Estrus synchronization affects WNT signaling in the porcine reproductive tract and embryos

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1684-1694

  Kiewisz, Jolanta ^a   Kaczmarek, Monika M ^a   Morawska, Ewa ^a   Blitek, Agnieszka ^a   Kapelanski, Wojciech ^b   Ziecik, Adam J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Estrus synchronization; PGF 2 PMSG hCG; Pig; WNT

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SWINE; UTERUS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; UTERUS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 80655124559     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Petters R.M., Wells K.D. Culture of pig embryos. J Reprod Fertil Suppl 1993, 48:61-73.
2. Guthrie H.D., Polge C. Luteal function and oestrus in gilts treated with a synthetic analogue of prostaglandin F-2alpha (ICI 79,939) at various times during the oestrous cycle. J Reprod Fertil 1976, 48:423-425.
3. Guthrie H.D., Polge C. Control of oestrus and fertility in gilts with accessory corpora lutea by prostaglandin analogues, ICI 79,939 and ICI 80,996. Reprod Fertil 1976, 48:427-430.
4. Guthrie H.D. Fertility after estrous cycle control using gonadotropin and prostaglandin F2 alpha treatment of sows. J Anim Sci 1979, 49:158-162.
5. Sommer J.R., Collins E.B., Estrada J.L., Petters R.M. Synchronization and superovulation of mature cycling gilts for the collection of pronuclear stage embryos. Anim Reprod Sci 2007, 100:402-410.
6. Wiesak T., Hunter M.G., Foxcroft G.R. Differences in follicular morphology, steroidogenesis and oocyte maturation in naturally cyclic and PMSG/hCG-treated prepubertal gilts. J Reprod Fertil 1990, 89:633-641.
7. Ziecik A.J., Biallowicz M., Kaczmarek M., Demianowicz W., Rioperez J., Wasielak M., Bogacki M. Influence of estrus synchronization of prepubertal gilts on embryo quality. J Reprod Dev 2005, 51:379-384.
8. Wodarz A., Nusse R. Mechanisms of Wnt signaling in development. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 1998, 14:59-88.
9. Chen Q., Zhang Y., Lu J., Wang Q., Wang S., Cao Y., Wang H., Duan E. Embryo-uterine cross-talk during implantation: the role of Wnt signaling. Mol Hum Reprod 2009, 15:215-221.
10. Sonderegger S., Pollheimer J., Knöfler M. Wnt signalling in implantation, decidualisation and placental differentiation-review. Placenta 2010, 31:839-847.
11. Hayashi K., Burghardt R.C., Bazer F.W., Spencer T.E. WNTs in the ovine uterus: potential regulation of periimplantation ovine conceptus development. Endocrinology 2007, 148:3496-3506.
12. Kiewisz J., Kaczmarek M.M., Andronowska A., Blitek A., Ziecik A.J. Gene expression of WNTs, β-catenin and E-cadherin during the periimplantation period of pregnancy in pigs - involvement of steroid hormones. Theriogenology 2011; Jun 6, [Epub ahead of print]. 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.03.022.
13. De Vries W.N., Evsikov A.V., Haac B.E., Fancher K.S., Holbrook A.E., Kemler R., Solter D., Knowles B.B. Maternal beta-catenin and E-cadherin in mouse development. Development 2004, 131:4435-4445.
14. Xie H., Tranguch S., Jia X., Zhang H., Das S.K., Dey S.K., Kuo C.J., Wang H. Inactivation of nuclear Wnt-beta-catenin signaling limits blastocyst competency for implantation. Development 2008, 135:717-727.
15. Mohamed O.A., Jonnaert M., Labelle-Dumais C., Kuroda K., Clarke H.J., Dufort D. Uterine Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is required for implantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2005, 102:8579-8584.
16. Hayashi K., Erikson D.W., Tilford S.A., Bany B.M., Maclean J.A., Rucker E.B., Johnson G.A., Spencer T.E. Wnt genes in the mouse uterus: potential regulation of implantation. Biol Reprod 2009, 80:989-1000.
17. Hsieh M., Johnson M.A., Greenberg N.M., Richards J.S. Regulated expression of Wnts and Frizzleds at specific stages of follicular development in the rodent ovary. Endocrinology 2002, 143:898-908.
18. Hsieh M., Mulders S.M., Friis R.R., Dharmarajan A., Richards J.S. Expression and localization of secreted frizzled-related protein-4 in the rodent ovary: evidence for selective up-regulation in luteinized granulosa cells. Endocrinology 2003, 144:4597-4606.
