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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
Volume 63, Issue 5, Pages 1513-1517Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.5.1513
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follicle; granulosa cells; hCG; hormone action; LH; ovulation; signal transduction
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- NICHD NIH HHS [HD-16229] Funding Source: Medline
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The ovulatory process in mammals begins when an endogenous surge in LH circulates to the ovary and couples with receptors in the plasma membranes of granulosa cells in mature ovarian follicles. This study provides evidence that the ovulatory stimulus includes induction of the gene for regulator of C-protein signaling protein-2 (RGS2). Immature Wistar rats were primed with 10 IU eCG s.c., and 48 h later the 12-h ovulatory process was initiated by 10 IU hCG (a homolog of LH) s.c. Ovarian RNA was extracted at 0, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 h after injecting the animals with hCG. The RNA extracts were used for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction differential display to detect gene expression in the stimulated ovarian tissue. Two of the amplified cDNAs that were upregulated within 2 h after the ovaries had been stimulated by hCG were homologous to segments of the mouse gene for RGS2. In situ hybridization indicated that the RGS2 mRNA was expressed in the granulosa layer of mature follicles. In conclusion, the gene for RGS2, which is known to regulate membrane signaling pathways, is transcribed in ovarian follicles in response to an ovulatory dose of gonadotropin.
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