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The mechanisms that control the preantral to early antral follicle transition and the strategies to have efficient culture systems to promote their growth in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2023

D. R. Nascimento ,
E. C. Barbalho ,
L. Gondim Barrozo ,
E. I. T. de Assis ,
F. C. Costa Open the ORCID record for F. C. Costa [Opens in a new window]  and
J. R. V. Silva Open the ORCID record for J. R. V. Silva [Opens in a new window]
D. R. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
E. C. Barbalho
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
L. Gondim Barrozo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
E. I. T. de Assis
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
F. C. Costa
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
J. R. V. Silva*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction (LABIREP), Federal University of Ceará, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Ponte 100, CEP 62041-040, Sobral, CE, Brazil
*
Corresponding author: J. R. V. Silva. Laboratory of Biotechnology and Physiology of Reproduction, Federal University of Ceará, Sobral, Ceará, Brazil, Av. Comandante Maurocélio Rocha Pontes, 100 – Derby, Sobral – CE, 62042-280, Brazil. Tel: +88 3611 8000. Email: jrvsilva@ufc.br
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Summary

Preantral to early antral follicles transition is a complex process regulated by endocrine and paracrine factors, as well as by a precise interaction among oocyte, granulosa cells and theca cells. Understanding the mechanisms that regulate this step of folliculogenesis is important to improve in vitro culture systems, and opens new perspectives to use oocytes from preantral follicles for assisted reproductive technologies. Therefore, this review aims to discuss the endocrine and paracrine mechanisms that control granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation, formation of the antral cavity, estradiol production, atresia, and follicular fluid production during the transition from preantral to early antral follicles. The strategies that promote in vitro growth of preantral follicles are also discussed.

Keywords

Antral follicleGranulosa cellsOocytePreantral follicleRegulation
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Zygote , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2023 , pp. 305 - 315
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