scholarly journals The Increased Expression of Connexin and VEGF in Mouse Ovarian Tissue Vitrification by Follicle Stimulating Hormone

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanzhou Yang ◽  
Jie Chen ◽  
Hao Wu ◽  
Xiuying Pei ◽  
Qing Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Real Time Pcr ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Ovarian Tissue ◽  
Ovarian Follicle ◽  
Follicle Stimulating Hormone ◽  
Vegf Receptor ◽  
Follicle Development ◽  
Ovarian Follicle Development

Ovarian follicular damages were caused by cryoinjury during the process of ovarian vitrification and ischemia/reperfusion during the process of ovarian transplantation. And appropriate FSH plays an important role in antiapoptosis during ovarian follicle development. Therefore, in this study, 0.3 IU/mL FSH was administered into medium during mouse ovarian cryopreservation by vitrification to ascertain the function of FSH on ovarian vitrification and avascular transplantation. The results suggested that the expressions of Cx37, Cx43, apoptotic molecular caspase-3, and angiogenesis molecular VEGF were confirmed using immunohistochemistry, western blotting, and real-time PCR, and the results suggested that the treatment with FSH remarkably increased the number of morphologically normal follicles in vitrified/warmed ovaries by upregulating the expression of Cx37, Cx43, VEGF, and VEGF receptor 2, but downregulating the expression of caspase-3. In addition, the vitrified/warmed ovaries were transplanted, and the related fertility was analyzed, and the results suggested that the fertility, neoangiogenesis, and follicle reserve were remarkably increased in the FSH administrated group. Taken together, administration of 0.3 IU/mL FSH during ovarian cryopreservation by vitrification can maintain ovarian survival during ovarian vitrification and increases the blood supply with avascular transplantation via upregulation of Cx43, Cx37, and VEGF/VEGFR2, as well as through its antiapoptotic effects.

scholarly journals Transcriptome comparative analysis of ovarian follicles reveals the key genes and signaling pathways implicated in hen egg production

BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Sun ◽  
Xiaoxia Chen ◽  
Jinghua Zhao ◽  
Chang Ma ◽  
Chunchi Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Cell Apoptosis ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Ovarian Follicle ◽  
Follicular Development ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Follicle Development ◽  
Ovarian Follicle Development

Abstract Background Ovarian follicle development plays an important role in determination of poultry egg production. The follicles at the various developmental stages possess their own distinct molecular genetic characteristics and have different biological roles in chicken ovary development and function. In the each stage, several genes of follicle-specific expression and biological pathways are involved in the vary-sized follicular development and physiological events. Identification of the pivotal genes and signaling pathways that control the follicular development is helpful for understanding their exact regulatory functions and molecular mechanisms underlying egg-laying traits of laying hens. Results The comparative mRNA transcriptomic analysis of ovarian follicles at three key developmental stages including slow growing white follicles (GWF), small yellow follicles (SYF) of recruitment into the hierarchy, and differentiated large yellow follicles (LYF), was accomplished in the layers with lower and higher egg production. Totally, 137, 447, and 229 of up-regulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and 99, 97, and 157 of down-regulated DEGs in the GWF, SYF and LYF follicles, including VIPR1, VIPR2, ADRB2, and HSD17B1 were identified, respectively. Moreover, NDUFAB1 and GABRA1 genes, two most promising candidates potentially associated with egg-laying performance were screened out from the 13 co-expressed DEGs in the GWF, SYF and LYF samples. We further investigated the biological effects of NDUFAB1 and GABRA1 on ovarian follicular development and found that NDUFAB1 promotes follicle development by stimulating granulosa cell (GC) proliferation and decreasing cell apoptosis, increases the expression of CCND1 and BCL-2 but attenuates the expression of caspase-3, and facilitates steroidogenesis by enhancing the expression of STAR and CYP11A1. In contrast, GABRA1 inhibits GC proliferation and stimulates cell apoptosis, decreases the expression of CCND1, BCL-2, STAR, and CYP11A1 but elevates the expression of caspase-3. Furthermore, the three crucial signaling pathways such as PPAR signaling pathway, cAMP signaling pathway and neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction were significantly enriched, which may play essential roles in ovarian follicle growth, differentiation, follicle selection, and maturation. Conclusions The current study provided new molecular data for insight into the regulatory mechanism underlying ovarian follicle development associated with egg production in chicken.

Morphogenesis of the silkworm egg

Development ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18
Author(s):  
J. M. Legay
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Follicle ◽  
Temporal Organization ◽  
Width Ratio ◽  
Follicle Development ◽  
Ovarian Follicle Development ◽  
Length Width ◽  
Form Stability

Ovarian follicle development, which accompanies morphogenesis of the silkworm egg has three distinct phases: spheric, ellipsoidal and flattened-ellipsoid. Transitions between phases are rapid and form-stability (characterized by length/width ratio) is preserved from the beginning of the ellipsoidal phase. The geometric stability of the follicle-oocyte-ovariole system, the polarity of the egg and the determinism in form changes reveal strikingly coordinated spatial and temporal organization.

scholarly journals An epigenetic switch repressingTet1in gonadotropes activates the reproductive axis

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (38) ◽  
pp. 10131-10136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yahav Yosefzon ◽  
Cfir David ◽  
Anna Tsukerman ◽  
Lilach Pnueli ◽  
Sen Qiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Function ◽  
Ovarian Follicle ◽  
Gene Promoter ◽  
Follicle Development ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Epigenetic Switch ◽  
Ovarian Follicle Development ◽  
Reproductive Axis ◽  
Poorly Differentiated ◽  
Tet Enzymes

The TET enzymes catalyze conversion of 5-methyl cytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethyl cytosine (5hmC) and play important roles during development. TET1 has been particularly well-studied in pluripotent stem cells, butTet1-KO mice are viable, and the most marked defect is abnormal ovarian follicle development, resulting in impaired fertility. We hypothesized that TET1 might play a role in the central control of reproduction by regulating expression of the gonadotropin hormones, which are responsible for follicle development and maturation and ovarian function. We find that all three TET enzymes are expressed in gonadotrope-precursor cells, butTet1mRNA levels decrease markedly with completion of cell differentiation, corresponding with an increase in expression of the luteinizing hormone gene,Lhb. We demonstrate that poorly differentiated gonadotropes express a TET1 isoform lacking the N-terminal CXXC-domain, which repressesLhbgene expression directly and does not catalyze 5hmC at the gene promoter. We show that this isoform is also expressed in other differentiated tissues, and that it is regulated by an alternative promoter whose activity is repressed by the liganded estrogen and androgen receptors, and by the hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone through activation of PKA. Its expression is also regulated by DNA methylation, including at an upstream enhancer that is protected by TET2, to allowTet1expression. The down-regulation of TET1 relieves its repression of the methylatedLhbgene promoter, which is then hydroxymethylated and activated by TET2 for full reproductive competence.

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