lipid and adenosine triphosphate of the oocyte. Whereas, in the presence of 20 μg/ml insulin, medium with 11 mM glucose (High) enhanced GC proliferation and oocyte energy status as well as developmental ability up to the blastocyst stage. Considering that there was no difference in OGCs development observed with medium (10 μg/ml insulin) containing 5.5 versus 11 mM glucose, we concluded that the combination of high insulin and glucose enhanced GC proliferation and energy status of oocytes as well as the developmental ability of the oocytes grown in vitro.
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Sumitomo JI, Emori C, Matsuno Y, Ueno M, Kawasaki K, Endo TA, Shiroguchi K, Fujii W, Naito K, Sugiura K. Mouse oocytes suppress miR-322-5p expression in ovarian granulosa cells. J Reprod Dev 2016; 62:393-9. [PMID: 27180925 PMCID: PMC5005186 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2015-161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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This study tested the hypothesis that oocyte-derived paracrine factors (ODPFs)
regulate miRNA expression in mouse granulosa cells. Expression of mmu-miR-322-5p
(miR-322) was higher in mural granulosa cells (MGCs) than in cumulus cells of the
Graafian follicles. The expression levels of miR-322 decreased when cumulus cells or
MGCs were co-cultured with oocytes denuded of their cumulus cells. Inhibition of
SMAD2/3 signaling by SB431542 increased miR-322 expression by cumulus-oocyte
complexes (COCs). Moreover, the cumulus cells but not the MGCs in
Bmp15–/–/Gdf9+/– (double-mutant) mice
exhibited higher miR-322 expression than those of wild-type mice. Taken together,
these results show that ODPFs suppress the expression of miR-322 in cumulus cells.
Gene ontology analysis of putative miR-322 targets whose expression was detected in
MGCs with RNA-sequencing suggested that multiple biological processes are affected by
miR-322 in MGCs. These results demonstrate that ODPFs regulate miRNA expression in
granulosa cells and that this regulation may participate in the differential control
of cumulus cell versus MGC functions. Therefore, the ODPF-mediated regulation of
cumulus cells takes place at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional
levels.
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- Jun-Ichi Sumitomo
- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Nivet AL, Léveillé MC, Leader A, Sirard MA. Transcriptional characteristics of different sized follicles in relation to embryo transferability: potential role of hepatocyte growth factor signalling. Mol Hum Reprod 2016; 22:475-84. [PMID: 27126491 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaw029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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STUDY HYPOTHESIS We hypothesized that a better discrimination between follicles containing oocytes with high developmental competence and those containing oocytes with low competence, based on a combination of a follicle's size and transcriptomic signature, will provide a reliable method to predict embryonic outcome of IVF. STUDY FINDING This study provides new insights on the impact of follicular size on oocyte quality as measured by embryonic development and demonstrates that medium follicles yield a better percentage of transferable embryos. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Although it is generally accepted that large ovarian follicles contain better eggs, other studies report that a better follicular size subdivision and a better characterization are needed. STUDY DESIGN, SAMPLES/MATERIALS, METHODS Individual follicles (n = 136), from a total of 33 women undergoing IVF, were aspirated and categorized on the basis of their follicular liquid volume (small, medium or large) and the embryonic outcome of the enclosed oocyte: poor or good development. Comprehensive gene expression analysis between cells from the different sized follicles was performed using microarrays and quantitative RT-PCR to find molecular markers associated with follicular maturity and oocyte developmental competence. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The analysis of embryonic outcome in relation to follicular size indicates that the medium-sized follicles category yielded more transferable embryos (35%) compared with the largest follicles (30%) (NS). Gene expression analysis revealed expression markers with significant (P < 0.05) discrimination between the poor development groups for all three follicle sizes, and good development medium-size follicles, including up-regulation of thrombomodulin, transforming growth factor, beta receptor II and chondrolecti, and those associated with hyaluronan synthesis, coagulation and hepatocyte growth factor signalling. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION These analyses were performed in a single cohort of patients coming from a single clinic and the biomarkers generated will require validation in different geographical and biological contexts to ensure their global applicability. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Medium-size follicles seem to be the optimal size for a positive embryonic outcome and are associated with competence markers that may help in understanding the ideal differentiation status during late folliculogenesis. LARGE SCALE DATA The data discussed in this publication have been deposited in The National Center for Biotechnology Information Gene Expression Omnibus database and are accessible through GEO Series accession number GSE52851. STUDY FUNDING AND COMPETING INTERESTS This study was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to M.A.S. There are no competing interests to declare.
