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Physiol. Genomics (February 19, 2008). doi:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00274.2007
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Submitted on November 21, 2007
Accepted on February 15, 2008

Differential expression of signal transduction factors in ovarian follicle development; a role for betaglycan FIBP in granulosa cells in cattle

Niamh Forde1, Monika Mihm2, Mary J Canty1, Anna E Zielak1, Paul J Baker3, Stephen D. E. Park4, Pat Lonergan1, George W. Smith5, Paul M. Coussens6, Jim J Ireland6, and Alex C. O. Evans1*

1 School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland
2 Division of Cell Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
3 Division of Cell Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
4 School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Belfield, Ireland
5 Center for Animal Functional Genomics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States
6 Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: alex.evans{at}ucd.ie.

Ovarian follicles develop in groups yet individual follicles follow different growth trajectories. This growth and development is regulated by endocrine and locally produced growth factors that use a myriad of receptors and signal transduction pathways to exert their effects on theca and granulosa cells. We hypothesise that differential growth may be due to differences in hormonal responsiveness that is partially mediated by differences in expression of genes involved in signal transduction. We used the bovine dominant follicle model, microarrays, quantative real time PCR and RNA interference to examine this. We identified 83 genes coding for signal transduction molecules and validated a subset of them associated with different stages of the follicle wave. We suggest important roles for CAMkinase1 and EphA4 in theca cells and BCAR1 in granulosa cells for the development of dominant follicles and for betaglycan and FIBP in granulosa cells of regressing subordinate follicles. Inhibition of genes for betaglycan and FIBP in granulosa cells in vitro suggests that they inhibit estradiol production in regressing subordinate follicles.




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