PMID- 22949725 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130408 LR - 20181202 IS - 1741-7899 (Electronic) IS - 1470-1626 (Linking) VI - 144 IP - 5 DP - 2012 Nov TI - Signaling pathways regulating FSH- and amphiregulin-induced meiotic resumption and cumulus cell expansion in the pig. PG - 535-46 LID - 10.1530/REP-12-0191 [doi] AB - To define signaling pathways that drive FSH- and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like peptide-induced cumulus expansion and oocyte meiotic resumption, in vitro cultured pig cumulus-oocyte complexes were treated with specific protein kinase inhibitors. We found that FSH-induced maturation of oocytes was blocked in germinal vesicle (GV) stage by protein kinase A (PKA), MAPK14, MAPK3/1, and EGF receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (H89, SB203580, U0126, and AG1478 respectively) whereas phosphoinositide-3-kinase/v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog (PI3K/AKT) inhibitor (LY294002) blocked maturation of oocytes in metaphase I (MI). Amphiregulin (AREG)-induced maturation of oocytes was efficiently blocked in GV by U0126, AG1478, and low concentrations of LY294002; H89, SB203580, and high concentrations of LY294002 allowed the oocytes to undergo breakdown of GV and blocked maturation in MI. Both FSH- and AREG-induced cumulus expansion was incompletely inhibited by H89 and completely inhibited by SB203580, U0126, AG1478, and LY294002. The inhibitors partially or completely inhibited expression of expansion-related genes (HAS2, PTGS2, and TNFAIP6) with two exceptions: H89 inhibited only TNFAIP6 expression and LY294002 increased expression of PTGS2. The results of this study are consistent with the idea that PKA and MAPK14 pathways are essential for FSH-induced transactivation of the EGFR, and synthesis of EGF-like peptides in cumulus cells and MAPK3/1 is involved in regulation of transcriptional and posttranscriptional events in cumulus cells required for meiotic resumption and cumulus expansion. PI3K/AKT signaling is important for regulation of cumulus expansion, AREG-induced meiotic resumption, and oocyte MI/MII transition. The present data also indicate the existence of an FSH-activated and PKA-independent pathway involved in regulation of HAS2 and PTGS2 expression in cumulus cells. FAU - Prochazka, R AU - Prochazka R AD - Laboratory of Developmental Biology, , Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Rumburska 89, 277 21 Libechov, Czech Republic. prochazka@iapg.cas.cz FAU - Blaha, M AU - Blaha M FAU - Nemcova, L AU - Nemcova L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120904 PL - England TA - Reproduction JT - Reproduction (Cambridge, England) JID - 100966036 RN - 0 (Amphiregulin) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 9002-68-0 (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 2.4.1.17 (Glucuronosyltransferase) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14) SB - IM MH - Amphiregulin MH - Animals MH - Cumulus Cells/*physiology MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics MH - ErbB Receptors/physiology MH - Female MH - Follicle Stimulating Hormone/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/physiology MH - Glucuronosyltransferase/genetics MH - Glycoproteins/*pharmacology MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Meiosis/*drug effects/physiology MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/antagonists & inhibitors/physiology MH - Oocytes/drug effects/physiology MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects/*physiology MH - Sus scrofa/*physiology EDAT- 2012/09/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/04/09 06:00 CRDT- 2012/09/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/04/09 06:00 [medline] AID - REP-12-0191 [pii] AID - 10.1530/REP-12-0191 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Reproduction. 2012 Nov;144(5):535-46. doi: 10.1530/REP-12-0191. Epub 2012 Sep 4.