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- A L Nivet
- Département des Sciences Animales, Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, 2440 Boulevard Hochelaga, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Ottawa Fertility Clinic, 100-955 Green Valley Crescent, Ottawa, ON K2C 3V4, Canada
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- Ottawa Fertility Clinic, 100-955 Green Valley Crescent, Ottawa, ON K2C 3V4, Canada
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- Département des Sciences Animales, Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments fonctionnels, Université Laval, 2440 Boulevard Hochelaga, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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Matsuno Y, Onuma A, Fujioka YA, Emori C, Fujii W, Naito K, Sugiura K. Effects of porcine oocytes on the expression levels of transcripts encoding glycolytic enzymes in granulosa cells. Anim Sci J 2015; 87:1114-21. [PMID: 26560349 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oocytes play critical roles in regulating the expression of transcripts encoding the glycolytic enzymes phosphofructokinase, platelet (PFKP) and lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) in granulosa cells in mice, but whether this is the case in pigs or other mammals has not been adequately investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether porcine oocytes regulate the expression levels of these transcripts in granulosa cells in vitro. Porcine cumulus cells expressed higher levels of PFKP and LDHA transcripts than mural granulosa cells (MGCs). However, co-culturing with oocytes had no significant effect on the isolated cumulus cells. While murine oocytes promoted the expression of both Pfkp and Ldha transcripts by murine MGCs, porcine oocytes promoted the expression of only Pfkp, but not Ldha transcripts by murine MGCs. Neither murine nor porcine oocytes affected PFKP and LDHA expression by porcine MGCs. Moreover, in the presence of porcine follicular fluid, porcine oocytes maintained the expression of PFKP, but not LDHA by porcine cumulus cells. Therefore, porcine oocytes are capable of regulating the expression of PFKP but not LDHA in granulosa cells in coordination with unknown factor(s) present in the follicular fluid.
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- Yuta Matsuno
- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Ha AN, Fakruzzaman M, Lee KL, Bang JI, Deb GK, Wang Z, Kong IK. Effects of co-culture of cumulus oocyte complexes with denuded oocytes during in vitro maturation on the developmental competence of cloned bovine embryos. Reprod Domest Anim 2015; 50:292-298. [PMID: 25605137 DOI: 10.1111/rda.12487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study evaluated the effects of co-culture of immature cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) with denuded immature oocytes (DO) during in vitro maturation on the developmental competence and quality of cloned bovine embryos. We demonstrated that developmental competence, judged by the blastocyst formation rate, was significantly higher in the co-cultured somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT+DO, 37.1 ± 1.1%) group than that in the non-co-cultured somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT-DO, 25.1 ± 0.9%) group and was very similar to that in the control IVF (IVF, 38.8 ± 2.8%) group. Moreover, the total cell number per blastocyst in the SCNT+DO group (101.7 ± 6.2) was higher than that in the SCNT-DO group (81.7 ± 4.3), while still less than that in the IVF group (133.3 ± 6.0). Furthermore, our data showed that mRNA levels of the methylation-related genes DNMT1 and DNMT3a in the SCNT+DO group were similar to that in the IVF group, while they were significantly higher in the SCNT-DO group. Similarly, while the mRNA levels of the deacetylation-related genes HDAC2 and HDAC3 were significantly higher in the SCNT-DO group, they were comparable between the IVF and SCNT+DO groups. However, the mRNA levels of HDAC1 and DNMT3B were significantly higher in the SCNT+DO group than in the other groups. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that co-culture of COCs with DO improves the in vitro developmental competence and quality of cloned embryos, as evidenced by increased total cell number.
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- A-N Ha
- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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- Biotechnology Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea.,Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
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Oocyte environment: follicular fluid and cumulus cells are critical for oocyte health. Fertil Steril 2014; 103:303-16. [PMID: 25497448 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Revised: 11/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bidirectional somatic cell-oocyte signaling is essential to create a changing intrafollicular microenvironment that controls primordial follicle growth into a cohort of growing follicles, from which one antral follicle is selected to ovulate a healthy oocyte. Such intercellular communications allow the oocyte to determine its own fate by influencing the intrafollicular microenvironment, which in turn provides the necessary cellular functions for oocyte developmental competence, which is defined as the ability of the oocyte to complete meiosis and undergo fertilization, embryogenesis, and term development. These coordinated somatic cell-oocyte interactions attempt to balance cellular metabolism with energy requirements during folliculogenesis, including changing energy utilization during meiotic resumption. If these cellular mechanisms are perturbed by metabolic disease and/or maternal aging, molecular damage of the oocyte can alter macromolecules, induce mitochondrial mutations, and reduce adenosine triphosphate production, all of which can harm the oocyte. Recent technologies are now exploring transcriptional, translational, and post-translational events within the human follicle with the goal of identifying biomarkers that reliably predict oocyte quality in the clinical setting.
