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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-7
pubmed:abstractText
Vitamin A is one of the micronutrients which have been implicated in cattle reproduction. In cattle, ingested vitamin A, mainly as beta-carotene (BC) from forages and retinol ester from formula feed, is metabolized and transported to the oocytes and cumulus-granulosa cells in ovarian follicles through binding to various interacting molecules. The active form of vitamin A, retinoic acid (RA), functions as a regulator of gene expression in these targets. Early research showed the positive effects of vitamin A supplementation on bovine fertility in artificial insemination, and several studies on effects of vitamin A metabolites used in other artificial reproductive techniques (ART), including superovulation, ovum pick up, and in vitro maturation culture have provided evidence for the specific roles of vitamin A in oocyte cytoplasmic maturation (acquisition of developmental competence of oocytes during their meiotic maturation period for the embryonic development after fertilization). BC may enhance cytoplasmic maturation by its antioxidant properties which cannot be replaced by RA. Furthermore, RA may promote cytoplasmic maturation of bovine oocytes via its modulatory effects on the gene expression of gonadotrophin receptors, midkine, cyclooxygenase-2, and nitric oxide synthase in cumulus-granulosa cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0916-8818
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Antioxidants, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Embryonic Development, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Fertilization in Vitro, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Granulosa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Insemination, Artificial, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Oogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Ovarian Follicle, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-Vitamin A, pubmed-meshheading:15750294-beta Carotene
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The roles of vitamin A for cytoplasmic maturation of bovine oocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Livestock Farm, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. shunta@kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't