Acta Veterinaria Eurasia
Original Article

Possible Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1Alpha and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor During Periovulation and Corpus Luteum Formation in Cows

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Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

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Academy of Science of Albania, Tirana, Albania

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Animal Physiology and Immunology, Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan, Germany

Acta Vet Eurasia 2022; 48: 211-215
DOI: 10.5152/actavet.2022.22027
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The objective of the study was to characterize expression patterns of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms during periovulation in the cow. Ovaries containing follicles or corpora lutea were collected by transvaginal ovariectomy (n=5 cows/group) and timely defined (after gonadotropin-releasing hormone application) as follows: (I) 0 h; (II) 4 h; (III) 10 h; (IV) 20 h; (V) 25 h (follicles); and (VI) 60 h (early corpora lutea). The mRNA expression of genes encoding hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms was quantified by reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The high mRNA expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha in the control follicle group (before gonadotropin-releasing hormone) was followed by a continuous and significant downregulation afterward with a minimum level in follicle group close to ovulation, and a significant increase just after ovulation. The mRNA of vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms was high during luteinizing hormone peak (4 h after gonadotropin-releasing hormone), decreased significantly thereafter to the lowest levels in follicle group 25 h after gonadotropin-releasing hormone, followed by a rapid and significant increase just after ovulation (newly corpora lutea). In conclusion, our results of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor regulation in follicle groups around ovulation indicate them to be necessary mediators of the luteinizing hormone-dependent ovulation and significant molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis during early corpora lutea formation.

Cite this article as: Berisha, B. (2022). Possible role of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and vascular endothelial growth factor during periovulation and corpus luteum formation in cows. Acta Veterinaria Eurasia, 48(3), 211-215.

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