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Bhartiya D, Sriraman K, Gunjal P, et al. Gonadotropin treatment augments postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly in adult mouse ovaries?. J Ovarian Res. 2012;5(1):32doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-32.
Bhartiya, D., Sriraman, K., Gunjal, P., & Modak, H. (2012). Gonadotropin treatment augments postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly in adult mouse ovaries?. Journal of ovarian research, 5(1), 32. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-2215-5-32
Bhartiya, Deepa, et al. "Gonadotropin treatment augments postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly in adult mouse ovaries?." Journal of ovarian research vol. 5,1 (2012): 32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-2215-5-32
Bhartiya D, Sriraman K, Gunjal P, Modak H. Gonadotropin treatment augments postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly in adult mouse ovaries?. J Ovarian Res. 2012 Nov 07;5(1):32. doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-32. PMID: 23134576; PMCID: PMC3616927.
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J Ovarian Res. 2012 Nov 07;5(1):32. doi: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-32.

Gonadotropin treatment augments postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly in adult mouse ovaries?.

Journal of ovarian research

Deepa Bhartiya, Kalpana Sriraman, Pranesh Gunjal, Harshada Modak

Affiliations

  1. Stem Cell Biology Department, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, 400 012, India. [email protected].

PMID: 23134576 PMCID: PMC3616927 DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-5-32

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) exerts action on both germline and somatic compartment in both ovary and testis although FSH receptors (FSHR) are localized only on the somatic cells namely granulosa cells of growing follicles and Sertoli cells in the seminiferous tubules. High levels of FSH in females are associated with poor ovarian reserve, ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome etc. and at the same time FSH acts as a survival factor during in vitro organotypic culture of ovarian cortical strips. Thus a further understanding of FSH action on the ovary is essential. We have earlier reported presence of pluripotent very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs express Oct-4A in addition to other pluripotent markers) and their immediate descendants 'progenitors' ovarian germ stem cells (OGSCs express Oct-4B in addition to other germ cell markers) in ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) in various mammalian species including mice, rabbit, monkey, sheep and human. Present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) on adult mice ovaries with a focus on VSELs, OGSCs, postnatal oogenesis and primordial follicle assembly.

METHODS: Ovaries were collected from adult mice during different stages of estrus cycle and after 2 and 7 days of PMSG (5 IU) treatment to study histo-architecture and expression for FSHR, pluripotent stem cells , meiosis and germ cell specific markers.

RESULTS: PMSG treatment resulted in increased FSHR and proliferation as indicated by increased FSHR and PCNA immunostaining in OSE and oocytes of primordial follicles (PF) besides the granulosa cells of large antral follicles. Small 1-2 regions of multilayered OSE invariably associated with a cohort of PF during estrus stage in control ovary were increased to 5-8 regions after PMSG treatment. This was associated with an increase in pluripotent transcripts (Oct-4A, Nanog), meiosis (Scp-3) and germ cells (Oct-4B, Mvh) specific markers. MVH showed positive immuno staining on germ cell nest-like clusters and at places primordial follicles appeared connected through oocytes.

CONCLUSIONS: The results of the present study show that gonadotropin (PMSG) treatment to adult mouse leads to increased pluripotent stem cell activity in the ovaries, associated with increased meiosis, appearance of several cohorts of PF and their assembly in close proximity of OSE. This was found associated with the presence of germ cell nests and cytoplasmic continuity of oocytes in PF. We have earlier reported that pluripotent ovarian stem cells in the adult mammalian ovary are the VSELs which give rise to slightly differentiated OGSCs. Thus we propose that gonadotropin through its action on pluripotent VSELs augments neo-oogenesis and PF assembly in adult mouse ovaries.

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