小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活试验

应用两种激活方法(乙醇和离子霉素 6-DMAP)激活和三种培养液(CZB，KSOM，M199)对90只小鼠卵母细胞进行了孤雌激活研究。结果显示，离子霉素结合6-DMAP的激活效果高于乙醇；三种培养液中，以CZB激活效果较为理想。在随后的卵母细胞发育率方面，CZB、KSOM和M199三者之间的差异极为明显，以CZB最高，KSOM次之，M199的发育率最低。     

表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯用于小鼠卵母细胞体外培养的效果观察

本试验以小鼠为动物模型,采用HTF和TCM-199两个基础培养体系,通过添加不同浓度的表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯(EGCG),研究其对小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟、体外受精及其后期胚胎发育的影响。结果表明,在HTF和TCM-199体系中,培养卵丘-卵母细胞复合物(COCs)时EGCG的最佳添加量均为20μmol/L,可以显著提高卵母细胞的成熟率、受精率和胚胎发育率。过量添加EGCG则有负面的效应。综合比较,HTF体系的培养效果优于TCM-199体系。     

Prolonged exposure to hyaluronidase decreases the fertilization and development rates of fresh and cryopreserved mouse oocytes

Hyaluronidase is generally used to remove cumulus cells from mouse oocytes before oocyte cryopreservation, intracytoplasmic sperm injection or DNA injection. In general, use of cumulus-free mouse oocytes decreases in vitro fertilizing ability compared with cumulus-surrounded oocytes. The effect of hyaluronidase exposure on the quality of mouse oocytes is not fully understood. Here, we investigated the effect of hyaluronidase exposure time on the fertilization rate of fresh and vitrified mouse oocytes and their subsequent developmental ability in vitro. We found that the fertilization rate decreased with hyaluronidase treatments. This reduction in the fertilization rate following treatment with hyaluronidase was fully reversed by removal of the zona pellucida. In addition, oocytes treated with hyaluronidase for 5 min or longer had a reduced capacity to develop to the morula and blastocyst stage. The survival, fertilization, and developmental rates of vitrified-warmed oocytes were also reduced by longer exposure to hyaluronidase. In conclusion, these results suggest that prolonged exposure to hyaluronidase decreases the quality of mouse oocytes and shorter hyaluronidase treatment times may help achieve a stable and high fertilization rate in fresh and cryopreserved oocytes.     

序贯培养法对猪孤雌激活胚胎发育能力的影响

经体外成熟、孤雌激活和培养获得猪胚胎,研究了不同培养体系、共培养体细胞和序贯培养对猪孤雌激活胚胎发育的影响。试验表明:孤雌激活卵母细胞在SOF 10?S培养体系中分裂效果最好,添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和颗粒细胞对胚胎发育有促进作用,培养6d后发育到桑囊胚的比率增加(P<0.05)。在序贯培养的前3d,SOF培养基(不含葡萄糖)和颗粒细胞对胚胎的发育有促进作用,分裂率(P<0.05)和突破4细胞阻滞的数目显著增加,在培养的后3d,添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和输卵管上皮细胞能支持较多胚胎发育到桑囊胚,桑囊胚的发育率为(59.5±3.2)%(P<0.05)。结果表明,SOF培养基和颗粒细胞 添加胎牛血清的NCSU-23和输卵管上皮细胞的序贯培养系统能较好的促进胚胎的发育。     

小鼠卵母细胞冷冻技术研究

采用PBS作为冷冻基础液,分别用甘油和二甲基亚砜(DMSO)作为冷冻保护液,在程序化冷冻保存和玻璃化冷冻保存条件下,研究小鼠生发泡期(GV期)卵母细胞的抗冻能力。结果表明,2种冷冻方法对小鼠GV期卵母细胞解冻后形态正常率和存活率无显著影响(P>0.05)。冷冻保护剂种类对小鼠GV期卵母细胞解冻后形态正常率无显著影响(P>0.05);但对存活率有显著影响,玻璃化冷冻采用二甲基亚砜作为冷冻保护液效果极显著优于甘油(P<0.01)。以冷冻效果较好的二甲基亚砜作为冷冻保护液,采用玻璃化冷冻不同发育阶段(GV期和MⅡ期)的小鼠卵母细胞,解冻后形态正常率无显著差异(P>0.05),但存活率GV期要显著优于MⅡ期卵母细胞(P<0.05)。     

哺乳动物卵母细胞孤雌激活的研究进展

本文对哺乳动物卵母细胞孤雌激活机制、激活方法及激活效果的影响因素等作了浅要的综述和总结。     

Proteomic-based identification of oocyte maturation-related proteins in mouse germinal vesicle oocytes

