Project description:In vitro maturation (IVM) of the oocytes is a routine method in bovine embryo production. The competence of bovine oocytes to develop into embryo after IVM and in vitro fertilization (IVF) is lower as compared to in vivo preovulatory oocytes. Cumulus cells (CC) that enclose an oocyte are involved in the acquisition of oocyte quality during maturation. Using transcriptomic approach we compared cumulus cells gene expression during IVM with that in vivo preovulatory period.
Project description:Changes in gene expression induced by FSH in cumulus cells treated with adenosine using Agilent EmbryoGENE microarray slides. Bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes in vitro-cultured for 6 h using adenosine. The effect of FSH was compared with control as non-treated cumulus-oocyte complexes. After culture, COC were were washed and cumulus cells were used for microarray analysis
Project description:In vitro maturation (IVM) of the oocytes is a routine method in bovine embryo production. The competence of bovine oocytes to develop into embryo after IVM and in vitro fertilization (IVF) is lower as compared to in vivo preovulatory oocytes. Cumulus cells (CC) that enclose an oocyte are involved in the acquisition of oocyte quality during maturation. Using transcriptomic approach we compared cumulus cells gene expression during IVM with that in vivo preovulatory period. Global transcriptional profiling was performed using cumulus cells collected from mature bovine oocytes (metaphase-II stage) after maturation performed either in vivo or in vitro. In vivo matured cumulus cells were collected from ovulatory follicles of Montbeliard adult cows by ovum pick-up in vivo (OPU, n=4). In vitro matured cumulus cells were recovered from the oocytes after 22h of in vitro culture of cumulus-oocyte complexes (50 COC per experiment) from 2-6 mm ovarian follicles of adult cows (MIV, n=4). Gene expression analysis was carried out between in vivo and in vitro matured cumulus representing a total of 8 slides (dye swap protocol)
Project description:Study the effect of recombinant human FSH supplementation in the in vitro maturation medium for an incubation of 6 hrs on the transcriptomics of bovine cumulus cells. 3 biological replicates of cumulus cells derived from cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) supplemented with FSH (CC-FSH) vs. cumulus cells without FSH (Ct-6H, REFERENCE) were contrasted. Each replicate was subjected to a dye-swap procedure.
