不同卵龄小鼠卵母细胞激活和受精的比较研究(英文)

本实验比较了不同卵龄的小鼠卵母细胞受酒精人工刺激后的激活率和体外受精率,以探讨卵母细胞激活和受精的机制。向ＮＩＨ雌鼠腹腔注射孕马血清促性腺激素（ＰＭＳＧ）７．５单位,４８小时后注射人绒毛膜促性激素（ＨＣＧ）７．５单位,于不同时间杀小鼠,取卵母细胞与卵丘细胞的复合体（ＯＣＣ）。从注射ＨＣＧ后到取ＯＣＣ的时间视为卵母细胞的卵龄。将ＯＣＣ置于含８％酒精的Ｍ２中７分钟,再在Ｍ１６中培养５小时后,用０．３ｍｇ／ｍＬ的透明质酸酶去卵丘细胞。卵母细胞形成原核或速即卵裂为激活的标志。将ＯＣＣ加入已获能的精子悬液中,５小时后将从卵丘细胞中释放出来的卵母细胞转移到Ｍ１６中,次日发生卵裂为卵母细胞体外受精和激活的标志。小鼠卵母细胞卵龄为２０ｈ,其激活率为８１．６％,速即卵裂率为４８．０％;而卵龄进一步增加到２４ｈ,激活率和卵裂率转为下降（Ｔａｂｌｅ１）。而卵母细胞受精子激活和受精则不同,卵龄为１５ｈ,卵母细胞的体外受精率为４５．４％;随着卵龄的进一步增加,体外受精率则下降（Ｔａｂｌｅ２）。Ｆｉｇ．１显示：新排出的卵母细胞容易被精子激活而受精;卵龄较大的卵母细胞较易被酒精的人工刺激而激活。可能是卵母细胞从成熟到老化过程中,细胞的结     

不同卵龄小鼠卵母细胞激活和受精的比较研究

本实验比较了不同卵龄的小鼠卵母细胞受酒精人工刺激后的激活率和体外受精率,以探索卵母细胞激活和受精的机制。向NIH雌鼠腹腔注射孕马血清促性腺激素（PMSG）7．5单位,48小时后注射人绒毛膜促性激素（HCG）7．5单位,于不同时间杀小鼠,取卵母细胞与卵丘细胞的复合体（OCC）。从注射HCG后到取OCC的时间视为卵母细胞的卵龄。将OCC置于含8％酒精的M2中7分钟,再在16中培养5小时后,用0．3mg/mL的透明质酸酶去卵丘细胞。卵母细胞形成原核或速即卵裂为激活的标志,将OCC加入已获能的精子悬液中,5小时后将从卵丘细胞中释放出来的卵母细胞转移到M16中,将日发生卵裂为卵母细胞体外受精和激活的标志。小鼠卵母细胞卵龄为20h,其激活率为81．6％,速即卵裂率为48．0％;而卵龄进一步增加到24h,激活率和卵裂率转为下降（Table1）。而卵母细胞受精子激活和受精则不同,卵龄为15h ,卵母细胞的体外受精率为45．4％;随着卵龄的进一步增加,体外受精率则下降（Table2)。Fig.1显示：新排出的卵母细胞容易被精子激活而受精;卵龄较大的卵母细胞较易被酒精的人工刺激而激活。可能是卵母细胞从成熟到老化过程中,细胞的结构、功能及对外界刺激的敏感状态都在发生一些规律性的变化,而激活和受精的机制不完全,还不能精对卵龄的要求要严格。     

小鼠不同卵龄卵母细胞电刺激后第二极体形成和原核发育的研究

实验以强度为０．４５ＫＶｃｍ,持续不同时间（８０、１６０、３２０、６４０μｓ）的电脉冲刺激不同卵龄（注ｈＣＧ后１３、１５、１７、１９小时）小鼠卵母细胞,观察电刺激后第二极体形成和原核发育情况。实验结果说明：（１）卵母细胞守全活化（形成原核）率随卵母细胞也出现ＭⅢ现象,未活化卵母细胞形成第二极体（ＭⅢ）者随卵龄增加而明显增多;（３）电刺激活化小鼠卵母细胞在培养６－９小时之间仍有６．７％形成原核。     

