Effect of epidermal growth factor on follicle-stimulating hormone-induced proliferation of granulosa cells from chicken prehierarchical follicles |
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| Authors: | Jin-xing Lin Yu-dong Jia Cai-qiao Zhang |
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| Institution: | Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemic Etiology & Immunological Prevention of the Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. |
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| Abstract: | The development of ovarian follicular cells is controlled by multiple circulating and local hormones and factors, including
follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). In this study, the stage-specific effect of EGF on FSH-induced
proliferation of granulosa cells was evaluated in the ovarian follicles of egg-laying chickens. Results showed that EGF and its receptor (EGFR) mRNAs displayed a high expression in granulosa cells from the prehierarchical follicles, including the large white follicle
(LWF) and small yellow follicle (SYF), and thereafter the expression decreased markedly to the stage of the largest preovulatory
follicle. SYF represents a turning point of EGF/EGFR mRNA expression during follicle selection. Subsequently the granulosa cells from SYF were cultured to reveal the mediation
of EGF in FSH action. Cell proliferation was remarkably increased by treatment with either EGF or FSH (0.1–100 ng/ml). This
result was confirmed by elevated proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression and decreased cell apoptosis. Furthermore,
EGF-induced cell proliferation was accompanied by increased mRNA expressions of EGFR, FSH receptor, and the cell cycle-regulating
genes (cyclins D1 and E1, cyclin-dependent kinases 2 and 6) as well as decreased expression of luteinizing hormone receptor
mRNA. However, the EGF or FSH-elicited effect was reversed by simultaneous treatment with an EGFR inhibitor AG1478. In conclusion,
EGF and EGFR expressions manifested stage-specific changes during follicular development and EGF mediated FSH-induced cell
proliferation and retarded cell differentiation in the prehierarchical follicles. These expressions thus stimulated follicular
growth before selection in the egg-laying chicken. |
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| Keywords: | Epidermal growth factor Follicle-stimulating hormone Granulosa cell Proliferation Chicken |
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