Knockdown of regulatory associated protein of TOR (raptor) in hypothalamus-stimulated folliculogenesis and induced ovarian cysts
Pauline Tartarin A , Matthieu Keller A , Edith Guibert A , Elliott Trives A , Guillaume Bourdon A , Pablo Chamero A , Didier Negre B , Fabien Cornilleau A , Vanaique Guillory C , Eric JeanPierre A , Caroline Costa B , Stéphanie Migrenne D , Joelle Dupont A and Pascal Froment
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A CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly F-37380, France.
B Université de Lyon, IFR 128, INSERM-U758, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69007, France.
C INRA ISP, Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR 1282, Nouzilly, France.
D University Paris Diderot-Paris 7-Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA) EAC 7059 CNRS, Paris, France.
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 35(4) 307-320 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD21260
Published online: 3 January 2023
© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing
Abstract
Context: Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) is an essential sensor that regulates fundamental biological processes like cell growth, proliferation and energy metabolism. The treatment of disease by sirolimus, a mTORC1 inhibitor, causes adverse effects, such as female fertility disorders.
Aims: The objective of the study was to decipher the reproductive consequences of a downregulation of mTORC1 in the hypothalamus.
Methods: The reduced expression of mTORC1 was induced after intracerebroventricular injection of lentivirus expressing a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) against regulatory associated protein of TOR (raptor) in adult female mice (ShRaptor mice).
Key results: The ShRaptor mice were fertile and exhibited a 15% increase in the litter size compared with control mice. The histological analysis showed an increase in antral, preovulatory follicles and ovarian cysts. In the hypothalamus, the GnRH mRNA and FSH levels in ShRaptor mice were significantly elevated.
Conclusions: These results support the hypothesis that mTORC1 in the central nervous system participates in the regulation of female fertility and ovarian function by influencing the GnRH neuronal activity.
Implications: These results suggest that a lower mTORC1 activity directly the central nervous system leads to a deregulation in the oestrous cycle and an induction of ovarian cyst development.
Keywords: cysts, fertility, folliculogenesis, hypothalamus, mice, neurons, ovary, raptor.
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