The effect of FF-MAS on porcine cumulus–oocyte complex maturation, fertilization and pronucleus formation in vitro
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Zygote
- Vol. 14 (3), 189-199
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0967199406003765
Abstract
Summary: Follicular fluid meiosis-activating sterol (FF-MAS) has been isolated from the follicular fluid (FF) of several species including man. FF-MAS increases the quality of in vitro oocyte maturation, and thus the developmental potential of oocytes exposed to FF-MAS during in vitro maturation is improved. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of FF-MAS on porcine oocyte maturation and pronucleus formation in vitro. Porcine cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) were isolated from abattoir ovaries and in vitro matured for 48 h in NCSU 37 medium supplemented with 1 mg/l cysteine, 10 ng/ml epidermal growth factor and 50 μM 2-mercaptoethanol with or without 10% porcine follicular fluid (pFF). For the first 22 h, 1 mM db-cAMP and 10 I.E PMSG/hCG was added. The medium was supplemented with 1 μM, 3 μM, 10 μM, 30 μM or 100 μM FF-MAS dissolved in ethanol. After maturation the COCs were denuded mechanically using a fine glass pipette under constant pH and in vitro fertilized with fresh semen (5 × 105 spermatozoa/ml). The presumptive zygotes were evaluated 18 h after fertilization. The addition of pFF increased the monospermic as well as the polyspermic penetration of oocytes. In the absence of pFF, the addition of FF-MAS decreased the polyspermic penetration rate, whereas FF-MAS in combination with pFF decreased monospermic and increased polyspermic penetration. The degeneration rate of ova decreased in the presence of FF-MAS irrespective of the presence or absence of pFF. In the absence of pFF, FF-MAS at 3–10 μM increased the number of zygotes with advanced maternal pronuclear stages. In supraphysiological doses, i.e. 30–100 μM, FF-MAS dose-dependently and reversibly inhibited nuclear maturation in the absence of pFF.Keywords
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