Journal
ANIMAL REPRODUCTION SCIENCE
Volume 118, Issue 2-4, Pages 201-209Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.08.010
Keywords
Cystic ovarian disease; Heat shock proteins (HSP); Ovary
Funding
- Argentine National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT) [PICT 2005-38101]
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The present study was performed to determine how the development of cystic ovarian disease (COD) affecting the ovarian expression of heat shock proteins (HSP) in cows were expressing extrous cycles. HSP27, HSP60, HSP70 and HSP90 were evaluated in different ovarian components by Western blot and semiquantitative immunohistochemical analysis. Greater expression of the HSP27 gene was detected in the gramulosa and theca cells of primary, secondary, tertiary and cystic follicles, with decreasing amount in atretic follicles. HSP60, HSP70 and HSP90 showed a similar pattern of immunostaining, with moderate gene expression in primary and secondary follicles, increased expression in tertiary and atretic follicles with the greatest gene expression in cystic follicles. HSP were also localized in the corpus luteum, corpus albicans, interstitial tissue and tunica albuginea. The relative amount of protein in the follicular wall of small and large healthy follicles and cystic follicles as analysed by Western immunoblot was consistent with the immunohistochemical data. We speculate that altered expression of HSP genes decreases apoptosis in the follicular wall and leads to the delayed regression of cystic follicles. This study supports earlier observations suggesting that aberrant HSP gene expression, observed in cells of the cystic follicles, is probably associated with the intra-ovarian component of COD pathogenesis. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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