Oocytes and hypoxanthine orchestrate the G2-M switch mechanism in ovarian granulosa cells
Oocytes and hypoxanthine orchestrate the G2-M switch mechanism in ovarian granulosa cells
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卵母细胞和次黄嘌呤协调卵巢颗粒细胞中的 G2-M 转换机制
DOI:
10.1242/dev.184838
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
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4.6
通讯作者:
Liu, Honglin
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作者:
Li, Chengyu;Meng, Xueqin;Liu, Honglin
In mammalian growing follicles. oocytes are arrested at the diplotene stage (which resembles the G2/M boundary in mitosis), while the granulosa cells (GCs) continue to proliferate during follicular development, reflecting a cell cycle asynchrony between oocytes and GCs. Hypoxanthine (Hx), a purine present in the follicular fluid, has been shown to induce oocytes meiotic arrest, although its role in GC proliferation remains ill-defined. Here, we demonstrate that Hx indiscriminately prevents G2-to-M phase transition in porcine GCs. However, oocyte-derived paracrine factors (ODPFs), particularly GDF9 and BMP15, maintain the proliferation of GCs, partly by activating the ERK1/2 signaling and enabling the G2/M transition that is suppressed by Hx. Interestingly. GCs with lower expression of GDF9/BMP15 receptors appear to be more sensitive to Hx-induced G2/M arrest and become easily detached from the follicular wall. Importantly, Hx-mediated inhibition of G2/M progression instigates GC apoptosis, which is ameliorated in the presence of GDF9 and/or BMP15. Therefore, our data indicate that the counterbalance of intrafollicular factors, particularly Hx and oocyte-derived GDF9/BMP15, fine-tunes the development of porcine follicles by regulating the cell cycle progression of GCs.