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Venegas FC, Rosas D, Delgado N, Estay-Olmos C, Iturriaga-Vásquez P, Rivera-Meza M, Torres GE, Renard GM, Sotomayor-Zárate R. Early-life exposure to sex hormones promotes voluntary ethanol intake in adulthood. A vulnerability factor to drug addiction. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2024; 133:111001. [PMID: 38565388 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/30/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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While there is extensive research on alcohol dependence, the factors that make an individual vulnerable to developing alcoholism haven't been explored much. In this study, we aim to investigate how neonatal exposure to sex hormones affects alcohol intake and the regulation of the mesolimbic pathway in adulthood. The study aimed to investigate the impact of neonatal exposure to a single dose of testosterone propionate (TP) or estradiol valerate (EV) on ethanol consumption in adult rats. The rats were subjected to a two-bottle free-choice paradigm, and the content of dopamine (DA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) was measured using HPLC-ED. The expression of critical DA-related proteins in the mesolimbic pathway was evaluated through RT-qPCR and western blot analysis. Supraphysiological neonatal exposure to EV or TP resulted in increased ethanol intake over four weeks in adulthood. In addition, the DA and DOPAC content was reduced and increased in the NAcc of EV and TP-treated rats, and β-endorphin content in the hypothalamus decreased in EV-treated rats. The VTA μ receptor and DA type 2 form short receptor (D2S) expression were significantly reduced in EV and TP male rats. Finally, in an extended 6-week protocol, the increase in ethanol consumption induced by EV was mitigated during the initial two hours post-naloxone injection. Neonatal exposure to sex hormones is a detrimental stimulus for the brain, which can facilitate the development of addictive behaviors, including alcohol use disorder.
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- Francisca C Venegas
- Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa (CENFI), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa (CENFI), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa (CENFI), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa (CENFI), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químicas y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Química Farmacológica y Toxicológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, USA
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica y Aplicada (CIBAP), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Santiago, Chile.
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa (CENFI), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
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Yu Y, Chen T, Zheng Z, Jia F, Liao Y, Ren Y, Liu X, Liu Y. The role of the autonomic nervous system in polycystic ovary syndrome. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 14:1295061. [PMID: 38313837 PMCID: PMC10834786 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1295061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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This article reviewed the relationship between the autonomic nervous system and the development of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is the most common reproductive endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age. Its primary characteristics include persistent anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovarian morphology, often accompanied by disturbances in glucose and lipid metabolism. The body's functions are regulated by the autonomic nervous system, which consists mainly of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The autonomic nervous system helps maintain homeostasis in the body. Research indicates that ovarian function in mammals is under autonomic neural control. The ovaries receive central nervous system information through the ovarian plexus nerves and the superior ovarian nerves. Neurotransmitters mediate neural function, with acetylcholine and norepinephrine being the predominant autonomic neurotransmitters. They influence the secretion of ovarian steroids and follicular development. In animal experiments, estrogen, androgens, and stress-induced rat models have been used to explore the relationship between PCOS and the autonomic nervous system. Results have shown that the activation of the autonomic nervous system contributes to the development of PCOS in rat. In clinical practice, assessments of autonomic nervous system function in PCOS patients have been gradually employed. These assessments include heart rate variability testing, measurement of muscle sympathetic nerve activity, skin sympathetic response testing, and post-exercise heart rate recovery evaluation. PCOS patients exhibit autonomic nervous system dysfunction, characterized by increased sympathetic nervous system activity and decreased vagal nerve activity. Abnormal metabolic indicators in PCOS women can also impact autonomic nervous system activity. Clinical studies have shown that various effective methods for managing PCOS regulate patients' autonomic nervous system activity during the treatment process. This suggests that improving autonomic nervous system activity may be an effective approach in treating PCOS.
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- Yue Yu
- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Wuxi Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Wuxi, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Robeva R, Elenkova A, Kirilov G, Zacharieva S. Plasma-free metanephrines, nerve growth factor, and renalase significance in patients with PCOS. Endocrine 2023; 81:602-612. [PMID: 37248367 PMCID: PMC10226715 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-023-03404-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PURPOSE Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common heterogeneous condition with probably multifactorial genesis. Animal studies have proven the essential role of the sympathetic nervous system in the syndrome development, while human studies are still contradictory. The present study aims to investigate the possible influence of plasma-free metanephrine (MN), and normetanephrine (NMN), nerve growth factor (NGF), and renalase (RNL) on the hormonal and metabolic parameters in women with PCOS and healthy controls. METHODS Fifty patients with PCOS and 30 healthy women participated in the study. The plasma-free MN and NMN, NGF, RNL, anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), gonadotropin, androgen levels, and metabolic parameters were investigated. RESULTS Plasma-free NMN and NGF concentrations were increased in PCOS individuals, while RNL levels were decreased compared to healthy volunteers. Increased plasma-free NMN (OR = 1.0213 [95%CI 1.0064-1.0364], p = 0.005) and NGF (OR = 1.0078 [95%CI 1.0001-1.0155], p = 0.046) but not MN or RNL levels were associated with a higher risk of PCOS after adjustment for age. Plasma-free NMN levels were positively associated with the LH (r = +0.253; p = 0.039). androstenedione (r = +0.265; p = 0.029), 17-OH progesterone (r = +0.285; p = 0.024), NGF (r = +0.320; p = 0.008), and AMH (r = +0.417; p < 0.001) concentrations of the investigated women. RNL levels were inversely related to the BMI (r = -0.245; p = 0.029), HOMA-IR (r = -0.250; p = 0.030), free testosterone (r = -0.303; p = 0.006) levels. systolic (r = -0.294; p = 0.008) and diastolic (r = -0.342; p = 0.002) blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS Increased sympathetic noradrenergic activity and NGF synthesis might be related to the increased AMH and delta-4 androgen levels in a subgroup of PCOS patients. RNL levels might influence the metabolic status of PCOS patients. Further studies are needed to explore the significance of adrenal medullar and autonomic dysfunction for developing different PCOS phenotypes and their subsequent cardiovascular complications.
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- Ralitsa Robeva
- Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, USHATE "Acad. Iv. Penchev", 2, Zdrave Str., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, USHATE "Acad. Iv. Penchev", 2, Zdrave Str., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, USHATE "Acad. Iv. Penchev", 2, Zdrave Str., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University - Sofia, USHATE "Acad. Iv. Penchev", 2, Zdrave Str., 1431, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Rakic D, Joksimovic Jovic J, Jakovljevic V, Zivkovic V, Nikolic M, Sretenovic J, Nikolic M, Jovic N, Bicanin Ilic M, Arsenijevic P, Dimitrijevic A, Vulovic T, Ristic N, Bulatovic K, Bolevich S, Stijak L, Pantovic S. High Fat Diet Exaggerate Metabolic and Reproductive PCOS Features by Promoting Oxidative Stress: An Improved EV Model in Rats. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2023; 59:1104. [PMID: 37374308 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59061104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Background and Objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a frequent multifactorial endocrinopathy affecting women in the reproductive period, often associated with infertility and metabolic disorders. The use of animal models helps to better understand etiopathogenesis, enabling the examination of the effects of certain drugs in order to discover the best possible therapeutic approach. We tried to investigate the additional effect of estradiol-valerate (EV) and high-fat diet (HFD) in female rats to explore PCOS-related alterations with special focus on oxidative stress. Materials and Methods: Animals were divided into three groups: control group (CTRL, n = 6), estradiol-valerate group (EV, n = 6), and estradiol-valerate group on HFD (EV + HFD, n = 6). PCOS was induced by single subcutaneous injection of long-acting EV in a dose of 4 mg/per rat. We tried to improve the metabolic characteristics of the PCOS animal model by adding HFD, so the CTRL and EV group had a regular diet, while the EV + HFD group had HFD during the induction period of 60 days. Results: We observed alterations of anthropometric parameters and hormonal disturbances, along with estrus cycle impairment reassembly to obese-type PCOS phenotype. Moreover, glucose metabolism was impaired after addition of HFD to EV protocol, contrary to EV administered alone. Histological analysis confirmed more numerous cystic follicles after the combination of EV and HFD protocol. The alterations of oxidative stress markers could be related to and serve as the mechanistic base for development of PCOS-related endocrine, reproductive, and metabolic properties. Conclusions: The additive effect of EV and HFD was obvious in the majority of the parameters observed. Our study strongly demonstrated metabolic as well as reproductive properties of PCOS in rats.
