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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Retinoic Acid and Calcitriol Protect Mouse Primordial Follicles from Cyclophosphamide Treatment-Induced Apoptosis.

Sihui He, Xiaodan Zhang, Wenjun Zhou, Ye Chen, Fengxin Liu, Weiyong Wang, Hongwei Wei, Yan Du, Meijia Zhang

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors.

Sihui HeThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Xiaodan ZhangThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0311-5271
Wenjun ZhouThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Ye ChenThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Fengxin LiuThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Weiyong WangThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Hongwei WeiThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yan DuThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Meijia ZhangThe Innovation Centre of Ministry of Education for Development and Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7803-3054

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China U24A20662 and 32270900the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2022YFC2703000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy causes primordial follicle apoptosis, resulting in premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and infertility. In this study, we found that intraperitoneal injection of retinoic acid (RA) and calcitriol partially reversed the cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin treatment-induced decrease in primordial follicles in neonatal mouse ovaries. Furthermore, RA and calcitriol co-treatment reversed cyclophosphamide treatment-induced PI3K/Akt activity and FOXO3a nuclear export in the oocytes within primordial follicles, suggesting that the oocyte transcriptional activity was decreased, which in turn reduced the binding of chemotherapeutic drugs to DNA. Consistent with these findings, RA and calcitriol co-treatment reversed cyclophosphamide treatment-induced changes in reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA damage response proteins (γH2AX, p-CHK2, p-p53, PUMA, BAX, Cleaved Caspase-3, and cPARP), and antioxidant proteins (NRF2, HO-1, and GPX4). Moreover, RA and calcitriol co-treatment preserved fertility in cyclophosphamide-treated mice without impairing cyclophosphamide's antitumor efficacy in MCF-7 tumor-bearing mice. Thus, RA and calcitriol protect mouse primordial follicles from cyclophosphamide treatment-induced apoptosis by inhibiting cyclophosphamide treatment-induced oocyte transcriptional activity and enhancing antioxidant capacity. Our results suggest a potential strategy for preserving ovarian reserve during chemotherapy in female cancer patients.

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apoptosiscalcitriolcyclophosphamideprimordial follicleretinoic acid

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PMID41596126
PMCPMC12837172

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