Oocyte and follicular morphology as determining characteristics for developmental competence in bovine oocytes

Molecular Reproduction and Development - Tập 41 Số 1 - Trang 54-62 - 1995
Patrick Blondin1, Marc‐André Sirard2
1Département des sciences animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
2Département des sciences animales, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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AbstractFollicular size, follicular atresia, and oocyte morphology were investigated for the possible relation of these characteristics to the developmental competence of bovine oocytes. Ovaries from a local slaughterhouse were dissected to obtain a heterogeneous population of follicles. Half of each follicle was fixed for histological analysis, and the oocytes were detached carefully and cultured individually. Before in vitro maturation, the oocytes were grouped into six different classes based on the morphology of the cumulus and the ooplasm: classes 1 and 2 represent oocytes with a homogeneous ooplasm plus a compact and complete cumulus, and classes 3–6 represent oocytes with a granulated ooplasm and an incomplete and/or expanded cumulus. Oocytes from class 3 (beginning of expansion in outer cumulus layers and slight granulations in the ooplasm) developed past the 16‐cell stage significantly (P<0.05) more than oocytes with a compact and complete cumulus (classes 1 and 2) and oocytes from classes 4–6 (incomplete and/or expanded cumulus) after 5 days of in vitro culture. Oocytes from follicles measuring 3 mm or less did not develop past the 16‐cell stage, whereas follicles of 3–5 mm and 5 mm or larger developed at similar rates (17% and 21% morulae, respectively). The state of the follicle did not affect whether an embryo reached at least the 16‐cell stage, as comparable rates were obtained in all three groups of follicles: nonatretic (20%), intermediate (14%), and slightly atretic (16%). We concluded that oocytes acquire developmental competence late in the follicular phase, possibly when the first signs of atresia have appeared, and that oocytes with beginning signs of degeneration (class 3) will develop significantly more than all other classes. Class 3 oocytes originated from follicles that were generally atretic and therefore in later phases of follicular growth, suggesting that these oocytes, having been subjected longer to the follicular microenvironment, are more differentiated (possibly at the cytoplasmic level) than other classes of oocytes. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Molecular Reproduction and Development

Tập 41 Số 1

54-62

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