Superoxide dismutase in normal cycling human ovaries: immunohistochemical localization and characterization.
Fertil Steril
; 72(4): 720-6, 1999 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-10521117
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the expression of manganese (Mn) and copper-zinc (Cu,Zn) superoxide dismutase (SOD) in normal cycling human ovaries throughout the menstrual cycle.DESIGN:
Descriptive, controlled study.SETTING:
Tohoku University School of Medicine. PATIENT(S) Twenty-four normal cycling human ovaries were obtained from patients who underwent oophorectomy and hysterectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix. INTERVENTION(S) Immunohistochemistry for Mn-SOD and Cu,Zn-SOD. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Immunostaining. RESULT(S) In the follicular stage, Mn-SOD immunoreactivity was detected in granulosa and theca interna cells of steroid-producing follicles, that is, preantral, nondominant, dominant, and atretic follicles, whereas Cu,Zn-SOD was detected in theca interna cells of these follicles and in granulosa cells of dominant follicles. In the luteal stage, immunoreactivity for Mn-SOD and Cu,Zn-SOD was observed in both luteinized granulosa and theca cells of the functioning corpus luteum. In the early degenerating corpus luteum, both Mn-SOD and Cu,Zn-SOD were positive in steroid-producing luteinized theca cells. Mn-SOD immunoreactivity was also detected in nonsteroid-producing luteinized granulosa cells and macrophages. CONCLUSION(S) Our results suggest that the expression of Mn-SOD and Cu,Zn-SOD closely correlates with steroidogenesis in the human ovary. In addition, Mn-SOD may play an important role in the process of luteal regression.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ovary
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Superoxide Dismutase
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Menstrual Cycle
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Fertil Steril
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japón