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Under physiological conditions, prostaglandin G/H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) is induced in bovine preovulatory follicles by the endogenous surge of gonadotropins. To characterize the pattern of follicular PGHS-2 expression during superovulation in cattle, heifers were treated with exogenous FSH and ovulation was induced with hCG. Animals were ovariectomized 0, 18, and 24 h post-hCG, and extracts of follicles &gt; or = 6 mm were analyzed by Western blotting. Follicular fluid concentrations of prostaglandin (PG) E2, PGF2alpha, progesterone, and estradiol-17beta were determined by RIAs, and the morphology of the cumulus oocyte complex was examined. Results showed that PGHS-2 protein was absent in all follicles isolated at 0 h post-hCG (n = 119) and in small follicles (6 to &lt; 8 mm) isolated between 0 and 24 h post-hCG (n = 27 follicles). In contrast, 12.3% of medium (8 to &lt; 10 mm) and 43.7% of large (&gt; or = 10 mm) follicles were PGHS-2-positive at 18 h post-hCG, and these percentages rose at 24 h to 45.9% and 91.0% in medium and large follicles, respectively (p &lt; 0.05). Follicular fluid concentrations of PGE2 and PGF2alpha were low in follicles isolated at 0 h and increased only in PGHS-2-positive follicles isolated 24 h post-hCG (p &lt; 0.05). Concentrations of progesterone and estradiol-17beta at 0 h were 28.2 +/- 5.8 and 291.8 +/- 13.0 ng/ml, respectively, and a shift from estradiol-17beta to progesterone dominance (luteinization) occurred at 24 h post-hCG only in PGHS-2-positive follicles. Also, expansion of the cumulus oocyte complex was detected at 24 h post-hCG only in PGHS-2-positive follicles. Lack of PGHS-2 induction in follicles of ovulatory size (&gt; 8 mm) was associated with an apparent failure to respond to hCG (absence of luteinization and cumulus expansion). Collectively, these results demonstrate the presence of a time- and follicle size-dependent induction of PGHS-2 in bovine follicles during superovulatory treatment and suggest that PGHS-2 expression can be used as a marker for follicular commitment to ovulation during ovarian hyperstimulation protocols.

Follicle Size-Dependent Induction of Prostaglandin G/H Synthase-2 during Superovulation in Cattle1