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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
Cumulus cell-oocyte complexes (COCs), cultured in vitro, are competent for maturation and fertilization. Inclusion of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the COC culture medium enhances in vitro maturation and subsequent embryonic development. It has been shown that isolated COCs exposed to EGF respond with a prolonged and pulsatile release of Ca2+ into the extra-cellular medium and that cumulus cells (CCs) of complexes exhibit both a slow rise in intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) and plasma membrane permeabilization in response to EGF. These unusual signaling responses were examined in isolated, cultured bovine CCs. Few individual CCs showed [Ca2+]i increases; the lack of response was found to be due to decrease of expression of endogenous EGF receptors after dissociation. CCs transfected with a human EGF receptor-GFP fusion protein showed robust, prolonged, EGF-stimulated [Ca2+]i elevations characteristic of CC responses in intact COCs. Many CCs that responded to EGF stimulation with a [Ca2+]i rise also released entrapped fura-2 dye at the peak of the [Ca2+]i response, suggesting that CC permeabilization and death follows activation of the EGF receptor. The [Ca2+]i elevation due to EGF stimulation and subsequent membrane permeabilization was shown to be mediated by the inositol triphosphate signaling pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1470-1626
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
130
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
517-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Fura-2, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Inositol Phosphates, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:16183869-Transfection
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidermal growth factor receptor downregulation in cultured bovine cumulus cells: reconstitution of calcium signaling and stimulated membrane permeabilization.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, 710 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.