ArticleInternational journal of biological sciences2024
Participation of preovulatory follicles in the activation of primordial follicles in mouse ovaries.
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- Interfollicular communication among preovulatory follicles after luteinizing hormone signaling.Endocrinology · 2026Article
- Transcriptome profiling of bovine preantral follicles during early folliculogenesis.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Gene regulatory networks orchestrating oocyte fate bifurcation in primordial follicles revealed by single-cell transcriptomics.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Ovarian Matrisome Dynamics and αvβ3-Mediated Regulation in Early Follicular Development.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- HDAC3 Preserves the primordial follicle reserve by epigenetically suppressing ferroptosis in pregranulosa cells.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Article
- Molecular mechanisms of ovarian fibrosis.Molecular human reproduction · 2026Review
- Microscale pressure measurements and optical coherence tomography reveal time-dependent biomechanical stages of ovulation in mice.iScience · 2025Article
- Mining of candidate genes related to prolificacy in Jining grey goats using transcriptomics.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Ovarian Mechanobiology: Understanding the Interplay Between Mechanics and Follicular Development.Cells · 2025Review
- Advances in ovarian follicle culture systems: exploring the interplay between cells, matrix, and ovarian architecture.Animal reproduction · 2025Article
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Abstract
The mechanisms behind the selection and initial recruitment of primordial follicles (PmFs) from the non-growing PmF pool during each estrous cycle in females remain largely unknown. This study demonstrates that PmFs closest to the ovulatory follicle are preferentially activated in mouse ovaries under physiological conditions. PmFs located within 40 μm of the ovulatory follicles were more likely to be activated compared to those situated further away during the peri-ovulation period. Repeated superovulation treatments accelerated the depletion of the PmF reserve, whereas continuous suppression of ovulation delayed PmF reserve consumption. Spatial transcriptome sequencing of peri-ovulatory follicles revealed that ovulation primarily induces the degradation and remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM). This ECM degradation reduces mechanical stress around PmFs, thereby triggering their activation. Specifically, Cathepsin L (CTSL), a cysteine proteinase and lysosomal enzyme involved in ECM degradation, initiates the activation of PmFs adjacent to ovulatory follicles in a distance-dependent manner. These findings highlight the link between ovulation and selective PmF activation, and underscore the role of CTSL in this process under physiological conditions.
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