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Gu L, Liu H, Gu X, Boots C, Moley KH, Wang Q. Metabolic control of oocyte development: linking maternal nutrition and reproductive outcomes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 72:251-71. [PMID: 25280482 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1739-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2014] [Revised: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Obesity, diabetes, and related metabolic disorders are major health issues worldwide. As the epidemic of metabolic disorders continues, the associated medical co-morbidities, including the detrimental impact on reproduction, increase as well. Emerging evidence suggests that the effects of maternal nutrition on reproductive outcomes are likely to be mediated, at least in part, by oocyte metabolism. Well-balanced and timed energy metabolism is critical for optimal development of oocytes. To date, much of our understanding of oocyte metabolism comes from the effects of extrinsic nutrients on oocyte maturation. In contrast, intrinsic regulation of oocyte development by metabolic enzymes, intracellular mediators, and transport systems is less characterized. Specifically, decreased acid transport proteins levels, increased glucose/lipid content and elevated reactive oxygen species in oocytes have been implicated in meiotic defects, organelle dysfunction and epigenetic alteration. Therefore, metabolic disturbances in oocytes may contribute to the diminished reproductive potential experienced by women with metabolic disorders. In-depth research is needed to further explore the underlying mechanisms. This review also discusses several approaches for metabolic analysis. Metabolomic profiling of oocytes, the surrounding granulosa cells, and follicular fluid will uncover the metabolic networks regulating oocyte development, potentially leading to the identification of oocyte quality markers and prevention of reproductive disease and poor outcomes in offspring.
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- Ling Gu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China,
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Tong XH, Xu B, Zhang YW, Liu YS, Ma CH. Research resources: comparative microRNA profiles in human corona radiata cells and cumulus oophorus cells detected by next-generation small RNA sequencing. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106706. [PMID: 25188034 PMCID: PMC4154750 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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During folliculogenesis, cumulus cells surrounding the oocyte differentiate into corona radiata cells (CRCs) and cumulus oophorus cells (COCs), which are involved in gonadal steroidogenesis and the development of germ cells. Several studies suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important regulatory role at the post-transcriptional level in cumulus cells. However, comparative miRNA profiles and associated processes in human CRCs and COCs have not been reported before. In this study, miRNA profiles were obtained from CRCs and COCs using next generation sequencing in women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation for IVF. A total of 785 and 799 annotated miRNAs were identified in CRCs and COCs, while high expression levels of six novel miRNAs were detected both in CRCs and in COCs. In addition, different expression patterns in CRCs and COCs were detected in 72 annotated miRNAs. To confirm the miRNA profile in COCs and CRCs, quantitative real-time PCR was used to validate the expression of annotated miRNAs, differentially expressed miRNAs, and novel miRNAs. The miRNAs in the let-7 family were found to be involved in the regulation of a broad range of biological processes in both cumulus cell populations, which was accompanied by a large amount of miRNA editing. Bioinformatics analysis showed that amino acid and energy metabolism were targeted significantly by miRNAs that were differentially expressed between CRCs and COCs. Our work extends the current knowledge of the regulatory role of miRNAs and their targeted pathways in folliculogenesis, and provides novel candidates for molecular biomarkers in the research of female infertility.
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- Xian-Hong Tong
- Institute of Immunology, Medical College of Shandong University, Ji'nan, China
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated with Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated with Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
- * E-mail: (XHT); (CHM)
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Anhui Provincial Hospital Affiliated with Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Immunology, Medical College of Shandong University, Ji'nan, China
- * E-mail: (XHT); (CHM)
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Ultrastructural changes in rat ovarian cells of fetuses and neonates from diabetic mothers. COMPARATIVE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-013-1758-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dunning KR, Russell DL, Robker RL. Lipids and oocyte developmental competence: the role of fatty acids and β-oxidation. Reproduction 2014; 148:R15-27. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-13-0251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Metabolism and ATP levels within the oocyte and adjacent cumulus cells are associated with quality of oocyte and optimal development of a healthy embryo. Lipid metabolism provides a potent source of energy and its importance during oocyte maturation is being increasingly recognised. The triglyceride and fatty acid composition of ovarian follicular fluid has been characterised for many species and is influenced by nutritional status (i.e. dietary fat, fasting, obesity and season) as well as lactation in cows. Lipid in oocytes is a primarily triglyceride of specific fatty acids which differ by species, stored in distinct droplet organelles that re-localise during oocyte maturation. The presence of lipids, particularly saturated vs unsaturated fatty acids, in in vitro maturation systems affects oocyte lipid content as well as developmental competence. Triglycerides are metabolised by lipases that have been localised to cumulus cells as well as oocytes. Fatty acids generated by lipolysis are further metabolised by β-oxidation in mitochondria for the production of ATP. β-oxidation is induced in cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) by the LH surge, and pharmacological inhibition of β-oxidation impairs oocyte maturation and embryo development. Promoting β-oxidation with l-carnitine improves embryo development in many species. Thus, fatty acid metabolism in the mammalian COC is regulated by maternal physiological and in vitro environmental conditions; and is important for oocyte developmental competence.
