| Dual roles for autophagy during follicular atresia in fish ovary. | |
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PMID: 19011378 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Autophagy, a highly conserved catabolic program for degrading proteins and organelles, is essential for cell and tissue homeostasis. Primarily, this process has a cytoprotective role under nutrient deprivation, but several stress stimuli can induce autophagy and, thus, distinct programmed cell death (PCD) pathways can be actived when stress is not abolished. Fish ovaries are a suitable experimental model system for studying the mechanisms of PCD due to the presence of postovulatory and atretic (i.e., nonovulated) follicles, which follow different routes after spawning. Apoptosis of the follicular cells is the major mechanism responsible for the rapid resorption of the postovulatory follicles. Recently, we investigated the contribution of PCD during follicular atresia in two species of freshwater fish. In contrast to mammals, this study revealed that follicular apoptosis is not a major process for deletion of follicular cells in atretic follicles. Furthermore, we detected autophagic vacuoles containing degenerating organelles increasing through follicular atresia in both species. In this addendum, we propose a hypothesis for follicular cell removal during ovarian regression in oviparous fish. In this model, autophagy could have dual roles in follicular atresia. Thus, fish ovaries after breeding are suitable models for studying the interactions among the different cell death pathways. |
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Authors:
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Ralph G Thomé; Helio B Santos; Fabio P Arantes; Fabrício F T Domingos; Nilo Bazzoli; Elizete Rizzo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-01-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Autophagy Volume: 5 ISSN: 1554-8635 ISO Abbreviation: Autophagy Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-12-22 Completed Date: 2009-01-15 Revised Date: 2011-06-30 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101265188 Medline TA: Autophagy Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 117-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Departamento de Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. |
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Animals Autophagy* Female Fishes / physiology* Follicular Atresia / physiology* Models, Biological Ovarian Follicle / cytology, ultrastructure Ovary / cytology*, ultrastructure |
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