Increased expression of pentraxin 3 after in vivo and in vitro stimulation with gonadotropins in porcine oocyte-cumulus complexes and granulosa cells
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
26986845
DOI
10.1016/j.domaniend.2016.01.004
PII: S0739-7240(16)30002-9
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Granulosa cells, Oocyte-cumulus complex, Pentraxin 3,
- MeSH
- C-Reactive Protein analysis genetics MeSH
- Chorionic Gonadotropin pharmacology MeSH
- Gene Expression drug effects MeSH
- Granulosa Cells metabolism MeSH
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone pharmacology MeSH
- Gonadotropins, Equine pharmacology MeSH
- Gonadotropins pharmacology MeSH
- Culture Media MeSH
- Cells, Cultured MeSH
- Cumulus Cells chemistry metabolism MeSH
- Luteinizing Hormone pharmacology MeSH
- RNA, Messenger analysis MeSH
- Oocytes chemistry metabolism MeSH
- Serum Amyloid P-Component analysis genetics MeSH
- Sus scrofa metabolism MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- C-Reactive Protein MeSH
- Chorionic Gonadotropin MeSH
- Follicle Stimulating Hormone MeSH
- Gonadotropins, Equine MeSH
- Gonadotropins MeSH
- Culture Media MeSH
- Luteinizing Hormone MeSH
- RNA, Messenger MeSH
- PTX3 protein MeSH Browser
- Serum Amyloid P-Component MeSH
It has been previously shown that multimeric pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a key component of the cumulus oophorus extracellular matrix (ECM) in mice. In response to the ovulatory LH surge, the cumulus cells assemble a unique ECM that envelopes the oocyte and cumulus cell complex. Importantly, cumuli from PTX3(-/-) mice were defective in their ECM organization and their fertility was impaired. It has been demonstrated that tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced protein 6 catalyzes the formation of heavy chains of (inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor) -hyaluronan complexes and these are then cross-linked via PTX3. This process is tightly regulated and requires the proteins to meet/interact in the correct order. Finally, in this way, the above-listed proteins form the cumulus oophorus ECM. We investigated whether PTX3 is expressed in the porcine preovulatory follicle. Porcine oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCC) and mural granulosa cells (MGC) from gilts were obtained either after stimulation in vivo with eCG/hCG (4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 h) or culture in vitro (4, 24, and 44 h) in FSH/LH-supplemented medium. The methods performed were real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Western blot analysis, and immunostaining. The expression of PTX3 transcripts was significantly increased 24 h after either in vivo hCG stimulation or in vitro FSH/LH treatment in both OCC and MGC. Western blot analysis with PTX3 antibody revealed that not only matrix extracts from in vivo-stimulated gilts contain high levels of PTX3 protein but also matrix extracts of FSH/LH-stimulated OCC cultured in medium supplemented either with follicular fluid or with porcine serum. The localization of PTX3 in the cumulus oocyte complex was confirmed by immunostaining. In conclusion, PTX3 is produced by porcine OCC and MGC both in vivo and in vitro with gonadotropin stimuli inducing cumulus expansion.
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