Differential FSH exposure in preantral follicle culture has marked effects on folliculogenesis and oocyte developmental competence

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-408

  Adriaens, I ^a,b   Cortvrindt, R ^a   Smitz, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Follicle; Follicular development; FSH; IVF; Oocyte development

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LUTEINIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA;

EID: 1242341389     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh074     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Albertini DF, Combelles CMH, Benecchi E and Carabatsos MJ (2001) Cellular basis for paracrine regulation of ovarian follicle development. Reproduction 121,647-653.
2. Babu PS, Danilovich N and Sairam MR (2001) Hormone induced receptor gene splicing variant: enhanced expression of the growth factor type I follicle stimulating hormone receptor motif in the developing mouse ovary as a new paradigm in growth regulation. Endocrinology 142,381-389.
3. Baird DT (2000) Hormonal control in folliculogenesis. In Filicori, M (ed) Endocrine Basis of Reproductive Function, pp 301-312.
4. Burns KH, Yan C, Kumar TR and Matzuk MM (2001) Analysis of ovarian gene expression in follicle stimulating hormone beta knockout mice. Endocrinology 142,2742-2751.
5. Cattanach BM, Iddon CA, Charlton HM, Chiappa SA and Fink G (1977) Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone deficiency in a mutant mouse with hypogonadism. Nature 269,338-340.
6. Cecconi S, Barboni B, Coccia M and Mattioli M (1999) In vitro development of sheep preantral follicles. Biol Reprod 60,594-601.
7. Cortvrindt R, Smitz J and Van Steirteghem AC (1996) In-vitro maturation, fertilization and embryo development of immature oocytes from early preantral follicles from prepuberal mice in a simplified culture system. Hum Reprod 11,2656-2666.
8. Cortvrindt R, Smitz J and Van Steirteghem AC (1997) Assessment of the need for follicle stimulating hormone in early preantral mouse follicle culture in vitro. Hum Reprod 12,759-768.
9. Cortvrindt R, Hu Y, Liu J and Smitz J (1998a) Timed analysis of the nuclear maturation of oocytes in early preantral mouse follicle culture supplemented with recombinant gonadotrophin. Fertil Steril 70,1114-1125.
10. Cortvrindt R, Hu Y and Smitz J (1998b) Recombinant luteinizing hormone as a survival and differentiation factor increases oocyte maturation in recombinant follicle stimulating hormone supplemented mouse preantral follicle culture. Hum Reprod 13,1292-1302.
11. Danilovich N, Babu PS, Xing W, Gerdes M, Krishnamurthy H and Sairam MR (2000) Estrogen deficiency, obesity, and skeletal abnormalities in follicle stimulating hormone receptor knockout (FORKO) female mice. Endocrinology 141,4295-4308.
12. Dierich A, Sairam MR, Monaco L, Fimia GM, Gansmuller A, LeMeur M and Sassone-Corsi P (1998) Impairing follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) signaling in vivo: targeted disruption of the FSH receptor leads to aberrant gametogenesis and hormonal imbalance. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95,13612-13617.
13. Eppig JJ (1977) Mouse oocyte development in vitro with various culture systems Dev Biol 60,371-388.
14. Eppig JJ and O'Brien MJ (1996) Development in vitro of mouse oocytes from primordial follicles. Mol Reprod Dev 42,197-207.
15. Eppig JJ and O'Brien J (1997) Comparison of preimplantation developmental competence after mouse oocyte growth and development in vitro and in vivo. Theriogenology 49,415-422.
16. Hartshorne GM, Sargent IL and Barlow DH (1994) Growth rates and antrum formation of mouse ovarian follicles in vitro in response to follicle stimulating hormone, relaxin, cyclic AMP and hypoxanthine. Hum Reprod 9,1003-1012.
