Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) promotes primordial follicle growth and reduces DNA fragmentation through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) signalling pathway
Maria É. S. Bezerra A , Ricássio S. Barberino A , Vanúzia G. Menezes A , Bruna B. Gouveia A , Taís J. S. Macedo A , Jamile M. S. Santos A , Alane P. O. Monte A , Vanessa R. P. Barros A and Maria H. T. Matos A B
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A Nucleus of Biotechnology Applied to Ovarian Follicle Development, Federal University of São Francisco Valley, Rodovia BR 407, Km 12, Lote 543, Projeto C1, CEP: 56300-990, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
B Corresponding author. Email: helena.matos@univasf.edu.br
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 30(11) 1503-1513 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD17332
Submitted: 21 August 2017 Accepted: 18 April 2018 Published: 30 May 2018
Abstract
We investigated the effects of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) on the morphology and follicular activation of ovine preantral follicles cultured in situ and whether the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/AKT) pathway is involved in IGF-1 action in the sheep ovary. Ovine ovarian fragments were fixed for histological and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labelling (TUNEL) analyses (fresh control) or cultured in supplemented alpha-minimum essential medium (α-MEM+; control) or α-MEM+ with IGF-1 (1, 10, 50, 100 or 200 ng mL−1) for 7 days. Follicles were classified as normal or atretic, primordial or growing and the oocyte and follicle diameters were measured. DNA fragmentation was evaluated by TUNEL assay. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemistry was performed on the fresh control, α-MEM+ and 100 ng mL−1 IGF-1 samples. Inhibition of PI3K activity was performed through pretreatment with the PI3K inhibitor LY294002 and phosphorylated AKT (pAKT) expression was analysed after culture in the absence or presence of LY294002. IGF-1 at 100 ng mL−1 increased (P < 0.05) follicular activation compared with α-MEM+ and decreased TUNEL-positive cells (P < 0.05) compared with other treatments. PCNA-positive cells also increased (P < 0.05) in 100 ng mL−1 IGF-1. LY294002 significantly inhibited follicular activation stimulated by α-MEM+ and 100 ng mL−1 IGF-1 and reduced pAKT expression in follicles. Overall, IGF-1 at 100 ng mL−1 promoted primordial follicle activation, cell proliferation and reduced DNA fragmentation after in situ culture through the PI3K/AKT pathway.
Additional keywords: activation, apoptosis, IGF-1, organ culture, preantral follicle.
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