https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2014.2363

Immunolocalization of NGF and its receptors in ovarian surface epithelium of the wild ground squirrel during the breeding and nonbreeding seasons

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2014)
Submitted: 28 December 2013
Accepted: 12 March 2014
Published: 9 May 2014
Ground squirrel, NGF, OSE, p75, TrkA.
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L. Bao
baolihong@imun.edu.cn
Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, China.
Q. Li
Beijing Forestry University, China.
Y. Liu
Beijing Forestry University, China.
B. Li
Beijing Forestry University, China.
X. Sheng
Beijing Forestry University, China.
Y. Han
Beijing Forestry University, China.
Q. Weng
Beijing Forestry University, China.
The ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) plays an important role in normal ovarian physiology. During each reproductive cycle, the OSE takes part in the cyclical ovulatory ruptures and repair. The aim of this study was to investigate the immunolocalization of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its receptors, tyrosine kinase A (TrkA) and p75, in the OSE cells of the wild ground squirrels during the breeding and nonbreeding seasons. There were marked variations in ovarian weight and size between the breeding and the nonbreeding seasons. Histologically, cuboidal cells and squamous cells were identified in the OSE of both seasons. Yet, stronger immunostaining of NGF, TrkA and p75 were observed in cuboidal cells and squamous cells in the breeding season as compared to the nonbreeding season. In addition, plasma gonadotropin concentrations were higher in the breeding season than in the nonbreeding season, suggesting that the expression patterns of NGF, TrkA and p75 in the OSE were correlated with changes in plasma gonadotropins. These findings suggested that NGF and its receptor TrkA and p75 may be involved in the regulation of seasonal changes in the OSE of wild ground squirrel.in the OSE of wild ground squirrel.

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This study was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid from Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities (IRT0607) from China.
L. Bao, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities
Institute of Public Health
Q. Li, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology
Y. Liu, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology
B. Li, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology
X. Sheng, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology
Y. Han, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology
Q. Weng, Beijing Forestry University
Laboratory of Animal Physiology, College of Biological Sciences and Technology

How to Cite

Bao, L., Li, Q., Liu, Y., Li, B., Sheng, X., Han, Y., & Weng, Q. (2014). Immunolocalization of NGF and its receptors in ovarian surface epithelium of the wild ground squirrel during the breeding and nonbreeding seasons. European Journal of Histochemistry, 58(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2014.2363

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