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Cumulus expansion during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes: relationship with intracellular glutathione level and its role on subsequent embryo development.

Abstract：

:Glutamine (GLN) is a metabolic precursor for hexosamine synthesis and its inclusion in culture medium has been reported to improve cumulus expansion. Glutamine and cysteine share the same transport system. Excess external GLN may act as a competitive inhibitor for the uptake of cysteine and stimulate loss of cellular cysteine, interfering this with GSH synthesis. Experiments were designed to evaluate the effect of 1-3 mM GLN during in vitro maturation (IVM) on bovine-cumulus expansion, intracellular GSH levels in both oocytes and cumulus cells, and subsequent embryo development up to blastocyst stage. Also, GSH content was measured in 6- to 8-cell embryos and a possible relationship between cumulus expansion and GSH synthesis was studied. Intact cumulus cell-oocyte complexes were incubated for 24 hr and cumulus expansion was measured by a computerized image-digitizing system either before or after IVM. IVM/IVF bovine oocytes were cultured up to 6- to 8-cell stage embryos for assessment of GSH content or for 8 days up to blastocyst stage for embryo development. The measurement of total GSH content was performed by an enzymatic method in oocytes, cumulus cells and 6- to 8-cell embryos. The maximal expansion was achieved by addition of 2 mM GLN without affecting GSH levels, in both oocytes and cumulus cells. At 3 mM, the degree of cumulus expansion was lower and the GSH levels decreased. The addition of 2 mM GLN improves cleavage and blastocyst rates, whereas no differences were found between O, 1, and 3 mM GLN. Moreover, the GSH content in 6- to 8-cell embryos was similar at any GLN concentrations. In order to study the relationship between GSH and cumulus expansion: 6-diazo-5-oxo-1-norleucine (DON), an inhibitor of hexosamine synthesis, or buthionine sulfoximide (BSO), an inhibitor of GSH synthesis, either alone or with GLN was added to IVM medium. GSH level was not affected by the presence of DON. However, the degree of cumulus expansion was reduced in the presence of BSO. In conclusion, bovine oocytes matured in the presence of 2 mM GLN improve their capacity for subsequent embryo development. Nevertheless, GSH level was altered when GLN was added to IVM medium at a high concentration with a reduction in the degree of cumulus expansion. This study provides evidence that optimal cumulus expansion in vitro is partially dependent on hexosamine production and intracellular GSH content.

journal_name

Mol Reprod Dev

journal_title

Molecular reproduction and development

authors

Furnus CC,de Matos DG,Moses DF

doi

10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<76::AID-MRD9>3

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pub_date

1998-09-01 00:00:00

pages

76-83

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eissn

1040-452X

issn

1098-2795

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199809)51:1<76::AID-MRD9>3

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Cumulus expansion during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes: relationship with intracellular glutathione level and its role on subsequent embryo development.