Gonadotropin regulation of activin βA and activin type IIA receptor expression in the ovarian follicle cells of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 195-205

  Pang, Yefei ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin type IIA receptor; cAMP; Follicle cell; Gonadotropin; Ovary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0037169835     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(01)00719-5     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Ovarian activin receptor subtype and follistatin gene expression in rats: Reciprocal regulation by gonadotropins
2. Structure of the rat inhibin and activin βA-subunit gene and regulation in an ovarian granulosa cell line
3. Responsiveness of adenylate cyclase to pituitary gonadotropins and evidence of a hormone-induced desensitization in the lizard ovary
4. Expression of mRNA for follistatin and inhibin/activin subunits during follicular growth and atresia
5. Hybridization histochemical localization of activin receptor subtypes in rat brain, pituitary, ovary, and testis
6. Follistatin antagonizes the effects of activin-A on steroidogenesis in human luteinizing granulosa cells
7. In vivo action of activin-A on pituitary-gonadal system
8. Regulation of inhibin α- and βA-subunit messenger ribonucleic acid levels by chorionic gonadotropin and recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells
9. Regulation of inhibin/activin subunit messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs) by activin A and expression of activin receptor mRNAs in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells
10. Activin causes premature superovulation
11. An update on the roles of inhibin, activin, and follistatin as local regulators of folliculogenesis
12. Immunocytochemical evidence for the presence of inhibin and activin-like proteins and their localization in goldfish gonads
13. Cloning and characterization of goldfish activin type IIB receptor
14. Activin as autocrine and paracrine factor in the ovary
15. Heterodimers and homodimers of inhibin subunits have different paracrine action in the modulation of luteinizing hormone-stimulated androgen biosynthesis
16. Activin A stimulates meiotic maturation of the rat oocyte in vitro
17. Activation of FSH-responsive adenylate cyclase by staurosporine: Role for protein phosphorylation in gonadotropin receptor desensitization
18. Intracellular signaling in the gonads
19. Activin promotes ovarian follicle development in vitro
20. Regulation of follistatin gene expression in the ovary and in primary cultures of porcine granulosa cells
21. Pituitary FSH is released by a heterodimer of the β-subunits from the two forms of inhibin
22. Gonadotrophins inhibit and activin induces expression of inhibin/activin β(B) subunit mRNA in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells
23. Mechanisms of desensitization of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) action in a murine granulosa cell line stably transfected with the human FSH receptor complementary deoxyribonucleic acid
24. Activins, inhibins, and follistatins: Further thoughts on a growing family of regulators
25. Activin receptors and cellular signaling by the receptor serine kinase family
26. Rapid changes in the expression of inhibin α-, βA-, and βB-subunits in ovarian cell types during the rat estrous cycle
27. Control of FSH receptor mRNA expression in rat granulosa cells by 3′,5′-cyclic adenosine monophosphate, activin, and follistatin
28. Relative effects of activin and inhibin on steroid hormone synthesis in primate granulosa cells
29. Development-related effects of recombinant activin on steroid synthesis in rat granulosa cells
30. The ADP ribosylation factor nucleotide exchange factor ARNO promotes β-arrestin release necessary for luteinizing hormone/choriogonadotropin receptor desensitizatio
31. Effect of activin on luteinizing hormone-human chorionic gonadotropin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid in granulosa cells
32. Activin stimulation of zebrafish oocyte maturation in vitro and its potential role in mediating gonadotropin-induced oocyte maturation
33. Gonadotropin and activin enhance maturational competence of the oocytes in the zebrafish, Danio rerio
34. Luteinizing hormone receptors and testosterone synthesis in two distinct populations of Leydig cells
35. Expression of inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin messenger ribonucleic acids and proteins in ovarian follicles and the corpus luteum during the human menstrual cycle
36. Human chorionic gonadotrophin and immature fish ovary: Characterization and mechanism of the in vitro stimulation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate accumulation
37. Inhibin and activin differentially regulate androgen production and 17α-hydroxylase expression in human ovarian thecal-like tumor cells
38. Experimental conditions for oocyte maturation in the zebrafish, Brachynanio rerio
39. Follistatin gene expression in the ovary and extragonadal tissues
40. The effects of follistatin, activin and inhibin on steroidogenesis by bovine thecal cells
41. Effects of recombinant activin A on in vitro culture of mouse preantral follicles
42. Effects of inhibin A and activin A during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes in hormone- and serum-free medium
43. Human activin betaA gene. Identification of novel 5′ exon, functional promoter, and enhancers
44. Localization of ovine follistatin and α and β A inhibin mRNA in the sheep ovary during the oestrous cycle
45. Control of the expression of luteinizing hormone receptor by local factors in rat granulosa cells
46. Regulation of inhibin subunit gene expression by FSH and estradiol in cultured rat granulosa cells
47. Regulation of the activin-binding protein follistatin cultured human luteinizing granulosa cells: Characterization of the effects of follicle-stimulating hormone, prostaglandin E2, and different growth factors
48. Differential regulation of inhibin/activin alpha- and beta A-subunit and follistin mRNAs by cyclic AMP and phorbol ester in cultured human granulosa-luteal cells
49. Purification and characterization of an FSH releasing protein from porcine ovarian follicular fluid
50. Chemical and biological characterization of the inhibin family of protein hormones
51. Rat inhibin: Molecular cloning of α- and β-subunit complementary deoxyribonucleic acids and expression in the ovary
52. Dynamic changes in inhibin messenger RNAs in rat ovarian follicles during the reproductive cycle
53. Activin, inhibin, and follistatin in zebrafish ovary: Expression and role in oocyte maturation
54. Interactions between activin and follicle-stimulating hormone-suppressing protein and their mechanisms of action on cultured rat granulosa cells
55. Presence of transforming growth factor-α messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and absence of epidermal growth factor mRNA in rat ovarian granulosa cells, and the effects of these factors on steroidogenesis in vitro
56. Inhibins, activins, and follistatins: Gonadal proteins modulating the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone