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- Title
Regulation of antral follicular growth by an interplay between gonadotropins and their receptors.
- Authors
Casarini, Livio; Paradiso, Elia; Lazzaretti, Clara; D'Alessandro, Sara; Roy, Neena; Mascolo, Elisa; Zaręba, Kornelia; García-Gasca, Alejandra; Simoni, Manuela
- Abstract
Knowledge of the growth and maturation of human antral follicles is based mainly on concepts and deductions from clinical observations and animal models. To date, new experimental approaches and in vitro data contributed to a deep comprehension of gonadotropin receptors' functioning and may provide new insights into the mechanisms regulating still unclear physiological events. Among these, the production of androgen in the absence of proper LH levels, the programming of follicular atresia and dominance are some of the most intriguing. Starting from evolutionary issues at the basis of the gonadotropin receptor signal specificity, we draw a new hypothesis explaining the molecular mechanisms of the antral follicular growth, based on the modulation of endocrine signals by receptor-receptor interactions. The "heteromer hypothesis" explains how opposite death and life signals are delivered by gonadotropin receptors and other membrane partners, mediating steroidogenesis, apoptotic events, and the maturation of the dominant follicle.
- Subjects
OVARIAN follicle; HUMAN growth; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN abnormalities; CELL death; ANIMAL models in research; ENDOCRINE system
- Publication
Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, 2022, Vol 39, Issue 4, p893
- ISSN
1058-0468
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10815-022-02456-6