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| Author(s): |
Tiago Henrique Camara De Bem
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Pirassununga. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2009-06-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Cláudia Lima Verde Leal;
Paulo Roberto Adona;
Flávio Vieira Meirelles
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| Advisor: | Cláudia Lima Verde Leal |
| Abstract | |
Embryo production rates obtained from both IVF (30-40%) and NT (23%) are still below the expected values. Therefore, oocyte pre-maturation using cell cycle inhibitors is one of the alternatives which has been studied to increase the competence of oocytes used for IVP, as an attempt to optimize the success rates of these biotechniques. Neurotrophins are known to play several roles in the reproductive system. BDNF is an example of a neurotrophin that seems to be related to oocyte maturation. Therefore, the objective of this study was to improve techniques of pre-maturation and maturation of bovine oocytes submitted to parthenogenetic activation, aiming for its use on cloning by nuclear transfer. Bovine oocytes were submitted to maturation either in presence (IVM/BD) or absence (IVM) of BDNF or pre-matured with BLI and supplemented (BL/BD) or not (BL) with the neurotrophin. Groups were evaluated for maturation rates (metaphase II), activation (pro-nucleus formation) and embryo development (blastocyst formation rate and quality). There was no difference (P>0.05) in MII rate after the maturation with or without BDNF. However, pre-maturation in the supplemented group (BL/BD, n=73; 91.2%) resulted in higher MII rate (P<0.05) when compared with the nonsupplemented group (BL, n=66; 76.7%). Oocytes which were matured under the same conditions were also activated chemically for embryonic development analysis. Activation rates were different (P<0.05) from IVM/BD groups (n=30; 71.4%) and IVM (n=41; 91.1%). However, no difference were observed for development parameters. When the oocytes were prematured, cleavage rates in the supplemented group were superior (P<0.05) than non supplemented group (BL/BD: n=227; 65.2%) and (BL: n=187; 57.7%), but no difference was observed for other developmental parameters. Embryo quality was also evaluated and no difference was observed between treatments. Groups submitted to NT (IVM and BL/BD) differed regarding (P<0.05) the 1stPB extrusion (n=639; 63.5% and n=693; 69.5%, respectively) and fusion rate (n=345; 72.9% and n=397; 79.2%, respectively), but did not present differences for other evaluated parameters. Embryo quality was evaluated again and no differences were observed. After the embryos were transferred to recipient cows, groups IVM (n=3; 10.7%) and BL/BD (n=3; 11.5%) were capable of producing advanced gestations at similar rates (P>0.05). Based on these results, it may be concluded that supplementation of both maturation and pre-maturation does not impair embryonic development. Additionally, cloned embryos produced from blocked oocytes are able to establish advanced gestation in cattle. (AU) | |