Journal article
Changes in germinal vesicle (GV) chromatin configurations during growth and maturation of porcine oocytes
Molecular reproduction and development, Vol.69(2), pp.228-234
10/2004
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20123
PMID: 15293225
Abstract
Changes in germinal vesicle (GV) chromatin configurations during growth and maturation of porcine oocytes were studied using a new method that allows a clearer visualization of both nucleolus and chromatin after Hoechst staining. The GV chromatin of porcine oocytes was classified into five configurations, based on the degree of chromatin condensation, and on nucleolus and nuclear membrane disappearance. While the GV1 to 4 configurations were similar to those reported by previous studies, the GV0 configuration was distinct by the diffuse, filamentous pattern of chromatin in the whole nuclear area. Most of the oocytes were at the GV0 stage in the <1 and 1–1.9 mm follicles, but the GV0 pattern disappeared completely in the 2–2.9 and 3–6 mm follicles. As follicles grew, the number of oocytes with GV1 configurations increased and reached a maximum in the preovulatory follicles 4 hr post-hCG injection. During maturation in vivo, the number of GV1 oocytes decreased while oocytes undergoing GVBD increased. The percentage of oocytes with GV3 and GV4 configurations was constant during oocyte growth except at the 2–2.9 mm follicle stage, but these configurations disappeared completely after hCG injection. On the contrary, the in vitro maturing oocytes showed a large proportion of GV3 and GV4 configurations. There was no significant difference in distribution of chromatin configurations between the nonatretic and atretic follicles, and between oocytes with more than two layers of cumulus cells and those with less than one layer or no cumulus cells. Overall, our results suggested that (i) the GV0 configuration in porcine oocytes corresponded to the “nonsurrounded nucleolus” pattern in mice and other species; (ii) all the oocytes were synchronized at the GV1 stage before GVBD and this pattern might, therefore, represent a nonatretic state; (iii) the GV3 and GV4 configurations might represent stages toward atresia, or transient events prior to GVBD that could be switched toward either ovulation or atresia, depending upon circumstances; (iv) the in vitro systems currently used were not favorable for oocytes to switch toward ovulation (or final maturation); (v) the number of cumulus cells was not correlated with the chromatin configuration of oocytes, indicating that the beneficial effect of cumulus cells on oocyte maturation and development may simply be attributed to their presence during in vitro culture.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Changes in germinal vesicle (GV) chromatin configurations during growth and maturation of porcine oocytes
- Creators
- Xing-Shen Sun - Northeast Agricultural UniversityYong Liu - Shandong Agricultural UniversityKui-Zhong Yue - Northeast Agricultural UniversitySuo-Feng Ma - Shandong Agricultural UniversityJing-He Tan - Shandong Agricultural University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Molecular reproduction and development, Vol.69(2), pp.228-234
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- DOI
- 10.1002/mrd.20123
- PMID
- 15293225
- ISSN
- 1040-452X
- eISSN
- 1098-2795
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2004
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984284328402771
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