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Persani L, Rossetti R, Di Pasquale E, Cacciatore C, Fabre S. The fundamental role of bone morphogenetic protein 15 in ovarian function and its involvement in female fertility disorders. Hum Reprod Update 2014; 20:869-83. [PMID: 24980253 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND A large number of studies have contributed to understanding the general mechanisms driving ovarian folliculogenesis in humans and show a complex endocrine dialog between the central nervous system, the pituitary and the ovary, integrated by various intraovarian paracrine messages. The role of intraovarian paracrine regulation has acquired more relevance in the recent years owing to the discovery of previously unknown factors, such as the oocyte-derived bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)15. METHODS A thorough literature search was carried out in order to summarize what has been reported so far on the role of BMP15, and the BMP15 paralog, growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), in ovarian function and female fertility. Research articles published in English until March 2014 were included. RESULTS The biological actions of BMP15 include: (i) the promotion of follicle growth and maturation starting from the primary gonadotrophin-independent phases of folliculogenesis; (ii) the regulation of follicular granulosa cell (GC) sensitivity to FSH action and the determination of ovulation quota; (iii) the prevention of GC apoptosis and (iv) the promotion of oocyte developmental competence. The existence of biologically active heterodimers with GDF9, and/or the synergistic co-operation of BMP15 and GDF9 homodimers are indeed relevant in this context. Experimental disruption of the bmp15 gene in mice resulted in a mild fertility defect limited to females, whereas natural missense mutations in ewes cause variable phenotypes (ranging from hyperprolificacy to complete sterility) depending on a fine gene dosage mechanism also involving GDF9. Strong evidence supports the concept that such a mechanism plays an important role in the regulation of ovulation rate across mammalian and non-mammalian species. Following the discovery of sheep fecundity genes, several research groups have focused on alterations in human BMP15 associated with primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) or polycystic ovary syndrome. Several variants of BMP15 are significantly associated with POI supporting their pathogenic role, but the underlying biological mechanism is still under investigation and of great interest in medicine. BMP15 maps to the Xp locus involved in the determination of the ovarian defect in Turner syndrome and significantly contributes to the determination of ovarian reserve. Pioneering studies in women undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation indicate that BMP15 may represent a marker of ovarian response or oocyte quality. CONCLUSIONS BMP15, an oocyte-derived growth and differentiation factor, is a critical regulator of folliculogenesis and GC activities. Variations in BMP15 gene dosage have a relevant influence on ovarian function and can account for several defects of female fertility. The modulation of BMP15 action may have interesting pharmacological perspectives and the analysis of BMP15 may become a useful marker in IVF procedures. Recent outcomes indicate that the close interactions of BMP15/GDF9 have a critical biological impact that should be taken into account in future studies.
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- Luca Persani
- Department of Clinical Sciences & Community Health, University of Milan, 20100 Milan, Italy Laboratory of Endocrine & Metabolic Research and Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia 20, 20149 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences & Community Health, University of Milan, 20100 Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research - UOS of Milan, National Research Council (CNR) and Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Via Manzoni 59, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences & Community Health, University of Milan, 20100 Milan, Italy Laboratory of Endocrine & Metabolic Research and Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piazzale Brescia 20, 20149 Milan, Italy
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- INRA, Université de Toulouse INPT, UMR1388, Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes D'Elevage, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Hudson NL, Berg MC, Green MP, Back PJ, Thorstensen EB, Peterson AJ, Pitman JL, McNatty KP. The microenvironment of the ovarian follicle in the postpartum dairy cow: effects on reagent transfer from cumulus cells to oocytes in vitro. Theriogenology 2014; 82:563-73. [PMID: 24958635 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study's hypothesis was that the nutrient composition in follicular fluid (FF) of ovarian follicles in early lactating postpartum cows may influence reagent transfer from cumulus cells (CC) to the oocyte. To test this, concentrations of amino acids (AA), cholesterol, glucose, and nonesterified fatty acids were measured in FF from the largest antral follicles at Days 21 and 46 postpartum during which time, most animals were expected to have resumed ovulatory activity. From the range of concentrations measured, two media compositions (Lac and Half-Lac) were prepared to compare with medium 199 (M199). The AA and cholesterol concentrations in FF were on average, approximately 35% and greater than 1000% higher than in M199, respectively. The nonesterified fatty acids, but not glucose, concentrations also exceeded those in M199. The transfer of fluorescent dye from CC to oocytes in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes incubated with and without phosphodiesterase inhibitors (dipyridamole and milrinone) and/or forskolin was assessed. Maximum dye accumulation in oocytes incubated in M199 occurred after 4 hours and was further increased (P < 0.001) by dipyridamole. The addition of dipyridamole to Lac, but not Half-Lac, media also increased dye accumulation. There were effects of media (P < 0.001), cholesterol (P < 0.001), and forskolin (P < 0.05) on dye accumulation but no effects of stearic or palmitic acid in either Lac or Half-Lac media. The addition of oleic acid in Half-Lac (P < 0.01), but not Lac, media inhibited dye accumulation. These results support the hypothesis that reagent transfer from CC to oocytes is compromised when the AA composition in FF is low, as sometimes occurs during early lactation.
