ArticleBiology of reproduction2017
The expression of CXCR4 is induced by the luteinizing hormone surge and mediated by progesterone receptors in human preovulatory granulosa cells.
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- Activation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (CHRNA7) limits hypoxia-induced inflammatory responses and regulates collagens in cultured human granulosa cells†.Biology of reproduction · 2026Article
- Transcriptomic analysis identifies CXCL12 as a novel candidate gene for litter size in rabbits.Animal bioscience · 2026Article
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- New insights into the ovulatory process in the human ovary.Human reproduction update · 2025Review
- Exposure to a phthalate mixture disrupts ovulatory progesterone receptor signaling in human granulosa cells in vitro†.Biology of reproduction · 2023Article
- A single-cell gene expression atlas of human follicular aspirates: Identification of leukocyte subpopulations and their paracrine factors.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2023Article
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- CXCL12 May Drive Inflammatory Potential in the Ovine Corpus Luteum During Implantation.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2022Article
- Progesterone Receptor Serves the Ovary as a Trigger of Ovulation and a Terminator of Inflammation.Cell reports · 2020Article
- The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-PeerJ · 2020Article
- Ovulation: Parallels With Inflammatory Processes.Endocrine reviews · 2019Review
- Coordination of Ovulation and Oocyte Maturation: A Good Egg at the Right Time.Endocrinology · 2018Review
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Abstract
The chemokine CXC motif ligand 12 (CXCL12) and its cognate receptor, CXCR4, have been implicated in the ovulatory process in various animal models. However, little is known about the expression and regulation of CXCL12 and CXCR4 and their functions during the ovulatory period in the human ovary. In this study, we characterized the expression patterns of CXCL12 and CXCR4 in preovulatory follicles collected before the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and at defined hours after hCG administration in women with the regular menstrual cycle. The levels of mRNA and protein for CXCR4 were increased in granulosa cells of late ovulatory follicles, whereas CXCL12 expression was constant in follicles throughout the ovulatory period. Both CXCR4 and CXCL12 were localized to a subset of leukocytes around and inside the vasculature of human preovulatory follicles. Using a human granulosa cell culture model, the regulatory mechanisms and functions of CXCL12 and CXCR4 expression were investigated. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulated CXCR4 expression, whereas CXCL12 expression was not affected, mimicking in vivo expression patterns. Both RU486 (progesterone receptor antagonist) and CoCl2 (HIFs activator) blocked the hCG-induced increase in CXCR4 expression, whereas AG1478 (EGFR inhibitor) had no effect. The treatment with CXCL12 had no effect on granulosa cell viability but decreased hCG-stimulated CXCR4 expression.
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