腺嘌呤对体外小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂的抑制

本文研究了嘌呤类物质对小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂的影响,于卵母细胞的生发泡内显微注射腺嘌呤和腺嘌呤的类似物苄基腺嘌呤可显著抑制卵母细胞的分裂的重新启动。同时发现在腺嘌呤的作用过程中,腺苷酸环化酶的激活前氟化钠,可增强其对卵母细胞的抑制作用,表明ｃＡＭＰ途径在小鼠卵母细胞的抑制作用,腺嘌呤在不同培养液中的抑制效果不一,次黄嘌呤在ＤＭＥＭ和ＥＭＥＭ中对小鼠的卵丘细胞－卵母细胞复合体和无卵丘细胞的卵丘细胞－卵     

低温保存的小鼠卵母细胞的体外授精研究

采用75分钟和150分钟两种精卵作用时间,对经6℃低温处理2小时和6小时的小鼠卵母细胞进行体外受精。精卵作用75分钟后,经6℃处理的卵子无一受精,而对照组的受精率为30.7％。作用150分钟后,低温处理2小时、6小时和对照组的受精率分别为62.0％,36.55％和76.0％。并对试验所出现的现象作了讨论。     

乙醇及6-DMAP对小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活的研究

实验研究了乙醇、6-DMAP以及二者联合使用时对注射hCG后18小时采集的小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活的效果。结果证明:(1)用5％的乙醇分别作用5和10分钟及10％的乙醇分别作用5和10分钟,小鼠卵母细胞的孤雌激活率分别为41.3％、63.7％、57.9％和85.6％。说明在一定范围内,随着乙醇浓度和作用时间的增加,小鼠卵母细胞孤雌激活率有上升的趋势。(2)用2mM 6-DMAP作用2、4和6小时,小鼠卵母细胞的孤雌激活率分别为 12.0％、25.0％和40.0％。说明随着6-DMAP作用时间的增加,小鼠卵母细胞的孤雌激活率有所升高。(3)用5％乙醇作用5分钟,再用含有2mmol/L 6-DMAP的培养液培养6小时,小鼠卵母细胞的孤雌激活率可达65.5％,明显高于单独使用5％乙醇作用5分钟或单独使用2mmol/L 6-DMAP作用6小时卵母细胞的孤雌激活率。(4)用10％的乙醇作用5分钟,再用含有2mmol/L 6-DMAP的培养液培养6小时,小鼠卵母细胞的孤雌激活率达到100％,远远高于单独使用10％乙醇作用5分钟或单独使用2mmol/L 6-DMAP作用6小时卵母细胞的孤雌激活率。(5)在单独使用乙醇刺激时,激活卵母细胞中直接卵裂(2-细胞)的比率随乙醇作用强度的增加而增加,最高达62.5％;但6-DMAP则抑制激活卵母细胞的直接卵裂,增加二原核卵的比例。     

腺嘌呤对体外小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂的抑制

本文研究了嘌呤类物质对小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂的影响。于卵母细胞的生发泡内显微注射腺嘌呤和腺嘌呤的类似物苄基腺嘌呤可显著抑制卵母细胞的分裂的重新启动。同时发现在腺嘌呤的作用过程中,腺苷酸环化酶的激活剂氟化钠可增强其对卵母细胞的抑制作用,表明cAMP途径在小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂成熟过程中起重要作用。腺嘌呤在不同培养液中的抑制效果不一,次黄嘌呤在DMEM和EMEM中对小鼠的卵丘细胞-卵母细胞复合体(COC)和无卵丘细胞的裸卵(DO)均具有明显的抑制效应。但腺嘌呤在DMEM比在EMEM中对COC的抑制效果更强,而且腺嘌呤在DMEM中与次黄嘌呤具有协同效应,这些差别可能是由于两种培养液中不同成分如谷氨酰胺造成卵母细胞对腺嘌呤吸收差异而引起的。     

