Assessment of the role of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) during the periovulatory period in female mice lacking a functional TIMP-1 gene

Biology of Reproduction
W B NothnickT E Curry

Abstract

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 is a multifunctional peptide that has been implicated in the ovulatory process. To assess the function of TIMP-1 during the periovulatory period in vivo, mice incapable of expressing the TIMP-1 gene product were utilized. Twenty-three-day-old TIMP-1-deficient (n = 59) and wild-type (n = 61) female mice were injected with 5 IU eCG, followed 48 h later by an ovulation-inducing dose of hCG (5 IU). Animals were killed at the time of hCG injection (0-h hCG), at 12 h (12-h hCG), or at 24 h post-hCG (24-h hCG) administration. Serum was collected for the assessment of estradiol-17beta (0-h hCG groups) or progesterone content (12- and 24-h hCG groups), while ovaries were removed for either histological preparation or Northern analysis of TIMP-1, TIMP-2, and TIMP-3. The number of healthy and atretic follicles was determined in the 0-h hCG groups, as was the number of oocytes released in the 24-h hCG group. TIMP-1-deficient females in the 0-h hCG group showed reduced levels of ovarian TIMP-2 (0.29-fold decrease, p < 0.05) and TIMP-3 (3.0-fold decrease, p < 0.05) expression compared to wild-type counterparts. No significant difference was detected between genotypes in the 0-h hCG group for num...Continue Reading

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