Parthenogenetic development and protein patterns of newly matured bovine oocytes after chemical activation
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Reproduction and Development
- Vol. 49 (3), 298-307
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199803)49:3<298::aid-mrd10>3.0.co;2-t
Abstract
Development of an effective activation protocol is of great importance for studying oocyte competence and embryo cloning. Experiments were designed to examine effects of intracellular calcium elevating agents such as calcium ionophore A23187 (CaA) and ethanol, or protein synthesis and phosphorylation inhibitors such as cycloheximide (CH) and 6‐dimethylaminopurine (6‐DMAP), or a sequential combination of these agents on both parthenogenetic development and protein patterns of newly matured bovine oocytes. Oocytes were matured for 24 hr in M‐199 supplemented with follicle‐stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), and estradiol at 39°C in humidified air. They were then activated by various treatments and cultured in KSOM. Protein patterns at 15 hr after treatment were determined on 8–15% gradient SDS‐PAGE and silver stained. Results demonstrated that none of the chemical agents—CaA, ethanol, 6‐DMAP, or cycloheximide—could effectively induce parthenogenetic development of young bovine oocytes. When compared with the single treatments, sequentially combined treatments of CaA with 6‐DMAP or with cycloheximide plus cytochalasin D (CD) significantly increased the rates of cleavage (78–82% versus 3–13%) and blastocyst development (31–40% versus 0%), which were comparable with those of IVF group (80% and 35%, respectively; P > 0.05). Supplementation with CD to the combined CaA and CH treatment improved rates of cleavage and blastocyst development versus without CD supplementation (31% versus 7%; P < 0.05). Fluorescent microscopy revealed that 95% (n = 40) of oocytes treated with CaA plus 6‐DMAP had one pronucleus (PN) and one polar body (PB), while 88% (n = 40) in the CaA plus cycloheximide–treated group had one PN and two PBs and 85% (n = 40) in CaA plus cycloheximide and CD group had two PNs and one PB. Treatment by CaA alone resulted in 73% of oocytes (n = 40) arrested at a metaphase stage with two PBs (named as metaphase III or MIII). Protein patterns were similar for chemically activated and in vitro–fertilized (IVF) oocytes in that the 138‐ and 133‐kDa proteins, whose functions are not yet known, were present in the metaphase‐stage (MII 24 hr, MII 40 hr, and MIII) oocytes but were absent in PN‐stage oocytes regardless of treatment. Therefore, these proteins seem to be metaphase‐associated proteins. Taken together, we conclude that optimal parthenogenetic development of newly matured bovine oocytes can be obtained by calcium ionophore treatment followed by incubation in either 6‐DMAP or cycloheximide plus cytochalasin D and that the reduction of the 138‐ and 133‐kDa proteins might be necessary for the full activation of bovine oocytes. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 49:298–307, 1998.Keywords
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