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Relationship between Numerous Mast Cells and Early Follicular Development in Neonatal MRL/MpJ Mouse Ovaries
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| Title: | Relationship between Numerous Mast Cells and Early Follicular Development in Neonatal MRL/MpJ Mouse Ovaries |
| Authors: | Nakamura, Teppei Browse this author | | Otsuka, Saori Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Ichii, Osamu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Sakata, Yuko Browse this author | | Nagasaki, Ken-Ichi Browse this author | | Hashimoto, Yoshiharu Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Kon, Yasuhiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 4-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| Journal Title: | PLoS One |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Start Page: | e77246 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0077246 |
| Abstract: | In the neonatal mouse ovary, clusters of oocytes called nests break into smaller cysts and subsequently form individual follicles. During this period, we found numerous mast cells in the ovary of MRL/MpJ mice and investigated their appearance and morphology with follicular development. The ovarian mast cells, which were already present at postnatal day 0, tended to localize adjacent to the surface epithelium. Among 11 different mouse strains, MRL/MpJ mice possessed the greatest number of ovarian mast cells. Ovarian mast cells were also found in DBA/1, BALB/c, NZW, and DBA/2 mice but rarely in C57BL/6, NZB, AKR, C3H/He, CBA, and ICR mice. The ovarian mast cells expressed connective tissue mast cell markers, although mast cells around the surface epithelium also expressed a mucosal mast cell marker in MRL/MpJ mice. Some ovarian mast cells migrated into the oocyte nests and directly contacted the compressed and degenerated oocytes. In MRL/MpJ mice, the number of oocytes in the nest was significantly lower than in the other strains, and the number of oocytes showed a positive correlation with the number of ovarian mast cells. The gene expression of a mast cell marker also correlated with the expression of an oocyte nest marker, suggesting a link between the appearance of ovarian ? 4mast cells and early follicular development. Furthermore, the expression of follicle developmental markers was significantly higher in MRL/MpJ mice than in C57BL/6 mice. These results indicate that the appearance of ovarian mast cells is a unique phenotype of neonatal MRL/MpJ mice, and that ovarian mast cells participate in early follicular development, especially nest breakdown. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/53703 |
| Appears in Collections: | 獣医学院・獣医学研究院 (Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 昆 泰寛
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