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- Dejana Rakic
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Department of Human Pathology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119146 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Department of Pharmacology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Center of Excellence for Redox Balance Research in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- University Clinical Center Kragujevac, Zmaj Jovina 30, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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- Department of Cytology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina in Kosovska Mitrovica, 38220 Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
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- Department of Human Pathology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119146 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia
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Effects of Early Life Exposure to Sex Hormones on Neurochemical and Behavioral Responses to Psychostimulants in Adulthood: Implications in Drug Addiction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126575. [PMID: 35743018 PMCID: PMC9223714 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Early life exposure to sex hormones affects several brain areas involved in regulating locomotor and motivation behaviors. Our group has shown that neonatal exposure to testosterone propionate (TP) or estradiol valerate (EV) affected the brain dopamine (DA) system in adulthood. Here, we studied the long-lasting effects of neonatal exposure to sex hormones on behavioral and neurochemical responses to amphetamine (AMPH) and methylphenidate (MPD). Our results show that AMPH-induced locomotor activity was higher in female than male control rats. The conditioned place preference (CPP) to AMPH was only observed in EV male rats. In EV female rats, AMPH did not increase locomotor activity, but MPD-induced CPP was observed in control, EV and TP female rats. Using in vivo brain microdialysis, we observed that AMPH-induced extracellular DA levels were lower in nucleus accumbens (NAcc) of EV and TP female rats than control rats. In addition, MPD did not increase NAcc extracellular DA levels in EV rats. Using in vivo fast-scan cyclic voltammetry in striatum, MPD-induced DA reuptake was higher in EV than control rats. In summary, our results show that early life exposure to sex hormones modulates mesolimbic and nigrostriatal DA neurons producing opposite neurochemical effects induced by psychostimulant drugs in NAcc or striatum.
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Linares R, Acuña XN, Rosas G, Vieyra E, Ramírez DA, Chaparro A, Espinoza JA, Domínguez R, Morales-Ledesma L. Participation of the Cholinergic System in the Development of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Molecules 2021; 26:5506. [PMID: 34576975 PMCID: PMC8471679 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In rats with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) induced by injection of estradiol valerate (EV), unilateral or bilateral section of the vagus nerve restores ovulatory function in 75% of animals, suggesting that the vagus nerve participates in the development of PCOS. Since the vagus nerve is a mixed nerve through which mainly cholinergic-type information passes, the objective of the present study was to analyze whether acetylcholine (ACh) is involved in the development of PCOS. Ten-day-old rats were injected with 2.0 mg EV, and at 60 days of age, they were microinjected on the day of diestrus in the bursa of the left or right ovary with 100 or 700 mg/kg of ovarian weight atropine, a blocker of muscarinic receptors, and sacrificed for histopathological examination after the surgery. Animals with PCOS microinjected with 100 mg of atropine showed a lack of ovulation, lower serum concentrations of progesterone and testosterone, and cysts. Histology of the ovaries of animals microinjected with 700 mg of atropine showed corpus luteum and follicles at different stages of development, which was accompanied by a lower concentration of progesterone and testosterone. These results allow us to suggest that in animals with PCOS, ACh, which passes through parasympathetic innervation, is an important component in the persistence and development of the pathophysiology.
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- Rosa Linares
- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
- Laboratorio de Endocrinologia, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Cronobiología y Reproducción, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico;
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- Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza Campus III, UNAM, San Miguel Contla 90640, Mexico;
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Cronobiología y Reproducción, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico;
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- Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, Mexico City 15000, Mexico; (R.L.); (X.N.A.); (G.R.); (E.V.); (A.C.); (J.A.E.)
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Peñaloza-Sancho V, Pérez-Valenzuela C, Gonzalez C, Jujihara G, Bustos P, Dagnino-Subiabre A. Cannabinoid receptor type 1 modulates the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on memory of stressed rats. Nutr Neurosci 2021; 24:583-600. [PMID: 31637966 DOI: 10.1080/1028415x.2019.1659561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Memory and GABAergic activity in the hippocampus of stressed rats improve after n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplementation. On the other hand, cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1) strongly regulates inhibitory neurotransmission in the hippocampus. Speculation about a possible relation between stress, endocannabinoids, and PUFAs. Here, we examined whether the effects of PUFAs on memory of chronically stressed rats depends on pharmacological manipulation of CB1 receptors. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were orally supplemented with n-3 (fish oil) or n-6 (primrose oil) PUFAs during chronic restraint stress (CRS) protocol (6 h/day; 21 days). First, we studied if the expression of CB1 receptors in the hippocampus may be affected by CRS and PUFAs supplementation by real-time PCR and immunofluorescence. CRS up-regulated the CB1 expression compared with the non-stressed rats, while only n-3 PUFAs countered this effect. Memory was evaluated in the Morris water maze. Stressed rats were co-treated with PUFAs and/or modulators of CB1 receptor (AM251, antagonist, 0.3 mg/kg/day; WIN55,212-2, agonist, 0.5 mg/kg/day) by intraperitoneal injections. Memory improved in the stressed rats that were treated with AM251 and/or n-3 PUFAs. Supplementation with n-6 PUFAs did not affect memory of stressed rats, but co-treatment with AM251 improved it, while co-treatment with WIN55,212-2 did not affect memory. Our results demonstrate that activity of the CB1 receptors may modulate the effects of PUFAs on memory of stressed rats. This study suggests that endocannabinoids and PUFAs can both become a singular system by being self-regulated in limbic areas, so they control the effects of stress on the brain.
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- Valentín Peñaloza-Sancho
- Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Center for Neurobiology and Integrative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Center for Neurobiology and Integrative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Center for Neurobiology and Integrative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Center for Neurobiology and Integrative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- PhD Program in Aquaculture, School of Marine Sciences, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratory of Stress Neurobiology, Institute of Physiology, Center for Neurobiology and Integrative Pathophysiology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Kaur H, Bansal GK, Althobaiti F, Aldhahrani A, Usmani S, Bala M. Prevalence of reproductive drugs usage in humans and animals: A pilot study in Patiala city of India. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:3727-3734. [PMID: 34220224 PMCID: PMC8241629 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Reproductive drugs that include contraceptive and fertility drugs are used to manage reproductive health in both humans and animals. Contraceptive drugs are mainly used by humans for reversible contraception whereas fertility drugs are mainly used in animals to increase milk production, poultry products and meat production. Usage of these drugs has increased manifold in the last decade. These drugs are excreted through body fluids (mainly urine and milk) that lead to contamination of surface water, milk and animal produce. Consumption of such contaminated products or water results in reproductive disorders and different types of cancers in humans. This questionnaire-based study was designed and conducted involving gynecologists, pharmacies, medical stores and veterinarians in Patiala city and its adjoining areas in India to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of use of these drugs. A total of 150 survey points were identified with random sampling method. Data was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The results showed that contraceptive drugs constitute 86% of reproductive drugs usage in humans. Further, steroidal contraceptives constitute a huge 94.7% share of contraceptive drugs, and of these combined oral contraceptives have 79.79% share among which a combination is ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel is the most popular (20.92%). The consumption of COCs is higher than that of progestin only pills (Z = 3.39) as well as estrogen only pills (Z = 4.30). In contrast, usage of non-hormonal fertility drugs (89%) dominates over the hormonal class (11%) in humans. The most widely used non-hormonal fertility drug is clomiphene citrate (73.87%). In animals, the prescription rate of hormonal fertility drugs is higher (83%) than the non-hormonal one, where in the most widely prescribed drug is buserelin acetate. These findings are in consonance with the similar studies carried out in US, Europe and Canada which suggest that reproductive drugs usage pattern is more or less similar across the globe. A careful control to discourage indiscriminate use of such drugs is the need of hour to prevent damage of environment and ultimately to the health of living beings.
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- Harpreet Kaur
- Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, Turabah University College, Taif University, Taif 21995, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004, India
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- Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Punjab, India
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Prenatal and pubertal exposure to 17α-ethinylestradiol disrupts folliculogenesis and promotes morphophysiological changes in ovaries of old gerbils ( Meriones unguiculatus). J Dev Orig Health Dis 2021; 13:49-60. [PMID: 33650479 DOI: 10.1017/s2040174421000040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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17α-Ethinylestradiol is an endocrine-disrupting chemical that make up most contraceptive pills and can be found in the environment. Exposure to ethinylestradiol in different development periods may promote changes in morphophysiological parameters of reproductive and endocrine organs. Considering that the effects of low doses (15 µg/kg/day) of ethinylestradiol in ovaries from 12-month-old female gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were investigated. Four experimental groups used were control (without treatment), EE/PRE (treated from the 18th to the 22nd gestational day), EE/PUB (treated from the 42nd to the 49th day of life), and EE/PRE-PUB (treated in the both periods). The animals were euthanized at 12 months. Testosterone and 17β-estradiol levels were measured. The ovaries were stained with Hematoxylin and Eosin, Periodic Acid Schiff, and Gomori's Trichome. The follicles, corpus luteum, interstitial gland, lipofuscin, ovarian epithelium, and tunica albuginea were analyzed. Estradiol was higher in EE/PRE and EE/PUB groups, while testosterone was higher only in EE/PUB group. The main changes in follicle count occurred in EE/PUB and EE/PRE-PUB groups, with higher primordial follicle count and lower maturation of follicles. The corpus luteum was more evident in EE/PRE group. No differences were found in atretic follicles count. A higher area occupied by interstitial gland cells and lipofuscin deposit in these cells was noted in EE/PUB and EE/PRE-PUB groups. Higher epithelium height and thicker tunic albuginea were showed in treated groups. These results suggest that exposure to doses of EE2 in prenatal and pubertal periods of the development leads to morphological changes in senile ovaries.
