Andreas, Eryk: Functional studies of microRNA 17-92 cluster members in bovine granulosa cells and oocyte maturation. - Bonn, 2016. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/6633,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-45169,
author = {{Eryk Andreas}},
title = {Functional studies of microRNA 17-92 cluster members in bovine granulosa cells and oocyte maturation},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2016,
month = oct,

note = {Dynamic transcript of genes expression are believed to occur during follicular development and oocyte maturation, which one way or the other is regulated by a post-transcriptional modifier, namely microRNA. In the previous work, among others, miR-17-92 cluster members were overexpressed in granulosa cell of subordinate follicle at day 19 of estrous cycle compared to the dominant ones. Thus, we hypothesized the potential involvement of miR-17-92 cluster members in follicular function at the late stage of the estrous cycle. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to investigate the role of miR-17-92 cluster members in bovine granulosa cell and oocyte maturation. First, potential target gene of miR-17-92 cluster were predicted in silico followed by validation using luciferase assay. In order to investigate the role of miR-17-92 cluster member in granulosa cell function and oocyte maturation, we modulated the expression of those microRNAs in granulosa cells and cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) under in vitro condition. Target prediction and validation revealed that PTEN and BMPR2 are direct target genes of miR-17-92 cluster members. This result was confirmed by the alteration of PTEN and BMPR2 expression in granulosa cells transfected with miR-17-92 cluster members mimic and inhibitor. In this study, we observed that overexpression of miR-17-92 cluster increased proliferation and decreased differentiation rate of granulosa cells. On the other hand, inhibition of miR-17-92 cluster showed the opposite phenotypes. However, progesterone level in spent media of granulosa cells culture was not persistent with the cell differentiation rate. Further, cross-validation by target knockdown PTEN and BMPR2 genes simulated the results obtained from granulosa cells transfected miR-17-92 cluster member. In addition, the expression of one of miR-17-92 cluster members (miR-20a) in cumulus cells increased after in vitro maturation (IVM). Contrastively, it was decreased in oocytes after IVM. Moreover, the expression of miR-20a in cumulus cells and oocytes was affected by the presence or absence of their companion cells during culture. The expression of miR-20a in cumulus cells and oocytes from COCs cocultured with miR-20a mimic or inhibitor suggested that the transfection was restricted in the cumulus cells. In this study, miR-20a overexpression in COCs culture increased oocyte maturation rate and cumulus cell progesterone synthesis. On the other hand, inhibition of miR-20a did not affect the oocyte maturation rate, but decreased progesterone synthesis. In conclusion, the miR-17-92 cluster members involved in granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation, as well as oocyte maturation by targeting PTEN and BMPR2 genes.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/6633}
}

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