Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (아세아태평양축산학회)
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Subcellular Characterization of Porcine Oocytes with Different Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Activities

  • Fu, Bo (Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Postdoctoral Programme, Northeast Forestry University Postdoctoral Programme) ;
  • Ren, Liang (College of Animal Science, Northeast Agriculture University) ;
  • Liu, Di (Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Ma, Jian-Zhang (Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Postdoctoral Programme, Northeast Forestry University Postdoctoral Programme) ;
  • An, Tie-Zhu (Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Postdoctoral Programme, Northeast Forestry University Postdoctoral Programme) ;
  • Yang, Xiu-Qin (College of Animal Science, Northeast Agriculture University) ;
  • Ma, Hong (Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Zhang, Dong-Jie (Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Guo, Zhen-Hua (Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences) ;
  • Guo, Yun-Yun (College of Animal Science, Northeast Agriculture University) ;
  • Zhu, Meng (College of Animal Science, Northeast Agriculture University) ;
  • Bai, Jing (Modern Education Technology and Information Center, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine)
  • Received : 2015.01.18
  • Accepted : 2015.05.08
  • Published : 2015.12.01
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Abstract

The in vitro maturation (IVM) efficiency of porcine embryos is still low because of poor oocyte quality. Although brilliant cresyl blue positive (BCB+) oocytes with low glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) activity have shown superior quality than BCB negative (-) oocytes with high G6PDH activity, the use of a BCB staining test before IVM is still controversial. This study aimed to shed more light on the subcellular characteristics of porcine oocytes after selection using BCB staining. We assessed germinal vesicle chromatin configuration, cortical granule (CG) migration, mitochondrial distribution, the levels of acetylated lysine 9 of histone H3 (AcH3K9) and nuclear apoptosis features to investigate the correlation between G6PDH activity and these developmentally related features. A pattern of chromatin surrounding the nucleoli was seen in 53.0% of BCB+ oocytes and 77.6% of BCB+ oocytes showed peripherally distributed CGs. After IVM, 48.7% of BCB+ oocytes had a diffused mitochondrial distribution pattern. However, there were no significant differences in the levels of AcH3K9 in the nuclei of blastocysts derived from BCB+ and BCB- oocytes; at the same time, we observed a similar incidence of apoptosis in the BCB+ and control groups. Although this study indicated that G6PDH activity in porcine oocytes was correlated with several subcellular characteristics such as germinal vesicle chromatin configuration, CG migration and mitochondrial distribution, other features such as AcH3K9 level and nuclear apoptotic features were not associated with G6PDH activity and did not validate the BCB staining test. In using this test for selecting porcine oocytes, subcellular characteristics such as the AcH3K9 level and apoptotic nuclear features should also be considered. Adding histone deacetylase inhibitors or apoptosis inhibitors into the culture medium used might improve the efficiency of IVM of BCB+ oocytes.

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