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Endocrinology Vol. 144, No. 3 1008-1019
Copyright © 2003 by The Endocrine Society

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Decreased Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-{alpha}-Stimulated Gene 6 in Cumulus Cells of the Cyclooxygenase-2 and EP2 Null Mice

Scott A. Ochsner, Darryl L. Russell, Anthony J. Day, Richard M. Breyer and Joanne S. Richards

Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (S.A.O., D.L.R., J.S.R.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit (A.J.D.), Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, OX13QU Oxford, United Kingdom; and Departments of Medicine (Division of Nephrology) and Pharmacology (R.M.B.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, S3223 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2372

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: J. S. Richards, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030. E-mail: joanner{at}bcm.tmc.edu.

Ovulation, the release of fertilizable oocytes from mature follicles, involves tissue remodeling and increased prostaglandin (PG) signaling. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is the rate-limiting enzyme during PG synthesis. Female mice null for either COX-2 or the PGE2 receptor EP2 are infertile, show decreased ovulation, and exhibit abnormal cumulus expansion. Cumulus expansion is the production of a complex extracellular matrix surrounding the cumulus-oocyte complex (COC). Matrix components consist of hyaluronan, proteoglycans, and proteins with hyaluronan binding domains. One such hyaluronan binding protein is TNF{alpha}-stimulated gene 6 (TSG-6). By various methods, we show induction of TSG-6 and hyaluronan synthase-2 mRNA in ovaries of mice treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin. By in situ hybridization, we show that both genes are expressed in periantral mural granulosa cells and cumulus cells of the mouse ovary. Notably, RT-PCR and in situ hybridization show that TSG-6 mRNA but not hyaluronan synthase-2 mRNA expression is selectively reduced in cumulus cells of COX-2 and EP2 null mice. Western analysis further confirms that TSG-6 protein is reduced in isolated COCs but remains covalently associated with inter{alpha}-trypsin inhibitor in COX-2 null mice. These observations identify TSG-6 as a target of PG action and show that its production in ovulatory follicles is associated with proper formation of the cumulus-derived extracellular matrix.




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