PMID- 21248284 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110926 LR - 20230119 IS - 1529-7268 (Electronic) IS - 0006-3363 (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Peroxiredoxin 2 inhibits granulosa cell apoptosis during follicle atresia through the NFKB pathway in mice. PG - 1182-9 LID - 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087569 [doi] AB - Peroxiredoxin 2 (PRDX2) has been known to act as an antioxidant enzyme whose main function is H(2)O(2) reduction in cells. We aimed to study the expression patterns of PRDX2 in mouse ovaries and explore the function of this protein in apoptosis of granulosa cells (GCs). We found that the expression of the PRDX2 protein in atretic follicle GCs was markedly higher than in healthy follicle GCs. In vitro, the transfection of siRNA targeting the Prdx2 gene inhibited the proliferation and induced the apoptosis of primary cultured GCs. Furthermore, suppression of PRDX2 resulted in the augmentation of endogenous H(2)O(2), and the ability to eliminate the exogenous H(2)O(2) was attenuated. The expression of PRDX2 and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFKB), whose activity was inhibited by binding to IKB, increased in GCs treated with various concentrations of H(2)O(2) for 30 min. However, no significant change in cytoplasmic IKB expression was observed. At 2 h after treatment with H(2)O(2), nuclear NFKB expression level was reduced, cytoplasmic IKB expression was increased, and PRDX2 expression was unchanged. Silencing of the Prdx2 gene caused early changes in NFKB and IKB expression in the primary cultured GCs compared to that in control cells. Taken together, these data suggest that PRDX2 plays an important role in inhibiting apoptosis in GCs and that PRDX2 actions may be related to the expression of NFKB and IKB. FAU - Yang, Shuhong AU - Yang S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Luo, Aiyue AU - Luo A FAU - Hao, Xing AU - Hao X FAU - Lai, Zhiwen AU - Lai Z FAU - Ding, Ting AU - Ding T FAU - Ma, Xiangyi AU - Ma X FAU - Mayinuer, Maitituohe AU - Mayinuer M FAU - Shen, Wei AU - Shen W FAU - Wang, Xi AU - Wang X FAU - Lu, Yunping AU - Lu Y FAU - Ma, Ding AU - Ma D FAU - Wang, Shixuan AU - Wang S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110119 PL - United States TA - Biol Reprod JT - Biology of reproduction JID - 0207224 RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - EC 1.11.1.15 (Peroxiredoxins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - Gene Silencing MH - Granulosa Cells/cytology/*physiology MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/pharmacology MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ovarian Follicle/anatomy & histology/*physiology MH - Peroxiredoxins/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering EDAT- 2011/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2011/09/29 06:00 CRDT- 2011/01/21 06:00 PHST- 2011/01/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/09/29 06:00 [medline] AID - biolreprod.110.087569 [pii] AID - 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087569 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Reprod. 2011 Jun;84(6):1182-9. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087569. Epub 2011 Jan 19.