Kim Yong Jin, Park Kyung Eui, Kim Yoon Young, Kim Hoon, Ku Seung-Yup, Suh Chang Suk, Kim Seok Hyun, Choi Young Min
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080 Korea.
Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2017 Jan 17;14(1):31-38. doi: 10.1007/s13770-016-0006-1. eCollection 2017 Feb.
The preservation of female germ cells is important in the individuals with ovarian dysfunction and failure. For this purpose, ovarian follicle maturation (OFIVM) is an important technology for the retrieval of mature oocytes. In the follicular development, paracrine factors such as angiotensin (AT) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) play important roles. We attempted to add estrogen during the OFIVM and to assess their expression on the follicular cells. The ovaries and pre-antral follicles were collected from 13-day C57BL/6 mice and cultured with estradiol (E) treatment for up to two weeks. In the whole ovaries, the expression of AT II was decreased and the expression of AMH was similar between control and E-treated ovaries after culture. Although there was no difference in the survival, ovulation, maturation and fertilization rates between control and E-treated groups, the expression of AT II in the follicular cells was down-regulated after E treatment at mRNA level, and AMH showed similar expression. In conclusion, adding E in OFIVM may regulate paracrine factors and their receptors that are related to follicular development. Further investigations are necessary to elucidate the roles of various sex hormones in the regulation of AT and AMH expression during the OFIVM.
对于卵巢功能障碍和衰竭的个体而言,保存女性生殖细胞至关重要。为此,卵泡成熟体外培养(OFIVM)是获取成熟卵母细胞的一项重要技术。在卵泡发育过程中,血管紧张素(AT)和抗苗勒管激素(AMH)等旁分泌因子发挥着重要作用。我们尝试在OFIVM过程中添加雌激素,并评估其对卵泡细胞的表达情况。从13日龄的C57BL/6小鼠收集卵巢和窦前卵泡,并用雌二醇(E)处理培养长达两周。在整个卵巢中,培养后对照组和E处理组之间,AT II的表达降低,而AMH的表达相似。虽然对照组和E处理组在存活、排卵、成熟和受精率方面没有差异,但E处理后卵泡细胞中AT II在mRNA水平的表达下调,而AMH表现出相似的表达。总之,在OFIVM中添加E可能调节与卵泡发育相关的旁分泌因子及其受体。需要进一步研究以阐明各种性激素在OFIVM过程中对AT和AMH表达调节中的作用。