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Published on: March 31, 2023
Does the bone morphogenetic protein 7 inhibit oocyte maturation by autocrine/paracrine in mud crab?
Ya'nan Yang1, Ling Shu1, Qingling Jiang1
1College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Abstract:
A bone morphogenetic protein ligand (BMP7) and its two receptors (BMPRIB and BMPRII) were recently cloned and characterized in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. However specific functions of BMP7 and the mechanistic pathways regulating its function are largely unidentified. In the present study, we separated oocytes and follicle cells from the ovarian explants of S. paramamosain. Subsequent analysis using semi-quantitative PCR demonstrated that the mRNA of Sp-BMP7 was exclusively expressed in follicle cells while Sp-BMPRs were expressed in both oocytes and follicle cells. In vitro experiments further showed that the mRNA and protein levels of Cyclin B increased but Sp-BMP7 declined in 17α, 20β-Dihydroxyprogesterone (DHP)-induced oocytes. Furthermore, the inhibitory effects of Sp-BMP7 were not affected by the elimination of the contact/gap junction-mediated communication between oocytes and follicle cells. Our data indicate that BMP7 may play a role in the suppression of DHP-induced oocyte maturation by affecting autocrine/paracrine pathways in S. paramamosain.
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