State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 101 Longmian Rd, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Nanjing, China.
J Ovarian Res. 2023 Aug 8;16(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s13048-023-01237-8.
Bi-directional communication between cumulus cells and the surrounded oocytes is important for the development and functions of both compartments. However, the metabolic framework in cumulus cells has not been systematically described. In the present study, cumulus cells from cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) at three key time points were isolated (arrested GV stage, post-hCG 0h; meiotic resumption GVBD stage, post-hCG 3h; and metaphase II stage, post-hCG 12h), and the temporal metabolomic and proteomic profiling were performed. Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the global metabolic patterns in cumulus cells during mouse oocyte maturation. In particular, we found the active hyaluronic acid metabolism, steroid hormone synthesis, and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in cumulus cells. Meanwhile, accompanying the oocyte maturation, a progressive increase in nucleotide and amino acid metabolism was detected in the surrounding cumulus cells. In sum, the data serve as a valuable resource for probing metabolism during terminal differentiation of ovarian granulosa cells, and provide the potential biomarkers for improving and predicting oocyte quality.
卵丘细胞与周围卵母细胞之间的双向通讯对两者的发育和功能都很重要。然而,卵丘细胞的代谢框架尚未得到系统描述。在本研究中,从卵丘-卵母细胞复合体(COCs)的三个关键时间点(GV 期阻滞,hCG 后 0 小时;减数分裂恢复 GVBD 期,hCG 后 3 小时;和 M 期,hCG 后 12 小时)分离出卵丘细胞,并进行了时间代谢组学和蛋白质组学分析。整合的多组学分析揭示了小鼠卵母细胞成熟过程中卵丘细胞的全局代谢模式。特别是,我们发现卵丘细胞中透明质酸代谢、类固醇激素合成和前列腺素 E2(PGE2)的产生非常活跃。同时,伴随着卵母细胞成熟,周围卵丘细胞中的核苷酸和氨基酸代谢逐渐增加。总之,这些数据为研究卵巢颗粒细胞终末分化过程中的代谢提供了有价值的资源,并为改善和预测卵母细胞质量提供了潜在的生物标志物。