Gonadotropin-stimulated regulation of blood-follicle barrier is mediated by nitric oxide.
Gonadotropin-stimulated regulation of blood-follicle barrier is mediated by nitric oxide.
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促性腺激素刺激的血卵泡屏障调节是由一氧化氮介导的。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.1995.269.2.e290
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1995
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Larsen,WJ
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作者:
Powers,RW;Chen,L;Russell,PT;Larsen,WJ
Although initially described over 30 years ago, the blood-follicle barrier has remained a biological enigma. In this study, we characterize the blood-follicle barrier with respect to its regulation of intrafollicular inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor protein (I alpha I) influx after an ovulatory stimulus. We have found that I alpha I is localized within the ovarian vasculature but is excluded from the follicular compartment until an ovulatory stimulus is given. Within minutes after an ovulatory dose of human chorionic gonadotropin, I alpha I is localized within the follicular fluid of responding follicles where this protein becomes associated with and stabilizes the newly synthesized hyaluronic acid-rich cumulus extracellular matrix. Analysis of this process has shown that intravenous injection of sodium nitroprusside or excess substrate for nitric oxide synthase, L-arginine, mimics the effect of gonadotropic hormones on the influx of I alpha I into the follicular compartment of preovulatory follicles. Moreover, intravenous injection of specific nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and NG-nitro-L-arginine, inhibits gonadotropin-mediated intrafollicular influx of I alpha I and also inhibits ovulation in the mouse.