Regulation of the apoptosis on the rat granulosa cell: effects of EGF, TGF-alpha / 대한산부인과학회잡지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
; : 2439-2446, 2004.
Article
ي Ko
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) and the transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) on the apoptosis of the rat granulosa cells. METHODS: For this study, granulosa cells were isolated from female rats, and granulosa cells were cultured in the presence or absence of different autocrine/paracrine factors such as EGF and TGF-alpha. In order to investigate the apoptotic process, the number of apoptotic cells were counted using Annexin V staining via flow cytometry. In addition, the expression levels of the Bcl-2, ICE and BAX genes were checked. RESULTS: c-AMP induced apoptosis was inhibited neither by EGF nor by TGF-alpha, but FSH induced apoptosis was inhibited by EGF and TGF-alpha. Both EGF and TGF-alpha decreased the rate of apoptosis in the serum free cultured media in a time dependent manner by inducing survival gene expression such as Bcl-2 and suppressing death gene expression such as ICE and BAX. CONCLUSION: EGF and TGF-alpha can be used to decrease the apoptotic rate of the rat granulosa cells. It is hoped to conduct a similar study on the function of these growth factors in the human granulosa cells, and to use EGF and TGF-alpha for reducing the apoptosis rate of the human granulosa cells in IVF.
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النص الكامل:
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الفهرس:
WPRIM
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Transforming Growth Factors
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Gene Expression
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Transforming Growth Factor alpha
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Apoptosis
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Annexin A5
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Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Epidermal Growth Factor
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Hope
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Flow Cytometry
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Granulosa Cells
المحددات:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
اللغة:
Ko
مجلة:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
السنة:
2004
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