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Benitez A, Riquelme R, del Campo M, Araya C, Lara HE. Nerve Growth Factor: A Dual Activator of Noradrenergic and Cholinergic Systems of the Rat Ovary. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:636600. [PMID: 33716987 PMCID: PMC7947612 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.636600] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The functioning of the ovary is influenced by the autonomic system (sympathetic and cholinergic intraovarian system) which contributes to the regulation of steroid secretion, follicular development, and ovulation. There is no information on the primary signal that activates both systems. The nerve growth factor (NGF) was the first neurotrophic factor found to regulate ovarian noradrenergic neurons and the cholinergic neurons in the central nervous system. The aim of this study was to determine whether NGF is one of the participating neurotrophic factors in the activation of the sympathetic and cholinergic system of the ovary in vivo and its role in follicular development during normal or pathological states. The administration of estradiol valerate (a polycystic ovary [PCO] phenotype model) increased norepinephrine (NE) (through an NGF-dependent mechanism) and acetylcholine (ACh) levels. Intraovarian exposure of rats for 28 days to NGF (by means of an osmotic minipump) increased the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and acetylcholinesterase (AChE, the enzyme that degrades ACh) without affecting enzyme activity but reduced ovarian ACh levels. In vitro exposure of the ovary to NGF (100 ng/ml for 3 h) increased both choline acetyl transferase and vesicular ACh transporter expression in the ovary, with no effect in ACh level. In vivo NGF led to an anovulatory condition with the appearance of follicular cysts and decreased number of corpora lutea (corresponding to noradrenergic activation). To determine whether the predominance of a NE-induced polycystic condition after NGF is responsible for the PCO phenotype, rats were exposed to an intraovarian administration of carbachol (100 μM), a muscarinic cholinergic agonist not degraded by AChE. Decreased the number of follicular cysts and increased the number of corpora lutea, reinforcing that cholinergic activity of the ovary participates in controlling its functions. Although NGF increased the biosynthetic capacity for ACh, it was not available to act in the ovary. Hence, NGF also regulates the ovarian cholinergic system, implying that NGF is the main regulator of the dual autonomic control. These findings highlight the need for research in the treatment of PCO syndrome by modification of locally produced ACh as an in vivo regulator of follicular development.
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Morales-Ledesma L, Trujillo Hernández A, Ramírez MI, Rosas G, Linares R. Administration of a VIP-antagonist in vivo modifies ovarian hormone secretion in a rat model with polycystic ovary syndrome. Life Sci 2020; 265:118792. [PMID: 33220286 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118792] [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: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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AIMS In the cyclic rat in estrus, the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) has an impact on ovarian function, which depends on the endocrine status of the animal. In this work, we aimed to clarify the participation of VIP in the pathophysiological condition of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using a model of PCOS induced by estradiol valerate (EV-PCOS) in rats. MAIN METHODS In the cyclic rat in estrus and in the EV-PCOS model, we analyzed the acute effects of blocking VIP receptors with the use of an antagonist (Ant-VIP) injected into the left or right ovarian bursa on the steroidogenic response and ovarian catecholamine levels. KEY FINDINGS In the cyclic animal in estrus, the treatment with Ant-VIP in the left ovarian bursa resulted in a reduction in testosterone serum levels and in ovarian levels of dopamine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), without changes in 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl (MHPG) and norepinephrine (NE). When the treatment was applied on the right side, only MHPG levels increased. In the EV-PCOS model, the treatment with Ant-VIP in the left ovarian bursa increased testosterone, estradiol, MHPG, and NE levels. When the treatment was performed on the right side, progesterone levels decreased and estradiol increased, without changes in ovarian catecholamines. SIGNIFICANCE The binding of VIP to its receptors differentially regulates steroidogenesis in the cyclic animal in estrus and in the EV-PCOS model. The blocking of VIP signaling produces changes in ovarian catecholamines.
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- Leticia Morales-Ledesma
- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, México City, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, México City, Mexico
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Venegas B, De León Gordillo LY, Rosas G, Espinoza JA, Morán C, Domínguez R, Morales-Ledesma L. In rats with estradiol valerate-induced polycystic ovary syndrome, the acute blockade of ovarian β-adrenoreceptors improve ovulation. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2019; 17:95. [PMID: 31744506 PMCID: PMC6862835 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-019-0539-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by hyperactivity of the ovarian sympathetic nervous system, increases in the content and release of norepinephrine, as well as decreases in the number of β-adrenoreceptors. In the present study, β-adrenoreceptors in the ovaries of rats with polycystic ovary syndrome were blocked and analyzed the resultant effects on ovulation, hormone secretion and the enzymes responsible for the synthesis of catecholamines. METHODS At 60 days of age, vehicle or estradiol valerate-treated rats were injected with propranolol [10- 4 M] into the ovarian bursas on oestrus day. The animals were sacrificed on the next day of oestrus, and the ovulation response, the steroid hormone levels in the serum and the immunoreactivity of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine β-hydroxylase in the ovaries were measured. RESULTS In animals with the induction of polycystic ovary syndrome and β-adrenoreceptor blocking, ovulation was restored in more than half of the animals and resulted in decreased hyperandrogenism with respect to the levels observed in the estradiol valerate-treated group. Tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine β-hydroxylase were present in the theca cells of the growing follicles and the interstitial gland. Injection of propranolol restored the tyrosine hydroxylase and ovarian dopamine β-hydroxylase levels in rats with polycystic ovary syndrome induction. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that a single injection into the ovarian bursas of propranolol, a nonselective antagonist of β-adrenoreceptor receptors, decreases the serum testosterone concentration and the formation of ovarian cysts, improving the ovulation rate that accompanies lower levels of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine β-hydroxylase in the ovary.
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- Berenice Venegas
- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico
- Área de Procesos Celulares Fundamentales, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 72570, Puebla, CP, Mexico
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Fisicoquímica de Materiales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP, 15000, México, DF, Mexico.
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Divyashree S, Janhavi P, Ravindra P, Muthukumar S. Experimental models of polycystic ovary syndrome: An update. Life Sci 2019; 237:116911. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Linares R, Rosas G, Vieyra E, Ramírez DA, Velázquez DR, Espinoza JA, Morán C, Domínguez R, Morales-Ledesma L. In Adult Rats With Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Unilateral or Bilateral Vagotomy Modifies the Noradrenergic Concentration in the Ovaries and the Celiac Superior Mesenteric Ganglia in Different Ways. Front Physiol 2019; 10:1309. [PMID: 31695622 PMCID: PMC6817458 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In rats with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) induced by estradiol valerate (EV) injection, sectioning of the vagus nerve in the juvenile stage restores ovulatory function, suggesting that the vagus nerve stimulates the onset and development of PCOS. We analyzed whether in adult rats, the role played by the vagus nerve in PCOS development is associated with the nerve’s regulation of noradrenergic activity in the celiac superior mesenteric ganglion (CSMG). Ten-day-old rats were injected with corn oil [vehicle (Vh)] or EV (2 mg). At 76 days of age, rats injected with Vh or EV were subjected to sham surgery or the sectioning of one or both vagus nerves (vagotomy). The animals were sacrificed at 80–82 days of age at vaginal estrus smear. Compared to Vh-treated animals, EV-induced PCOS rats showed a lack of ovulation, the presence of follicular cysts, and a high concentration of testosterone, without changes in noradrenaline concentrations in the CSMG or ovaries. In PCOS rats, sham surgery lowered serum testosterone and noradrenaline concentrations in the CSMG but did not restore ovulation. In animals with PCOS, vagotomy lowered testosterone concentrations to a larger degree than in sham-surgery animals. The ovaries of rats with PCOS and vagotomy showed fresh corpora lutea, indicating ovulation. In EV-treated rats with unilateral vagotomy, the concentration of noradrenaline in the CSMG was similar to that in rats with PCOS and sham surgery, which did not ovulate, while in the ovaries of PCOS rats with left or bilateral vagotomy, the noradrenaline concentration was lower than that in sham-surgery-treated animals. Our results suggest that the vagus nerve regulates PCOS development through a different mechanism than the increase in the noradrenergic activity in the CSMG; however, in ovaries, the restoration of ovulation is associated with a decrease in ovarian noradrenaline.
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- Rosa Linares
- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Fisicoquímica de Materiales, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Reproductiva, de la Unidad de Investigación en Biología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
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Del Campo M, Piquer B, Witherington J, Sridhar A, Lara HE. Effect of Superior Ovarian Nerve and Plexus Nerve Sympathetic Denervation on Ovarian-Derived Infertility Provoked by Estradiol Exposure to Rats. Front Physiol 2019; 10:349. [PMID: 31024331 PMCID: PMC6465777 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sympathetic innervation of the ovary in rodents occurs via two routes: the superior ovarian nerve (SON), which runs along the ovarian ligament, and the plexus nerve (PN), which is mainly associated with the vasculature. SON and ovarian norepinephrine (NE) levels play a major role in regulating ovarian cystic health. Although it was previously described that the polycystic ovarian phenotype (PCO) is causally related to hyperstimulation of the sympathetic nerves of the ovary, much less is known, however, regarding the role of PN in ovarian physiology. We studied the role of SON and PN in relation to the maintenance of the PCO phenotype induced in the rat by exposure to estradiol valerate (EV). EV exposure at 24 days old (juvenile exposure) increases NE in the ovary for up to 90 days after EV injection. SON or PN denervation (SONX and PNX) decreased NE. SONXreversed the acyclic condition from 30 days after surgery (p < 0.05), but PNXdid not. SONX was more effective than PNX to downregulate the increased number of cysts induced by EV, with the presence of the corpora lutea (CL, signifying ovulation) in the SONX group. Seventy percent of SONX rats presented with pregnancy at 60 days post-EV (6 of the 7 sperm-positive rats were pregnant); however, SONX rats had a reduced number (half) of pups compared with vehicle-treated rats and 60% more pups than EV rats. These data suggest that the SON plays a predominant role in follicular development, ovulation and pregnancy during ovarian diseases.
