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Reproduction (2002) 123 711-719
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1230711
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Gonadotrophin surge-induced upregulation of mRNA for plasminogen activator inhibitors 1 and 2 within bovine periovulatory follicular and luteal tissue

MP Dow, LJ Bakke, CA Cassar, MW Peters, Pursley JR, and GW Smith

The serine proteinases, tissue-type (tPA) and urokinase (uPA) plasminogen activator, are implicated in the ovulatory processes via their ability to convert plasminogen to its active form, plasmin. One mechanism for regulation of plasmin-directed ovarian extracellular matrix remodelling during follicle rupture and corpus luteum formation is through inhibition of plasminogen activation by the plasminogen activator inhibitors (PAI-1 and PAI-2). The effect of the preovulatory gonadotrophin surge on the temporal and spatial regulation of expression of PAI-1 and PAI-2 mRNA and PAI activity in preovulatory bovine follicles and new corpora lutea collected at 0, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 48 h after a GnRH-induced gonadotrophin surge was examined. Both PAI-1 and PAI-2 mRNAs were upregulated markedly after the gonadotrophin surge, with the highest expression observed in follicles collected at about the time of ovulation (24 h) and in corpora lutea (48 h). PAI-1 mRNA was localized primarily to the thecal layer of preovulatory follicles. In contrast, PAI-2 mRNA was localized specifically to the granulosa cell layer. Significant PAI activity was detected in follicle extracts, but temporal or spatial differences in PAI activity were not detected in response to the gonadotrophin surge. These results indicate that PAI-1 and PAI-2 mRNAs are upregulated in preovulatory bovine follicles after the gonadotrophin surge in a cell-specific way. Regulation of PAI-1 and PAI-2 may help to control plasminogen activator activity associated with ovulation and early corpus luteum formation.


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