19. Hsieh M., Boerboom D., Shimada M., Lo Y., Parlow A.F., Luhmann U.F., Berger W., Richards J.S. Mice null for Frizzled4 (Fzd4-/-) are infertile and exhibit impaired corpora lutea formation and function. Biol Reprod 2005, 73:1135-1146.
20. Richards J.S., Russell D.L., Ochsner S., Hsieh M., Doyle K.H., Falender A.E., Lo Y.K., Sharma S.C. Novel signaling pathways that control ovarian follicular development, ovulation, and luteinization. Recent Prog Horm Res 2002, 57:195-220.
21. Jordan B.K., Shen J.H., Olaso R., Ingraham H.A., Vilain E. Wnt4 overexpression disrupts normal testicular vasculature and inhibits testosterone synthesis by repressing steroidogenic factor 1/beta-catenin synergy. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003, 100:10866-10871.
22. Livak K.J., Schmittgen T.D. Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2(-Delta Delta C(T)) Method. Methods 2001, 25:402-408.
23. Spagnuolo-Weaver M., Fuerst R., Campbell S.T., Meehan B.M., McNeilly F., Adair B., Allan G. A fluorimeter-based RT-PCR method for the detection and quantitation of porcine cytokines. J Immunol Methods 1999, 230:19-27.
24. Kaeoket K., Persson E., Dalin A.M. Corrigendum to "The sow endometrium at different stages of the oestrus cycle: studies on morphological changes and infiltration by cells of the immune system." [Anim Reprod Sci 2001;65:95-114]. Anim Reprod Sci 2002, 73:89-107.
25. Zavy M.T., Bazer F.W., Thatcher W.W., Wilcox C.J. A study of prostaglandin F2 alpha as the luteolysin in swine: V. Comparison of prostaglandin F, progestins, estrone and estradiol in uterine flushings from pregnant and nonpregnant gilts. Prostaglandins 1980, 20:837-851.
26. Bolamba D., Sirard M.A. In vitro development of embryos from superovulated gilts treated with the progesterone agonist, altrenogest (Regu-Mate) or the prostaglandin analogue, cloprostenol (Planate). Theriogenology 1996, 46:1045-1052.
27. Pinkert C.A., Kooyman D.L., Baumgartner A., Keisler D.H. In-vitro development of zygotes from superovulated prepubertal and mature gilts. J Reprod Fertil 1989, 87:63-66.
28. Zeng F., Baldwin D.A., Schultz R.M. Transcript profiling during preimplantation mouse development. Dev Biol 2004, 272:483-496.
29. Zheng P., Vassena R., Latham K. Expression and downregulation of WNT signaling pathway genes in rhesus monkey oocytes and embryos. Mol Reprod Dev 2006, 73:667-677.
30. Miller C., Sassoon D.A. Wnt-7a maintains appropriate uterine patterning during the development of the mouse female reproductive tract. Development 1998, 125:3201-3211.
31. Mohamed O.A., Dufort D., Clarke H.J. Expression and estradiol regulation of Wnt genes in the mouse blastocyst identify a candidate pathway for embryo-maternal signaling at implantation. Biol Reprod 2004, 71:417-424.
32. Chen J.C., Wiley A.A., Ho T.Y., Frankshun A.L., Hord K.M., Bartol F.F., Bagnell C.A. Transient estrogen exposure from birth affects uterine expression of developmental markers in neonatal gilts with lasting consequences in pregnant adults. Reproduction 2010, 139:623-630.
33. Hallford D.M., Wettemann R.P., Turman E.J., Omtvedt I.T. Luteal function in gilts after prostaglandin F2alpha. J Anim Sci 1975, 41:1706-1710.
34. 2α on the estrous cycle and hormone levels in the gilt. Can J Anim Sci 1976, 56:661-669.
35. Krzymowski T., Kotwica J., Okrasa S., Doboszyńska T., Zieçik A. Luteal function in sows after unilateral infusion of PGF-2alpha into the anterior uterine vein on different days of the oestrous cycle. J Reprod Fertil 1978, 54:21-27.
36. Estill C.T., Britt J.H., Gadsby J.E. Repeated administration of prostaglandin F2 alpha during the early luteal phase causes premature luteolysis in the pig. Biol Reprod 1993, 49:181-185.
37. Estienne M.J., Harper A.F., Horsley B.R., Estienne C.E., Knight J.W. Effects of P.G. 600 on the onset of estrus and ovulation rate in gilts treated with Regu-mate. J Anim Sci 2001, 79:2757-2761.
38. Blitek A., Kaczmarek M.M., Kiewisz J., Ziecik A.J. Endometrial and conceptus expression of HoxA10, transforming growth factor beta1, leukemia inhibitory factor, and prostaglandin H synthase-2 in early pregnant pigs with gonadotropin-induced estrus. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2010, 38:222-234.