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Incorporation of arginine, glutamine or leucine in culture medium accelerates in vitro activation of primordial follicles in 1-day-old mouse ovary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2020

Parimah Alborzi ,
Mohammad Jafari Atrabi ,
Vahid Akbarinejad ,
Ramezan Khanbabaei  and
Rouhollah Fathi Open the ORCID record for Rouhollah Fathi [Opens in a new window]
Parimah Alborzi
Affiliation:
Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Jafari Atrabi
Affiliation:
Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Vahid Akbarinejad
Affiliation:
Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Ramezan Khanbabaei
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
Rouhollah Fathi*
Affiliation:
Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
*
Author for correspondence: Rouhollah Fathi. Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: rfathi79@royaninstitute.org
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Summary

In vitro activation of primordial follicles provides cancer patients subjected to oncotherapy with a safe therapeutic strategy for fertility preservation, however a successful protocol for activation of primordial follicles in prepubertal patients has not yet been defined comprehensively. There is evidence that amino acids such as leucine, arginine and glutamine could stimulate the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, which plays a pivotal role in primordial follicle activation. Nevertheless, there has been no report that elucidates the effect of these amino acids on in vitro development of ovarian follicles. Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effects of these amino acids and their combination on the formation and activation of primordial follicles in 1-day-old murine ovaries during an 11-day culture period. The experimental groups consisted of base medium (BM), base medium + arginine (ARG), base medium + glutamine (GLU), base medium + leucine (LEU) and base medium + a combination of arginine, glutamine and leucine (AGL). The proportions of different stages of ovarian follicles and gene expression of regulatory factors were assessed using histology and quantitative real-time PCR on days 5 and 11 of culture. The proportion of transitional and primary follicles was greater in all amino acid-treated groups compared with the BM group (P < 0.05). Moreover, leucine resulted in elevated expression of Gdf9 and Bmp15, and glutamine augmented the expression of Pi3k on day 11 of culture. In conclusion, the present study showed that inclusion of leucine, glutamine, arginine or their combination in the culture medium for murine ovarian tissue could accelerate the activation of primordial follicles and alter the expression of the corresponding factors.

Keywords

Amino acidsMouseOvaryPrimordial follicle activation
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Research Article
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Zygote , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , pp. 409 - 416
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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