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Erschienen in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics 8/2016

07.05.2016 | Reproductive Physiology and Disease

Growth and differentiation factor 9 promotes oocyte growth at the primary but not the early secondary stage in three-dimensional follicle culture

verfasst von: Heidi Cook-Andersen, Kirsten J. Curnow, H. Irene Su, R. Jeffrey Chang, Shunichi Shimasaki

Erschienen in: Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics | Ausgabe 8/2016

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Abstract

Purpose

Factors that differentially regulate oocyte and granulosa cell growth within the early preantral follicle and how these factors differ at each stage of follicle growth remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to isolate and evaluate the effect of recombinant growth and differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) on oocyte and granulosa cell growth at the primary and early secondary stages of preantral follicle growth during in vitro culture.

Methods

Primary stage follicles (diameters of 50–89 μm) and early secondary stage follicles (diameters of 90–120 μm) were isolated from immature mice, and individual, intact follicles were cultured in vitro in the presence and absence of recombinant GDF9. The effects of GDF9 on follicle growth were determined by the assessment of changes in the follicle volume during culture. The growth of the granulosa cell and oocyte compartments of the follicles was evaluated separately at each stage.

Results

GDF9 significantly increased the growth of isolated follicles at both the primary and early secondary follicle stages. Independent evaluation of the granulosa cell and oocyte compartments revealed that, while GDF9 promoted granulosa cell growth at both stages of folliculogenesis, oocyte growth was stage specific. GDF9 promoted growth of the oocyte at the primary, but not the early secondary, follicle stage.

Conclusions

These findings demonstrate a stage-specific role for GDF9 in the regulation of oocyte and granulosa cell growth at the primary and early secondary stages of preantral follicle development.
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Metadaten
Titel
Growth and differentiation factor 9 promotes oocyte growth at the primary but not the early secondary stage in three-dimensional follicle culture
verfasst von
Heidi Cook-Andersen
Kirsten J. Curnow
H. Irene Su
R. Jeffrey Chang
Shunichi Shimasaki
Publikationsdatum
07.05.2016
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics / Ausgabe 8/2016
Print ISSN: 1058-0468
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7330
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-016-0719-z

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