PurposeThe present study examined the relationships among the amount of cell‐free‐DNA (cfDNA) in porcine follicular fluid (FF), the developmental ability of enclosed oocytes, and characteristics of granulosa cells and examined the effect of cfDNA content in maturation medium on the developmental ability of the oocytes.MethodsOocytes and FF were collected from individual gilts, and the gilts were rated based on the ability of their oocytes to develop to the blastocyst stage and the amount of cfDNA in the FF. The copy numbers of mitochondrial DNA (Mt‐DNA) and nuclear DNA (N‐DNA) were measured by real‐time PCR and the DNA sequence. FF or cfDNA was added to the maturation medium, and the developmental ability of the oocytes was examined.ResultsThe amount of cfDNA was associated with apoptosis of the granulosa cells, and high‐cfDNA content in FF was associated with low developmental ability of oocytes. Supplementation of the maturation medium with FF containing high cf‐Mt‐DNA or with DNA extracted from the FF did not affect oocyte developmental competence.ConclusionsCell‐free DNA content in FF is a marker for oocyte competence, but cfDNA in the oocyte maturation environment did not affect oocyte developmental ability.
Purpose
This study aimed to examine the relationship between granulosa cells (GCs), number of follicles, and the ability of follicular fluid to support in vitro growth of oocytes.
Methods
The culture medium was supplemented with follicular fluid (FF) collected from GC‐rich ovaries and GC‐poor ovaries, and its effect on in vitro growth and quality of oocytes derived from early antral follicles (EAFs) was assessed.
Results
GC‐rich FF treatment enhanced oocyte growth and augmented changes in the chromatin configuration and lipid content of oocytes when compared to oocytes treated with GC‐poor FF. Moreover, oocytes treated with GC‐rich FF had a higher ability to progress to the blastocyst stage, than oocytes derived from large antral follicles (3‐5 mm in diameter). In addition, supplementation of the culture medium with either GC‐rich or GC‐poor FF enhanced histone acetylation in oocytes grown in vitro.
Conclusion
GC‐rich FF contains key factors that support in vitro oocyte growth; hence, oocytes grown in GC‐rich FF medium had high developmental competence, which was comparative to the oocytes grown in vivo.
This study compared the effects of different volumes of culture medium for the
in vitro
growth of oocytes derived from porcine early antral follicles (EAFs). Oocyte
granulosa cell complexes (OGCs) were collected from EAFs (0.5–0.7 mm in diameter) and individually cultured for 14 days. When OGCs were cultured in 1 ml of medium with or without
polyacrylamide gel (PAG), the presence of PAG supported granulosa cell (GC) proliferation and oocyte growth. When OGCs were cultured in 0.2 or 1 ml of medium on PAG, the number of GC in the
OGC culture and the developmental ability of the oocytes cultured
in vitro
were significantly higher for the 1 ml of culture medium group than for the 0.2 ml group. In
conclusion, a combination of a large volume of culture medium with PAG improved the growth and developmental ability of the oocytes cultured
in vitro
, which were comparable
to the oocytes collected from large antral follicles.
Podoplanin (PDPN) is a prognostic factor and is involved in several mechanisms of tumor
progression in human squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Canine non-tonsillar SCC (NTSCC) is a
common oral tumor in dogs and has a highly invasive characteristic. In this study, we
investigated the function of PDPN in canine NTSCC. In canine NTSCC clinical samples, PDPN
overexpression was observed in 80% of dogs with NTSCC, and PDPN expression was related to
ki67 expression. In PDPN knocked-out canine NTSCC cells, cell proliferation, cancer
stemness, and migration were suppressed. As the mechanism of PDPN-mediated cell
proliferation, PDPN knocked-out induced apoptosis and G2/M cell cycle arrest in canine
NTSCC cells. These findings suggest that PDPN promotes tumor malignancies and may be a
novel biomarker and therapeutic target for canine NTSCC.
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