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- Miguel Del Campo
- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Neurochemical Studies in Neuroendocrine Diseases, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Neurochemical Studies in Neuroendocrine Diseases, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Galvani Bioelectronics, Stevenage, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Neurochemical Studies in Neuroendocrine Diseases, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Álvarez D, Ceballo K, Olguín S, Martinez-Pinto J, Maliqueo M, Fernandois D, Sotomayor-Zárate R, Cruz G. Prenatal metformin treatment improves ovarian function in offspring of obese rats. J Endocrinol 2018; 239:325-338. [PMID: 30334444 DOI: 10.1530/joe-18-0352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Maternal obesity causes a wide range of impairment in offspring, such as metabolic and reproductive dysfunctions. We previously demonstrated that female offspring of obese rats have increased serum estradiol levels during early postnatal life, probably because of decreased hepatic cytochrome P450 3A2 levels, which could lead to early onset of puberty and polycystic ovary condition in adulthood. Using metformin during pregnancy and nursing to improve the metabolic status of obese mothers could prevent the sequence of events that lead to an increase in postnatal serum estradiol levels in female offspring and, hence, reproductive dysfunction. We found that metformin prevented an increase in serum estradiol levels at postnatal day 14 in female offspring of obese mothers, which was associated with a restoration of hepatic cytochrome P450 3A2 levels to control values. Treatment using metformin could not prevent advanced puberty, but we observed that the number of antral follicles, follicular cysts and multi-oocyte follicles returned to control values in the female offspring of obese mothers treated with metformin. We also observed an increase in the levels of norepinephrine and the norepinephrine metabolite 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol in the ovaries, indicating increased sympathetic activity in female offspring induced by an obesogenic uterine environment. We found that this effect was prevented by metformin administration. From the results of this study, we concluded that metformin administration to obese mothers during pregnancy and nursing partially prevents ovarian dysfunction in female offspring during adulthood.
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- Daniela Álvarez
- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neuroquímica y Neurofarmacología, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Department of Medicine West Division, Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neuroquímica y Neurofarmacología, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Abruzzese GA, Crisosto N, De Grava Kempinas W, Sotomayor-Zárate R. Developmental programming of the female neuroendocrine system by steroids. J Neuroendocrinol 2018; 30:e12632. [PMID: 29968423 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Developmental programming refers to processes that occur during early life that may have long-term consequences, modulating adult health and disease. Complex diseases, such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease, have a high prevalence in different populations, are multifactorial, and may have a strong environmental component. The environment interacts with organisms, affecting their behaviour, morphology and physiology. This interaction may induce permanent or long-term changes, and organisms may be more susceptible to environmental factors during certain developmental stages, such as the prenatal and early postnatal periods. Several factors have been identified as responsible for inducing the reprogramming of various reproductive and nonreproductive tissues. Among them, both natural and synthetic steroids, such as endocrine disruptors, are known to have either detrimental or positive effects on organisms depending on the dose of exposure, stage of development and biological sexual background. The present review focuses on the action of steroids and endocrine disruptors as agents involved in developmental programming and on their modulation and effects on female neuroendocrine functions.
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- Giselle Adriana Abruzzese
- Laboratorio de Fisio-patología Ovárica, Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Laboratory West Division, School of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Endocrinology Unit, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Biology and Toxicology, Department of Morphology, Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Neuroquímica y Neurofarmacología, Centro de Neurobiología y Fisiopatología Integrativa, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Espinoza JA, Alvarado W, Venegas B, Domínguez R, Morales-Ledesma L. Pharmacological sympathetic denervation prevents the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome in rats injected with estradiol valerate. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2018; 16:86. [PMID: 30193590 PMCID: PMC6128994 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-018-0400-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The injection of estradiol valerate in female rats induces polycystic ovary syndrome, which is characterized by polycystic ovaries, anovulation, and hyperandrogenism. These characteristics have been associated with an increase in the ovarian concentration of norepinephrine, which occurs before establishing the polycystic ovary syndrome. The bilateral section of the superior ovarian nerve restores ovarian functions in animals with polycystic ovary syndrome. The superior ovarian nerve provides norepinephrine and vasoactive intestinal peptide to the ovary. An increase in the activity of both neurotransmitters has been associated with the development of polycystic ovary syndrome. The purpose of the present study was analyzed the participation of the noradrenergic nervous system in the development of polycystic ovary syndrome using guanethidine as a pharmacological tool that destroys peripheral noradrenergic nerve fibers. METHODS Fourteen-day old female rats of the CIIZ-V strain were injected with estradiol valerate or vehicle solution. Rats were randomly allotted to one of three guanethidine treatment groups for denervation: 1) guanethidine treatment at age 7 to 27-days, 2) guanethidine treatment at age 14 to 34- days, and 3) guanethidine treatment at age 70 to 90- days. All animals were sacrificed when presenting vaginal oestrus at age 90 to 94-days. The parameters analyzed were the number of ova shed by ovulating animals, the ovulation rate (i.e., the numbers of ovulating animals/the numbers of used animals), the serum concentration of progesterone, testosterone, oestradiol and the immunoreactivity for tyrosine hydroxylase enzyme. All data were analyzed statistically. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Our results show that the elimination of noradrenergic fibers before the establishment of polycystic ovary syndrome prevents two characteristics of the syndrome, blocking of ovulation and hyperandrogenism. We also found that in animals that have already developed polycystic ovary syndrome, sympathetic denervation restores ovulatory capacity, but it was not as efficient in reducing hyperandrogenism. CONCLUSION The results of the present study suggest that the noradrenergic fibers play a stimulant role in the establishment of polycystic ovary syndrome.
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- Julieta A. Espinoza
- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, DF Mexico
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- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, DF Mexico
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- 0000 0001 2112 2750grid.411659.eFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Blvd. Valsequillo, Av. San Claudio, Edificio 112-A, Cd Universitaria, Col. Jardines de San Manuel, Puebla, Mexico
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- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, DF Mexico
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- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, DF Mexico
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Kaur H, Bala M, Bansal G. Reproductive drugs and environmental contamination: quantum, impact assessment and control strategies. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:25822-25839. [PMID: 30039489 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2754-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Industrial and municipal solid wastes, noise, pesticides, fertilizers and vehicular emission are visible pollutants responsible for environmental contamination and ill-effects on health of all living systems. But, environmental contamination due to drugs or medicines used for different purposes in humans and animals goes unseen largely and can affect the health of living system severely. During the last few decades, the usage of drugs has increased drastically, resulting in increased drug load in soil and water. Contraceptive and fertility drugs are extensively and effectively used in humans as well as animals for different purposes. Usage of these reproductive drugs in humans is increased manifold to manage reproductive problems and/or for birth control with changing lifestyles. These drugs are excreted in urine and faeces as metabolite or conjugated forms, leading to contamination of water, milk and animal produce, which are consumed directly by humans as well as animals. These drugs are not eliminated even by water treatment plant. Consumption of such contaminated water, milk, meat and poultry products results in reproductive disorders such as fertility loss in men and increase risk of different types of cancers in humans. Therefore, assessment of impact of environmental contamination by these drugs on living system is of paramount importance. The purpose of this review article is to provide a comprehensive analysis of various research and review reports on different contraceptive and fertility drugs used in human and animals, their occurrence in the environment and their ill-effects on living systems. The approaches to control this invisible menace have also been proposed.
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- Harpreet Kaur
- Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Patiala, Punjab, India.
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- Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala, Patiala, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University Patiala, Patiala, Punjab, India
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Bonansco C, Martínez-Pinto J, Silva RA, Velásquez VB, Martorell A, Selva MV, Espinosa P, Moya PR, Cruz G, Andrés ME, Sotomayor-Zárate R. Neonatal exposure to oestradiol increases dopaminergic transmission in nucleus accumbens and morphine-induced conditioned place preference in adult female rats. J Neuroendocrinol 2018; 30:e12574. [PMID: 29377365 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 01/16/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Steroid sex hormones produce physiological effects in reproductive tissues and also in nonreproductive tissues, such as the brain, particularly in cortical, limbic and midbrain areas. Dopamine (DA) neurones involved in processes such as prolactin secretion (tuberoinfundibular system), motor circuit regulation (nigrostriatal system) and driving of motivated behaviour (mesocorticolimbic system) are specially regulated by sex hormones. Indeed, sex hormones promote neurochemical and behavioural effects induced by drugs of abuse by tuning midbrain DA neurones in adult animals. However, the long-term effects induced by neonatal exposure to sex hormones on dopaminergic neurotransmission have not been fully studied. The present study aimed to determine whether a single neonatal exposure with oestradiol valerate (EV) results in a programming of dopaminergic neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) of adult female rats. To answer this question, electrophysiological, neurochemical, cellular, molecular and behavioural techniques were used. The data show that frequency but not amplitude of the spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current is significantly increased in NAcc medium spiny neurones of EV-treated rats. In addition, DA content and release are both increased in the NAcc of EV-treated rats, caused by an increased synthesis of this neurotransmitter. These results are functionally associated with a higher percentage of EV-treated rats conditioned to morphine, a drug of abuse, compared to controls. In conclusion, neonatal programming with oestradiol increases NAcc dopaminergic neurotransmission in adulthood, which may be associated with increased reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse.