小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟及受精过程中细胞核的时空变化规律

用电镜方法研究小鼠卵母细胞的发育及受精虽然已有很多报道,但大多数是有关细胞质、尤其是皮质颗粒、高尔基复合体及线粒体的形态及分布变化的。从卵母细胞体外成熟培养、第一次减数分裂恢复到受精后第二次减数分裂完成,细胞核经历了复杂的变化,有关的系统研究却很少。本实验详细地研究了小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟及受精过程中两性生殖细胞内细胞核的时空变化规律。从卵巢中采集生发泡（ＧＶ）期卵母细胞,进行体外成熟培养,经超排获得的成熟卵母细胞去卵丘和透明带后,用于体外受精。于体外成熟培养及受精后的不同时间,用光镜及电镜方法观察细胞核变化及极体排放。结果表明,尽管大多数卵母细胞在体外培养２至４小时生发泡破裂（ＧＶＢＤ）,但有１３．６％在培养８小时后仍处于ＧＶ期（图１）。电镜观察揭示,不发生ＧＶＢＤ的卵母细胞核的核仁由颗粒性纤维成分、空泡及纤维中心组成。有时核仁表面有空泡。只有核仁完全致密化、核仁周围有核仁相随染色质分布时,卵母细胞才获得恢复减数分裂的能力。ＧＶＢＤ发生时,随着核仁相随染色质向核膜侧扩散迁移,核仁越来越小;与此同时,核膜打折,染色质团块中央出现电子致密的芯。核仁的消失早于核膜的破裂,提示核仁成分可能参与核膜打折及破裂,体外培     

蛋白激酶C在小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟和受精中的作用

蛋白激酶是一类重要的丝／苏氨酸蛋白激酶。本实验以小鼠为实验动物,研究了PKC在卵母细胞体外成熟、活化和受精中的可能作用,及两种PKC亚型在卵母细胞中的定位。PKC激活剂PMA可以阻止GV期卵母细胞在体外恢复减数分裂,该作用可被PKC抑制剂CalphostinC抵消,但不能被PLCγ抑制剂U73122或PKCδ专一性抑制剂Rottlerin所克服。Western印迹显示PKCα和βI在卵母细胞发育过程中恒量表达。激光共聚焦显微术研究发现,受精或受到活化刺激后PKCα转位到卵母细胞膜上,同时皮质颗粒排放,说明PKCα可能参与调节卵皮质反应。本实验首次在小鼠中研究了PLCγ与受精的关系,发现不存在PKC对PLCγ的正反馈调节。此外,本研究还对小鼠卵巢中对PKCα和βI进行了蛋白定位研究。     

蛋白激酶C在小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟和受精中的作用

蛋白激酶是一类重要的丝/苏氨酸蛋白激酶。本实验以小鼠为实验动物,研究了PKC在卵母细胞体外成熟、活化和受精中的可能作用,及两种PKC亚型在卵母细胞中的定位。PKC激活剂PMA可以阻止CV期卵母细胞在体外恢复减数分裂,该作用可被PKC抑制剂calphostin C抵消,但不能被PLCγ抑制剂U73122或PKCδ专一性抑制剂Rottlerin所克服。Western印迹显示PKCα和βⅠ在卵母细胞发育过程中恒量表达。激光共聚焦显微术研究发现,受精或受到活化刺激后PKCα转位到卵母细胞膜上,同时皮质颗粒排放,说明PKCα可能参与调节卵皮质反应。本实验首次在小鼠中研究了PLCγ与受精的关系,发现不存在PKC对PLCγ的正反馈调节。此外,本研究还对小鼠卵巢中对PKCα和βⅠ进行了蛋白定位研究。     

