Apoptosis in Granulosa cells during follicular atresia: relationship with steroids and insulin-like growth factors

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摘要 Itiswellknownthatduringmammalianovarianfolliculardevelopment,themajorityoffolliclesundergoatresiaatvariousstagesoftheirdevelopment.However,themechanismscontrollingthisselectionprocessremainunknown.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedapoptosisingranulosacellsduringgoatfollicularatresiabyterminaldeoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediateddUTPnickendlabeling(TUNEL).Thechangesinthelevelsofsteroids,insulin-likegrowthfactors(IGFs)andIGFreceptorswerestudiedbyradioimmunoassay(RIA)andsemi-quantitativereversetranscription-PCR.Wefoundthatthepercentageofapoptoticgranulosacellsintheatretic(A)follicleswassignificantlyhigherthanthatintheslightlyatretic(SA)andhealthy(H)follicles.ThelevelofestradiolandtheratioofestradioltoprogesteroneinHfolliclesweresignificantlyhigherthanthoseinAfollicles.Ontheotherhand,thelevelofprogesteronewasnotsignificantlydifferentamongthesefollicletypes.WealsofoundthatthelevelofIGF-IinHfollicleswashigherthaninSAandAfollicles,whereastheamountofIGF-Ⅱdidnotvarysignificantly.TheexpressionofIGFreceptoralsodecreasedinAfolliclesascomparedtothatinHandSAfollicles.TheseresultssuggestedthatestradiolandIGF-Imightbeinvolvedincontrollingapoptosisingranulosacellsduringfollicularatresia.
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出处 《细胞研究:英文版》 2004年4期
出版日期 2004年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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