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Abstract
Background: The effects of granulose cell (GC) senescence on premature ovarian insufficiency/premature ovarian failure have been extensively examined, the association between GC senescence and ovarian aging remains to be clarified.
Methods: Human and mouse GCs from young/control and old/advanced maternal age (AMA) groups were collected, and GC senescence was determined. The role of the DNMT1-p53 axis in GC senescence during ovarian aging was examined and validated in a KGN cell senescence model.
Results: SA-beta-gal-positive GCs were significantly increased in the AMA group, accompanied by activation of the p53-p21 pathway, which was also found in GCs from aged mice and H2O2-induced senescent KGN cells. Pyrosequencing methylation analysis revealed that increased expression of p53 was associated with decreased average methylation levels of CpG sites (-1031, -1019, -1012 and -1008) within the P53 promoter CpG island in senescenct GCs and KGN cells. We further found that decreased DNA-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) expression was responsible for the reduced methylation levels of the CpG sites.
Conclusion: Decreased DNMT1 with hypomethylation of the CpG sites within the P53 promoter CpG island in GCs is involved in ovarian aging.
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Gynecological Endocrinology , the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, covers all the experimental, clinical and therapeutic aspects of this ever more important discipline. It includes, amongst others, papers relating to the control and function of the different endocrine glands in females, the effects of reproductive events on the endocrine system, and the consequences of endocrine disorders on reproduction