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Notaro US, Huber E, Stassi AF, Ormaechea NE, Chiaraviglio JA, Baravalle ME, Ortega HH, Rey F, Salvetti NR. Estrogens receptors, nuclear coactivator 1 and ligand-dependent corepressor expression are altered early during induced ovarian follicular persistence in dairy cattle. Theriogenology 2023; 210:17-27. [PMID: 37467695 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2023.07.004] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
Abstract
Failure of ovulation can lead to follicular persistence, one of the main components of the pathogenesis of cystic ovarian disease (COD) in dairy cattle. Follicular persistence causes the permanence of a functional follicular structure in the ovary, which alters the cyclicity of the female and causes infertility. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression of estrogen receptors (ESR) 1 and 2, and the coregulatory proteins NCOA1, NRIP1 and LCOR by immunohistochemistry, in antral and preovulatory/persistent follicles in a model of follicular persistence induced by low levels of progesterone, to detect incipient changes during COD development, on the expected day of ovulation (P0) and after 5 (P5), 10 (P10) and 15 (P15) days of follicular persistence. Twenty-five Holstein cows were used, which were distributed in 5 groups: control group (n = 5), group P0 (n = 5), group P5 (n = 5), group P10 (n = 5), group P15 (n = 5). ESR1 expression was lower in antral follicles of the P5 (theca), P10 and P15 (theca and granulosa) groups relative to the control group (p < 0.05), and also lower in granulosa cells of persistent follicles of the P5, P10 and P15 groups than in dominant follicles of the control group (p < 0.05), without differences in theca cells. ESR2 expression showed no differences between groups. The ESR1:ESR2 balance favored ESR2 expression along the development of persistent follicles, as from 5 days of persistence (p < 0.05). NCOA1 expression was higher in granulosa cells of both antral and persistent follicles from the P0 group relative to the P5 and P10 groups, but showed no differences with the control and P15 groups (p < 0.05). Theca cells of antral and persistent follicles showed higher expression in the P0 and P15 groups in relation to the control, P5 and P10 groups (p < 0.05). No differences were detected for NRIP1 in antral, dominant and persistent follicles between groups. LCOR expression showed a decrease in granulosa cells of antral follicles from all persistence groups relative to the control group (p < 0.05). In theca cells, antral follicles of the P10 group showed lower LCOR expression than the control group (p < 0.05). LCOR expression was similar for dominant and persistent follicles. Considering that the ESR1:ESR2 balance favored ESR2 expression along the development of persistent follicles, as well as the decreased LCOR and NCOA1 expression, we may assume that, at the early stages of persistence, there is a negative regulation of ESR transcription. This coincides with the effects of estrogens through ESR on proliferation and apoptosis among other processes that favor follicular persistence. The results obtained provide relevant information in the knowledge of local events during the development of follicular persistence that could explain the failures in the reversion of the disease through hormonal treatments and the high recurrence rates reported for COD. In addition, it contributes to the study and identification of possible therapeutic targets, for the design of new treatments.
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- Ulises S Notaro
- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina; Centro Universitario Gálvez (CUG-UNL), Gálvez, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias Del Litoral (ICiVET-Litoral), Universidad Nacional Del Litoral - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Kumar R. Role of conformational dynamics and flexibilities in the steroid receptor-coregulator protein complex formation. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2021; 309:113780. [PMID: 33882296 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Understanding of the mechanisms of actions of the steroid hormone receptor (SHR)-coregulator (CoR) protein complexes in the gene regulations has revolutionized the field of molecular endocrinology and endocrine-related oncology. The discovery and characterization of steroid receptor coactivators (SRCs) and their ability to bind various transcription factors including SHRs to coordinate the regulation of multiple target genes highlights their importance as key coregulators in various cellular signaling crosstalks as well as therapeutic target for various endocrine-related disorders specifically endocrine cancers. The dynamic nature of the SHR-CoR multi-protein complexes indicate the critical role of conformational flexibilities within specific protein(s). In recent years, the importance of conformational dynamics of the SHRs in the intramolecular and intermolecular allosteric regulations mediated via their intrinsically disordered (ID) surfaces has been highlighted. In this review article, we have discussed the importance of ID conformations within the SRCs that may also be playing an important role in the formation/deformation of multi protein complexes involving SHRs and CoRs and subsequent target gene regulation.
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- Raj Kumar
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Houston - College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
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Schlanger S, Heemers HV. Functional Studies on Steroid Receptors. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1786:117-30. [PMID: 29786790 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7845-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Nuclear receptors play an important role in prostate cancer and the androgen receptor is a key transcription factor in regulation of cellular events. Androgen receptor-associated coregulators may be upregulated or downregulated in prostate cancer. Altered expression of regulators may potentiate androgen-induced proliferation, migration, and invasion. Therapies aimed to modulate the function of coregulators in prostate cancer may be based on the use of small molecule inhibitors. Expression and function of AR-associated proteins could be investigated after overexpression and gene silencing followed by hormonal treatment, real-time RT-PCR and ChIP.
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