17. Herlands RL and Schultz RM (1984) Regulation of mouse oocyte growth: probable nutritional role for intercellular communication between follicle and oocytes in oocyte growth. J Exp Zool 229, 317-325.
18. Huang CTF, Weitsman SR, Dykes BN and Magoffin DA (2001) Stem cell factor and insulin-like growth factor-I stimulate luteinizing hormone independent differentiation of rat ovarian theca cells. Biol Reprod 64,451-456.
19. Johnson L and Bridgham JT (2002) Caspase-mediated apoptosis in the vertebrate ovary. Reproduction 124, 19-27.
20. Kaipia A and Hsueh AJW (1997) Regulation of ovarian follicle atresia. Annu Rev Physiol 59,349-363.
21. Kumar TR, Wang Y, Lu N and Matzuk MM (1997) Follicle stimulating hormone is required for ovarian follicle maturation but not male fertility. Nature Genet 15,201-204.
22. Magoffin DA and Magarelli PC (1995) Preantral follicles stimulate luteinizing hormone independent differentiation of ovarian theca-interstitial cells by an intrafollicular paracrine mechanism. Endocrine 3,107-112.
23. Markström E, Svensson EC, Shao R, Svanberg B and Billig H (2002) Survival factors regulating ovarian apoptosis - dependence on follicle differentiation. Reproduction 123,23-30.
24. McGee E, Spears N, Minami S, Hsu S, Chun S, Billig H and Hsueh AJW (1997) Preantral ovarian follicles in serum-free culture: suppression of apoptosis after ectivation of the cyclic guanosine 3′,5′-monophosphate pathway and stimulation of growth and differentiation by follicle stimulating hormone. Endocrinology 138,2417-2424.
25. Michael MD, Kilgore Morohashi and Simpson ER (1995) Ad4BP/SF-1 regulates cyclic AMP-induced transcription of the human aromatase P450 (CYP19) gene in the ovary. J Biol Chem 270,13561-13566.
26. Michael MD, Michael LF and Simpson ER (1997) A CRE-like sequence that binds CREB and contributes to cAMP-dependent regulation of the proximal promotor of the human aromatase P450 (CYP19) gene. Mol Cell Endocrinol 134,147-156.
27. Nayudu PL and Osborn SM (1992) Factors influencing the rate of preantral and antral growth of mouse ovarian follicles in vitro. J Reprod Fertil 95,349-362.
28. Oktay K, Briggs D and Gosden RG (1997) Ontogeny of follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene expression in isolated human ovarian follicles. J Clin Endocrinol 82,3748-3751.
29. Oktay K, Newton H, Mullan J and Gosden RG (1998) Development of human primordial follicles to antral stages in SCID/hpg mice stimulated with follicle stimulating hormone. Hum Reprod 13,1133-1138.
30. O'Shaughnessy, PJ, Dudley, K and Rajapaksha, WR (1996) Expression of follicle hormone-receptor mRNA during gonadal development. Mol Cell Endocrinol, 125, 169-175.
31. Pedersen T and Peters H (1968) Proposal for a classification of oocytes and follicles in the mouse ovary. J Reprod Fertil 17,555-557.
32. Smitz J, Cortvrindt R, Hu Y and Vanderstichele H (1998) Effects of recombinant activin A on in vitro culture of mouse preantral follicles. Mol Reprod Dev 50,294-304.
33. Spears N, Boland NI, Murray AA and Gosden RG (1994) Mouse oocytes derived from in vitro grown primary ovarian follicles are fertile. Hum Reprod 9,527-532.
34. Vitt UA, Kloosterboer HJ, Rose UM, Mulders JWM, Kiesel PS, Bete S and Nayudu PL (1998) Isoforms of human recombinant follicle stimulating hormone: comparison effects on murine follicle development in vitro. Biol Reprod 59,854-861.
35. Westergaard LG, Laursen SB and Andersen CY (2000) Increased risk of early pregnancy loss by profound suppression of luteinizing hormone during ovarian stimulation in normogonadotrophic women undergoing assisted reproduction. Hum Reprod 15,1003-1008.
36. Zeleznik AJ (2000) Modifications in gonadotrophin signaling: a key to understanding ovarian cyclicity during the menstrual cycle. In Filicori M (ed) Endocrine Basis of Reproductive Function, pp 313-325.