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- C Bonansco
- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Escuela de Fonoaudiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación, Universidad Andres Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Núcleo Milenio Biología de Enfermedades Neuropsiquiátricas (NUMIND), Valparaíso, Chile
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Neurociencia de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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Jana B, Meller K, Czajkowska M, Całka J. Long-term estradiol-17β exposure decreases the cholinergic innervation pattern of the pig ovary. Ann Anat 2018; 216:135-141. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Martinez-Pinto J, Piquer B, Tiszavari M, Lara H. Neonatal exposure to estradiol valerate reprograms the rat ovary androgen receptor and anti-Müllerian hormone to a polycystic ovary phenotype. Reprod Toxicol 2018; 75:127-135. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Morales-Ledesma L, Díaz Ramos JA, Trujillo Hernández A. Polycystic ovary syndrome induced by exposure to testosterone propionate and effects of sympathectomy on the persistence of the syndrome. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2017; 15:50. [PMID: 28693534 PMCID: PMC5504549 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-017-0267-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Leticia Morales-Ledesma
- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, D. F, México
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- 0000 0001 2159 0001grid.9486.3Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM, AP 9-020, CP 15000 México, D. F, México
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- 0000 0001 2112 2750grid.411659.eBenemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Edificio BIO1, Ciudad Universitaria, Boulevard Valsequillo y Avenida San Claudio S/N. C.P, 72570 Puebla, Puebla México
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Fernandois D, Cruz G, Na EK, Lara HE, Paredes AH. Kisspeptin level in the aging ovary is regulated by the sympathetic nervous system. J Endocrinol 2017; 232:97-105. [PMID: 27856623 DOI: 10.1530/joe-16-0181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Previous work has demonstrated that the increase in the activity of sympathetic nerves, which occurs during the subfertility period in female rats, causes an increase in follicular cyst development and impairs follicular development. In addition, the increase in ovarian sympathetic activity of aged rats correlates with an increased expression of kisspeptin (KISS1) in the ovary. This increase in KISS1 could participate in the decrease in follicular development that occurs during the subfertility period. We aimed to determine whether the blockade of ovarian sympathetic tone prevents the increase in KISS1 expression during reproductive aging and improves follicular development. We performed 2 experiments in rats: (1) an in vivo blockade of beta-adrenergic receptor with propranolol (5.0 mg/kg) and (2) an ovarian surgical denervation to modulate the sympathetic system at these ages. We measured Kisspeptin and follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) mRNA and protein levels by qRT-PCR and western blot and counted primordial, primary and secondary follicles at 8, 10 and 12 months of age. The results showed that ovarian KISS1 decreased but FSHR increased after both propranolol administration and the surgical denervation in rats of 8, 10 and 12 months of age. An increase in FSHR was related to an increase in the number of smaller secondary follicles and a decreased number of primordial follicles at 8, 10 and 12 months of age. These results suggest that intraovarian KISS1 is regulated by sympathetic nerves via a beta-adrenergic receptor and participates locally in ovarian follicular development in reproductive aging.
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- Daniela Fernandois
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyLaboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y MetabólicasCentro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyLaboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyLaboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyLaboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ichimura R, Takahashi M, Morikawa T, Inoue K, Kuwata K, Usuda K, Yokosuka M, Watanabe G, Yoshida M. Neonatal exposure to SERMs disrupts neuroendocrine development and postnatal reproductive function through alteration of hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons in female rats. Neurotoxicology 2016; 56:64-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2016.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zubeldia-Brenner L, Roselli CE, Recabarren SE, Gonzalez Deniselle MC, Lara HE. Developmental and Functional Effects of Steroid Hormones on the Neuroendocrine Axis and Spinal Cord. J Neuroendocrinol 2016; 28:10.1111/jne.12401. [PMID: 27262161 PMCID: PMC4956521 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This review highlights the principal effects of steroid hormones at central and peripheral levels in the neuroendocrine axis. The data discussed highlight the principal role of oestrogens and testosterone in hormonal programming in relation to sexual orientation, reproductive and metabolic programming, and the neuroendocrine mechanism involved in the development of polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype. Moreover, consistent with the wide range of processes in which steroid hormones take part, we discuss the protective effects of progesterone on neurodegenerative disease and the signalling mechanism involved in the genesis of oestrogen-induced pituitary prolactinomas.
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- L Zubeldia-Brenner
- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Portland, OR, USA
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- Laboratory of Animal Physiology and Endocrinology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Concepcion, Chillán, Chile
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Ciencias Fisiológicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ambrosetti V, Guerra M, Ramírez LA, Reyes A, Álvarez D, Olguín S, González-Mañan D, Fernandois D, Sotomayor-Zárate R, Cruz G. Increase in endogenous estradiol in the progeny of obese rats is associated with precocious puberty and altered follicular development in adulthood. Endocrine 2016; 53:258-70. [PMID: 26767652 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-016-0858-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Maternal obesity during pregnancy has been related with several pathological states in offspring. However, the impact of maternal obesity on reproductive system on the progeny is beginning to be elucidated. In this work, we characterize the effect of maternal obesity on puberty onset and follicular development in adult offspring in rats. We also propose that alterations in ovarian physiology observed in offspring of obese mothers are due to increased levels of estradiol during early development. Offspring of control dams and offspring of dams exposed to a high-fat diet (HF) were studied at postnatal days (PND) 1, 7, 14, 30, 60, and 120. Body weight and onset of puberty were measured. Counting of ovarian follicles was performed at PND 60 and 120. Serum estradiol, estriol, androstenedione, FSH, LH, and insulin levels were measured by ELISA. Hepatic CYP3A2 expression was determined by Western blot. HF rats had a higher weight than controls at all ages and they also had a precocious puberty. Estradiol levels were increased while CYP3A2 expression was reduced from PND 1 until PND 60 in HF rats compared to controls. Estriol was decreased at PND60 in HF rats. Ovaries from HF rats had a decrease in antral follicles at PND60 and PND120 and an increase in follicular cysts at PND60 and PND120. In this work, we demonstrated that maternal obesity in rats alters follicular development and induces follicular cysts generation in the adult offspring. We observed that maternal obesity produces an endocrine disruption through increasing endogenous estradiol in early life. A programmed failure in hepatic metabolism of estradiol is probably the cause of its increase.
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- Valery Ambrosetti
- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology Program, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, 8380492, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Doctorado en Farmacología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, 8380492, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Neuroquímica y Neurofarmacología, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Alteraciones Reproductivas y Metabólicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, 2360102, Valparaiso, Chile.
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Wu XQ, Li XF, Xia WT, Ye B, O’Byrne KT. The effects of small litter rearing on ovarian function at puberty and adulthood in the rat. Reprod Biol 2016; 16:130-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 01/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Programming of Dopaminergic Neurons by Neonatal Sex Hormone Exposure: Effects on Dopamine Content and Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in Adult Male Rats. Neural Plast 2016; 2016:4569785. [PMID: 26904299 PMCID: PMC4745917 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4569785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We sought to determine the long-term changes produced by neonatal sex hormone administration on the functioning of midbrain dopaminergic neurons in adult male rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were injected subcutaneously at postnatal day 1 and were assigned to the following experimental groups: TP (testosterone propionate of 1.0 mg/50 μL); DHT (dihydrotestosterone of 1.0 mg/50 μL); EV (estradiol valerate of 0.1 mg/50 μL); and control (sesame oil of 50 μL). At postnatal day 60, neurochemical studies were performed to determine dopamine content in substantia nigra-ventral tegmental area and dopamine release in nucleus accumbens. Molecular (mRNA expression of tyrosine hydroxylase) and cellular (tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity) studies were also performed. We found increased dopamine content in substantia nigra-ventral tegmental area of TP and EV rats, in addition to increased dopamine release in nucleus accumbens. However, neonatal exposure to DHT, a nonaromatizable androgen, did not affect midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Correspondingly, compared to control rats, levels of tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA and protein were significantly increased in TP and EV rats but not in DHT rats, as determined by qPCR and immunohistochemistry, respectively. Our results suggest an estrogenic mechanism involving increased tyrosine hydroxylase expression, either by direct estrogenic action or by aromatization of testosterone to estradiol in substantia nigra-ventral tegmental area.
