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Urolithin A maintains primordial follicle dormancy and prevents cyclophosphamide-induced follicle loss by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt signaling

GSE299728 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 12 samples Submitted 2025/07/30 Platform GPL23479
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 12 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
12 samples: 3 × ovaries, NC vs 3 × ovaries, UA vs 3 × ovaries, Cy vs 3 × ovaries, C_UGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Summary (written by the submitters)
Urolithin A, a natural gut microbial metabolite, exerts multiple beneficial effects upon supplementation, including prolonging lifespan, mitigating diseases, restoring the quality of aged oocytes and alleviating drug toxicity. The study aims to investigate the ovarian protective role of Urolithin A, focusing on its mechanisms for inhibiting primordial follicle activation and mitigating cyclophosphamide (CY)-induced follicle apoptosis.
Read the full summary ↓
The results showed that Urolithin A significantly decreased the number of growing follicles, downregulated the expression of oocyte growth-related genes (Gdf9 and Zp3) and protein (DDX4), as well as Ki-67 and BrdU-positive signals. Further studies revealed that Urolithin A downregulated the levels of phosphorylated Akt and FOXO3a and decreased the percentage of oocytes with FOXO3a nuclear export. Molecular docking showed a strong binding ability between Urolithin A and its downregulated gene Pik3cg (PI3Kγ). Moreover, Urolithin A attenuated CY- and 4-HC-induced increases in Cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved PARP1 positive signals. Meanwhile, RNA-seq analysis indicated that Urolithin A downregulated CY-induced expression of DNA damage-related genes (Trp73 and Trim29). In short, Urolithin A inhibits primordial follicle activation by reducing PI3K/Akt pathway reactivity. Furthermore, Urolithin A prevents CY-induced follicle apoptosis. The study provides valuable insights into Urolithin A treatment for chemotherapy-induced infertility.
This dataset
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Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE299728_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1276330 and SRA study SRP591929. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
3 × ovaries, NC vs 3 × ovaries, UA vs 3 × ovaries, Cy vs 3 × ovaries, C_U

Supports a between-group comparison across 12 samples.

How we read this: 4 replicated groups read from 12 sample titles; they account for 12 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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