DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEROIDOGENIC CAPACITY OF MEDAKA (ORYZIAS-LATIPES) OVARIAN FOLLICLES DURING VITELLOGENESIS AND OOCYTE MATURATION
DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEROIDOGENIC CAPACITY OF MEDAKA (ORYZIAS-LATIPES) OVARIAN FOLLICLES DURING VITELLOGENESIS AND OOCYTE MATURATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-6480(87)90242-5
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发表时间:
1987-06-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
NAGAHAMA, Y
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作者:
SAKAI, N;IWAMATSU, T;NAGAHAMA, Y
Developmental changes in the steroidogenic capacity of medaka, Oryzias latipes, ovarian follicles at 12 different stages during vitellogenesis and oocyte maturation were examined using 18-hr incubations. Medaka were acclimated to conditions of 26.degree. on a lighting regime of 14 hr light and 10 hr dark. Under these conditions, females usually spawn daily within 1 hr of the onset of light. The process of vitellogenesis and oocyte maturation occurs within 72 hr, the breakdown of the germinal vesicle (GVBD) and ovulation being completed at 6 and 1 hr, respectively, before the expected time of spawning. Vitellogenic follicles between 32 and 16 hr before spawning produced large amounts of estradiol-17.beta. spontaneously and in response to partially purified chum salmon gonadotropin (SGA) or pregnant mare''s serum gonadotropin (PMSG). However, postvitellogenic follicles between 12 and 4 hr before spawning showed very little evidence of estradiol-17.beta. production. By contrast, basal concentrations of 17.alpha.,20.beta.-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17.alpha.,20.beta.-diOHprog) remained very low in follicles during vitellogenesis and were elevated in those collected during oocyte maturation; there was a close relationship between the medium concentration of 17.alpha.,20.beta.-diOH-prog and the percentage GVBD in the oocytes. 17.alpha.,20.beta.-DiOHprog production in response to PMSG was very low in follicles during early and mid-vitellogenesis and increased in those collected at 28 hr before spawning, a time which coincided with the first acquisition of the ability of the follicles to undergo maturation in response to gonadotropin. These results clearly demonstrate that a distinct shift from the secretion of predominantly estradiol-17.beta. to the secretion of 17.alpha.,20.beta.-diOHprog occurs in the medaka ovarian follicle immediately prior to oocyte maturation. Considering the potency of 17.alpha.,20.beta.-diOHprog for the induction of oocyte maturation in vitro, these results further suggest that 17.alpha.,20.beta.-diOHprog is a naturally occurring steroidal mediator of oocyte maturation in the medaka.