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F-actin is involved in control of bovine cumulus expansion.

Abstract：

:Previously, we showed that the gonadotropin-induced expansion of bovine cumulus oophorus occurs concomitantly with the rearrangement of microfilaments (MFs) inside cumulus cell cytoplasm (Sutovský et al., 1993: Biol Reprod 49:1277-1287; Sutovský et al., 1994: Reprod Nutr Dev 34:415-425) and that cumulus expansion in cattle is accompanied by the increased expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoproteins laminin and type IV collagen as well as of their actin-linked membrane receptors, integrin subunits alpha-6 and beta-1 (Sutovský and Motlík: 1994). The present study was undertaken to determine the spatial and temporal relationship between cytoskeletal rearrangement and ECM synthesis during cumulus expansion. Using electron microscopy and confocal (LSCM) and conventional fluorescence microscopy, we compared the expression of the above integrins and ECM proteins and the rearrangement of cytoskeleton in the gonadotropin-stimulated bovine oocyte cumulus complexes (OCCs) with those exposed to gonadotropin stimulation and to ECM synthesis inhibitor 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucin (DON), or MF-disorganizing drug cytochalasin B (CB). In control OCCs, the 24-hr culture in the presence of follicle stimulating hormone/luteinizing hormone (FSH/LH) caused the expansion of cumuli oophori and an extensive rearrangement of MFs in the cytoplasm of cumulus cells. Concomitantly, we observed an increased deposition of laminin and type IV collagen in the intercellular spaces among cumulus cells. The redistribution of microtubules (MTs), intermediate filaments (IFs), and integrin chains alpha-6 and beta-1 also occurred at this time. The addition of 20 micrograms/ml of CB prevented cumulus expansion and accumulation of laminin and type IV collagen in the OCCs. Moreover, cytochalasin treatment blocked the redistribution of MTs and IFs, and caused the disorganization of MFs and dispersion of integrins in cumulus cells. In contrast, the distribution of integrins and cytoskeletal elements was not affected when we blocked cumulus expansion and ECM protein accumulation by DON. These data suggest that F-actin acts upstream of ECM synthesis in the cascade of events leading to the expansion of bovine cumulus ooophorus.

journal_name

Mol Reprod Dev

journal_title

Molecular reproduction and development

authors

Sutovský P,Fléchon JE,Pavlok A

doi

10.1002/mrd.1080410415

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-08-01 00:00:00

pages

521-9

issue

eissn

1040-452X

issn

1098-2795

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F-actin is involved in control of bovine cumulus expansion.