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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Oocyte cytoplasmic maturation is influenced by the quantity of synthesized RNA and proteins accumulated and stored during growth. Transcriptional repression and degradation of transcripts occur during oocyte nuclear maturation, and prolonged transcriptional arrest might compromise RNA stores for early development. RNA quantification of key genes in oocytes might be valuable when setting up in vitro cultures that lack the normal hormonal interplay found in vivo. This study quantifies gene expression levels in relation to follicle culture time and time of oocyte maturation in a mouse model. RNA levels of Gdf-9, Bmp-15, Mater, Zar-1, Npm-2 and Fgf-8 were measured in germinal vesicle oocytes along fixed times during in vitro follicle development. For all genes, the highest mRNA levels were detected in oocytes in the pre-antral follicle stage. Antrum formation was associated with a progressive shutdown in transcription leading to mRNA values lower than those in vivo preovulatory oocytes by extending period of in vitro culture. In contrast to in vitro-matured oocytes, the in vivo oocytes from 22- and 29-day-old prepubertal animals obtained after pregnant mare's serum gonadotrophin and human chorionic gonadotrophin priming did not down-regulate transcripts upon maturation stimulus except for Mater. These findings show that oocyte gene expression patterns under in vitro conditions can, at certain times, mimic what is reported to occur under in vivo conditions. Moreover, they also show that meiotically competent oocytes kept in a prolonged transcriptionally inactive stage express altered levels of key transcripts compared with in vivo in both immature and mature oocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chorionic Gonadotropin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Egg Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fgf8 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibroblast Growth Factor 8, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gdf9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gonadotropins, Equine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Growth Differentiation Factor 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Molecular Chaperones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nalp5 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nucleoplasmins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zar1 protein, mouse
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1460-2407
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Chorionic Gonadotropin, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Egg Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Fibroblast Growth Factor 8, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Gonadotropins, Equine, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Growth Differentiation Factor 9, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Horses, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Nucleoplasmins, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Ovarian Follicle, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19553355-RNA, Messenger
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantification of oocyte-specific transcripts in follicle-enclosed oocytes during antral development and maturation in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Follicle Biology Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium. fsanchez@vub.ac.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't