title: G-protein coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) inhibits final oocyte maturation in common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
abstract: GPR-30, now named as GPER (G protein-coupled estrogen receptor) was first identified as an orphan receptor and subsequently shown to be required for estrogen-mediated signaling in certain cancer cells. Later studies demonstrated that GPER has the characteristics of a high affinity estrogen membrane receptor on Atlantic croaker and zebra fish oocytes and mediates estrogen inhibition of oocyte maturation in these two distantly related teleost. To determine the broad application of these findings to other teleost, expression of GPER mRNA and its involvement in 17β-estradiol mediated inhibition of oocyte maturation in other cyprinid, Cyprinus carpio was investigated. Carp oocytes at pre-vitellogenic, late-vitellogenic and post-vitellogenic stages of development contained GPER mRNA and its transcribed protein with a maximum at late-vitellogenic oocytes. Ovarian follicular cells did not express GPER mRNA. Carp oocytes GPER mRNA was essentially identical to that found in other perciformes and cyprinid fish oocytes. Both spontaneous and 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20β-P)-induced oocyte maturation in carp was significantly decreased when they were incubated with either E2, or GPER agonist G-1. On the other hand spontaneous oocyte maturation was significantly increased when carp ovarian follicles were incubated with an aromatase inhibitor, fadrozole, GPER antagonist, G-15 and enzymatic removal of the ovarian follicle cell layers. This increase in oocyte maturation was partially reversed by co-treatment with E2. Consistent with previous findings with human and fish GPR30, E2 treatment in carp oocytes caused increase in cAMP production and simultaneously decrease in oocyte maturation, which was inhibited by the addition of 17,20β-P. The results suggest that E2 and GPER play a critical role in regulating re-entry in to meiotic cell cycle in carp oocytes.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Suravi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Majumder
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Krishnagar Govt College, Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sumana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sujata Roy
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Moulik
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Buddhadev
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mallick
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Puja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: dilipmukher@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002347:Carps / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology; D017316:Fadrozole / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000378:metabolism; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D047072:Aromatase Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D014819:Vitellogenins; D004958:Estradiol; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017316:Fadrozole
keywords: 17,20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one; 17β-estradiol; Cyprinus carpio; GPER; Oocyte maturation