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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000444R
Keywords
estradiol; mitochondrial dynamics; mitochondrial function; oxidative stress; progesterone
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The study demonstrates that butyrate enhances steroidogenesis by activating specific pathways in ovarian granulosa cells, shedding light on the impact of lipid nutrition on reproductive health.
Maintaining ovarian steroidogenesis is of critical importance, considering that steroid hormones are required for successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy and proper development of embryos and fetuses. Investigating the mechanism that butyrate modulates the ovarian steroidogenesis is beneficial for understanding the impact of lipid nutrition on steroidogenesis. Herein, we identified that butyrate improved estradiol and progesterone synthesis in rat primary ovarian granulosa cells and human granulosa KGN cells and discovered the related mechanism. Our data indicated that butyrate was sensed by GPR41 and GPR43 in ovarian granulosa cells. Butyrate primarily upregulated the acetylation of histone H3K9 (H3K9ac). Chromatin immune-precipitation and sequencing (ChIP-seq) data of H3K9ac revealed the influenced pathways involving in the mitochondrial function (including cellular metabolism and steroidogenesis) and cellular antioxidant capacity. Additionally, increasing H3K9ac by butyrate further stimulated the PPAR gamma/CD36/StAR pathways to increase ovarian steroidogenesis and activated PGC1 alpha to enhance mitochondrial dynamics and alleviate oxidative damage. The improvement in antioxidant capacity and mitochondrial dynamics by butyrate enhanced ovarian steroidogenesis. Collectively, butyrate triggers histone H3K9ac to activate steroidogenesis through PPAR gamma and PGC1 alpha pathways in ovarian granulosa cells.
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