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Effect of FSH and LH hormones on oocyte maturation of buffalo and gene expression analysis of their receptors and Cx43 in maturing oocytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Alok Pandey ,
S.C. Gupta  and
Neelam Gupta
Alok Pandey
Affiliation:
Transgenic Research Laboratory, DNA Finger Printing Unit, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 132001, India.
S.C. Gupta
Affiliation:
Transgenic Research Laboratory, DNA Finger Printing Unit, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 132001, India.
Neelam Gupta*
Affiliation:
Transgenic Research Laboratory, DNA Finger Printing Unit, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 132001, India.
*
All correspondence to: Neelam Gupta. Transgenic Research Laboratory, DNA Finger Printing Unit, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal 132001, India. Tel: +91 941 6401144. Fax: +91 184 2267654. e-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) are commonly added to maturation media to improve cumulus expansion known to be a predictor of oocyte maturation. Therefore, effects of various concentrations of FSH (1000 ng/ml), LH (1000 ng/ml) and FSH + LH (1000 ng/ml each) in comparison with control (without FSH + LH) cultured oocytes were investigated. FSH and LH (1000 ng/ml each) induced significantly more cumulus expansion and polar body numbers, as compared with control and treatments of 1000 ng/ml FSH and 1000 ng/ml LH alone. Expression of FSH receptor (r), LHr and Cx43 mRNAs was determined by real-time PCR in cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) and denuded oocytes at different maturation times. Expression of all three genes was higher in COCs compared with denuded oocytes, confirming the importance of cumulus cells in oocyte maturation. FSHr and connexin 43 (Cx43) mRNA abundance in both COCs and denuded oocytes was highest at 0–6 h of maturation and decreased subsequently. However, LHr mRNA abundance increased from 6 h up to 24 h of maturation. The study concluded that FSH, LH receptors and Cx43 gene expression regulation is an index related to oocyte maturation.

Keywords

FSHLHCx43buffalo
Type
Research Article
Information
Zygote , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , August 2010 , pp. 231 - 234
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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