Oocyte responses to heat stress

• Grant number: 17/13082-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Reproduction
• Principal Investigator: Fabíola Freitas de Paula Lopes
• Grantee: Lais Barbosa Latorraca
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (ICAQF). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Diadema , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The dairy cattle of tropical and subtropical countries, such as Brazil, are subject to adverse environmental conditions, like heat stress. The negative effect of heat stress on fertility is multifactorial affecting follicular growth, oocyte and pre-implantation embryonic development, among others. Special attention has been given to the oocyte due to the high susceptibility of this cell to elevated temperature, reducing fertilization capacity and subsequent embryonic development. The effects of heat stress on cattle reproduction are well characterized, but little has been elucidated on the cellular response to these conditions. A new line of research has the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as the target of study, since many of the pathways activated by cellular stress converge their response to ER, activating the unfolded protein response (UPR) in order to restore cellular homeostasis. The hypothesis of this project is that exposure of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) to heat shock during in vitro maturation (IVM) compromises the function of ER and oocyte developmental competence. To test this hypothesis, experiments will be carried out to determine whether heat shock induces ER stress and reorganization as well as oocyte protein synthesis. In addition, this project aims to determine the role of oocyte ER stress on fertilization and embryonic developmental kinetics of bovine oocytes submitted to heat shock during IVM.Key words: heat shock, endoplasmic reticulum stress, bovine oocyte. (AU)

Scientific publications

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LATORRACA, LAIS B.; FEITOSA, WEBER B.; MARIANO, CAMILA; MOURA, MARCELO T.; FONTES, PATRICIA K.; NOGUEIRA, MARCELO F. G.; PAULA-LOPES, FABIOLA F.. Autophagy is a pro-survival adaptive response to heat shock in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, AUG 13 2020. (17/13082-6, 12/50533-2)

MOURA, MARCELO T.; LATORRACA, LAIS B.; PAULA-LOPES, FABIOLA E.. Contextualizing Autophagy during Gametogenesis and Preimplantation Embryonic Development. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, v. 22, n. 12, JUN 2021. (17/20125-3, 17/13082-6)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

LATORRACA, Lais Barbosa. Oocyte response to heat stress. 2019. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências. Botucatu Botucatu.