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ArticleScientific reports2018

The role of combining medroxyprogesterone 17-acetate with human menopausal gonadotropin in mouse ovarian follicular development.

Xiaowei Wen, Jun Xie, Lixia Zhou, Yong Fan, Baofeng Yu, Qiuju Chen, Yonglun Fu, Zheng Yan, Haiyan Guo, Qifeng Lyu and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaowei WenDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Jun XieDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanxi Midical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030002, China.
Lixia ZhouDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Yong FanDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Baofeng YuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanxi Midical University, 56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, 030002, China.
Qiuju ChenDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Yonglun FuDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Zheng YanDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Haiyan GuoDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Qifeng LyuDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Yanping KuangDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China. kuangyanp@126.com.
Weiran ChaiDepartment of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhizaoju road, Shanghai, 200000, China. chaiwrsh@126.com.
Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medroxyprogesterone 17-acetate (MPA) combined with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) has been effectively used for ovarian stimulation in clinical practice. However, the molecular mechanism of MPA + hMG treatment in follicular development is poorly described. Here we performed a study to investigate the impact of MPA + hMG on ovarian stimulation utilizing a mouse model in vivo. Forty female BALB/C mice were randomly divided into four groups of 10 each and treated during ciestrus stage and continued for 5 days: control group, MPA group, hMG group, and MPA + hMG group. Morphological and molecular biology methods were used for detecting serum hormones and ovarian function. MPA + hMG group exhibited increasing follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), antral follicle, FSH receptor (FSHR) and phosphorylated mammal target of rapamycin (p-mTOR), and decreasing luteinizing hormone (LH), estradiol (E2), progesterone (P), corpus luteum, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), Akt and mTOR compared with control group. In contrast, MPA + hMG group showed reduced FSH, LH, E2, P, corpus luteum, LH receptor (LHR), and activated PI3K,/Akt/mTOR pathway compared with hMG group (P < 0.05). Collectively, these data definitively established that MPA plus hMG may modulate the hormone, hormone receptor and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway to influence follicular development in the mouse ovary. Our study provides overwhelming support for MPA + hMG as an effective treatment for infertility in women.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHormonesHumansMedroxyprogesterone AcetateMenopauseMenotropinsMiceMice, Inbred BALB COvarian FollicleOvulation InductionRandom AllocationSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeHormonesMedroxyprogesterone AcetateMenotropins

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