Influence of vascular endothelial growth factor on the expression of insulin-like growth factor-II, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 and 5 in human luteinized granulosa cells.

Gynecological Endocrinology : the Official Journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology
Sa-Ra LeeByung-Moon Kang

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on the expression of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II, insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-2 and in cultured human luteinized granulosa cells (LGCs). Human LGCs were obtained from the follicular fluid by transvaginal oocyte aspiration from 30 infertile patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) for in vitro fertilization (IVF). The cells were cultured for 72 h with VEGF at concentrations of 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 ng/ml. The cells not treated with VEGF served as controls. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to examine the expression of IGF-II, IGFBP-2, and 5 mRNA. The expression of IGF-II mRNA in the 10.0 ng/ml of VEGF group was significantly higher than that in the control group. Treatment with 10.0 ng/ml of VEGF significantly increased the expression of IGFBP-5 mRNA than all other groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the expression of IGFBP-2 mRNA among all the groups. VEGF may play a regulator role in human ovarian physiology by modulating the expression of IGF-II and IGFBP-5 in LGCs.

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