Background
Methods
Animals
Ultrasonographic examination and seasonal groups
Follicular fluid collection
Electrophoresis of follicular-fluid proteins
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis of follicular-fluid proteins
Protein identification and bioinformatics analyses
Results
Sample preparation prior to proteomic analysis
Total proteins identified
Reproductive seasons | Number of detected proteins | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
N | NCBI annotated (%) | ENSEMBL annotated (%) | ||
Partially | Fully | |||
Spring anovulatory (SAN) | 63 | 42 (66.7) | 12 (19.0) | 9 (14.3) |
Spring ovulatory (SOV) | 72 | 48 (66.7) | 14 (19.4) | 10 (13.9) |
Summer (SUM) | 69 | 47 (68.1) | 13 (18.8) | 9 (13.0) |
Fall ovulatory (FOV) | 78 | 49 (62.8) | 18 (23.1) | 11 (14.1) |
Reproductive seasons | Number of unique proteins | NCBI/ENSEMBL accession numbers |
---|---|---|
SAN/SOV/SUM/FOV | 52 | ENSECAP00000007499 XP_001498388 XP_001489154 XP_003365492 XP_001504386 XP_014588282 XP_001502426 NP_001075422 XP_014596181 XP_003363176 XP_001500552 NP_001075379 XP_005605480 XP_005601929 XP_005602671 XP_001499389 XP_005611649 XP_005612174 NP_001304178 ENSECAP00000010483 XP_014594947 XP_001488384 XP_014593946 XP_005600608 XP_001497860 NP_001075415 XP_001916967 XP_001492943 NP_001075972 XP_001499173 XP_001502503 XP_001496277 XP_001492602 ENSECAP00000017379 NP_001075413 ENSECAP00000012479 ENSECAP00000014609 ENSECAP00000012399 XP_001915589 XP_001489797 XP_001503846 XP_003364583 XP_001490892 ENSECAP00000013972 XP_001914833 XP_014585351 XP_001492576 XP_001489400 XP_001495232 XP_014593950 ENSECAP00000009723 XP_001504173 |
SAN/SOV/SUM | 3 | NP_001333128 XP_001488181 XP_001488234 |
SAN/SOV/FOV | 2 | NP_001075419 NP_001093235 |
SAN/SUM/FOV | 2 | XP_005607860 XP_014593981 |
SOV/SUM/FOV | 4 | NSECAP00000018005 NP_001137426 NP_001075389 XP_001501882 |
SAN/FOV | 3 | NP_001333146 NP_001333133 ENSECAP00000017139 |
SOV/SUM | 2 | NP_001333066 XP_005605484 |
SOV/FOV | 6 | XP_014591249 NP_001075249 XP_005601424 XP_001491754 XP_001493453 NP_001075420 |
SUM/FOV | 3 | NP_001075378 XP_001496318 NP_001108005 |
SAN | 1 | NP_001333005 |
SOV | 3 | XP_001504484 XP_001504447 ENSECAP00000013036 |
SUM | 3 | XP_005599640 XP_005605481 NP_001271464 XP_001917127 |
FOV | 6 | ENSECAP00000012950 NP_001157490 XP_001499312 NP_001108630 XP_001492582 XP_014592983 |
Functional classification, protein enrichment, and pathways analyses
GO terms / GO names | Reproductive seasons | Shared | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAN n (%) | SOV n (%) | SUM n (%) | FOV n (%) | proteins n (%) | |
GO:0005615 / Extracellular space | 25 (24.0) | 29 (23.8) | 29 (26.9) | 32 (25.4) | 23 (25.3) |
GO:0005575 / Cellular component | 17 (16.3) | 21 (17.2) | 18 (16.7) | 22 (17.5) | 14 (15.4) |
GO:0005576 / Extracellular region | 17 (16.3) | 19 (15.6) | 19 (17.6) | 21 (16.7) | 16 (17.6) |
GO:0005623 / Cell | 14 (13.5) | 17 (13.9) | 13 (12.0) | 16 (12.7) | 11 (12.1) |
GO:0005622 / Intracellular | 9 (8.7) | 12 (9.8) | 10 (9.3) | 11 (8.7) | 8 (8.8) |
GO:0005737 / Cytoplasm | 7 (6.7) | 8 (6.6) | 7 (6.5) | 8 (6.3) | 7 (7.7) |
GO:0009986 / Cell surface | 6 (5.8) | 6 (4.9) | 6 (5.6) | 6 (4.8) | 6 (6.6) |
GO:0016020 / Membrane | 6 (5.8) | 6 (4.9) | 4 (3.7) | 6 (4.8) | 4 (4.4) |
GO:0005634 / Nucleus | 3 (2.9) | 3 (2.5) | 2 (1.9) | 3 (2.4) | 2 (2.2) |
GO:0005578 / Proteinaceous extracellular matrix | – | 1 (0.8) | – | 1 (0.8) | – |
Total annotations | 104 (100) | 122 (100) | 108 (100) | 126 (100) | 91 (100) |
GO terms / GO names | Reproductive seasons | Shared | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAN n (%) | SOV n (%) | SUM n (%) | FOV n (%) | proteins n (%) | |
