Effects of Insulin on Proliferation, Apoptosis, and Ferroptosis in Primordial Germ Cells via PI3K-AKT-mTOR Signaling Pathway

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are essential for the genetic modification, resource conservation, and recovery of endangered breeds in chickens and need to remain viable and proliferative in vitro. Therefore, there is an urgent need to elucidate the functions of the influencing factors and their regulatory mechanisms. In this study, PGCs collected from Rugao yellow chicken embryonic eggs at Day 5.5 were cultured in media containing 0, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 μg/mL insulin. The results showed that insulin regulates cell proliferation in PGCs in a dose-dependent way, with an optimal dose of 10 μg/mL. Insulin mediates the mRNA expression of cell cycle-, apoptosis-, and ferroptosis-related genes. Insulin at 50 μg/mL and 100 μg/mL slowed down the proliferation with elevated ion content and GSH/oxidized glutathione (GSSG) in PGCs compared to 10 μg/mL. In addition, insulin activates the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway dose dependently. Collectively, this study demonstrates that insulin reduces apoptosis and ferroptosis and enhances cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner via the PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling pathway in PGCs, providing a new addition to the theory of the regulatory role of the growth and proliferation of PGC in vitro cultures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Genes - 14(2023), 10 vom: 22. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ye, Liu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Yingjie [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Qisheng [VerfasserIn]
Song, Jiuzhou [VerfasserIn]
Han, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Guohong [VerfasserIn]
Li, Bichun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apoptosis
EC 2.7.1.-
EC 2.7.11.1
Ferroptosis
Insulin
Journal Article
PGCs
PI3K-AKT-mTOR
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
Proliferation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.10.2023

Date Revised 04.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/genes14101975

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363873414