Abstract: Objective To explore the expression of forkhead box(FoxO)gene and follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR)in human ovarian granulosa cells and their relationship. Methods One hundred and twenty-six unfertility women treated with in vitro fertilization and embryo transplantation (IVF-ET ) were recruited.According to the pregnancy outcome,the patients were divided into pregnancy groups 63 cases and non-pregnancy group 63 cases.The expressions of FoxO1 mRNA,FoxO3a mRNA and FSHR mRNA on human ovarian granulosa cells were detected by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR.The correlation analysis of FoxO1, FoxO3a,FSHR with serum sex hormones including luteotropic hormone(LH),estradiol(E2 ), progesterone(P)were mevaluated.Results High quality embryo number and serum E2 level in pregnancy group were significantly higher than those of non-pregnancy group (P<0.01 ),but LH,P level and number of eggs showed no significant difference between two groups (P>0.05). The expression FoxO1 mRNA in pregnancy group was higher than that of non-pregnancy group (P<0.01).The expression of FoxO3a and FSHR mRNA were no statistical difference between pregnancy group and non-pregnancy group (P>0.05).The correlation coefficients of FoxO1 and FoxO3a with FSHR were 0.881,0.999 (P<0.01 ).Conclusion FoxO1 and FoxO3a genes participate in the regulation of oocyte quality and their functions have closely connected with FSHR.

Key words: follicle stimulating hormone, human, cumulus cells, oocytes