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Follicular interactions affect the in vitro development of isolated goat preantral follicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2010

Ana Beatriz Graça Duarte ,
Roberta Nogueira Chaves ,
Valdevane Rocha Araújo ,
Juliana Jales Celestino ,
Gerlane Modesto Silva ,
Cláudio Afonso Pinho Lopes ,
Líliam Mara Trevisan Tavares ,
Cláudio Cabral Campelo  and
José Ricardo de Figueiredo
Ana Beatriz Graça Duarte*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Manipulação de Oócitos e Folículos Pré-Antrais (LAMOFOPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias (PPGCV), Faculdade de Veterinária (FAVET), Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Av. Paranjana 1700, Campus do Itaperi, Fortaleza–CE, CEP: 60740–930, Brazil.
Roberta Nogueira Chaves
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Valdevane Rocha Araújo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Juliana Jales Celestino
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Gerlane Modesto Silva
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Cláudio Afonso Pinho Lopes
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Líliam Mara Trevisan Tavares
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Cláudio Cabral Campelo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
José Ricardo de Figueiredo
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
*
All correspondence to: Beatriz Duarte. Laboratório de Manipulação de Oócitos e Folículos Pré-Antrais (LAMOFOPA), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias (PPGCV), Faculdade de Veterinária (FAVET), Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Av. Paranjana 1700, Campus do Itaperi, Fortaleza–CE, CEP: 60740–930, Brazil. Tel: +55 85 3101 9852. Fax: +55 85 3101 9840. e-mail: beatriz_duarte@hotmail.com
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Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the number of follicles per drop (one or three) and antral follicles on in vitro development of isolated goat preantral follicles. Preantral follicles were isolated through microdissection and distributed individually (control) or in groups of three follicles (treatment) in microdroplets of α-MEM with or without 1000 ng/ml follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) for Experiments 1 and 2, respectively. Experiment 3 was divided into four treatments according to the presence of one or three preantral follicles, associated or not with antral follicles. After culture, oocytes were retrieved from morphologically normal follicles and submitted to in vitro maturation (IVM) and live/dead fluorescent labelling. Results of Experiment 1 (basic medium without FSH) showed that culture of preantral follicles in groups enhances viability, growth and antrum formation after 12 days. However, in the presence of FSH (Experiment 2), only the recovery rate of fully grown oocytes for IVM was significantly affected by grouping of follicles. In Experiment 3, in general, co-culture of preantral follicles with an early antral follicle had a detrimental effect on viability, antrum formation and production of oocytes for IVM. In conclusion, the performance of in vitro culture of goat preantral follicles is affected by the number of follicles per drop, the presence of an antral follicle and FSH.

Keywords

CaprineGrowthMaturationOocyteViability
Type
Research Article
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Zygote , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 215 - 227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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