体外培养条件下促性腺激素对昆明白小鼠卵母细胞成熟及卵丘扩展的影响

研究促卵泡激素（FSH）,人绒毛膜促性腺激素（hCG)对昆明白小鼠卵母细胞成熟和卵丘扩展的影响,以及体外培养时卵丘扩展与卵母细胞成熟之间的关系,FSH可以明显促进次黄嘌吟（HX）抑制条件下的卵丘－卵母细胞复合体CEO卵母细胞成熟及卵丘扩展,其最佳作用剂量为100IU／L,且FSH作用30分钟即可以使CEO获得恢复减数分裂的信息,在HX存在的条件下,FSH处理后10hr,CEO卵丘明显扩展,而生发泡破裂（GVBD）则在16－20hr明显增加,所有卵丘未扩展的CEO中卵母细胞均未发生GVBD,低剂量hCG单独或与FSH共同存在,对CEO卵母细胞成熟及卵丘扩展均无明显影响;高剂量hCG可以部分抑制FSH对卵母细胞成熟的促进作用,结果表明：FSH明显促进CEO卵母细胞成熟及卵丘扩展,而hCG却不具有此作用,体外培养条件下（含次黄嘌呤）,卵丘扩展是卵母细胞成熟的前提条件,但卵母细胞成熟并不需要卵丘完全扩展。     

Cumulus cells secrete a meiosi-inducing substance by stimulation with forskolin and dibutyric cyclic adenosine monophosphate

The role of the cumulus cells in initiating the resumption of meiosis after exposure to forskolin and dbcAMP was studied in the mouse. The resumption of meiosis was monitored by the percentage of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and polar body formation (PB). The cumulus-enclosed oocytes (CEO) and denuded oocytes (DO) were cultured with and without hypoxanthine (HX) in the culture medium. Three types of experiments were performed: (1) Effect of forskolin on spontaneous resumption of meiosis, i.e. cultures without HX, and two experiments in which HX is present throughout the culture: (2) Effect of transient exposure to forskolin or dibutyric-cyclic adenosinemonophosphate (dbcAMP) on GVBD prior to continued culture without forskolin or dbcAMP (oocyte priming). (3) Priming of CEO with forskolin for 2 hr, separation of cumulus cells and oocytes, followed by coculture of rejoined cumulus cells and oocytes, or coculture of the cumulus cells and new, unprimed DO. (1) Forskolin inhibited a spontaneous resumption of meiosis in a dose-dependent manner during the first 5 hr of culturing. After 22 hr all controls and CEO resumed meiosis, whereas only half of the DO did. (2) At least 1 hr of priming the CEO with forskolin is needed to induce GVBD and PB formation, but forskolin inhibited the resumption of meiosis when present for 24 hr. Similar results were obtained with a high concentration of dbcAMP. (3) A separation and rejoining of oocytes and cumulus cells after priming induced the resumption of meiosis in a significantly greater number of oocytes than in the control oocytes which were not primed. The GVBD of unstimulated DO also increased significantly when cocultured with cumulus cells from primed CEO. The percentage of GVBD in unprimed DO and in DO isolated from primed CEO was the same. We suggest that within 1–2 hr, forskolin and cAMP stimulate cumulus cells to produce a diffusible meiosis-inducing substance which overcomes HX-inhibition and induces oocyte maturation, including both GVBD and PB formation. The CEO must be primed for more than 2 hr before the resumption of meiosis in DO isolated from such CEO is induced. Oocyte-cumulus connections are crucial as far as initiating the production of a meiosis-inducing substance is concerned. Oocyte-cumulus connections are not needed for transferring this substance to the oocyte. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Short time priming of pig cumulus-oocyte complexes with FSH and forskolin in the presence of hypoxanthine stimulates cumulus cells to secrete a meiosis-activating substance

