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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
LMCB, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, V.I.B., Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
LMCB, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, V.I.B., Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
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Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
LMCB, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, V.I.B., Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
LMCB, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, V.I.B., Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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INSERM U.545, Institut Pasteur de Lille et Faculté de Pharmacie Université de Lille 2, 1 rue du Pr Calmette, 59019 Lille, France
LMCB, Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, V.I.B., Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium
Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements, UMR 6175 INRA-CNRS-Université F. Rabelais de Tours-Haras Nationaux, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα, PPARβ/δ and PPARγ) are a family of nuclear receptors that are activated by binding of natural ligands, such as polyunsaturated fatty acids or by synthetic ligands. Synthetic molecules of the glitazone family, which bind to PPARγ, are currently used to treat type II diabetes and also to attenuate the secondary clinical symptoms frequently associated with insulin resistance, including polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PPARs are expressed in different compartments of the reproductive system (hypothalamus, pituitary, ovary, uterus and testis). Conservative functions of PPARs in mammalian species could be suggested through several in vivo and in vitro studies, especially in the ovary and during placental development. Several groups have described a strong expression of PPARγ in ovarian granulosa cells, and glitazones modulate granulosa cell proliferation and steroidogenesis in vitro. All these recent data raise new questions about the biologic actions of PPARs in reproduction and their use in therapeutic treatments of fertility troubles such as PCOS or endometriosis. In this review, we first describe the roles of PPARs in different compartments of the reproductive axis (from male and female gametogenesis to parturition), with a focus on PPARγ. Secondly, we discuss the possible molecular mechanisms underlying the effect of glitazones on PCOS. Like other ‘insulin sensitizer’ molecules, such as metformin, glitazones may in fact act directly on ovarian cells. Finally, we discuss the eventual actions of PPARs as mediators of environmental toxic substances for reproductive function.