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Ichimura R, Takahashi M, Morikawa T, Inoue K, Kuwata K, Usuda K, Yokosuka M, Watanabe G, Yoshida M. The Critical Hormone-Sensitive Window for the Development of Delayed Effects Extends to 10 Days after Birth in Female Rats Postnatally Exposed to 17alpha-Ethynylestradiol1. Biol Reprod 2015; 93:32. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.129650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Selen ES, Bolandnazar Z, Tonelli M, Bütz DE, Haviland JA, Porter WP, Assadi-Porter FM. NMR Metabolomics Show Evidence for Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in a Mouse Model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:3284-91. [PMID: 26076986 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with metabolic and endocrine disorders in women of reproductive age. The etiology of PCOS is still unknown. Mice prenatally treated with glucocorticoids exhibit metabolic disturbances that are similar to those seen in women with PCOS. We used an untargeted nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics approach to understand the metabolic changes occurring in the plasma and kidney over time in female glucocorticoid-treated (GC-treated) mice. There are significant changes in plasma amino acid levels (valine, tyrosine, and proline) and their intermediates (2-hydroxybutyrate, 4-aminobutyrate, and taurine), whereas in kidneys, the TCA cycle metabolism (citrate, fumarate, and succinate) and the pentose phosphate (PP) pathway products (inosine and uracil) are significantly altered (p < 0.05) from 8 to 16 weeks of age. Levels of NADH, NAD(+), NAD(+)/NADH, and NADH redox in kidneys indicate increased mitochondrial oxidative stress from 8 to 16 weeks in GC-treated mice. These results indicate that altered metabolic substrates in the plasma and kidneys of treated mice are associated with altered amino acid metabolism, increased cytoplasmic PP, and increased mitochondrial activity, leading to a more oxidized state. This study identifies biomarkers associated with metabolic dysfunction in kidney mitochondria of a prenatal gluococorticoid-treated mouse model of PCOS that may be used as early predictive biomarkers of oxidative stress in the PCOS metabolic disorder in women.
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- Ebru Selin Selen
- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- †Department of Zoology, ‡Magnetic Resonance Facility at Madison, and §Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Ozgocer T, Yildiz S, Elbe H, Vardi N. Endotoxin exposure and puberty in female rats: the role of nitric oxide and caspase-1 inhibition in neonates. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 93:603-14. [PMID: 26061900 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bacterial toxins are widespread in the environment as well as in the digestive system of humans and animals. Toxin from Gram-negative bacteria (endotoxin or lipopolysaccharide; LPS) has a life-long programming effect on reproduction in rats, but the mediators have not been well-documented, so we investigated the effects of LPS on the timing of puberty in female rats. Because the levels of nitric oxide (NO) and interleukin 1β (IL-1β) increase following injection of LPS, we injected neonates (post-natal day (pnd) 7) with LPS, with or without NO or IL-1β inhibitors. Half of the prepubescent (pnd 30) animals received an additional LPS injection. Vaginal opening, number of ovarian follicles, and serum anti-LPS antibodies were determined. A single LPS injection was sufficient to reduce the primordial follicle pool, but puberty was delayed when rats received 2 LPS injections (at pnd 7 and 30). NO or IL-1β inhibitors improved both of these parameters, suggesting that the early detrimental effects of LPS on puberty and primordial follicle pool are mediated by NO and IL-1β.
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- Tuba Ozgocer
- a Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Inonu, 44280 Malatya, Turkey
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- a Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Inonu, 44280 Malatya, Turkey
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- c Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman, Mugla, Turkey
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- b Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Inonu, 44280 Malatya, Turkey
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Anesetti G, Chávez-Genaro R. Neonatal testosterone exposure induces early development of follicular cysts followed by sympathetic ovarian hyperinnervation. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015; 28:RD14460. [PMID: 25989716 DOI: 10.1071/rd14460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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This study analysed the temporal association between ovarian cyst development induced by neonatal androgenisation and sympathetic innervation. Neonatal rats (postnatal Days 1 to 5) were treated with testosterone or dihydrotestosterone and the effects were evaluated at postnatal Days 20, 40, 90 or 180. Ovulation rate, number of cystic follicles and density of sympathetic fibres were analysed. The effects of surgical denervation or gonadotrophin stimulation were also assessed. Rats exposed to testosterone showed no oestrous cycle activity and did not ovulate, maintaining a polycystic ovarian morphology at all ages studied. Also, a significant increase in ovarian density of noradrenergic fibres was detected at postnatal Days 90 and 180. Sympathectomy was unable to re-establish ovarian activity; however, human chorionic gonadotrophin stimulation was enough to induce ovulation. The impact of dihydrotestosterone on ovarian function was less noticeable, showing the coexistence of corpora lutea and cystic structures without changes in sympathetic innervation. Our findings suggest that a remodelling of ovarian sympathetic innervation occurs as a response to modifications in the pattern of follicular growth induced by testosterone. A role of sympathetic innervation in the maintenance of the polycystic condition is suggested.
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Mónica Brauer M, Smith PG. Estrogen and female reproductive tract innervation: cellular and molecular mechanisms of autonomic neuroplasticity. Auton Neurosci 2014; 187:1-17. [PMID: 25530517 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2014.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The female reproductive tract undergoes remarkable functional and structural changes associated with cycling, conception and pregnancy, and it is likely advantageous to both individual and species to alter relationships between reproductive tissues and innervation. For several decades, it has been appreciated that the mammalian uterus undergoes massive sympathetic axon depletion in late pregnancy, possibly representing an adaptation to promote smooth muscle quiescence and sustained blood flow. Innervation to other structures such as cervix and vagina also undergo pregnancy-related changes in innervation that may facilitate parturition. These tissues provide highly tractable models for examining cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying peripheral nervous system plasticity. Studies show that estrogen elicits rapid degeneration of sympathetic terminal axons in myometrium, which regenerate under low-estrogen conditions. Degeneration is mediated by the target tissue: under estrogen's influence, the myometrium produces proteins repulsive to sympathetic axons including BDNF, neurotrimin, semaphorins, and pro-NGF, and extracellular matrix components are remodeled. Interestingly, nerve depletion does not involve diminished levels of classical sympathetic neurotrophins that promote axon growth. Estrogen also affects sympathetic neuron neurotrophin receptor expression in ways that appear to favor pro-degenerative effects of the target tissue. In contrast to the uterus, estrogen depletes vaginal autonomic and nociceptive axons, with the latter driven in part by estrogen-induced suppression of BMP4 synthesis. These findings illustrate that hormonally mediated physiological plasticity is a highly complex phenomenon involving multiple, predominantly repulsive target-derived factors acting in concert to achieve rapid and selective reductions in innervation.
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- M Mónica Brauer
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States; Institute for Neurological Discoveries, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States.
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Wojtkiewicz J, Jana B, Kozłowska A, Crayton R, Majewski M, Zalecki M, Baranowski W, Radziszewski P. Innervation pattern of polycystic ovaries in the women. J Chem Neuroanat 2014; 61-62:147-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cruz G, Foster W, Paredes A, Yi KD, Uzumcu M. Long-term effects of early-life exposure to environmental oestrogens on ovarian function: role of epigenetics. J Neuroendocrinol 2014; 26:613-24. [PMID: 25040227 PMCID: PMC4297924 DOI: 10.1111/jne.12181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Oestrogens play an important role in development and function of the brain and reproductive tract. Accordingly, it is considered that developmental exposure to environmental oestrogens can disrupt neural and reproductive tract development, potentially resulting in long-term alterations in neurobehaviour and reproductive function. Many chemicals have been shown to have oestrogenic activity, whereas others affect oestrogen production and turnover, resulting in the disruption of oestrogen signalling pathways. However, these mechanisms and the concentrations required to induce these effects cannot account for the myriad adverse effects of environmental toxicants on oestrogen-sensitive target tissues. Hence, alternative mechanisms are assumed to underlie the adverse effects documented in experimental animal models and thus could be important to human health. In this review, the epigenetic regulation of gene expression is explored as a potential target of environmental toxicants including oestrogenic chemicals. We suggest that toxicant-induced changes in epigenetic signatures are important mechanisms underlying the disruption of ovarian follicular development. In addition, we discuss how exposure to environmental oestrogens during early life can alter gene expression through effects on epigenetic control potentially leading to permanent changes in ovarian physiology.
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- Gonzalo Cruz
- Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral, Instituto de Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
- Correspondence to: Gonzalo Cruz, Gran Bretaña 1111, Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile. 2360102, Tel. 56 32 2508015,
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Neurobioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Chile
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- Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC. Greensboro, NC
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- Department of Animal Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Tarumi W, Itoh MT, Suzuki N. Effects of 5α-dihydrotestosterone and 17β-estradiol on the mouse ovarian follicle development and oocyte maturation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99423. [PMID: 24911314 PMCID: PMC4050053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have previously reported that androstenedione induces abnormalities of follicle development and oocyte maturation in the mouse ovary. In granulosa cells of the ovarian follicle, androstenedione is aromatized to 17β-estradiol (E2). To determine whether the androgen or estrogen acts directly on the follicle to induce the above-mentioned abnormalities, we compared the effects of a non-aromatizable androgen, 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), with those of E2 on murine follicular development and oocyte maturation in a single follicle culture system. The high dose (10−6 M) of DHT prompted normal follicular development, and there was no effect on oocyte meiotic maturation after stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). In contrast, culture with the high dose (10−6 M) of E2 delayed follicular growth and also suppressed proliferation of granulosa cells and antrum formation. Furthermore, culture with E2 delayed or inhibited oocyte meiotic maturation, such as chromosome alignment on the metaphase plate and extrusion of the first polar body, after addition of hCG and EGF. In conclusion, these findings demonstrate that E2, but not DHT, induces abnormalities of follicular development, which leads to delay or inhibition of oocyte meiotic maturation.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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Barra R, Cruz G, Mayerhofer A, Paredes A, Lara HE. Maternal sympathetic stress impairs follicular development and puberty of the offspring. Reproduction 2014; 148:137-45. [PMID: 24811779 DOI: 10.1530/rep-14-0150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Chronic cold stress applied to adult rats activates ovarian sympathetic innervation and develops polycystic ovary (PCO) phenotype. The PCO syndrome in humans originates during early development and is expressed before or during puberty, which suggests that the condition derived from in utero exposure to neural- or metabolic-derived insults. We studied the effects of maternal sympathetic stress on the ovarian follicular development and on the onset of puberty of female offspring. Timed pregnant rats were exposed to chronic cold stress (4 °C, 3 h/daily from 1000 to 1300 h) during the entire pregnancy. Neonatal rats exposed to sympathetic stress during gestation had a lower number of primary, primordial, and secondary follicles in the ovary and a lower recruitment of primary and secondary follicles derived from the primordial follicular pool. The expression of the FSH receptor and response of the neonatal ovary to FSH were reduced. A decrease in nerve growth factor (NGF) mRNA was found without change in the low-affinity NGF receptor. The FSH-induced development of secondary follicles was decreased. At puberty, estradiol plasma levels decreased without changes in LH plasma levels. Puberty onset (as shown by the vaginal opening) was delayed. Ovarian norepinephrine (NE) was reduced; there was no change in its metabolite, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol, in stressed rats and no change in NE turnover. The changes in ovarian NE in prepubertal rats stressed during gestation could represent a lower development of sympathetic nerves as a compensatory response to the chronically increased NE levels during gestation and hence participate in delaying reproductive performance in the rat.
