Effect of sodium alginate on mouse ovary vitrification

et al. 2021

J Ovarian Res

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This study investigated the effect of recombinant human lactoferrin (rhLF) on the premature ovarian failure (POF) of rats. After cyclophosphamide treatments, the POF rats were divided into the following groups: normal control group (NC), low-dose group (LD), medium-dose group (MD) and high-dose group (HD) of rhLF. After drug administrations, the ovarian indexes and hormonal levels were detected. After follicle number count, the proliferation and apoptosis were analyzed with the expressions of genes related with oogenesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and apoptosis detected, followed by the calculation of oxidative stress and protein expressions. After 4-hydroperoxy cyclophosphamide (4-HC) treatments, the effect of rhLF on the proliferation, ROS production and gene expressions of primary rat granulosa cells (GCs) cultured in vitro were detected. After mating, the fertilities of POF rats were recorded. The result showed that the rhLF administrations up-regulated the ovarian index with the number of developing follicles increased and the decreases of hormonal levels conferred. The Ki-67 intensities of the MD and HD groups were up-regulated with the Tunnel intensities decreased. The rhLF treatments significantly promoted the expression of oogenesis, antioxidant and anti-apoptosis related genes. The expression of Bax and Caspase 3 were decreased with the expression of Bcl-2 up-regulated after rhLF administrations. The in vitro treatments of rhLF effectively conferred the toxicity of 4-HC on primary rat GCs. The fertility assessment showed the rhLF treatments up-regulated the offspring’s’ folliculogenesis, which confirmed the ameliorative role of rhLF on the POF damages via the inhibition of ROS production in GCs.

Section: Organ Index Analyses and He Stainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The qualities of PCR reactions were confirmed by the melting curves with all experiments performed in triplicate to confirm the data availability. The relative gene expression levels were calculated by the 2 -ΔΔCt method with the ubiquitously expressed β-actin gene used as internal controls [37].…”

Section: Ovarian Pcr Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ameliorative effect of recombinant human lactoferrin on the premature ovarian failure in rats after cyclophosphamide treatments

et al. 2021

J Ovarian Res

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“…The qualities of PCR reactions were confirmed by the melting curve analyses with all experiments performed in triplicate. The relative mRNA expression was calculated using the 2 -ΔΔCt method [54].…”

Section: Reverse Transcription Pcr and Real-time Pcr Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After 17 h of culture, oocytes from the expanded COCs were further examined microscopically for the maturation with first polar bodies. The maturation rates of each group were further analyzed with the maturation rates calculated as the percentage of maturing oocytes for each developing follicles [54].…”

Section: In Vitro Maturationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of animal-sourced bioactive peptides on the in vitro development of mouse preantral follicles

Ren

et al. 2020

J Ovarian Res

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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of bioactive peptides (BAPT) from animal sources on the development of mouse preantral follicles in vitro. Preantral follicles were isolated and randomly divided into the following groups: an untreated group (control) and three groups supplemented with 20, 40 and 60 μg/mL BAPT, respectively. After establishing the in vitro follicle culture, the gene expression levels and hormone levels were quantified. After in vitro maturation, the developmental rates, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production levels and mitochondrial distributions of MII oocytes were investigated, followed by the analyses of embryonic developmental rates after in vitro fertilization. The results showed that BAPT promoted the growth of mouse preantral follicles. Notably, after 14 d of in vitro culture, the levels of 17 β-estradiol and progesterone were up-regulated with BAPT treatments. Moreover, the expression levels of Oct4, Bmp15, GDF9, FOXO3, Zp3, FOXL2, Inhibin alpha, SOD2, Catalase, GPx and Bcl-2 in the developing follicles were significantly up-regulated after BAPT treatments (P < 0.05), while BAPT significantly inhibited the expression levels of BAX (P < 0.05). Following BAPT treatments, the ROS production levels of MII oocytes were decreased while the mitochondrial distributions were significantly enhanced. Furthermore, increased maturation rates, fertilization and embryonic developmental rates were found in these BAPT-treated groups (P < 0.05). These results demonstrated that BAPT significantly improved the development of preantral follicles in vitro by reducing ROS-dependent cellular damages and by enhancing mitochondrial distributions, thereby promoting the further applications of animal-derived BAPT in biomedical research.

“…The qualities of the PCRs were con rmed by melting curve analyses, and all experiments were performed in triplicate. The relative mRNA expression was calculated using the 2 -ΔΔCt method 33 . The primers for reverse transcription PCR and real-time PCR analyses are shown in Table 1.…”

Section: Reverse Transcription Pcr and Real-time Pcr Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Antioxidant Stress and Anticancer of Peptide Chelate Selenium Element in vitro

Wang

et al. 2020

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This contribution reports a facile synthesis of anticancer bioactive peptides (ACBP) - functionalized selenium particles (ACBP-S-Se) with enhanced anticancer activities and a detailed mechanistic evaluation of its regulation of oxidative stress in vitro. Structural and chemical characterizations were proved by ultraviolet absorption spectrum (UV), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Nuclear magnetic resonance carbon (13C NMR) and hydrogen spectra (H NMR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrom (EDX) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results show that ACBP are effectively sulfhydrylation modification with S-acetylmercaptosuccinic anhydride (SAMSA) via chemical absorption. After the polypeptide was modified by sulfhydrylation, there were many sulfhydryl groups on the molecule, and the sulfhydryl group was used as the binding site of Se. A panel of selected human cancer cell lines demonstrated high susceptibility toward ACBP-S-Se and displayed significantly reduced proliferative abilities. Finally, the results presented herein suggest bioactive peptide chelate selenium element effectively inhibited the proliferation of MKN-45 and MKN-74 cell in vitro, which in turns allowed the successful application of the ACBP-S-Se in highly complex human cell lines. The related the regulation of oxidative stress gene is CDKN1A, CCNB1, TXN and MAP3K5, while CDKN1A and TXN have ability to protecting cells to reduce oxidative stress and promoting cell growth arrest. Therefore, the great potential exhibited by ACBP-S-Se could make them an ideal candidate as a chemotherapeutic agent for human cancers, especially for gastric cancer.