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TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2022.105386
Keywords
Follicle culture; Follicle development; Follicle survival; Oocytes meiotic competence; Paclitaxel
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This study aimed to investigate the effects of paclitaxel on ovarian follicle development and oocyte meiotic competence. The results showed that high dose paclitaxel treatment reduced follicle survival, while lower dose of paclitaxel decreased more growing follicle growth and survival.
We aimed to investigate the effects of paclitaxel on ovarian follicle development and oocyte meiotic competence. Early secondary follicles were cultured individually with or without paclitaxel 2.5 x 10(-10), 2.5 x 10(-9), and 2.5 x 10(-8) M for 12 days. Thereafter, the follicles were treated with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). Follicle morphology, oocytes meiotic maturation, immunofluorescence for alpha-tubulin of the oocytes, mRNA expression of growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl2), and Bcl2-associated X (Bax) were examined every 4, 8, and 12 days of the culture period. We demonstrated that high dose paclitaxel treatment decreased follicle survival (p ( )<= 0.05), while lower dose (2.5 x 10(-9) M) reduced the survival compared to control after 12 days of culture. The number of oocytes at MII stage was not significantly different between control and paclitaxel groups (p > 0.05). Paclitaxel increased GDF9 expression in oocytes after 4 days of the culture (p <= 0.05). Bcl2 declined significantly compared to control after 8 days (p <= 0.05 for all groups), while Bax expression tended to be consistent (p >= 0.05 for all groups). To conclude, high concentration paclitaxel reduces follicle preantral follicle growth, while in lower concentration it decreases more growing follicle growth and survival.
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