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Provedor de dados: | 19
País: | Japan
Título: | Expression of mRNA for Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Bovine Corpus Luteum During the Estrous Cycle and PGF2α-Induced Luteolysis
Autores: | SHIRASUNA, Koumei; WATANABE, Sho; NAGAI, Kaya; SASAHARA, Kiemi; SHIMIZU, Takashi; RICKEN, Albert M.; SPANEL-BOROWSKI, Katharina; MIYAMOTO, Akio; 白砂, 孔明; 清水, 隆; 宮本, 明夫.
Data: | 2007
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Cadherin; Connexin; Corpus luteum; Cow; Luteolysis.
Resumo: | Cell-to-cell interaction via cell contact-dependent pathway is essentially important for maintenance and regulation of corpus luteum (CL) integrity and its physiological actions. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the mRNA expression of the cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) that are constituent factors of gap junctions [connexin (Cx) 43] and adherence junctions (VE-, E-, N-cadherin) in two types of endothelial cells from the mid CL and in CL tissue during the estrous cycle and PGF2α-induced luteolysis in the cow. Specific mRNA expression for Cx43 and N-cadherin was detected in cytokeratin-positive (CK+) and cytokeratin-negative (CK-) luteal endothelial cells (EC) and fully luteinized granulosa cells (LGC). E-cadherin mRNA was expressed in CK+EC and LGC, but not in CK-EC. VE-cadherin mRNA was expressed in both CK+ and CK-EC. During the estrous cycle, Cx43 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the regressing CL. VE-cadherin expression also tended to increase in the mid CL and increased significantly in the regressing CL. E-cadherin mRNA expression was higher in the early and late CL than in the mid- and regressing CL. N-cadherin mRNA expression gradually increased from the early to late CL followed by a decrease in the regressing CL. During PGF2α-induced luteolysis, Cx43 mRNA expression appeared to increase, and VE-cadherin and E-cadherin mRNA significantly increased at 24 h. N-cadherin mRNA expression decreased 2 and 4 h after PGF2α administration. Collectively, expression of the mRNAs for CAMs was different in the two types of luteal endothelial cells and fully luteinized granulosa cells and changed independently in the CL during the estrous cycle and PGF2α-induced luteolysis in the cow. The results suggest that CAMs play physiological roles in cell-to-cell communication to regulate both gap and adherence junctions during CL development and regression in the cow.
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2988
Editor: | 日本繁殖生物学会
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | 日本繁殖生物学会