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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) on human CG (hCG)-induced oocyte maturation, ovulation, steroidogenesis, and intrafollicular plasminogen activator (PA) activity were investigated in rabbit ovaries perfused in vitro. The addition of IGFBP-3, but not IGFBP-1, to the perfusate dose dependently inhibited hCG-induced ovulation, whereas ovulation failed to occur in any ovaries perfused with medium or IGFBP-3 alone. IGFBP-3 (100 ng/ml) significantly inhibited the resumption of meiosis in ovulated ova and follicular oocytes in hCG-treated ovaries, as well as the hCG-stimulated production of estradiol (E2), but not progesterone, by the perfused ovaries. Intrafollicular PA activity increased significantly within 1 h after exposure to hCG, reaching a maximum at 4 h; IGFBP-3 significantly inhibited hCG-stimulated intrafollicular PA activity. The blockade of hCG-induced ovulation by IGFBP-3 correlated with the reduction in intrafollicular PA activity. Treatment with hCG induced a 2.5-fold increase in intrafollicular IGF-I messenger RNA levels at 4 h. Although ovulation failed to occur in ovaries treated with IGF-I (100 ng/ml) in the absence of gonadotropin, IGF-I significantly increased the mean diameter of preovulatory follicles and stimulated the resumption of meiosis in follicular oocytes. These effects of IGF-I on follicular growth and oocyte maturation were significantly inhibited by IGFBP-3 (100 ng/ml). Furthermore, IGFBP-3 significantly inhibited the IGF-I-stimulated production of E2. In conclusion, IGFBP-3, but not IGFBP-1, blocked the stimulatory effects of hCG in the ovulatory process. These findings suggest that IGFBP-3 may contribute to the regulation of intrafollicular PA activity during follicular development and ovulation evoked by gonadotropin exposure, at least in part, via neutralizing endogenously produced IGF-I.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
137
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
438-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 inhibits gonadotropin-induced ovulation, oocyte maturation, and steroidogenesis in rabbit ovary.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article