title: TRAIL-decoy receptor 1 plays inhibitory role in apoptosis of granulosa cells from pig ovarian follicles.
abstract: Previously, we histochemically examined the localization of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and its receptors in porcine ovarian follicles, and demonstrated a marked reduction in the expression of TRAIL-decoy receptor-1 (DcRI) in granulosa cells of atretic follicles. In the present study, to confirm the inhibitory activity of DcR1 in granulosa cells, granulosa cells prepared from healthy follicles were treated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) to cleave glycophospholipid anchor of DcR1 and to remove DcR1 from the cell surface, and then incubated with TRAIL. PI-PLC treatment increased the number of apoptotic cells induced by TRAIL. The present finding indicated the possibility that TRAIL and its receptors were involved in induction of apoptosis in granulosa cells during atresia, and that DcR1 plays an inhibitory role in granulosa cell apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Manabe
authors.forename: Mizuho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Inou
authors.forename: Toshikatsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology*; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D053320:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10c; D013552:Swine; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D053319:Tumor Necrosis Factor Decoy Receptors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D053320:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Member 10c; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; C108661:TNFRSF10C protein, human; C505653:TNFSF10 protein, human; D053319:Tumor Necrosis Factor Decoy Receptors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase