Comparative analyses in transcriptome of human granulosa cells and follicular fluid micro-environment between poor ovarian responders with conventional controlled ovarian or mild ovarian stimulations.
Reprod Biol Endocrinol
; 20(1): 54, 2022 Mar 21.
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BACKGROUND: Both mild and conventional controlled ovarian stimulation are the frequently used protocols for poor ovarian responders. However, there are some debates about which treatment is better. Moreover, little is known about the follicular physiology after the two ovarian stimulation protocols. This study was intended to investigate the features in granulosa cells and follicular fluid micro-environment after the two different ovarian stimulation protocols in poor responders. METHODS: Granulosa cells RNA were sequenced using Illumina Hiseq technology. Specific differently expressed genes and proteins were verified by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot analysis. Moreover, hormone and cytokine concentrations in the follicular fluid were measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay and enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay. The correlation between the results of molecular experiments and the laboratory outcomes were analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. RESULTS: The differentially expressed genes between the two groups were involved in 4 signaling pathways related to the follicular development; three proteins pertinent to the TGF-ß signaling pathway were expressed differently in granulosa cells between the two, and the constituents in the follicular fluid were also different. Further, a correlation between the TGF-ß signaling pathway and the good-quality embryo was observed. CONCLUSIONS: The present study made a comparison for the first time in the transcriptome of human granulosa cells and the follicular fluid micro-environment between poor responders with the conventional controlled ovarian stimulation or the mild ovarian stimulation, showing that the TGF-ß signaling pathway may correlate with the good-quality of embryos in the mild group, which may be instrumental to the choice of optimal management for IVF patients.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Inducción de la Ovulación
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Líquido Folicular
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Transcriptoma
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Células de la Granulosa
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Infertilidad Femenina
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Reprod Biol Endocrinol
Asunto de la revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido