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JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 67, Issue 12, Pages 873-889Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1369/0022155419881127
Keywords
apoptosis; atresia; autophagy; Bcl-2; cell death
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- [PAPIIT IN225117]
- [PAPIIT IN227919]
- [PAPIIT IN216718]
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Oocyte cell death is a normal process in the mammalian ovary during follicular growth. Recent reports have demonstrated the presence of pro-apoptotic and pro-autophagic proteins during oocyte elimination. The goal of this study was to identify the interactions between proteins involved in different types of programmed cell death in the same oocyte during follicular atresia. We evaluated the presence of Beclin 1 and its interaction with the pro-apoptotic proteins active caspase-3, Bax, and Bak by means of histochemical observations, ultrastructural immunodetection, and immunoprecipitation techniques in ovaries from prepubertal (28- and 33-day-old), juvenile (40-day-old), and young adult (90-day-old) rats. In this study, we identified that oocyte elimination occurred with a high quantity of pro-autophagic protein Beclin 1 and increased the presence of the pro-apoptotic proteins active caspase-3, Bax, and Bak. Conversely, the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 was reduced in oocytes from atretic follicles. In addition, Beclin 1 was shown to interact with active caspase-3 and Bax. Our results suggest that the increase in Beclin 1 is directly related to the rise of pro-apoptotic proteins, which could promote the apoptotic process during oocyte elimination.
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