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CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
卷 365, 期 1, 页码 197-208出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-016-2371-4
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Diethylstilbestrol; Pre-granulosa cells; Germ cell cysts; Laminin; Ki67
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
- Yokohama City University (Grants for Support of the Promotion of Research) [W18005, K2109, G2314, G2401, IR2502]
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan (Health Sciences Research Grant)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K07132] Funding Source: KAKEN
In the fetal mouse ovary, oocytes are connected by an intercellular bridge and form germ cell cysts. Folliculogenesis begins after birth. To study the role of Notch signaling in folliculogenesis, double-immunohistochemical localization of laminin and Ki-67 was performed in mouse ovaries from embryonic day 17.5 (E17.5) to postnatal day 4 (P4). Most cysts and follicles contained Ki-67-negative cells; however, a few Ki-67-positive cells were present in cysts from E17.5 through P4, indicating that a small number of pre-granulosa cells continue to proliferate during folliculogenesis. To examine the effects of an inhibitor of Notch signaling (DAPT) and a synthetic estrogen (diethylstilbestrol [DES]) on folliculogenesis, an organ-culture system was established. The numbers of cysts, primordial follicles (PrFs) and primary follicles were unchanged by DES, whereas the total number of PrFs and of PrFs with Ki-67-negative cells was reduced by DAPT. In organ-cultured neonatal ovaries, only DAPT treatment increased degenerating cells defined as oocytes. On the contrary, the number of polyovular follicles (PFs) and the PF incidence were significantly increased in ovaries organ-cultured with DES at day 20 post-grafting. In organ-cultured fetal and neonatal ovaries, DAPT reduced Notch 3 and Hey2 mRNAs, whereas DES increased Hey2 mRNA. These results suggest that Notch signaling in fetal ovaries is involved with PrF assembly by the regulation of oocyte survival rather than by cell proliferation. In PF induction, as a result of the disruption of interactions between oocytes and pre-granulosa cells, DES and Notch signaling act independently.
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