This study evaluated the effect of forskolin and FSH on pig oocyte maturation when cultured in a maturation inhibiting system. Ovaries from prepubertal gilts were collected at a local slaughterhouse. Oocytes were cultured in a hypoxanthine (HX 4 mM) containing M 199 for 24 or 40 h with or without forskolin and FSH treatment. After the culture, we examined germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and polar body (PB) formation. Two experiments were designed. (1) Cumulus enclosed oocytes (CEO) were cultured for 24 or 40 h with or without different doses of forskolin and FSH. (2) CEO were primed by forskolin and FSH for different times and then transferred into an HX-medium for a further culture. The total culture period was 24 h. The results revealed that 4 mM HX markedly prevented pig CEO from undergoing GVBD. After 24 and 40 h culture, FSH (50-200 U/L) stimulated oocytes to resume meiosis by overcoming the inhibition of HX. Both GVBD and PB formation were increased (P < 0.002 and 0.01 respectively) after 40 h exposed to FSH. Forskolin showed a biphasic effect on CEO maturation. Within 24 h forskolin, in combination with HX, inhibited oocytes maturation. The GVBD percentage was significantly decreased compared to HX alone group (2% to 20%, P < 0.01), whereas no inhibition was observed after 40 h of culture. The second experiment showed that forskolin (3 microM) and FSH (100 U/L) priming CEO could time-dependently induce oocyte maturation by overriding the inhibition of HX. After 30 and 60 min priming by FSH or forskolin, the GVBD and PB percentage was significantly increased (P < 0.002 and 0.01 respectively). No difference of GVBD percentage was observed between FSH short time priming group and FSH long time presentation group. In conclusion, we found that forskolin and FSH in vitro can stimulate pig cumulus cells to secrete a meiosis-activating substance which induces the oocyte to overcome the inhibition of hypoxanthine and undergo GVBD.     

Protein kinase C and meiotic regulation in isolated mouse oocytes

In this study, the possible role of protein kinase C (PKC) in mediating both positive and negative actions on meiotic maturation in isolated mouse oocytes has been examined. When cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO) were cultured for 17-18 hr in a medium containing 4 mM hypoxanthine (HX) to maintain meiotic arrest, each of the five different activators and five different antagonists of PKC stimulated germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) in a dose-dependent fashion. One of the activators, phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), also triggered GVB in CEO arrested with isobutylmethylxanthine or guanosine, but not in those arrested with dibutyryl cyclic AMP. When denuded oocytes (DO) were cultured for 3hr in inhibitor-free medium, all PKC activators suppressed maturation (<10% GVB compared to 94% in controls), while the effect of PKC antagonists was negligible. Four of the five antagonists reversed the meiosis-arresting action of HX in DO. PMA transiently arrested the spontaneous maturation of both CEO and DO, with greater potency in DO. The stimulatory action of PMA in HX-arrested oocytes was dependent on cumulus cells, because meiotic induction occurred in CEO but not DO. PKC activators also preferentially stimulated cumulus expansion when compared to antagonists. A cell-cell coupling assay determined that the action of PMA on oocyte maturation was not due to a loss of metabolic coupling between the oocyte and cumulus oophorus. Finally, Western analysis demonstrated the presence of PKCs alpha, beta1, delta, and eta in both cumulus cells and oocytes, but only PKC epsilon was detected in the cumulus cells. It is concluded that direct activation of PKC in the oocyte suppresses maturation, while stimulation within cumulus cells generates a positive trigger that leads to meiotic resumption.     

Induction of maturation in cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes by follicle-stimulating hormone and epidermal growth factor: evidence for a positive stimulus of somatic cell origin

The efficacy of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), epidermal growth factor (EGF), and dibutyryl cGMP (dbcGMP) as inducers of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) in cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes was examined when meiotic arrest was maintained in vitro with purines, dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP), or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX). When FSH was added to hypoxanthine (HX)-containing medium, the effect on oocyte maturation was at first inhibitory and later stimulatory. EGF stimulated GVBD at all time points tested. FSH and EGF also induced GVBD when oocytes were arrested with dbcAMP, IBMX, or guanosine. Dibutyryl cGMP stimulated GVBD when meiotic arrest was maintained with HX, but not when oocytes were meiotically arrested with guanosine, and was inhibitory in dbcAMP-supplemented medium. FSH and dbcGMP produced a transient delay of oocyte maturation in control medium, but the FSH effect was much more pronounced. EGF had no effect on maturation kinetics. The actions of FSH and EGF required the presence of cumulus cells. Both agents significantly stimulated cAMP production in oocyte-cumulus cell complexes. A brief exposure of complexes to a high concentration of dbcAMP induced GVBD, suggesting that FSH and EGF may act via a cAMP-dependent process. The frequency of FSH- and EGF-induced GVBD in cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes was significantly higher than the frequency of GVBD when oocytes were cultured while denuded of cumulus cells. of maturation is apparently not mediated solely by oocyte-cumulus cell uncoupling and termination of the transfer of an inhibitory meiotic signal from cumulus cells to the oocyte. The data suggest the generation of a positive signal within cumulus cells in response to hormone treatment that acts upon the oocyte to stimulate GVBD in the continued presence of inhibitory factors.     

