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A study was conducted to evaluate the potential of rescuing immature oocytes from the ovaries of an endangered wild bovid, the gaur (Bos gaurus). Recovered, immature gaur oocytes (n = 59) placed in culture were evaluated for: (1) nuclear maturation after 22 h of culture, (2) fertilization with either thawed homologous (gaur) or heterologous (Bos taurus) spermatozoa 18 h after insemination and (3) embryo development. Gaur oocytes (n = 6) evaluated by fixation and staining at 22 h had all matured to metaphase II in vitro. Insemination of gaur oocytes in vitro resulted in normal fertilization (defined as the presence of spermatozoa head or two pronuclei) and embryo development to the two- and four-cell stage of 53.6% (15 of 28) and 50.0% (9 of 18), respectively, using homologous spermatozoa. The incidence of normal fertilization of in vitro matured (IVM) gaur oocytes with heterologous spermatozoa was 53.8% (7 of 13). Insemination of domestic cow oocytes in vitro resulted in normal fertilization and embryo development of 41.7% (45 of 108) and 60.0% (12 of 20), respectively, using heterologous spermatozoa. Two of four gaur embryos (50%) developed to the blastocyst stage by day 7. Embryo transfer of these two conspecific gaur blastocysts into two Holstein recipients resulted in one confirmed pregnancy. One live-born calf was delivered by Caesarian section 308 days after embryo transfer. These results demonstrate the potential of combined IVM and IVF for recovering immature germplasm from an endangered species. Specifically, immature gaur ovarian oocytes are capable of in vitro maturation and fertilization with thawed homologous spermatozoa. The resulting embryos are capable of advancing to blastocysts in culture and of producing live-born offspring after embryo transfer.
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Summary. The conversion of human proacrosin to acrosin was inhibited by polyamines. The order of effectiveness was spermine > spermidine > cadaverine > putrescine > 1,3-diaminopropane. These results are similar to those obtained for the conversion of boar proacrosin to acrosin. Unlike the effects on boar acrosin, however, polyamines did not affect the esterolytic activity of human acrosin but had a slight stimulatory effect on the proteolytic activity of human acrosin.
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The presence of noradrenergic neuronal innervation in the ovaries and cyclic alterations in ovarian noradrenaline suggest a role for such innervation in oocyte release. The current experiments evaluated the relationship between ovulation and alterations in ovarian concentrations of noradrenaline induced by unilateral, intrabursal administration of the specific noradrenergic neurotoxin DSP4. Intrabursal injections of DSP4 (0–10 μmoles per ovary) given at 19:00 h at pro-oestrus induced a prompt, dose-related reduction in ovarian noradrenaline on the injected and non-injected sides. Although this result suggests that injected material was reaching the contralateral ovary, ovulation was suppressed only on the injected side. This suppression was persistent, and lasted through at least the next two cycles following either unilateral or bilateral treatment. The reductions in noradrenaline could be mostly, if not entirely, attenuated by prior administration of desipramine which blocks re-uptake of noradrenaline, while the ipsilateral ovulatory effects remained unchanged. Although it has been reported that DSP4 binds the opiate receptor, intrabursal co-administration of the antagonist naloxone was ineffective in altering ovulatory suppression. These results suggest that while decreases in ovarian noradrenaline in response to local exposure to a noradrenergic neurotoxin may accompany a reduction in oocyte release or a block in ovulation, the anti-ovulatory effect of DSP4 is independent of the changes in noradrenaline concentrations and may be due to some other ovarian response.
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Consequences of heat stress exposure during the first 12 h of meiotic maturation differed depending on how and when bovine oocytes were activated. If heat-stressed oocytes underwent IVF at ∼24 h, blastocyst development was less than for respective controls and similar to that obtained for nonheat-stressed oocytes undergoing IVF at 30 h (i.e. slightly aged). In contrast, if heat-stressed oocytes underwent chemical activation with ionomycin/6-dimethylaminopurine at 24 h, blastocyst development was not only higher than respective controls, but also equivalent to development obtained after activation of nonheat-stressed oocytes at 30 h. Developmental differences in chemically activated vs IVF-derived embryos were not related to fertilization failure or gross alterations in cytoskeletal components. Rather, ionomycin-induced calcium release and MAP kinase activity were less in heat-stressed oocytes. While underlying mechanisms are multifactorial, ability to obtain equivalent or higher development after parthenogenetic activation demonstrates that oocytes experiencing heat stress during the first 12 h of meiotic maturation have the necessary components to develop to the blastocyst stage, but fail to do so after fertilization.
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Expression of embryonic genes is altered in different culture conditions, which influence developmental potential both during preimplantation and fetal development. The objective of this study was to define the effects of culture conditions on: bovine embryonic development to blastocyst stage, blastocyst cell number, apoptosis and expression patterns of a panel of developmentally important genes. Bovine embryos were cultured in vitro in three culture media containing amino acids, namely potassium simplex optimization medium (KSOMaa), Charles Rosenkrans 1 (CR1aa) and synthetic oviductal fluid (SOFaa). Apoptosis in blastocysts was determined by TUNEL assay and expression profiles of developmentally important genes were assayed by real-time PCR. In vivo-produced bovine blastocysts were used as controls for experiments determining gene expression patterns. While the cleavage rates did not differ, embryos cultured in SOFaa had higher rates of development to blastocyst stage (P < 0.05). Mean cell numbers and percentages of apoptotic cells per blastocyst did not differ among the groups. Expression of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) gene was significantly up-regulated in both CR1aa and KSOMaa when compared with SOFaa (P < 0.001). DNA methyltransferase 3a (Dnmt3a) expression was higher in embryos cultured in CR1aa than in those cultured in SOFaa (P < 0.001). Expression of interferon tau (IF-τ) and insulin-like growth factor II receptor (Igf-2r) genes was significantly up-regulated in KSOMaa when compared with CR1aa (P < 0.001). Gene expression did not differ between in vivo-derived blastocysts and their in vitro-derived counterparts. In conclusion, SOFaa supports higher development to blastocyst stage than KSOMaa and CR1aa, and the culture conditions influence gene expression.
