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1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Puerto Real; 3Department of Cell Biology and Histology, School of Medicine, University of Cádiz, Cadiz, Spain; and 4School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Submitted 16 May 2005 ; accepted in final form 3 July 2005
Female rats were treated with FSH (40 IU/kg) on the first and second diestrus days (D1 and D2) and with LH (40 IU/kg) on the proestrus (P) day to synchronize and maximize ovarian changes. Follicle area increased by 50% from D1 to P, and the estrus (E) phase showed multiple corpora lutea and massive apoptosis. Increased oxygen uptakes (42–102%) were determined in ovary slices and in isolated mitochondria in active state 3 along the proliferation phase (D1-D2-P) that returned to initial values in the E phase. Mitochondrial content and the electron transfer activities of complexes I and IV were also maximal in the P phase (20–79% higher than in D1). Production of NO by mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS), biochemically determined, and the mtNOS functional activity in regulating state 3 oxygen uptake were also maximal at P and 79–88% higher than at D1. The moderately increased rate of NO in the proliferative phase is associated with mitochondrial biogenesis, whereas the high rate of NO generation by mtNOS at phase P appears to trigger mitochondria-dependent apoptosis. The calculated fraction of ovary mitochondria in state 3 was at a minimal value at the P phase. Mitochondrial oxidative damage, with increased thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and protein carbonyls, indicates progressive mitochondrial dysfunction between phases P and E. The roles of mitochondria as ATP provider, as a source of NO to signal for mitochondrial proliferation and mitochondria-dependent apoptosis, and as a source of O2– and H2O2 appear well adapted to serve the proliferation-apoptosis sequence of the ovarian cycle.
ovarian follicle; oxygen uptake; mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase; respiratory chain; oxidative damage
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