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Growth hormone alleviates oxidative stress and improves oocyte quality in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Oxidative stress (OS) is associated with poor oocyte quality and in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcomes for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Growth hormone (GH) can function to reduce OS in some types of cells. Therefore, this prospective randomized study investigated whether GH can significantly improve OS and oocyte quality in women with PCOS. This study enrolled 109 and 50 patients with and without PCOS (controls), respectively. The patients with PCOS were randomly assigned to receive treatment with GH (PCOS-T) or not (PCOS-C). The primary outcome included markers of OS in serum and FF, and secondary outcomes were mitochondrial function in granulosa cells (GCs) and IVF-ET outcomes. The PCOS groups showed higher basal serum total oxidant status (TOS) and OS index (OSI) levels. The follicle fluid (FF) TOS and OSI and GC apoptosis rate were significantly higher, whereas the GC mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) was significantly lower in the PCOS-C group than in the PCOS-T and non-PCOS control groups (P??0.05). This study showed that GH alleviated the TOS and OSI level in FF and improved GC mitochondrial dysfunction and oocyte quality in patients with PCOS.Clinical Trial Registration Number: This project was prospectively registered on the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry on October 20, 2018. (ChiCTR1800019437) ( https://www.chictr.org.cn/edit.aspx?pid=28663&htm=4 ).

SUBMITTER: Gong Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Growth hormone alleviates oxidative stress and improves oocyte quality in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

Gong Yan Y Luo Shan S Fan Ping P Jin Song S Zhu Huili H Deng Tang T Quan Yi Y Huang Wei W

Scientific reports 20201030 1

Oxidative stress (OS) is associated with poor oocyte quality and in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) outcomes for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Growth hormone (GH) can function to reduce OS in some types of cells. Therefore, this prospective randomized study investigated whether GH can significantly improve OS and oocyte quality in women with PCOS. This study enrolled 109 and 50 patients with and without PCOS (controls), respectively. The patients with PCOS were ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundPoor oocyte quality remains one of the major challenges for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. Granulosa cells (GCs) in PCOS display altered functions and could cause an unfavorable microenvironment for oocyte growth and maturation. Ferroptosis is a new form of programmed cell death, but its role in PCOS has been largely unclarified.MethodsFerroptosis-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of GCs in women with PCOS were identified by bioinformatic analyses of GSE155489 and GSE168404 datasets. Functional enrichment analyses were conducted using Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes. Core ferroptosis-related genes were further screened by random forest, and evaluated for diagnostic value by receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. Gene expression was validated by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction of collected GC samples, and analyzed for association with oocyte quality. In addition, gene regulatory network was constructed based on predicted RNA interactions and transcription factors, while potential therapeutic compounds were screened through molecular docking with crystallographic protein structures.ResultsA total of 14 ferroptosis-related DEGs were identified. These DEGs were mainly enriched in reactive oxygen species metabolic process, mitochondrial outer membrane, antioxidant activity as well as ferroptosis and adipocytokine signaling pathways. Eight core ferroptosis-related genes (ATF3, BNIP3, DDIT4, LPIN1, NOS2, NQO1, SLC2A1 and SLC2A6) were further selected in random forest model, which showed high diagnostic performance for PCOS. Seven of them were validated in GC samples, and five were found to be significantly and positively correlated with one or more oocyte quality parameters in PCOS patients, including oocyte retrieval rate, mature oocyte rate, normal fertilization rate, and good-quality embryo rate. Gene regulatory network revealed JUN and HMGA1 as two important transcription factors, while dicoumarol and flavin adenine dinucleotide were predicted as small molecules with therapeutic potential.ConclusionsThis is the first comprehensive report to study the differential expression of ferroptosis-related genes in GCs of PCOS and their clinical relevance with oocyte quality. Our findings could provide novel insights on the potential role of GC ferroptosis in PCOS pathogenesis, diagnosis, and targeted treatment.

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Growth hormone alleviates oxidative stress and improves oocyte quality in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

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Growth hormone alleviates oxidative stress and improves oocyte quality in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

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