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CNOT6/6L-mediated mRNA Degradation in Ovarian Granulosa Cells is a Key Mechanism of Gonadotropin-triggered Follicle Development

ABSTRACT: CCR4-NOT deadenylase is a major regulator of mRNA turnover in eukaryotes. It contains 2 heterogeneous catalytic subunits encoded by Cnot7/8 and Cnot6/6l genes in vertebrates, respectively. The physiological function of each catalytic subunit was unclear due to potential gene redundancy in vivo. In this study Cnot6/6l double knockout mice were generated. These mice were viable and generally healthy, but females were infertile with irregular estrus cycle and poor ovarian responses to gonadotropins. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) stimulated transcription and translation of mRNAs encoding CNOT6 and CNOT6L in ovarian granulosa cells through the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway. Results of transcriptome analyses indicated that FSH downregulated a large number of transcripts in granulosa cells during the transition from pre-antral to antral follicles in a CNOT6/6L-dependent manner. These two deadenylases functioned as key effectors of FSH in altering the developmental programs in granulosa cells and triggered clearance of specific transcripts in growing follicles, particularly those encoding repressing factors of granulosa cell proliferation and steroidogenesis. These results demonstrated that FSH modulates granulosa cells function by stimulating selective translational activation and degradation of existed mRNAs, in additional to inducing de novo gene transcription. Meanwhile, this study provides in vivo evidence that CCR4-NOTCNOT6/6L-mediated mRNA deadenylation is dispensable in most somatic cell types, but is essential for the female reproductive endocrine regulation.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE158773 | GEO | 2021/11/04

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Antral follicle size might be a valuable additive predictive marker for IVF outcome. However, while some studies show positive relations between follicle size and reproductive outcome, others have not been successful in establishing this relation. To better understand consequences of antral follicle size for reproductive outcome, we aimed to obtain insight in follicle size-related granulosa cell processes, as granulosa cells play an essential role in follicular development via the production of growth factors, steroids and metabolic intermediates, needed for follicular growth and oocyte development. Using pigs as a model, we compared gene and protein expression in granulosa cells of smaller and larger follicles in the healthy antral follicle pool at the start of the follicular phase of the estrous cycle. In sows, the early antral follicle pool is very heterogeneous when e.g. size and steroid content of the follicular fluid are considered. To which extent this variety contributes to the developmental competence of the follicles is not clear. Therefore, sows with high variation in antral follicle size (HighVAR) as well as sows with low variation in antral follicle size (LowVAR) were used. Granulosa cells of smaller antral follicles in the healthy antral follicle pool show increased cell proliferation, which was accompanied by a metabolic shift towards aerobic glycolysis (i.e. the Warburg effect), similar to other highly proliferating cells. High granulosa cell proliferation rates in smaller follicles might be regulated via increased granulosa cell expression of AR and EGFR which are activated in response to locally produced mitogens. While granulosa cells of smaller follicles in the pool were more proliferative, indicative of higher follicular growth, granulosa cells of larger follicles in the pool showed less proliferation and were more differentiated, as they showed a higher expression of follicular maturation marker IGF1 and ANGPT1. Our results imply that the inclusion of strict criteria of antral follicle size in IVF protocols might improve reproductive outcome. In addition, we have granulosa cell gene expression of healthy follicles to unravel underlying mechanisms of differences in COC morphology. We compared gene expression in sows with low vs. high-COC-health and found a decreased expression of genes involved in ovarian steroidogenesis (e.g. CYP19A1, ADM, SPP1) and higher expression of genes involved in follicular atresia (e.g. GADD45A, INHBB) in sows with low-COC-health. Thereby we have identified several genes which may serve as markers for follicle developmental competence.

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CNOT6/6L-mediated mRNA Degradation in Ovarian Granulosa Cells is a Key Mechanism of Gonadotropin-triggered Follicle Development

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