Glutathione synthesis during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes: Role of cumulus cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1420-1425

  De Matos, Daniel G ^a   Furnus, Cecilia C ^a   Moses, Daniel F ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones Reproductivas Perez Companc   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030659573     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.6.1420     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Meister A. Selective modification of glutathione metabolism. Science 1983; 220:472-477.
2. Calvin HI, Grosshans K, Blake EJ. Estimation and manipulation of glutathione levels in prepuberal mouse ovaries and ova: relevance to sperm nucleus transformation in the fertilized egg. Gamete Res 1986; 14:265-275.
3. Perreault SD, Barbee RR, Slott VI. Importance of glutathione in the acquisition and maintenance of sperm nuclear decondensing activity in maturing hamster oocytes. Dev Biol 1988; 125:181-186.
4. Yoshida M, Ishigaki K, Nagai T, Chikyu M, Pursel VG. Glutathione concentration during maturation and after fertilization in pig oocytes: relevance to the ability of oocytes to form male pronucleus. Biol Reprod 1993; 49:89-94.
5. Miyamura M, Yoshida M, Hamano S, Kuwayama M. Glutathione concentration during maturation and fertilization in bovine oocytes. Theriogenology 1995; 43:282.
6. de Matos DG, Furnus CC, Moses DF, Martinez AG, Matkovic M. Stimulation of glutathione synthesis of in vitro matured bovine oocytes and its effect on embryo development and freezability. Mol Reprod Dev 1996; 45:451-457.
7. Perreault SD, Wolff RA, Zirkin BR. The role of disulfide bond reduction during mammalian sperm nuclear decondensation in vivo. Dev Biol 1984; 101:160-167.
8. Yoshida M, Ishigaki K, Pursel VG. Effect of maturation media on male pronucleus formation in pig oocytes matured in vitro. Mol Reprod Dev 1992; 31:68-71.
9. Yoshida M. Role of glutathione in the maturation and fertilization of pig oocytes in vitro. Mol Reprod Dev 1993; 35:76-81.
10. Telford NA, Watson AJ, Schultz GA. Transition from maternal to embryonic control in early mammalian development: a comparison of several species. Mol Reprod Dev 1990, 26:90-100.
11. Gardiner CS, Reed DJ. Synthesis of glutathione in the preimplantation mouse embryo. Arch Biochem Biophys 1995; 318:30-36.
12. Gardiner CS, Reed DJ. Glutathione redox cycle-driven recovery of reduced glutathione after oxidation by tertiary-butyl hydroperoxide in preimplantation mouse embryos. Arch Biochem Biophys 1995; 321:6-12.
13. de Matos DG, Furnus CC, Moses DF, Baldassarre H. Effect of cysteamine on glutathione level and developmental capacity of bovine oocyte matured in vitro. Mol Reprod Dev 1995; 42:432-436.
14. Moor RM, Smith MW, Dawson MC. Measurement of intercellular coupling between oocytes and cumulus cells using intracellular markers. Exp Cell Res 1980; 126:15-29.
15. Larsen WJ, Wert SE. Role of cell junctions in gametogenesis and in early embryonic development. Tissue & Cell 1988; 20:809-848.
16. Larsen WJ. Mechanisms of gap junction modulation. In: Sperelakis N, Cole WC (eds.), Cell Interactions and Gap Junctions. Vol. I. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 1989: 3-27.
17. Kim SK, Minami N, Yamada M, Utsumi K. Functional role of cumulus cells during maturation in development of in vitro matured and fertilized bovine oocytes. Theriogenology 1996; 45:278.
18. Parrish JJ, Susko-Parrish J, Leibfried-Rutledge ML, Critser ES, Eyestone WH, First NF. Bovine in vitro fertilization with frozen thawed semen. Theriogenology 1986; 25:591-600.
19. Tietze F. Enzymic method for quantitative determination of nanogram amounts of total and oxidized glutathione: applications to mammalian blood and other tissues. Anal Biochem 1969; 27:502-522.
20. Takahashi M, Nagai T, Hamano S, Kuwayama M, Okamura N, Okano A. Effect of thiol compounds on in vitro development and intracellular glutathione content of bovine embryos. Biol Reprod 1993; 49:228-232.
21. Meister A, Tate SS. Glutathione and the related γ-glutamyl compounds: biosynthesis and utilization. Annu Rev Biochem 1976; 45: 559-604.
22. Chance B, Sies H, Boveris A. Hydroxyperoxide metabolism in mammalian organs. Physiol Rev 1979; 59:527-605.
23. Meister A. Glutathione biosynthesis and its inhibition. Methods Enzymol 1995; 252:26-30.
24. Sagara J, Miura K, Bannai S. Cystine uptake and glutathione level in fetal brain cells in primary culture and in suspension. J Neurochem 1993; 61:1667-1671.
25. Bannai S. Transport of cystine and cysteine in mammalian cells. Biochem Biophys Acta 1984; 779:289-306.
26. Takahashi M, Nagai T, Okamura N, Okano A. Effect of co-culture cells on the uptake of cystine into bovine embryos. Theriogenology 1995; 43:332.
27. Meier T, Issels R. Promotion of cyst(e)ine uptake. Methods Enzymol 1995; 252:103-112.
28. Funahashi H, Day BN. Effect of cumulus cells on glutathione content of porcine oocytes during in vitro maturation. J Anim Sci 1995 73(suppl 1):90.
29. Zuelke KA, Perreault SD. Hamster oocyte and cumulus cell glutathione concentrations increase rapidly during in vivo meiotic maturation. Biol Reprod 1994; 50(suppl 1):144.
30. Funahashi H, Cantley TC, Stumpf TT, Terlouw SL, Day B. Use of low-salt culture medium with elevated oocyte glutathione levels and enhanced male pronuclear formation after in vitro fertilization. Biol Reprod 1994; 51:633-639.
31. Bannai S. Exchange of cystine and glutamato across the plasma membrane of human fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 1986; 261:2256-2263.
32. Bannai S, Christensen HN, Vadgama JV, Ellory JC, Englesberg E, Guidotti GG, Gazzola GC, Kilberg MS, Lajtha A, Sacktor B, Sepulveda FV, Young JD, Yudilevich D, Mann G. Amino acid transport systems. Nature 1984; 311:308.
33. Bannai S, Ishii T. Transport of cystine and cysteine and cell growth in cultured human diploid fibroblast: effect of glutamate and homocysteate. J Cell Physiol 1982; 122:265-272.
34. Bannai S, Ishii T. A novel function of glutamine in cell culture: utilization of glutamine for the uptake of cysteine in human fibroblast. J Cell Physiol 1988; 137:360-366.
35. Christensen Halvor N. Role of amino acid transport and countertransport in nutrition and metabolism. Physiol Rev 1990; 70:43-77.
36. Cotgreave I, Moldeus P, Schuppe I. The metabolism of N-acetyl-L-cysteine by human endothelial cells. Biochem Pharmacol 1991; 42: 13-20.
37. Bonanomi L, Gazzaniga A. Toxicological, pharmacokinetic and metabolic studies on acetylcysteine. Eur J Respir Dis 1980; 111(suppl): 45.
38. Yim Chang-Yeol, Hibbs JB Jr, McGregor JR, Galinsky RE, Samlowski WE. Use of N-acetylcysteine to increase intracellular glutathione during the induction of antitumor responses by il-2. J Immunol 1994; 152:5796-5805.