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- Rafael Barra
- Laboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, GermanyLaboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, Germany
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- Laboratory of NeurobiochemistryDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 8380492 Independencia, Santiago ChileDepartamento de FisiologíaFacultad de Ciencias, Centro de Neurobiología y Plasticidad Cerebral (CNPC), Universidad de Valparaíso, 2360094 Valparaíso, ChileAnatomy III - Cell BiologyLudwig Maximilian University, Schillerstrasse 42 D-80336 Munich, Germany
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Johansson J, Stener-Victorin E. Polycystic ovary syndrome: effect and mechanisms of acupuncture for ovulation induction. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2013; 2013:762615. [PMID: 24073009 PMCID: PMC3773899 DOI: 10.1155/2013/762615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age, is characterized by the coexistence of hyperandrogenism, ovulatory dysfunction, and polycystic ovaries (PCO). PCOS also represents the largest part of female oligoovulatory infertility, and the management of ovulatory and menstrual dysfunction, comprises a third of the high costs of PCOS treatment. Current pharmacological and surgical treatments for reproductive symptoms are effective, however, associated with negative side effects, such as cardiovascular complications and multiple pregnancies. For menstrual irregularities and ovulation induction in women with PCOS, acupuncture has indicated beneficial effects. This review will focus on the results from randomized controlled acupuncture trials for regulation of menstrual dysfunction and for inducing ovulation in women with PCOS although there are uncontrolled trials with nonetheless interesting results. Animal experimental studies will be further discussed when they can provide a more mechanistic explanatory view.
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 434, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 434, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
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Linares R, Hernández D, Morán C, Chavira R, Cárdenas M, Domínguez R, Morales-Ledesma L. Unilateral or bilateral vagotomy induces ovulation in both ovaries of rats with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2013; 11:68. [PMID: 23866168 PMCID: PMC3722028 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Injecting estradiol valerate (EV) to pre-pubertal or adult female rat results in effects similar to those observed in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). One of the mechanisms involved in PCOS development is the hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system. In EV-induced PCOS rats, the unilateral sectioning of the superior ovarian nerve (SON) restores ovulation of the innervated ovary. This suggests that, in addition to the sympathetic innervation, other neural mechanisms are involved in the development/maintenance of PCOS. The aims of present study were analyze if the vagus nerve is one of the neural pathways participating in PCOS development. METHODS Ten-day old rats were injected with EV dissolved in corn oil. At 24-days of age sham-surgery, unilateral, or bilateral sectioning of the vagus nerve (vagotomy) was performed on these rats. The animals were sacrificed at 90-92 days of age, when they presented vaginal estrous preceded by a pro-estrus smear. RESULTS In EV-induced PCOS rats, unilateral or bilateral vagotomy restored ovulation in both ovaries. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in PCOS rats with unilateral or bilateral vagotomy were lower than in control rats. CONCLUSIONS This result suggests that in EV-induced PCOS rats the vagus nerve is a neural pathway participating in maintaining PCOS. The vagus nerve innervates the ovaries directly and indirectly through its synapsis in the celiac-superior-mesenteric ganglion, where the somas of neurons originating in the SON are located. Then, it is possible that vagotomy effects in EV-induced PCOS rats may be explained as a lack of communication between the central nervous system and the ovaries.
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000, México, DF, México
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000, México, DF, México
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- Departament of Biology and Toxicology of Reproduction, Science Institute, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México CP 72000
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, México, DF, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”, México, DF, México
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000, México, DF, México
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- Biology of Reproduction Research Unit, Physiology of Reproduction Laboratory, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM AP 9-020, CP 15000, México, DF, México
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Koszykowska M, Całka J, Nidzgorska A, Jana B. Exogenous long-term treatment with 17?-oestradiol alters the innervation pattern in pig ovary. Reprod Fertil Dev 2013; 25:661-73. [DOI: 10.1071/rd11271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of long-term 17β-oestradiol (E2) exposure, a simulation of pathological states that occur with oestrogen overproduction, on the innervation patterns of ovaries in adult gilts. The intraovarian distribution and density of nerve fibres immunoreactive (IR) to protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 and containing dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH), neuropeptide Y (NPY), somatostatin (SOM) and galanin (GAL) were determined. From Day 4 of the first oestrous cycle to Day 20 of the second cycle studied, experimental gilts were injected with E2 (1000 μg every 12 h) whereas control gilts were injected with corn oil. After E2 administration, there was an increase in the number of PGP9.5-, DBH-, NPY- and GAL-IR fibres. Numerous PGP9.5-IR terminals were observed within the ground plexus around secondary follicles and small or medium tertiary follicles. Long-term E2 treatment increased the density of DBH- and NPY-IR fibres in the cortical part of the ground plexus, DBH- and GAL-IR fibres in the medullary part of the ground plexus, DBH-IR fibres near small and medium tertiary follicles and NPY-IR fibres around medullary arteries. The data indicate that long-term exposure of gilts to E2 increases the total number of intraovarian fibres, including sympathetic fibres. These results suggest that elevated E2 levels that occur during pathological states may affect the innervation patterns of ovaries and their function(s).
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Temporal window in which exposure to estradiol permanently modifies ovarian function causing polycystic ovary morphology in rats. Fertil Steril 2012; 98:1283-90. [PMID: 22854013 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Revised: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the developmental window in which E(2) exposure produces irreversible changes in ovarian function resulting in polycystic ovary. DESIGN Basic experimental study. SETTING University animal laboratory. ANIMAL(S) Thirty Sprague-Dawley rats were administered a single E(2) valerate dose (10 mg/kg of weight) at 1, 7, 14, 21, or 30 days of age. Control rats were injected with the vehicle at 1 day of age. All rats were sacrificed at 6 months of age. INTERVENTION(S) Observation of vaginal opening, estrous cyclicity by vaginal smears, and ovarian morphometry in the 6-month-old rat. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Measurement of ovarian noradrenaline by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection, serum levels of LH by enzyme-linked immunoassay, P, androstenedione, and E(2) by enzyme immunoassay. RESULT(S) Rats exposed to E(2) at 1, 7, or 14 days of life did not show estrual cycling activity and maintained a polycystic ovary (PCO) condition throughout the entirety of the study. However, if the exposure to E(2) occurred after postnatal day 21, the PCO-induced condition was reversible. In rats that developed a permanent PCO condition, we observed significant effects of E(2) on ovarian morphology if exposure occurred on postnatal day 1 and a presumable effect on the hypothalamus if the exposure occurred between postnatal days 1 and 14. CONCLUSION(S) Our findings suggest that in rats, the most sensitive period for the promotion of an irreversible PCO morphology by estrogenic compounds is during neonatal early follicular development.
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Steroid hormones modulate a wide array of physiological processes including development, metabolism, and reproduction in various species. It is generally believed that these biological effects are predominantly mediated by their binding to specific intracellular receptors resulting in conformational change, dimerization, and recruitment of coregulators for transcription-dependent genomic actions (classical mechanism). In addition, to their cognate ligands, intracellular steroid receptors can also be activated in a "ligand-independent" manner by other factors including neurotransmitters. Recent studies indicate that rapid, nonclassical steroid effects involve extranuclear steroid receptors located at the membrane, which interact with cytoplasmic kinase signaling molecules and G-proteins. The current review deals with various mechanisms that function together in an integrated manner to promote hormone-dependent actions on the central and sympathetic nervous systems.