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- Norma L Hudson
- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Reproductive Technologies Section, AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Reproductive Technologies Section, AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton, New Zealand; The Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Reproductive Technologies Section, AgResearch Ruakura, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Regulation of fatty acid oxidation in mouse cumulus-oocyte complexes during maturation and modulation by PPAR agonists. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87327. [PMID: 24505284 PMCID: PMC3914821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fatty acid oxidation is an important energy source for the oocyte; however, little is known about how this metabolic pathway is regulated in cumulus-oocyte complexes. Analysis of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation showed that many are regulated by the luteinizing hormone surge during in vivo maturation, including acyl-CoA synthetases, carnitine transporters, acyl-CoA dehydrogenases and acetyl-CoA transferase, but that many are dysregulated when cumulus-oocyte complexes are matured under in vitro maturation conditions using follicle stimulating hormone and epidermal growth factor. Fatty acid oxidation, measured as production of 3H2O from [3H]palmitic acid, occurs in mouse cumulus-oocyte complexes in response to the luteinizing hormone surge but is significantly reduced in cumulus-oocyte complexes matured in vitro. Thus we sought to determine whether fatty acid oxidation in cumulus-oocyte complexes could be modulated during in vitro maturation by lipid metabolism regulators, namely peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) agonists bezafibrate and rosiglitazone. Bezafibrate showed no effect with increasing dose, while rosiglitazone dose dependently inhibited fatty acid oxidation in cumulus-oocyte complexes during in vitro maturation. To determine the impact of rosiglitazone on oocyte developmental competence, cumulus-oocyte complexes were treated with rosiglitazone during in vitro maturation and gene expression, oocyte mitochondrial activity and embryo development following in vitro fertilization were assessed. Rosiglitazone restored Acsl1, Cpt1b and Acaa2 levels in cumulus-oocyte complexes and increased oocyte mitochondrial membrane potential yet resulted in significantly fewer embryos reaching the morula and hatching blastocyst stages. Thus fatty acid oxidation is increased in cumulus-oocyte complexes matured in vivo and deficient during in vitro maturation, a known model of poor oocyte quality. That rosiglitazone further decreased fatty acid oxidation during in vitro maturation and resulted in poor embryo development points to the developmental importance of fatty acid oxidation and the need for it to be optimized during in vitro maturation to improve this reproductive technology.
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Kang B, Jiang DM, Bai L, He H, Ma R. Molecular characterisation and expression profiling of the ENO1 gene in the ovarian follicle of the Sichuan white goose. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:1927-35. [PMID: 24413993 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3039-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The ENO1 gene encodes a multifunctional enzyme that has been identified as a key component of the glycolytic pathway. Our previous studies demonstrated that ENO1 gene expression was higher in the ovaries of laying geese compared with prelaying geese. However, the molecular characterisation and expression profiling of the ENO1 gene in geese tissues and ovarian follicles remain to be determined. In this study, ENO1 cDNA (1,445 bp long) of the Sichuan white goose was cloned and characterised. The ORF of ENO1 cDNA is 1,305 bp in length and encodes a 434 amino acid protein with a molecular weight of 47.27 kDa. ENO1 expression in all of the examined tissues was the highest in spleen and the lowest in breast muscle. High expression of ENO1 appeared in the kidney, liver, adrenal gland, and retina. With increasing follicle growth, ENO1 gene expression began to decrease from the small white follicle to F5, which was followed by a sharp increase in expression in F4 and then a gradual decrease in expression from F3 to F1. Furthermore, in the postovulatory follicles (POF), the levels of ENO1 gene expression decreased gradually from POF1 to POF4. In conclusion, the ENO1 transcript was widely distributed in various tissues of the Sichuan white goose, but ENO1 expression was tissue-specific. Furthermore, the results of the ENO1 expression profiling of ovarian follicles suggest that ENO1 may play an important dual role in the progress of follicular development, where ENO1 acts as a glycolytic enzyme and also mediates apoptosis.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, Sichuan, China
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Emori C, Wigglesworth K, Fujii W, Naito K, Eppig JJ, Sugiura K. Cooperative effects of 17β-estradiol and oocyte-derived paracrine factors on the transcriptome of mouse cumulus cells. Endocrinology 2013; 154:4859-72. [PMID: 24035995 PMCID: PMC3836066 DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Oocyte-derived paracrine factors (ODPFs) and estrogens are both essential for the development and function of ovarian follicles in mammals. Cooperation of these two factors was assessed in vitro using intact cumulus-oocyte complexes, cumulus cells cultured after the removal of oocytes [oocytectomized (OOX) cumulus cells], and OOX cumulus cells cocultured with denuded oocytes, all in the presence or absence of 17β-estradiol (E2). Effects on the cumulus cell transcriptome were assessed by microarray analysis. There was no significant difference between the cumulus cell transcriptomes of either OOX cumulus cells cocultured with oocytes or intact cumulus-oocyte complexes. Therefore, oocyte-mediated regulation of the cumulus cell transcriptome is mediated primarily by ODPFs and not by gap junctional communication between oocytes and cumulus cells. Gene ontology analysis revealed that both ODPFs and E2 strongly affected the biological processes associated with cell proliferation in cumulus cells. E2 had limited effects on ODPF-regulated biological processes. However, in sharp contrast, ODPFs significantly affected biological processes regulated by E2 in cumulus cells. For example, only in the presence of ODPFs did E2 significantly promote the biological processes related to phosphorylation-mediated signal transduction in cumulus cells, such as the signaling pathways of epidermal growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor, and platelet-derived growth factor. Therefore, ODPFs and E2 cooperate to regulate the cumulus cell transcriptome and, in general, oocytes modulate the effects of estrogens on cumulus cell function.
