Integrating microRNAs into the complexity of gonadotropin signaling networks

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Nathalie eGallay¹  Rozenn eDalbies-Tran¹  Anne ePoupon¹  Eric eReiter¹  Kelly eLeón¹  Pascale eCrepieux¹ 

[1] UMR 7247 INRA CNRS/ Tours University;

关键词: Gonadotropins;    Granulosa Cells;    MicroRNAs;    Sertoli Cells;    G protein-coupled receptors;    signaling networks;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcell.2013.00003

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a master endocrine regulator of mammalian reproductive functions. Hence, it is used to stimulate folliculogenesis in assisted reproductive technologies (ART), both in women and in breeding animals. However, the side-effects that hormone administration induces in some instances jeopardizes the success of ART. Similarly, the luteinizing hormone (LH) is also of paramount importance in the reproductive function because it regulates steroidogenesis and the LH surge is a pre-requisite to ovulation. Gaining knowledge as extensive as possible on gonadotropin-induced biological responses could certainly lead to precise selection of their effects in vivo by the use of selective agonists at the hormone receptors. Hence, over the years, numerous groups have contributed to decipher the cellular events induced by FSH and LH in their gonadal target cells. Although little is known on the effect of gonadotropins on microRNA expression so far, recent data have highlighted that a microRNA regulatory network is likely to superimpose on the signaling protein network. No doubt that this will dramatically alter our current understanding of the gonadotropin-induced signaling networks. This is the topic of this review to present this additional level of complexity within the gonadotropin signaling network, in the context of recent findings on the microRNA machinery in the gonad.

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