2002
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4320(01)00186-5
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Expression of Bcl-2 and Bax proteins in relation to quality of bovine oocytes and embryos produced in vitro

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“…Data from the current study indicate that BAX expression was greater (P \ 0.05) in embryos produced from undefined media-containing serum than those produced in its absence, suggesting that over expression of the BAX gene, in the cellular apoptotic pathway takes place (Yang and Rajamahendran 2002;Opiela et al 2008). This non-regulation of BAX mRNA expression could cause low quality of embryos in undefined media.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
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“…Data from the current study indicate that BAX expression was greater (P \ 0.05) in embryos produced from undefined media-containing serum than those produced in its absence, suggesting that over expression of the BAX gene, in the cellular apoptotic pathway takes place (Yang and Rajamahendran 2002;Opiela et al 2008). This non-regulation of BAX mRNA expression could cause low quality of embryos in undefined media.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 60%
“…Another significant finding from this study was that the level of BCL-2 mRNA in defined medium increased (P \ 0.05) at 2-cell, 8-to 16-cell, morula and hatched blastocyst stages than for embryos from undefined media. Yang and Rajamahendran (2002) demonstrated that good quality embryos have a greater concentration of BCL-2 protein than BAX protein, whereas there is more BAX than BCL-2 in lower quality embryos. Correspondingly, in this study the apoptotic incidence of embryos derived from defined medium at 2-cell, morula and hatched blastocyst stages were significantly lower than undefined media embryos.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, this condition can be alleviated by using vitrification, but it must be considered that different factors in vitrification such as high cryoprotectant concentrations, cooling, and osmotic stress may contribute to the initiation of apoptosis that threaten later viability and development [16]. However, in the absence of cryopreservation, the process of in vitro maturation also induces degeneration via an apoptotic pathway [13][14][15]. This pathway is also activated by such physiological stimuli as: temperature, toxicants, and oxidative stress, to name a few [16].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The data from the current study indicate that, BAX expression showed a steady increase through the developmental stages and the levels were significantly (P \ 0.05) higher in NT embryos from AFs than in embryos from AFSCs and IVF, suggesting that overexpression of the BAX gene accelerates cellular apoptotic pathways (Yang and Rajamahendran 2002;Opiela et al 2008). This non-regulation of BAX mRNA production could be a cause for the low quality of the cloned embryos.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 65%
“…Transcript abundance of cell death regulatory genes may be altered in embryos undergoing fragmentation, so that expression of the gene involved in cell death (BAX) is elevated, and expression of the gene involved in cell survival (BCL2) may be reduced. Yang and Rajamahendran (2002) demonstrated that good quality embryos have a greater concentration of BCL2 protein than that of BAX protein, while there is more BAX than BCL2 in lower quality embryos. The higher apoptotic incidence of SCNT embryos than those of the IVF group may be attributed to the in vitro micromanipulation (McElroy et al 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%