Resveratrol Treatment Induces Mito-miRNome Modification in Follicular Fluid from Aged Women with a Poor Prognosis for In Vitro Fertilization Cycles
Rosalia Battaglia,
Angela Caponnetto,
Anna Maria Caringella,
Anna Cortone,
Carmen Ferrara,
Salvatore Smirni,
Rossana Iannitti,
Michele Purrello,
Giuseppe D’Amato,
Bernard Fioretti,
Cinzia Di Pietro
Affiliations
Rosalia Battaglia
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Angela Caponnetto
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Anna Maria Caringella
Asl Bari, Reproductive and IVF Unit, PTA “F Jaia”, 70014 Conversano, BA, Italy
Anna Cortone
Asl Bari, Reproductive and IVF Unit, PTA “F Jaia”, 70014 Conversano, BA, Italy
Carmen Ferrara
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Salvatore Smirni
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Giuseppe D’Amato
Asl Bari, Reproductive and IVF Unit, PTA “F Jaia”, 70014 Conversano, BA, Italy
Bernard Fioretti
Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, PG, Italy
Cinzia Di Pietro
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Biology and Genetics “Giovanni Sichel”, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, CT, Italy
Advanced maternal age impairs reproductive performance, influencing the quantity and the quality of oocytes. Mitochondria dysfunction seems to play a decisive role in conditioning the quality of the female gamete. Different in vitro and in vivo studies, demonstrated the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Resveratrol and its ability to improve mitochondria function even if the exact mechanism of action has not yet been demonstrated in human oocytes. In this paper, by retrospective analysis, we evaluated follicular fluid (FF) miRNome modification in aged women with a poor ovarian reserve receiving a resveratrol-based supplement the three months before the in vitro Fertilization (IVF) cycle. We found 13 differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in women treated with resveratrol and specifically miR-125b-5p, miR-132-3p, miR-19a-3p, miR-30a-5p and miR-660-5p, regulating mitochondrial proteins, are able to control metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis. MiRNA expression differences, observed after resveratrol treatment in FF from women with a poor prognosis for IVF, demonstrated that resveratrol may act on mitomiRNAs to improve follicular microenvironment by transcriptomic and proteomic modifications in granulosa cells.
