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Huang J, Fang Z, Wu X, Xia L, Liu Y, Wang J, Su Y, Xu D, Zhang K, Xie Q, Chen J, Liu P, Wu Q, Tan J, Kuang H, Tian L. Transcriptomic responses of cumulus granulosa cells to SARS-CoV-2 infection during controlled ovarian stimulation. Apoptosis 2024; 29:649-662. [PMID: 38409352 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-024-01942-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
Cumulus granulosa cells (CGCs) play a crucial role in follicular development, but so far, no research has explored the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on ovarian function from the perspective of CGCs. In the present study, we compared the cycle outcomes between infected and uninfected female patients undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation, performed bulk RNA-sequencing of collected CGCs, and used bioinformatic methods to explore transcriptomic changes. The results showed that women with SARS-CoV-2 infection during stimulation had significantly lower number of oocytes retrieved and follicle-oocyte index, while subsequent fertilization and embryo development were similar. CGCs were not directly infected by SARS-CoV-2, but exhibited dramatic differences in gene expression (156 up-regulated and 65 down-regulated). Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analyses demonstrated a high enrichment in antiviral, immune and inflammatory responses with necroptosis. In addition, the pathways related to telomere organization and double strand break repair were significantly affected by infection in gene set enrichment analysis. Further weighted gene co-expression network analysis identified a key module associated with ovarian response traits, which was mainly enriched as a decrease of leukocyte chemotaxis and migration in CGCs. For the first time, our study describes how SARS-CoV-2 infection indirectly affects CGCs at the transcriptional level, which may impair oocyte-CGC crosstalk and consequently lead to poor ovarian response during fertility treatment.
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- Jialyu Huang
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Queen Mary, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Hospital, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Department of Oncology, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China.
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- Department of Physiology, Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanchang University, 461 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Jiangxi Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Nanchang Medical College, 318 Bayi Avenue, Nanchang, 330006, China.
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Queiroz-Castro VLD, da Costa EP, Alves SVP, Machado-Neves M, Guimarães JD, Gomes LL, Domingos SV, Ribeiro CG, Caldas RT, Silva-Júnior A. Bovine herpesvirus 1 can cross the intact zona pellucida of bovine oocytes after artificial infection. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218963. [PMID: 31318892 PMCID: PMC6638837 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV1) is an important bovine pathogen, responsible for respiratory diseases and reproductive problems. This study investigated the penetration capacity of BHV1 into oocytes after co-incubation for either 1 h or 24 h. Immunofluorescence assays in cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) and denuded oocytes (without the presence of cumulus cells) were performed and evaluated using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Blood samples and ovaries from BHV1 seronegative cows were used. The oocytes recovered were divided into two groups. Group I comprised COCs (n = 312) and denuded oocytes (n = 296), which were experimentally infected with BHV1 and incubated for 1 h at 38.5°C and 5% CO2. Group II comprised COCs (n = 425) and denuded oocytes (n = 405), which were co-incubated with BHV1 under the same conditions for 24 h. The negative control of these two groups was respectively subjected to the same protocol, except for exposure to BHV1. To our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence of BHV1 detection within COCs and denuded oocytes exhibiting intact zona pellucida when co-incubated with the virus for 24 h. Immunolocalization also confirmed the presence of BHV1 in the cytoplasm of the cumulus cells of all COCs exposed to the virus after both incubation periods. In conclusion, detection of BHV1 inside oocytes has a great meaning for the field of animal reproduction. The detection of BHV1 in different layers of cumulus cells also demonstrates that these cells are sources of viral infection.
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- Vanessa Lopes Dias Queiroz-Castro
- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Biology, Division of Structural and Cell Biology, Laboratory of Structural Biology, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and “In Vitro” Fertilization, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Laboratory of Animal Virology, Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Queiroz-Castro VLD, da Costa EP, Alves SVP, Júnior AS, Machado-Neves M, Guimarães JD. Detection of bovine herpesvirus 1 in cumulus-oocyte complexes of cows. Res Vet Sci 2018; 120:54-56. [PMID: 30218851 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) is the causative agent of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and is also associated with reproductive failure. This study investigated the presence of BoHV-1 in cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) of naturally-infected cows without clinical signs of IBR. The presence of BoHV-1 in COCs was evaluated by immunofluorescence using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Blood samples and ovaries from 82 cows that had not been vaccinated against BoHV-1 were collected for serological analysis. COCs were divided into two pools: COCs derivate from seropositive cows and from seronegative cows. Then, the samples were processed for confocal microscopy analysis. The results indicated that 61% (50/82) of cows were seropositive for BoHV-1. A total of 719 COCs were obtained from the cows and processed. None of 276 COCs from the 32 seronegative cows presented BoHV-1. However, BoHV-1 was present in the cytoplasm of cumulus cells from 158 out of 443 COCs aspirated from the seropositive cows. The detection of BoHV-1 in the COCs of seropositive cows suggests that the COCs of naturally-infected, asymptomatic cows may be infected with BoHV-1.
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- Vanessa L D Queiroz-Castro
- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and in vitro Fertilization, Federal University of Viçosa (Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and in vitro Fertilization, Federal University of Viçosa (Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and in vitro Fertilization, Federal University of Viçosa (Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Laboratory of Animal Virology, UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of General Biology, Laboratory of Structural Biology, UFV, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Department of Veterinary, Division of Animal Reproduction, Laboratory of Oocyte Maturation and in vitro Fertilization, Federal University of Viçosa (Universidade Federal de Viçosa-UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Mei SL, Huang J, Liu P, Zhang XW, Qiao J, Zhang QF, Zhang Y. [Study of HBV-DNA in ovarian granulosa cells of hepatitis B carriers]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2010; 90:1778-1780. [PMID: 20979899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the infection status of hepatitis B virus in ovarian granulosa cells of female hepatitis B carriers. METHODS The follicular fluid of 6 female carriers of hepatitis B (HBsAg+, HBeAg+, HBcAb+) was used to extract granule cells and prepare smears. The samples were detected via in situ hybridization by digoxin-labeled HBV-DNA probe. The color reaction system of alkaline phosphates was used. And the positive hybridization signal was purple blue. RESULTS Three granulosa cell samples, located at the nuclei of granulosa cells, were HBV-DNA positive. CONCLUSION HBV DNA exists in the granulosa cells of hepatitis B patients. Thus HBV infection may be vertically transmitted to the offspring via the infected reproductive cells.
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- Shun-li Mei
- Reproductive Research Center, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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