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Involvement of FoxO1 in the effects of follicle-stimulating hormone on inhibition of apoptosis in mouse granulosa cells
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In mammalian ovaries, follicular atresia occurs periodically and destroys almost all the follicles in the ovary. Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) acts as the primary survival factor during follicular atresia by preventing apoptosis in granulosa cells. FoxO1 is a critical factor in promoting follicular atresia and granulosa cell apoptosis. FSH inhibits the induction of FoxO1. In this report, we investigated the role of FSH-FoxO1 pathway in mouse follicular atresia. FSH dampened stress-induced apoptosis and the expression of FoxO1 and pro-apoptosis genes in mouse granulosa cells (MGCs). In contrast, overexpression of FoxO1 inhibited the viability of MGCs and induced the expression of endogenous FoxO1. The signaling cascades involved in regulating FoxO1 activity upon FSH treatment were identified using FSH signaling antagonists. Blocking protein kinase A (PKA), phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) or protein kinase B (AKT) restored the upregulation of FoxO1 and apoptotic signals, which was suppressed by FSH. Moreover, inhibition of PKA or PI3K impaired FSH-induced AKT activity, but inactivation of PI3K or AKT had little effect on PKA activity in the presence of FSH. Correspondingly, constitutive activation of FoxO1 (all three AKT sites were replaced by alanines) also promoted MGC apoptosis despite FSH administration. Furthermore, both luciferase reporter assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that FoxO1 directly bound to a FoxO-recognized element site within the FoxO1 promoter and contributed to the regulation of FoxO1 expression in response to FSH. Taken together, we propose a novel model in which FSH downregulates FoxO1-dependent apoptosis in MGCs by coordinating the PKA–PI3K–AKT–FoxO1 axis and FoxO1–FoxO1 positive feedback.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Shen, M., Liu, Z., Li, B., Teng, Y., Zhang, J., Tang, Y., Sun, S.-C., & Liu, H.
- Affiliations
- Nanjing Agricultural University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Sun, S-C
- Liu, H
- Venue
- Cell Death & Disease
- Published
- 2014-10-16
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- e1475-e1475
- ISSN
- 2041-4889 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4237239
- OpenAlex
- W2071278611
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 6.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Cell Death and Disease (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2014CB138502)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › FOXO transcription factor regulation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian function and disorders
- Keywords
- FOXO1, follicle-stimulating hormone, granulosa cells, apoptosis, follicular atresia, positive feedback loop
- MeSH terms
- Forkhead Box Protein O1, Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Granulosa Cells, Mice, Inbred ICR, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Binding, Signal Transduction, Down-Regulation, Apoptosis, Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases, Cytoprotection, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Forkhead Transcription Factors
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