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- Chihiro Emori
- PhD, Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyoku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Xu B, Noohi S, Shin JS, Tan SL, Taketo T. Bi-directional communication with the cumulus cells is involved in the deficiency of XY oocytes in the components essential for proper second meiotic spindle assembly. Dev Biol 2013; 385:242-52. [PMID: 24247007 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The oocyte becomes competent for embryonic development by involving mutual communication with cumulus cells (CCs) during folliculogenesis. How this communication takes place under physiological conditions is not fully understood. Current study examined oocyte-CCs communication in the XY sex-revered female mouse. We have previously found that the XY oocyte is defective in its cytoplasm, causing abnormal MII-spindle assembly and a failure in embryonic development. Our present study showed that transcript levels of Pfkp, Pkm2 and Ldh1 involved in glycolysis were lower in the CCs surrounding XY oocytes than in those surrounding XX oocytes. ATP contents in XY oocytes were also lower than those in XX oocytes, suggesting that lower glycolytic gene expression in CCs resulted in lower ATP contents in the enclosed oocyte. Co-culture of oocytectomized CC-oocyte complexes (COCs) with denuded oocytes showed that XY oocytes were less efficient than XX oocytes in promoting glycolytic gene expression in CCs. Furthermore, both glycolytic gene expression levels in CCs and ATP contents in oocytes of XY COCs increased to similar levels to those of XX COCs after culture for 20h in the presence of milrinone (=preincubation), which prevented spontaneous oocyte maturation. By increasing ATP levels in XY oocytes by either COC preincubation or ATP microinjection into oocytes prior to in vitro maturation, an improvement in MII-spindle assembly was observed. We conclude that the XY oocyte produces lesser amounts of paracrine factors that affect its companion CCs, which in turn make the ooplasm deficient in its components, including ATP, essential for MII-spindle assembly.
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- Baozeng Xu
- Departments of Surgery and Biology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1
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- Departments of Surgery and Biology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1
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- Departments of Surgery and Biology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1; Montreal Reproductive Center, 2110 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, Canada H4A 3J3
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- Departments of Surgery and Biology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1; Montreal Reproductive Center, 2110 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, Canada H4A 3J3.
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Khaksar Z, Jelodar G, Hematian H, Poorahmadi M. Alterations of the ovarian histomorphometry at pre-puberty in rat offspring from diabetic mothers. Reprod Med Biol 2013; 12:173-178. [PMID: 29699143 DOI: 10.1007/s12522-013-0151-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Purpose Maternal diabetes leads to increased blood glucose concentration in the mother and consequently in the foetus, causing various neonatal problems. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of maternal diabetes on foetal ovarian structure. Methods Sixteen adult female rats were allocated into two equal groups. Diabetes was induced in one group by alloxan. Both groups became pregnant by natural mating. Thirty days after birth, the female offspring were terminated, the body weight and blood glucose of the animals measured and their ovaries removed. Various histological and cellular parameters were determined using histological and electron microscopy techniques. Results Results revealed a significant increase in body weight and blood glucose in the offspring of the diabetic mothers (ODM) compared to that of the controls. The weight, volume and diameter of the ovary and the ovarian capsule thickness were inclined to decrease in ODM compared to that of controls. The number and diameter of primary, pre-antral and antral follicles were decreased in ovaries in the ODM. The electro-micrographs have demonstrated the organelle alterations in oocytes and granulosa cells that suggest the apoptosis progress and oxidative stress. Conclusions Maternal hyperglycaemia exhibited deleterious effects on the female reproductive system in the offspring.