GO:0005488 / Binding | 22 (26.2) | 25 (27.2) | 25 (27.2) | 29 (27.9) | 21 (27.6) |
GO:0005515 / Protein binding | 18 (19.6) | 18 (19.6) | 19 (20.7) | 20 (19.2) | 17 (19.0) |
GO:0003674 / Molecular function | 16 (19.6) | 16 (17.4) | 17 (18.5) | 20 (19.2) | 15 (18.1) |
GO:0030234 / Enzyme regulator activity | 12 (14.3) | 12 (13.0) | 13 (14.1) | 13 (12.5) | 12 (11.2) |
GO:0005215 / Transporter activity | 5 (6.0) | 6 (6.5) | 5 (5.4) | 6 (5.8) | 5 (5.2) |
GO:0016787 / Hydrolase activity | 2 (2.4) | 4 (4.3) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 2 (3.4) |
GO:0005198 / Structural molecule activity | 2 (2.4) | 4 (4.3) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (4.3) |
GO:0016491 / Oxidoreductase activity | 2 (2.4) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (1.7) |
GO:0003676 / Nucleic acid binding | 2 (2.4) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (3.4) |
GO:0003824 / Catalytic activity | 1 (1.2) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (2.6) |
GO:0015075 / Ion transmembrane transporter activity | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.9) |
GO:0016209 / Antioxidant activity | 1 (1.2) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (0.9) |
Total annotations | 84 (100) | 92 (100) | 92 (100) | 104 (100) | 79 (100) |
GO terms / GO names | Reproductive seasons | Shared | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAN n (%) | SOV n (%) | SUM n (%) | FOV n (%) | proteins n (%) | |
GO:0008150 / Biological process | 31 (13.2) | 35 (13.8) | 32 (12.7) | 40 (13.7) | 26 (12.3) |
GO:0009987 / Cellular process | 26 (11.1) | 29 (11.5) | 28 (11.2) | 32 (11.0) | 24 (11.3) |
GO:0050789 / Regulation of biological process | 25 (10.7) | 28 (11.1) | 27 (10.8) | 30 (10.3) | 22 (10.4) |
GO:0008152 / Metabolic process | 24 (10.3) | 25 (9.9) | 26 (10.4) | 30 (10.3) | 22 (10.4) |
GO:0043170 / Macromolecule metabolic process | 20 (8.5) | 20 (7.9) | 20 (8.0) | 24 (8.2) | 18 (8.5) |
GO:0050896 / Response to stimulus | 19 (8.1) | 20 (7.9) | 19 (7.6) | 25 (8.6) | 16 (7.5) |
GO:0032501 / Multicellular organism process | 14 (6.0) | 17 (6.7) | 16 (6.4) | 18 (6.2) | 13 (6.1) |
GO:0006810 / Transport | 12 (5.1) | 14 (5.5) | 13 (5.2) | 16 (5.5) | 12 (5.7) |
GO:0007154 / Cell communication | 10 (4.3) | 10 (4.0) | 11 (4.4) | 11 (3.8) | 10 (4.7) |
GO:0007275 / Multicellular organism development | 9 (3.8) | 10 (4.0) | 10 (4.0) | 11 (3.8) | 8 (3.8) |
GO:0030154 / Cell differentiation | 9 (3.8) | 9 (3.6) | 10 (4.0) | 11 (3.8) | 8 (2.8) |
GO:0009058 / Biosynthetic process | 8 (3.4) | 7 (2.8) | 8 (3.2) | 9 (3.1) | 7 (3.3) |
GO:0009056 / Catabolic process | 6 (2.6) | 7 (2.8) | 6 (2.4) | 8 (2.7) | 6 (2.8) |
GO:0006139 / Nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process | 5 (2.1) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (2.0) | 6 (2.1) | 4 (1.9) |
GO:0008219 / Cell Death | 4 (1.7) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (2.0) | 5 (1.7) | 4 (1.9) |
GO:0046903 / Secretion | 4 (1.7) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (2.0) | 5 (1.7) | 4 (1.9) |
GO:0051704 / Multi-organism process | 4 (1.7) | 4 (1.6) | 6 (2.4) | 5 (1.7) | 4 (1.9) |
GO:0006928 / Movement of cell or subcellular component | 2 (0.9) | 3 (1.2) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.9) |
GO:0043062 / Extracellular structure organization | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.7) | 1 (0.5) |
GO:0007610 / Behavior | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.5) |
Total annotations | 234 (100) | 253 (100) | 251 (100) | 291 (100) | 212 (100) |