Oocyte proteins play an important role in oocyte maturation, fertilization and embryonic development. However, the protein composition of mouse germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes is still unclear. Using one-dimensional Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (1D SDS-PAGE) and Reverse-phase liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (RP-LC-MS/MS), we constructed a protein profile of mouse GV oocytes. First, our proteomics profile identified 1,405 different proteins from 11,000 mouse GV oocytes lacking zona pellucida. Second, with detailed bioinformatics analysis, a group of proteins that play an essential role in oocyte maturation was screened. In addition, the expression and localization of suppressor of G2 allele of skp1(SUGT1, also called SGT1), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (Hnrpk), Seruin, Cullin1(Clu1) and nuclear distribution protein C (Nudc) in mouse ovaries and early embryos were also captured and investigated in this study. Moreover, the protein profile was submitted to the Proteomics Identifications Database (PRIDE) and is available via ProteomeXchange with the identifier PXD014314. Our research provides valuable resources for the study of oocyte proteins and oocyte maturation and helps to clarify the mechanisms of oocyte maturation.     

Effects of melatonin on maturation,histone acetylation,autophagy of porcine oocytes and subsequent embryonic development

Melatonin (MLT) is an endogenous hormone with roles in animal germ cell development. However, the effect of MLT on porcine oocyte maturation and its underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of exogenous MLT on oocyte maturation, histone acetylation, autophagy and subsequent embryonic development. We found that 1 nmol/L MLT supplemented in maturation medium was the optimal concentration to promote porcine oocyte maturation and subsequent developmental competence and quality of parthenogenetic embryos. Interestingly, the beneficial effects of 1 nmol/L MLT treatment on porcine oocyte maturation and embryo development were mainly attributed to the first half period of in vitro maturation. Simultaneously, MLT treatment could also improve maturation of small follicle‐derived oocytes, morphologically poor (cumulus cell layer ≤1) and even artificially denuded oocytes and their subsequent embryo development. Furthermore, MLT treatment not only could decrease the levels of H3K27ac and H4K16ac in metaphase II (MII) oocytes, but also could increase the expression abundances of genes associated with cumulus cell expansion, meiotic maturation, histone acetylation and autophagy in cumulus cells or MII oocytes. These results indicate that MLT treatment can facilitate porcine oocyte maturation and subsequent embryonic development probably, through improvements in histone acetylation and autophagy in oocytes.     

胰岛素和白血病抑制因子对猪卵母细胞体外成熟和孤雌激活胚胎的影响

为探讨胰岛素(Insulin)和白血病抑制因子(Leukemia inhibit factor,LIF)对猪卵母细胞体外成熟(IVM)和猪孤雌激活胚胎(PAEs)的影响,在卵母细胞体外成熟或者胚胎培养基中添加Insulin和LIF,研究卵裂率和囊胚率的变化。结果:添加了5μg/mL Insulin后猪卵母细胞体外成熟效果显著提高,但成熟后孤雌激活发育能力与非添加组相近;而胚胎培养基中添加Insulin对孤雌胚的卵裂和囊胚的形成也没有明显促进作用;添加1 000 U/mL的LIF后,卵母细胞核成熟率没有明显提高,反而孤雌激活后囊胚率急剧下降,但对卵裂率以及囊胚总细胞数影响不大;在胚胎培养基中添加LIF后,孤雌胚的卵裂和囊胚形成并没有明显的提高。表明:Insulin对卵母细胞体外成熟有益,但是对孤雌胚胎的最佳处理程序还需要摸索;本文所采用的LIF处理对猪卵体外成熟以及孤雌胚胎体外发育没有帮助,还需要进一步研究其他浓度和处理程序对猪卵母细胞体外成熟和孤雌激活胚胎发育能力的影响。     

不同化学激活剂对小鼠卵母细胞的激活效果

为探讨不同激活剂的卵母细胞孤雌激活效果及激活胚体外发育情况,用乙醇、CaA23187、SrCl2、6-DMAP及CB分别对小鼠卵母细胞进行了激活处理.结果显示,70 mL/L乙醇刺激小鼠卵母细胞时,以激活5～7 min的激活效果及孤雌胚发育较好,桑囊胚发育率可达29.11%;用SrCl2激活小鼠卵母细胞时,6～10 mmol/L为最佳处理浓度,3～6 h为最佳激活时间,桑囊胚发育率可达16.67%;以70 mL/L乙醇激活5 min,再用2 mmol/L 6-DMAP＋5 μg/mL CB激活3 h效果最佳,桑囊胚发育率高达35.77%.研究证实,小鼠卵母细胞经乙醇、6-DMAP和CB等复合激活后能较好地发育.     

