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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2014

Hypoxia-mediated carbohydrate metabolism and transport promote early-stage murine follicle growth and survival.

Yogeshwar Makanji, David Tagler, Jennifer Pahnke, Lonnie D Shea, Teresa K Woodruff

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Article in American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yogeshwar MakanjiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, and.
David Tagler
Jennifer Pahnke
Lonnie D Shea
Teresa K Woodruff
Northwestern University · US

Funding

NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD-04187
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxygen tension is critical for follicle growth and metabolism, especially for early-stage follicles, where vascularity is limited. Its role and underlying mechanism in the in vitro activation and maturation of immature to ovulatory follicles is largely unknown. In this study, early secondary (110 μm) murine follicles were isolated and encapsulated in alginate hydrogels to replicate the in vivo environment of the growing/maturing follicle. Encapsulated follicles were cultured for 8 days at either 2.5 or 20% O2. Survival (2.6-fold) and growth (1.2-fold) were significantly higher for follicles cultured at 2.5% compared with 20% O2. Using a mouse hypoxia-signaling pathway qRT-PCR array and GeneGo Metacore analysis, we found that direct target genes of the hypoxia-activated HIF1-complex were significantly upregulated in follicles cultured for 8 days at 2.5% compared with 20% O2, including the carbohydrate transport and metabolism genes Slc2a3, Vegfa, Slc2a1, Edn1, Pgk1, Ldha, and Hmox1. Other upregulated genes included carbohydrate transporters (Slc2a1, Slc2a3, and Slc16a3) and enzymes essential for glycolysis (Pgk1, Hmox1, Hk2, Gpi1, Pfkl, Pfkp, Aldoa, Gapdh, Pgam1, Eno1, Pkm2, and Ldha). For follicles cultured at 2.5% O2, a 7.2-fold upregulation of Vegfa correlated to an 18-fold increase in VEGFA levels, and a 3.2-fold upregulation of Ldha correlated to a 4.8-fold increase in lactate levels. Both VEGFA and lactate levels were significantly higher in follicles cultured at 2.5% compared with 20% O2. Therefore, enhanced hypoxia-mediated glycolysis is essential for growth and survival of early secondary follicles and provides vital insights into improving in vitro culture conditions.

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Carbohydrate MetabolismAnimalsAnti-Mullerian HormoneBiological TransportCell HypoxiaCells, CulturedCell SurvivalEstradiolFemaleInhibinsMiceOogenesisOvarian FollicleOxygenAnti-Mullerian HormoneEstradiolInhibinsOxygenfollicle metabolismglycolysishypoxiaovarianoxygen

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PMID24569591
PMCPMC3989738
OpenAlexW2046577739

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