TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of Messenger RNA for ADAMTS Subtypes Changes in the Periovulatory Follicle after the Gonadotropin Surge and During Luteal Development and Regression in Cattle
AU - Madan, Pavneesh
AU - Bridges, Phillip J.
AU - Komar, Carolyn M.
AU - Beristain, Alexander G.
AU - Rajamahendran, Rajadurai
AU - Fortune, Joanne E.
AU - MacCalman, Colin D.
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix occurs in the ovary during the periovulatory period. Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases, are believed to play integral roles in this highly regulated series of cellular events, but their specific roles remain unclear. Recent cloning studies have identified a novel family of metalloproteinases, the ADAMTS (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase with ThromboSpondin motifs) family. The regulated expression of distinct ADAMTS subtypes has been shown to be required for tissue morphogenesis during embryonic development and for maintaining the integrity of tissues in the adult. In the present studies, we have determined that multiple ADAMTS subtypes are present in the bovine ovary using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction strategy. In particular, ADAMTS-1, -2, -3, -4, -5 (also known as ADAMTS-11), -7, -8, and -9, but not ADAMTS-6, -10, or -12, mRNA transcripts were detected in granulosa cells of nonatretic ovarian follicles and corpora lutea. The levels of mRNA for these ovarian ADAMTS were up- or down-regulated or remained unchanged in the granulosa and/or theca cells of the dominant follicle following the preovulatory surge of gonadotropins, depending on the subtype and/or the cell compartment, and in the corpus luteum during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle. The complex expression patterns observed for the distinct ADAMTS subtypes in the granulosa and theca cells of the periovulatory follicle and in the luteal tissues of the bovine ovary suggest that these novel proteases mediate, at least in part, the remodeling events underlying folliculogenesis and ovulation and the formation, maintenance, and regression of the corpus luteum.
AB - Extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix occurs in the ovary during the periovulatory period. Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases, are believed to play integral roles in this highly regulated series of cellular events, but their specific roles remain unclear. Recent cloning studies have identified a novel family of metalloproteinases, the ADAMTS (A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase with ThromboSpondin motifs) family. The regulated expression of distinct ADAMTS subtypes has been shown to be required for tissue morphogenesis during embryonic development and for maintaining the integrity of tissues in the adult. In the present studies, we have determined that multiple ADAMTS subtypes are present in the bovine ovary using a reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction strategy. In particular, ADAMTS-1, -2, -3, -4, -5 (also known as ADAMTS-11), -7, -8, and -9, but not ADAMTS-6, -10, or -12, mRNA transcripts were detected in granulosa cells of nonatretic ovarian follicles and corpora lutea. The levels of mRNA for these ovarian ADAMTS were up- or down-regulated or remained unchanged in the granulosa and/or theca cells of the dominant follicle following the preovulatory surge of gonadotropins, depending on the subtype and/or the cell compartment, and in the corpus luteum during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle. The complex expression patterns observed for the distinct ADAMTS subtypes in the granulosa and theca cells of the periovulatory follicle and in the luteal tissues of the bovine ovary suggest that these novel proteases mediate, at least in part, the remodeling events underlying folliculogenesis and ovulation and the formation, maintenance, and regression of the corpus luteum.
KW - Corpus luteum
KW - Follicle
KW - Granulosa cells
KW - Ovary
KW - Theca cells
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U2 - 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013714
DO - 10.1095/biolreprod.102.013714
M3 - Article
C2 - 12855604
AN - SCOPUS:0242298761
SN - 0006-3363
VL - 69
SP - 1506
EP - 1514
JO - Biology of Reproduction
JF - Biology of Reproduction
IS - 5
ER -