小鼠未成熟卵母细胞OPS法冷冻保存技术的研究

试验用OPS法对小鼠未成熟卵母细胞进行玻璃化冷冻保存研究,并对解冻后小鼠未成熟卵母细胞的成熟情况进行观察。结果表明:小鼠未成熟卵母细胞在10%EG、10%DMSO前处理后,在EFS30、EFS40、EDFS30和EDFS40中平衡15～45s进行冷冻保存,使卵母细胞解冻后的形态正常率最高达92.4%,与对照组无显著差异(P>0.05),成熟率达40.5%。     

小鼠卵母细胞氯化锶激活条件

以昆明小鼠为试验对象，研究了氯化锶（SrCl2)浓度，激尖处理时间以及卵龄对卵母细胞SrCl2孤雌活化的影响。hCG注射后18h的小鼠卵母细胞在1.6,5.0,10,20mmol/L SrCl2的激活液中处理10min，各组间的激活率（原核期卵母细胞的比例）无显著性差异（P＞0．05）。10，20mmol/L SrCl2组发育至2－，4－细胞期比率（59．26％，20．37％，63．79％，20．69％）同于1．6，5．0mmol/L 组（20．63％，9．26％，47．06％，7．84）（P＜05）。只有20mmol/L组的少数激活卵母细胞（3．45％）发育至桑椹胚阶段。10，20mmol/L SrCl2组处理20，40，60min，2组间的活化率无显著性差异。处理40min,20mmol/L组的桑椹胚和囊胚发育率（64．44％，22．22％）均显著高于10mmol/L组（30．36％，11．61％），处理60min,10mmol/L组的桑椹胚和囊胚发育率（84．68％，46．77％）均显著高于20mmol/L组（67．46％，28．57％），10mmol/L SrCl2处理，20，40，60，180，360min，其活化率和2－细胞的发育率无显著性差异。60，180min处理组的囊胚发育率（49．58％，47．59％）差异不显著，但2者均显著高于20，40，360min组（4．50％，12．24％和35．53％），后3者组间差异显著。随卵龄的增加，活化率显著增加。hCG注射后16h卵母细胞的活化率（77．78％）显著高于14h的卵母细胞（29．63％），而hCG注射后18h卵母细胞的活化率（49．19％）又显著高于16h的卵母细胞，hCG注射后18，20h卵母细胞的活化率差异不显著（94．19％，85．90％）。hCG注射后14，16，18h卵母细胞激活后的囊胚发育率（6．71％，27．78％，47．67％），各组间差异显著。但hCG注射后20h卵母细胞激活后的囊胚发育率（39．74％）显著低于18h的卵母细胞。     

小鼠卵母细胞SSV法冷冻保存技术的研究

试验用2种前处理液(10%EG和10%EG 10%DMSO)和4种玻璃化冷冻液(EFS30、EFS40、EDFS30和EDFS40)对小鼠卵母细胞进行玻璃化(SSV)法冷冻保存,研究小鼠卵母细胞冷冻后的发育潜力。结果表明:小鼠未成熟卵母细胞形态正常率最高可达92.3%,成熟率达57.2%;成熟卵母细胞形态正常率最高可达91.5%。     

玻璃化冷冻对小鼠卵母细胞透明带的影响

本文旨在通过研究玻璃化冷冻小鼠卵母细胞透明带超微结构、透明带厚度(ZPT)、厚度变量(ZPTV)及双折射分值(ZPB)的影响,分析三者间的相关性,探求玻璃化冷冻液的最佳配方。选用4组应用最广泛的冷冻液配方对小鼠卵母细胞进行处理,与未处理的卵母细胞比较存活率、受精率、卵裂率和囊胚率,选出最适冷冻液配方。以新鲜卵母细胞为对照组,进行冷冻程序但并没有进行实际冷冻的卵母细胞为处理组,进行玻璃化冷冻复苏的卵母细胞为冷冻组,扫描电镜观察各组的透明带超微结构变化;检测3组细胞的ZPT和ZPB,并对ZPT和ZPB、ZPTV和ZPB之间相关性进行分析。结果发现HM+7.5%(DMSO+EG),HM+15%(DMSO+EG)+0.5 mol/L Su冷冻液组对卵母细胞发育潜力影响较小。玻璃化冷冻对ZPT(6.05±0.10μm vs 5.77±0.60μm)和ZPB(0.30±0.38 vs 1.22±0.21)有显著影响(P<0.05),且ZPT与ZPB呈负相关(r=-0.299)(P<0.05)。扫描电镜发现玻璃化冷冻造成卵母细胞透明带呈熔融状,表面凹凸不平,窗孔基本不可见,甚至出现透明带部分脱落的情况;冷冻组透明带超微结构的正常率较对照组和处理组下降,其中粗ZP(44.9%对92.9%和84.8%)(P<0.01)和光滑ZP(31.0%对7.4%和9.1%)(P<0.01)。结果表明,玻璃化冷冻影响卵母细胞的发育潜能,低温对透明带的超微结构有较大的负面影响。     

