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    Understanding how stress hormones induce apoptosis in oviductal epithelial cells (OECs) and mural granulosa cells (MGCs) can reveal the mechanisms by which female stress impairs embryonic development and oocyte competence. A recent study showed that tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) ameliorates corticosterone-induced apoptosis in MGCs and OECs by acting on its receptors low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) and Annexin A2 (ANXA2), respectively. However, whether tPA is involved in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)-induced apoptosis and whether it uses the same or different receptors to inhibit apoptosis induced by different hormones in the same cell type remains unknown. This study showed that CRH triggered apoptosis in both OECs and MGCs and significantly downregulated tPA expression. Moreover, tPA inhibits CRH-induced apoptosis by acting on ANXA2 in both OECs and MGCs. While ANXA2 inhibits apoptosis via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) signaling, LRP1 reduces apoptosis via mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling. Thus, tPA used the same receptor to inhibit CRH-induced apoptosis in both OECs and MGCs, however used different receptors to inhibit corticosterone-induced apoptosis in MGCs and OECs. These data helps understand the mechanism by which female stress impairs embryo/oocyte competence and proapoptotic factors trigger apoptosis in different cell types.

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    Yong-Qing Yang, Min Zhang, Qi Hua, Rui-Jie Ma, Xiao-Yan Wang, Hong-Jie Yuan, Ming-Jiu Luo, Jing-He Tan. Role and action mechanisms of tPA in CRH-induced apoptosis of mouse oviductal epithelial and mural granulosa cells. The Journal of reproduction and development. 2024 Aug 07;70(4):238-246

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    PMID: 38910127

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