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Tarumi W, Tsukamoto S, Okutsu Y, Takahashi N, Horiuchi T, Itoh MT, Ishizuka B. Androstenedione induces abnormalities in morphology and function of developing oocytes, which impairs oocyte meiotic competence. Fertil Steril 2012; 97:469-76. [PMID: 22289288 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 11/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To obtain insight into the effects of androstenedione on ovarian folliculogenesis and oogenesis. DESIGN Experimental study. SETTING St. Marianna University School of Medicine. ANIMAL(S) Prepubertal (14-day-old) BDF1 female mice. INTERVENTION(S) Early secondary follicles were isolated from the ovaries and were cultured individually in vitro with or without androstenedione (10(-11) to 10(-5) M) for 12 days. Thereafter, the follicles were treated with hCG and epidermal growth factor (EGF). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Diameters and morphology of follicles and oocytes; E(2) and P secretion; and chromatin configuration and expression of growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) in oocytes were examined. RESULT(S) Early secondary follicles developed to the preovulatory stage. Androstenedione treatments increased the follicle diameters, reduced survival rates of follicles, and promoted the formation of follicles with abnormal morphology, including misshapen oocyte. The secretion of E(2) and P was significantly higher in androstenedione-exposed follicles. Androstenedione prevented the alteration in chromatin configuration and reduced oocyte GDF9 expression. When follicles cultured with androstenedione were treated with hCG and EGF, the first polar body exclusion, chromosome alignment on metaphase plate, and spindle assembly were inhibited in the oocytes. CONCLUSION(S) These results demonstrate that excess androgen induces abnormalities in the morphology and function of developing oocytes, which impairs oocyte meiotic competence.
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- Wataru Tarumi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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Sotomayor-Zárate R, Tiszavari M, Cruz G, Lara HE. Neonatal exposure to single doses of estradiol or testosterone programs ovarian follicular development–modified hypothalamic neurotransmitters and causes polycystic ovary during adulthood in the rat. Fertil Steril 2011; 96:1490-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rivera OE, Varayoud J, Rodríguez HA, Muñoz-de-Toro M, Luque EH. Neonatal exposure to bisphenol A or diethylstilbestrol alters the ovarian follicular dynamics in the lamb. Reprod Toxicol 2011; 32:304-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.06.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 05/10/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carré GA, Couty I, Hennequet-Antier C, Govoroun MS. Gene expression profiling reveals new potential players of gonad differentiation in the chicken embryo. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23959. [PMID: 21931629 PMCID: PMC3170287 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In birds as in mammals, a genetic switch determines whether the undifferentiated gonad develops into an ovary or a testis. However, understanding of the molecular pathway(s) involved in gonad differentiation is still incomplete. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS With the aim of improving characterization of the molecular pathway(s) involved in gonad differentiation in the chicken embryo, we developed a large scale real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction approach on 110 selected genes for evaluation of their expression profiles during chicken gonad differentiation between days 5.5 and 19 of incubation. Hierarchical clustering analysis of the resulting datasets discriminated gene clusters expressed preferentially in the ovary or the testis, and/or at early or later periods of embryonic gonad development. Fitting a linear model and testing the comparisons of interest allowed the identification of new potential actors of gonad differentiation, such as Z-linked ADAMTS12, LOC427192 (corresponding to NIM1 protein) and CFC1, that are upregulated in the developing testis, and BMP3 and Z-linked ADAMTSL1, that are preferentially expressed in the developing ovary. Interestingly, the expression patterns of several members of the transforming growth factor β family were sexually dimorphic, with inhibin subunits upregulated in the testis, and bone morphogenetic protein subfamily members including BMP2, BMP3, BMP4 and BMP7, upregulated in the ovary. This study also highlighted several genes displaying asymmetric expression profiles such as GREM1 and BMP3 that are potentially involved in different aspects of gonad left-right asymmetry. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE This study supports the overall conservation of vertebrate sex differentiation pathways but also reveals some particular feature of gene expression patterns during gonad development in the chicken. In particular, our study revealed new candidate genes which may be potential actors of chicken gonad differentiation and provides evidence of the preferential expression of BMPs in the developing ovary and Inhibin/Activin subunits in the developing testis.
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- Gwenn-Aël Carré
- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements UMR 6175, INRA- CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, Nouzilly, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements UMR 6175, INRA- CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, Nouzilly, France
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- Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements UMR 6175, INRA- CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, Nouzilly, France
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Padmanabhan V, Veiga-Lopez A. Developmental origin of reproductive and metabolic dysfunctions: androgenic versus estrogenic reprogramming. Semin Reprod Med 2011; 29:173-86. [PMID: 21710394 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1275519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common fertility disorders, affecting several million women worldwide. Women with PCOS manifest neuroendocrine, ovarian, and metabolic defects. A large number of animal models have evolved to understand the etiology of PCOS. These models provide support for the contributing role of excess steroids during development in programming the PCOS phenotype. However, considerable phenotypic variability is evident across animal models, depending on the quality of the steroid administered and the perinatal time of treatment relative to the developmental trajectory of the fetus/offspring. This review focuses on the reproductive and metabolic phenotypes of the various PCOS animal models that have evolved in the last decade to delineate the relative roles of androgens and estrogens in relation to the timing of exposure in programming the various dysfunctions that are part and parcel of the PCOS phenotype. Furthermore, the review addresses the contributory role of the postnatal metabolic environment in exaggerating the severity of the phenotype, the translational relevance of the various animal models to PCOS, and areas for future research.
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Paredes AH, Salvetti NR, Diaz AE, Dallard BE, Ortega HH, Lara HE. Sympathetic nerve activity in normal and cystic follicles from isolated bovine ovary: local effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation on steroid secretion. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2011; 9:66. [PMID: 21575217 PMCID: PMC3117772 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cystic ovarian disease (COD) is an important cause of abnormal estrous behavior and infertility in dairy cows. COD is mainly observed in high-yielding dairy cows during the first months post-partum, a period of high stress. We have previously reported that, in lower mammals, stress induces a cystic condition similar to the polycystic ovary syndrome in humans and that stress is a definitive component in the human pathology. To know if COD in cows is also associated with high sympathetic activity, we studied isolated small antral (5 mm), preovulatory (10 mm) and cystic follicles (25 mm). Cystic follicles which present an area 600 fold greater compared with preovulatory follicles has only 10 times less concentration of NE as compared with small antral and preovulatory follicles but they had 10 times more NE in follicular fluid, suggesting a high efflux of neurotransmitter from the cyst wall. This suggestion was reinforced by the high basal release of recently taken-up 3H-NE found in cystic follicles. While lower levels of beta-adrenergic receptor were found in cystic follicles, there was a heightened response to the beta-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol and to hCG, as measured by testosterone secretion. There was however an unexpected capacity of the ovary in vitro to produce cortisol and to secrete it in response to hCG but not to isoproterenol. These data suggest that, during COD, the bovine ovary is under high sympathetic nerve activity that in addition to an increased response to hCG in cortisol secretion could participate in COD development.
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- Alfonso H Paredes
- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Morphological Sciences Department, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (FCV-UNL), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina & National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET), Argentina
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- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Morphological Sciences Department, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (FCV-UNL), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina & National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET), Argentina
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- Morphological Sciences Department, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Nacional del Litoral (FCV-UNL), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina & National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET), Argentina
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- Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Wu XQ, Li XF, Ye B, Popat N, Milligan SR, Lightman SL, O'Byrne KT. Neonatal programming by immunological challenge: effects on ovarian function in the adult rat. Reproduction 2011; 141:241-8. [PMID: 21084570 PMCID: PMC3021912 DOI: 10.1530/rep-10-0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Revised: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Neonatal exposure to an immunological challenge (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) increases the activity of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and sensitises the GNRH pulse generator to the inhibitory influence of stress in adult rats. We investigated the effects of neonatal exposure to LPS on various reproductive parameters during puberty and into adulthood in female rats. LPS (50 μg/kg, i.p.) or saline was administered on postnatal days 3 and 5. Vaginal opening was recorded, and oestrous cyclicity was monitored immediately post puberty and again at 8-9 weeks of age. At 10 weeks of age, the ovaries were removed and the number of follicles was counted, together with the thickness of the theca interna of the largest antral follicles. Ovarian sympathetic nerve activity was assessed immunohistochemically by measurement of the levels of ovarian low-affinity receptor of nerve growth factor (p75NGFR). In rats exposed to LPS in early life, there was a significant delay in puberty and disruption of oestrous cyclicity immediately post puberty, which persisted into adulthood. The follicle reserve was decreased, the thickness of the theca interna increased and the expression profile of ovarian p75NGFR increased in the neonatal LPS-treated animals. These data suggest that exposure to LPS during early neonatal life can have long-term dysfunctional effects on the female reproductive system, which might involve, at least in part, increased ovarian sympathetic nerve activity.
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- Xue-Qing Wu
- Division of Women's Health, School of MedicineKing's College LondonGuy's Campus, 2.95W Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1ULUK
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical CollegeWenzhou, 325000People's Republic of China
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- Division of Women's Health, School of MedicineKing's College LondonGuy's Campus, 2.95W Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1ULUK
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical CollegeWenzhou, 325000People's Republic of China
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- Division of Women's Health, School of MedicineKing's College LondonGuy's Campus, 2.95W Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1ULUK
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- Division of Women's Health, School of MedicineKing's College LondonGuy's Campus, 2.95W Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1ULUK
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- Henry Wellcome Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience and EndocrinologyUniversity of BristolBristol, BS1 3NYUK
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- Division of Women's Health, School of MedicineKing's College LondonGuy's Campus, 2.95W Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1ULUK
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical CollegeWenzhou, 325000People's Republic of China
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