Role of stress in the development of the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): Neuronal Mechanisms
Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Radiobiology
Final Report Abstract
Summary and conclusion: ARB-2 is expressed by multiple ovarian cells including GCs from primordial to antral follicular stages. Activation of ARB-2 in primary and small preantral follicles may depend on the supply of NE derived from innervating fibers. The positive correlation of ARB-2 expression with follicular size, indicates that it may be a marker of growing follicles. Furthermore, the presence of NE in monkey follicular fluid in higher levels as in serum is in line with data from the human ovary and indicates specific roles in this compartment. Limits of the study: Follicles with the strongest immunoreactive ARB-2 signals, i.e. primary follicles could not be tested in the culture system. Since the preantral follicles mentioned express FSHR and thus the culture conditions required FSH supplementation, it is possible that ARB-2 mediated effects may have been masked.
Publications
- Norepinephrine, active norepinephrine transporter, and norepinephrine-metabolism are involved in the generation of reactive oxygen species in human ovarian granulosa cells. Endocrinology. 2012 Mar;153(3):1472-83
Saller S, Merz-Lange J, Raffael S, Hecht S, Pavlik R, Thaler C, Berg D, Berg U, Kunz L, Mayerhofer A
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2011-1769) - Ovarian norepinephrine, beta-2 adrenergic receptors and follicular growth. DGG-Tagung, München, Oktober 2012 (Posterprize)
Merz C, Saller S, Spinnler K, Merz-Lange J, Kunz L, Xu J, Yeoman RR, Ting AY, Lawson MS, Stouffer RL, Hennebold J, Pau F, Dissen GA, Ojeda SR, Zelinski MB, Mayerhofer A
- Dopamine in human follicular fluid is associated with cellular uptake and metabolism-dependent generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in granulosa cells: implication for physiology and pathology. Human Reproduction 27. Nov 2013 published online
Saller S, Kunz L, Berg D, Berg U, Lara H, Urra J, Hecht S, Pavlik R, Thaler CJ, Mayerhofer A
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/det422)
