Molecular mechanisms of insulin-like growth factor 1 promoted synthesis and retention of hyaluronic acid in porcine oocyte-cumulus complexes

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The purpose of the present study was to elucidate signaling pathways by which insulin like-growth factor 1 (IGF1) promotes FSH-stimulated synthesis and retention of hyaluronic acid (HA) in pig oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCCs) cultured in serum-free medium. We found that IGF1 had no effects on FSH-stimulated production of cAMP and activation of protein kinase A in the OCCs. Immunoblotting with phospho-specific antibodies showed that FSH moderately phosphorylated v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog (AKT) and mitogen-activated kinase 3 and 1 (MAPK3/1) in cumulus cells. The exposure of OCCs to both FSH and IGF1 resulted in a significant (P < 0.05) increase in AKT and MAPK3/1 phosphorylation. An inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PIK3), LY 294002, significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the IGF1-enhanced phosphorylation of AKT, and inhibitors of AKT (SH6) and MAPK3/1 (U0126) significantly (P < 0.05) decreased the synthesis and retention of HA stimulated by concomitant exposure of OCCs to both FSH and IGF1. The IGF1-promoted synthesis of HA was not accompanied by an increase in the relative abundance of hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) mRNA in the cumulus cells. We conclude that IGF1 promotes the FSH-stimulated synthesis and retention of HA in pig OCCs by PIK3/AKT- and MAPK3/1-dependent mechanisms. © 2007 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.

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Němcová, L., Nagyová, E., Petlach, M., Tománek, M., & Procházka, R. (2007). Molecular mechanisms of insulin-like growth factor 1 promoted synthesis and retention of hyaluronic acid in porcine oocyte-cumulus complexes. Biology of Reproduction, 76(6), 1016–1024. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.106.057927

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