Early metaphase II oocytes treated with dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate provide suitable recipient cytoplasm for the production of miniature pig somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos

We investigated the effects of in vitro maturation duration and treatment with dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (dbcAMP) on the blind enucleation efficiency and developmental competence of miniature pig somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos. Oocytes were cultured for 22 h in NCSU-23 medium with or without 1 mM dbcAMP and then additionally cultured in dbcAMP-free NCSU-23 for 14, 18, or 22 h. Regardless of dbcAMP treatment, the rate of nuclear maturation reached a plateau at 36 and 40 h. However, mitochondrial distribution, a marker for cytoplasmic maturation, differed between the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h. The metaphase II chromosomes were adjacent to the first polar body in 68.8% and 63.5% of the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h, respectively. Furthermore, the blind enucleation efficiency by removing a small volume of cytoplasm was significantly higher in the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h (82.9%) and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h (89.9%) than other groups. The rate of blastocyst formation was highest in the dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h. Hence, this study demonstrated that dbcAMP-treated early metaphase II oocytes are suitable for the production of miniature pig SCNT embryos.     

Generation of rats from vitrified oocytes with surrounding cumulus cells via in vitro fertilization with cryopreserved sperm

The objective of this study was to evaluate fertility and full‐term development of rat vitrified oocytes after in vitro fertilization (IVF) with cryopreserved sperm. Oocytes with or without surrounding cumulus cells were vitrified with 30% ethylene glycol + 0.5 mol/L sucrose + 20% fetal calf serum by using the Cryotop method. The warmed oocytes were co‐cultured with sperm. Although the denuded/vitrified oocytes were not fertilized, some of the oocytes vitrified with cumulus cells were fertilized (32.7%) after IVF with fresh sperm. When IVF was performed with cryopreserved sperm, vitrified or fresh oocytes with cumulus cells were fertilized (62.9% or 41.1%, respectively). In addition, to confirm the full‐term development of the vitrified oocytes with surrounding cumulus cells after IVF with cryopreserved sperm, 108 vitrified oocytes with two pronuclei (2PN) were transferred into eight pseudopregnant females, and eight pups were obtained from three recipients. The present work demonstrates that vitrified rat oocytes surrounded by cumulus cells can be fertilized in vitro with cryopreserved sperm, and that 2PN embryos derived from cryopreserved gametes can develop to term. To our knowledge, this is the first report of successful generation of rat offspring derived from vitrified oocytes that were fertilized in vitro with cryopreserved sperm.     

玻璃化冷冻前平衡及解冻后恢复处理对卵母细胞质量的影响

以小鼠为动物模型，研究了玻璃化冷冻前的平衡和解冻后的恢复处理对卵母细胞质量的影响程度。结果表明：1）无论是受精卵还是卵母细胞，其集聚FDA（乙酰荧光素）没有明显差异，可以用其检测卵母细胞活力；2）在产销认中添加CB组的卵母细胞细胞膜完整率与CB组没有明显差异；但是明显低于对照组。3）恢复处理在无CB时对卵母的激活作用并不明显，虽然活化率有一定的提高，但是添加CB组的卵母细胞激活率却明显增加，但是激活的类型多是排出第二极体，形成原核的比率很低。     

有无透明带牛卵母细胞孤雌发育研究

研究探讨了不同浓度的钙离子载体(A23187)结合6-二甲氨基嘌呤(DMAP)或丁内酯Ⅰ(BL-1)激活处理对有或无透明带牛卵母细胞孤雌发育的影响。结果表明：使用A23187浓度从0．625～10．000μmol／L配合2．0mmol／L DMAP孤雌激活牛具透明带卵均能获得良好的卵裂及早期胚胎发育效果；对于去透明带卵来说．使用0．625μmol／L浓度的A23187激活效果最佳。BL-1的激活效果则明显差于DMAP；当采用0．3%PVA取代激活液中的5%血清时，BL-1的激活效率显著提高。     

Impact of short-term high-fat feeding on lipid droplet content in mouse oocytes

Mature mammalian oocytes contain lipid droplets (LDs), which are neutral lipid storage organelles critically important for energy metabolism. In mice, maternal obesity, induced by long-term (> 3 months) high-fat feeding, contributes to the accumulation of LDs in mature oocytes. However, few studies have investigated the influence of short-term high-fat feeding on LD content. In this study, we demonstrated that 3 weeks of high-fat feeding is sufficient to increase LD content and intracellular triacylglycerol levels. Using a two-step centrifugation technique to release LDs into the perivitelline space, we found that short-term high-fat feeding increased the level of LDs in MII oocytes and that 3 days of high-fat feeding were sufficient to increase efficiency of LD release. Collectively, our study suggests that short-term high fat feeding can have a higher impact on lipid metabolism during oocyte maturation.