褪黑素对FSH诱导的小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟的影响

通过次黄嘌呤(HX)阻滞、FSH诱导体外培养模型研究了褪黑素(MT)对小鼠卵母细胞成熟的影响,探讨褪黑素(MT)是否影响小鼠卵母细胞的体外成熟。0.1mg/mL和0.02mg/mL两有效浓度的MT能显著抑制促性腺激素(FSH)诱导的HX阻滞的CEOsGVBD的发生(P<0.05),对PBl的排出虽有一定的抑制作用,但没有统计学意义;MT和次黄嘌呤(HX)对CEOs的自发成熟有协同抑制作用(P<0.01),但在裸卵(DO)自发成熟的阻滞中没有协同效应。MT是调节哺乳动物卵母细胞成熟的重要激素之一,其作用机制可能是通过卵丘细胞实现的。     

Glutamine and the maintenance of meiotic arrest in mouse oocytes: influence of culture medium,glucose, and cumulus cells

The selection of culture media and supplements therein has a tremendous impact on the regulation of oocyte maturation in vitro. In the present study, we have evaluated how altering the levels of glutamine in the presence or absence of glucose affects meiotic arrest in cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO) and denuded oocytes (DO) when cultured in either the simple medium M16 or the more complex Eagle's minimum essential medium (MEM). We have also tested the effectiveness of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in triggering germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) and purine de novo synthesis in differing MEM culture conditions. When DO were cultured 17-18 hr in hypoxanthine (HX)- or dbcAMP-supplemented M16 medium, neither glucose nor glutamine had any effect on oocyte maturation, with dbcAMP the more effective inhibitor. In the absence of glutamine, cumulus cells promoted meiotic resumption, since significantly lower levels of meiotic arrest were maintained in CEO than in DO by either HX or dbcAMP, but addition of the amino acid dose-dependently decreased the maturation percentage in CEO below that observed in DO. In MEM, glutamine and glucose again had little effect on the maturation of DO, although the percentage of maturing DO in HX-supplemented medium was about 20% lower than that in M16 medium. In the absence of glucose, high levels of maturation were observed in CEO in glutamine-free medium that were dose-dependently lowered by the amino acid. However, when glucose was present, CEO were as effectively arrested as DO when glutamine was absent, with no further effect of the amino acid. This inhibitory action of glucose was dependent on the essential amino acids present in MEM. The effects of glutamine were not due to changes in metabolic coupling between the oocyte and cumulus cells. Measurement of purine de novo synthesis indicated that the maintenance of meiotic arrest as well as FSH induction of meiotic resumption were associated with increases in purine synthesis. We conclude that glucose and glutamine act cooperatively to promote the synthesis of new purine compounds within the somatic compartment and that the timing and duration of such synthesis determines whether meiotic resumption will be suppressed or promoted.     

FSH诱导卵丘细胞分泌一种促减数分裂物质(英文)

本实验利用卵母细胞的体外培养模型,将小鼠卵丘－卵母细胞复合体（ＣＥＯ）和去卵丘卵母细胞（ＤＯ）在体外培养,系统研究了促性腺激素（ＦＳＨ、ｈＣＧ）诱导小鼠卵母细胞减数分裂的机制。结果显示,ＦＳＨ能剂量依赖性地诱导ＣＥＯ恢复减数分裂（Ｆｉｇ．１）,但对ＤＯ无影响;ｈＣＧ对 ＣＥＯ、 ＤＯ皆无效果（Ｆｉｇ．２）;用 ＦＳＨ预处理ＣＥＯ时间达到１小时后,就能显著诱导卵母细胞成熟,２小时后作用达到最大;不再增强（Ｆｉｇ．３）;用 ＦＳＨ处理ＣＥＯ ２小时及２４小时的培养液,能诱导ＤＯ恢复减数分裂,但预处理卵丘细胞２４小时的培养液,并不能诱导ＤＯ恢复减数分裂（Ｆｉｇ．４Ａ）;这种培养液在７０℃下３０分钟后,仍能刺激ＤＯ成熟（Ｆｉｇ．４Ｂ）;甾醇类物质合成抑制剂酮康唑,可剂量依赖性地抑制ＦＳＨ的促减数分裂恢复作用（Ｆｉｇ．５）。这些结果说明, ＦＳＨ可能诱导卵丘－卵母细胞复合体中的卵丘细胞分泌一种促减数分裂恢复物质;该物质作用于卵母细胞,诱导其恢复减数分裂而成熟;这种物质可能是一种甾醇类物质。     