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- Zabihollah Khaksar
- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Shiraz University Shiraz Iran
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- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine Shiraz University Shiraz Iran
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Yasooj Branch Islamic Azad University Yasooj Iran
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Dumesic DA, Richards JS. Ontogeny of the ovary in polycystic ovary syndrome. Fertil Steril 2013; 100:23-38. [PMID: 23472949 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Activation of primordial follicles into the growing pool, selection of the dominant follicle, and its eventual ovulation require complex endocrine and metabolic interactions as well as intraovarian paracrine signals to coordinate granulosa cell proliferation, theca cell differentiation, and oocyte maturation. Early preantral follicle development relies mostly upon mesenchymal-epithelial cell interactions, intraovarian paracrine signals, and oocyte-secreted factors, whereas development of the antral follicle depends on circulating gonadotropins as well as locally derived regulators. In women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), ovarian hyperandrogenism, hyperinsulinemia from insulin resistance, and altered intrafollicular paracrine signaling perturb the activation, survival, growth, and selection of follicles, causing accumulation of small antral follicles within the periphery of the ovary, giving it a polycystic morphology. Altered adipocyte-ovarian interactions further compound these adverse events on follicle development and also can harm the oocyte, particularly in the presence of increased adiposity. Finally, endocrine antecedents of PCOS occur in female infants born to mothers with PCOS, which suggests that interactions between genes and the maternal-fetal hormonal environment may program ovarian function after birth.
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- Daniel A Dumesic
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
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Ovarian histomorphometric changes in adult offspring of diabetic rat mothers. COMPARATIVE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1392-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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During oogenesis in mammals, the germ line interacts with ovarian somatic cells as follicles assemble, grow, ovulate, and die. As a result, these interactions with granulosa cells determine germ cell fate as the oocyte undergoes hypertrophy, the final stages of meiosis, and preparations required for successful fertilization. Over the past 15 years, investigators using a range of experimental approaches have uncovered the existence of multiple modalities for signaling between the oocyte and companion granulosa cells that play essential and sometimes overlapping roles during the growth and maturative phases of oogenesis. Five modalities of intercellular signaling are considered in the context of regulating oocyte gene expression, metabolism, spatial patterning, and the cell cycle. While some forms of signaling predominate at specific stages of oogenesis, such as during the assembly of primordial follicles, it is apparent that combinations of modalities work in concert to control events associated with ovulation when both nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation occur. A final key feature of the signaling platform underscoring the protracted process of oogenesis is the existence of negative and positive feedback loops designed to coordinate the tempo of oogenesis and folliculogenesis at key developmental transitions.
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- Lynda K McGinnis
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Varras M, Griva T, Kalles V, Akrivis C, Paparisteidis N. Markers of stem cells in human ovarian granulosa cells: is there a clinical significance in ART? J Ovarian Res 2012; 5:36. [PMID: 23164047 PMCID: PMC3536594 DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of gene expression of Oct-4 and DAZL, which are typical markers for stem cells, in human granulosa cells during ovarian stimulation in women with normal FSH levels undergoing IVF or ICSI and to discover any clinical significance of such expression in ART. Methods Twenty one women underwent ovulation induction for IVF or ICSI and ET with standard GnRH analogue-recombinant FSH protocol. Infertility causes were male and tubal factor. Cumulus–mature oocyte complexes were denuded separately and granulosa cells were analyzed for each patient separately using quantitative reverse-transcription–polymerase chain reaction analysis for Oct-4 and DAZL gene expression with G6PD gene as internal standard. Results G6PD and Oct-4 mRNA was detected in the granulosa cells in 47.6% (10/21). The median of Oct-4 mRNA/G6PD mRNA was 1.75 with intra-quarteral range from 0.10 to 98.21. The OCT-4 mRNA expression was statistically significantly correlated with the number of oocytes retrieved; when the Oct-4 mRNA expression was higher, then more than six oocytes were retrieved (p=0.037, Wilcoxon rank-sum). No detection of DAZL mRNA was found in granulosa cells. There was no additional statistically significant correlation between the levels of Oct-4 expression and FSH basal levels or estradiol peak levels or dosage of FSH for ovulation induction. No association was found between the presence or absence of Oct-4 mRNA expression in granulosa cells and ovarian response to gonadotropin stimulation. Also, no influence on pregnancy was observed between the presence or absence of Oct-4 mRNA expression in granulosa cells or to its expression levels accordingly. Conclusions Expression of OCT-4 mRNA, which is a typical stem cell marker and absence of expression of DAZL mRNA, which is a typical germ cell marker, suggest that a subpopulation of luteinized granulosa cells in healthy ovarian follicles (47.6%) consists of stem cells, which are not originated from primordial germ cells. Absence of Oct-4 gene expression in more than half of the cases means probably the end of the productive journey of these cells, towards the oocyte.
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- Michail Varras
- Third Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Elena Venizelou" General Maternity Hospital, Platonos 33, Politia (Kifisia), Athens, 14563, Greece.
