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ArticleAging cell2025

Oocytes maintain low ROS levels to support the dormancy of primordial follicles.

Shaogang Qin, Xinyue Chi, Zijian Zhu, Chuanhe Chen, Tuo Zhang, Meina He, Meng Gao, Ting Zhao, Jingwen Zhang, Lifan Zhang and 6 more

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Article in Aging cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Shaogang QinState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Xinyue ChiState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Zijian ZhuState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Chuanhe ChenState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Tuo ZhangGuizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Drug Research on Common Chronic Diseases, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Meina HeGuizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis and Drug Research on Common Chronic Diseases, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Meng GaoState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Ting ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Jingwen ZhangState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Lifan ZhangKey Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Conservation and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in the Western China, College of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, China.
Wenying ZhengState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Ziqi ChenState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Wenji WangSchool of Life Science, Taizhou University, Taizhou, China.
Bo ZhouState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Guoliang XiaState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
Chao WangState Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9923-3362

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1003700National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1003801National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2703803National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFD1300501the Innovative Project of State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding 2024SKLAB1-1The National Natural Science Foundation of China 31872792The National Natural Science Foundation of China 32070839The National Natural Science Foundation of China 32071132The National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270904The National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371167
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primordial follicles (PFs) function as the long-term reserve for female reproduction, remaining dormant in the ovaries and becoming progressively depleted with age. Oxidative stress plays an important role in promoting female reproductive senescence during aging, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we find that low levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are essential for sustaining PF dormancy. Compared to growing follicles, oocytes within PFs were shown to be more susceptible to ROS, which accumulates and damages PFs to promote reproductive senescence. Mechanistically, oocytes within PFs were shown to express high levels of the intracellular antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), counteracting ROS accumulation. Decreased SOD1 expression, as a result of aging or through the experimental deletion of the Sod1 gene in oocytes, resulted in increased oxidative stress and triggered ferroptosis within PFs. In conclusion, this study identified antioxidant defense mechanisms protecting PFs in mouse ovaries and characterized cell death mechanisms of oxidative stress-induced PF death.

Indexed as

OocytesOvarian FollicleReactive Oxygen SpeciesAnimalsFemaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxidative StressSuperoxide Dismutase-1Reactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide Dismutase-1ferroptosisprimary ovarian insufficiencyprimordial follicleROSSOD1

Identifiers

PMID39297300
PMCPMC11709087

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