Transforming growth factor-alpha augments meiotic maturation of cumulus cell-enclosed mouse oocytes

Growth factors have been shown to play an important role in the regulation of ovarian function. In this study, we examined the effects of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) on the meiotic maturation of immature mouse oocytes in vitro. Cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes were exposed to TGF-alpha with or without the meiotic inhibitor hypoxanthine (HX), and oocyte maturation was assessed by germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). Likewise, mechanically denuded oocytes were examined for GVBD following exposure to HX and TGF-alpha. When cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes were exposed to TGF-alpha (1 microgram/ml) in the presence of HX (4 mM), an increase in GVBD was observed first after 5 hours of culture. Maximal stimulation was reached at 24 hours when 70% of the oocytes underwent maturation in the presence of TGF-alpha and HX as compared to 33% with HX only. Concentrations of TGF-alpha as low as 0.1 ng/ml produced a similar stimulatory response after 24 hours of culture. Spontaneous maturation in the presence of TGF-alpha, but without HX, was also enhanced. The stimulation of GVBD by TGF-alpha showed an increase over time both with and without HX. When denuded oocytes were exposed to TGF-alpha in the presence of HX, no effect was observed. Our results suggest that TGF-alpha is a potent stimulator of mouse oocyte maturation in vitro and that its effect is mediated by the surrounding cumulus cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Mouse versus rat: Profound differences in meiotic regulation at the level of the isolated oocyte

Cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO), denuded oocytes (DO), or dissected follicles were obtained 44-48?hr after priming immature mice (20-23 days old) with 5?IU or immature rats (25-27 days old) with 12.5?IU of equine chorionic gonadotropin, and exposed to a variety of culture conditions. Mouse oocytes were more effectively maintained in meiotic arrest by hypoxanthine, dbcAMP, IBMX, milrinone, and 8-Br-cGMP. Atrial natriuretic peptide, a guanylate cyclase activator, suppressed maturation in CEO from both species, but mycophenolic acid reversed IBMX-maintained meiotic arrest in mouse CEO with little activity in rat CEO. IBMX-arrested mouse, but not rat, CEO were induced to undergo germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and amphiregulin, while human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was ineffective in both species. Nevertheless, FSH and amphiregulin stimulated cumulus expansion in both species. FSH and hCG were both effective inducers of GVB in cultured mouse and rat follicles while amphiregulin was stimulatory only in mouse follicles. Changing the culture medium or altering macromolecular supplementation had no effect on FSH-induced maturation in rat CEO. The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activator, AICAR, was a potent stimulator of maturation in mouse CEO and DO, but only marginally stimulatory in rat CEO and ineffective in rat DO. The AMPK inhibitor, compound C, blocked meiotic induction more effectively in hCG-treated mouse follicles and heat-treated mouse CEO. Both agents produced contrasting results on polar body formation in cultured CEO in the two species. Active AMPK was detected in germinal vesicles of immature mouse, but not rat, oocytes prior to hCG-induced maturation in vivo; it colocalized with chromatin after GVB in rat and mouse oocytes, but did not appear at the spindle poles in rat oocytes as it did in mouse oocytes. Finally, cultured mouse and rat CEO displayed disparate maturation responses to energy substrate manipulation. These data highlight significant differences in meiotic regulation between the two species, and demonstrate a greater potential in mice for control at the level of the cumulus CEO.