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Iron Accumulation in Ovarian Microenvironment Damages the Local Redox Balance and Oocyte Quality in Aging Mice

SSRN, ISSN: 1556-5068
2024
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Accumulating oxidative damage is a primary driver of ovarian reserve decline along with aging. However, the mechanism behind the imbalance in reactive oxygen species (ROS) is not yet fully understood. Here we investigated changes in iron metabolism and its relationship with ROS disorder in aging ovaries of mice. We found increased iron content in aging ovaries and oocytes, along with abnormal expression of iron metabolic proteins, including heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), ferritin heavy chain (FTH), ferritin light chain (FTL), mitochondrial ferritin (FTMT), divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), ferroportin1(FPN1), iron regulatory proteins (IRP1 and IRP2) and transferrin receptor 1 (TFR1). Notably, aging oocytes exhibited enhanced ferritinophagy and mitophagy, and consistently, there was an increase in cytosolic Fe, elevated lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and augmented lysosome activity. Additionally, the expression of p53, p21, p16 and microtubule-associated protein tau (Tau) were also found to be upregulated. These alterations could be phenocopied with in vitro Fe administration in oocytes from 2-month-old mice but were alleviated by deferoxamine (DFO). In vivo application of DFO improved ovarian iron metabolism and redox status in 12-month-old mice, and corrected the alterations in cytosolic Fe, ferritinophagy and mitophagy, as well as related degenerative changes in oocytes. Thereby in the whole, DFO delayed the decline in ovarian reserve and significantly increased the number of superovulated oocytes with reduced fragmentation and aneuploidy. Together, our findings suggest that aging-related disturbance in ovarian iron homeostasis contributes to excessive ROS production and that iron chelation may improve ovarian redox status, and efficiently delay the decline in ovarian reserve and oocyte quality in aging mice. These data propose a novel intervention strategy for preserving the ovarian reserve function in elderly women.

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Ye Chen; Jia qi Zhang; Ying Tian; Xiang ning Xu; Bi cheng Wang; Zi qi Huang; Shuo Lou; Jing yi Kang; Ning ning Zhang; Jing Weng; Yuan jing Liang; Wei Ma

Elsevier BV

Multidisciplinary; Ovary; iron accumulation; ferrous ion; oxidative stress; oocyte aging

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