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Sutton-McDowall ML, Mottershead DG, Gardner DK, Gilchrist RB, Thompson JG. Metabolic Differences in Bovine Cumulus-Oocyte Complexes Matured In Vitro in the Presence or Absence of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Bone Morphogenetic Protein 151. Biol Reprod 2012; 87:87. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.102061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Glucose is an essential nutrient for mammalian cells. Emerging evidence suggests that glucose within the oocyte regulates meiotic maturation. However, it remains controversial as to whether, and if so how, glucose enters oocytes within cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs). We used a fluorescent glucose derivative (6-NBDG) to trace glucose transport within live mouse COCs and employed inhibitors of glucose transporters (GLUTs) and gap junction proteins to examine their distinct roles in glucose uptake by cumulus cells and the oocyte. We showed that fluorescent glucose enters both cumulus-enclosed and denuded oocytes. Treating COCs with GLUT inhibitors leads to simultaneous decreases in glucose uptake in cumulus cells and the surrounded oocyte but no effect on denuded oocytes. Pharmacological blockade of of gap junctions between the oocyte and cumulus cells significantly inhibited fluorescent glucose transport to oocytes. Moreover, we find that both in vivo hyperglycemic environment and in vitro high-glucose culture increase free glucose levels in oocytes via gap junctional channels. These findings reveal an intercellular pathway for glucose transport into oocytes: glucose is taken up by cumulus cells via the GLUT system and then transferred into the oocyte through gap junctions. This intercellular pathway may partly mediate the effects of high-glucose condition on oocyte quality.
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- Qiang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Wang Q, Chi MM, Moley KH. Live imaging reveals the link between decreased glucose uptake in ovarian cumulus cells and impaired oocyte quality in female diabetic mice. Endocrinology 2012; 153:1984-9. [PMID: 22294751 PMCID: PMC3320263 DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Maternal diabetes has been demonstrated to adversely affect preimplantation embryo development and pregnancy outcomes. Emerging data suggest that these effects are associated with compromised oocyte quality. However, direct evidence of a pathway by which maternal diabetes exerts its effects on the oocyte is still lacking. Cumulus cells are metabolically coupled to oocytes, and bidirectional communication between them is essential for the development and functions of both compartments. The primary focus of this work was to evaluate the connection between glucose uptake in cumulus cells and oocyte quality in diabetic mice. This experiment has been difficult, because cumulus cells need to be separated from oocytes and labeled with isotope in the process of measuring glucose uptake. Here, we report a method for live imaging glucose transport in single cumulus-oocyte complexes using a fluorescent glucose analog (6-(N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol- 4-yl)amino)-6-deoxyglucose). By tracking the ATP content and spindle/chromosome status in individual oocytes surrounded by cumulus cells with differing glucose uptake activity, we reveal that compromised oocyte quality in diabetic mice is linked to decreased glucose uptake in cumulus cells.
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- Qiang Wang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, 425 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8064, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Dey SR, Deb GK, Ha AN, Lee JI, Bang JI, Lee KL, Kong IK. Coculturing denuded oocytes during the in vitro maturation of bovine cumulus oocyte complexes exerts a synergistic effect on embryo development. Theriogenology 2011; 77:1064-77. [PMID: 22153275 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Revised: 10/03/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study examined the effect of coculturing cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) and denuded oocytes (DOs) during in vitro maturation (IVM) on nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation, zona pellucida (ZP) hardening, the pattern of fertilization and glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPX1) gene expression in the oocyte. Furthermore, the rate of embryonic development and the quality of blastocysts were examined for both COCs and DOs. Three IVM conditions were studied: 1) the coculture of 12 COCs and 60 DOs, 2) COC control with 12 COCs, and 3) DO control with 60 DOs. The IVM was performed in a 120-μl droplet of TCM199-based IVM medium. Following IVM, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC) were conducted separately for the COCs and DOs (DO coculture) from the IVM coculture group. Coculturing COCs and DOs increased the percentage of oocytes reaching the blastocyst stage and the total number of cells per blastocyst in both the COC coculture (44.4 ± 8.6 vs 26.7 ± 9.7%, P < 0.01, and 137.9 ± 24.9 vs 121.7 ± 21.1, P < 0.05) and the DO coculture (20.5 ± 5.0 vs 11.1 ± 2.5%, P < 0.01, and 121.9 ± 27.5 vs 112.3 ± 33.2, P < 0.05) compared to their respective control groups. The synergistic effects of coculturing were detected as increased nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation, the prevention of ZP hardening, increased monospermic fertilization and increased expression of GPX1 in the oocytes in response to endogenous oocyte-secreted factors. In conclusion, coculturing COCs and DOs may be an effective culture system for both intact COCs and immature DOs.
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- S R Dey
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang, National University, Republic of Korea
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Follicle structure influences the availability of oxygen to the oocyte in antral follicles. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2011; 2011:287186. [PMID: 22162722 PMCID: PMC3227233 DOI: 10.1155/2011/287186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ability of an oocyte to successfully mature is highly dependent on intrafollicular conditions, including the size and structure of the follicle. Here we present a mathematical model of oxygen transport in the antral follicle. We relate mean oxygen concentration in follicular fluid of bovine follicles to the concentration in the immediate vicinity of the cumulus-oocyte complex (COC). The model predicts that the oxygen levels within the antral follicle are dependent on the size and structure of the follicle and that the mean level of dissolved oxygen in follicular fluid does not necessarily correspond to that reaching the COC.
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