Journal
CELLULAR SIGNALLING
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2019.109464
Keywords
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH); Cytochrome P450; ERK1/2; Oocyte; Estrogen (17 beta-estradiol, E-2); G-protein coupled receptor 30 (GPR30); Estrogen receptor; Steroidogenesis
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [31772818]
- Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province [2014JQ3101]
- Basic Scientific Research Business Expenses of Northwest A&F University, Youth Cultivate Special Program [2452015319]
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Mammalian oocyte restores meiosis can be stimulated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) under normal physiological conditions. G-protein coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), an non-classical estrogen membrane receptor, has been widely reported in teleost oocyte maturation. However, it remains unknown whether GPR30 involves the role of FSH in mammalian cumulus expansion and oocyte maturation. Here, we used mouse cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) as a model to investigate how FSH affects the in vitro maturation of mouse oocytes mediated by 17 beta-estradiol (E-2)/GPR30 signaling. Our study reveals that FSH starts regulating mouse cumulus expansion precisely at 8 h in in vitro culture. ELISA measurement of E-2 levels in culture medium revealed that FSH activated aromatase to promote E-2 production in vitro in cultured mouse COCs. Moreover, the results of real-time quantitative PCR indicated that FSH-induced in vitro maturation of mouse oocytes was regulated by the estrogen-signaling pathway mediated by GPR30; FSH treatment markedly increased the mRNA expression of HAS2, PTGS2, and GREM1 in COCs. Exploration of the underlying mechanism suggested that E-2 produced by mouse COCs regulated the phosphorylation level of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) through GPR30 and thereby promoted mouse cumulus-cell expansion and oocyte maturation. In conclusion, our study reveals that FSH induced estrogen production in mouse COCs through aromatase, and that aromatase/GPR30/ERK1/2 signaling is involved in FSH-induced cumulus expansion.
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