Ultrastructural characterization of porcine oocytes and adjacent follicular cells during follicle development: Lipid component evolution

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1647-1657

  Silva, Renata C ^a   Báo, Sônia N ^a   Jivago, José Luiz P R ^a   Lucci, Carolina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Lipids; Oocyte; Pig; Preantral ovarian follicle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; SWINE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SWINE;

MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 80655147065     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Hyttel P., Xu K.P., Smith S., Greve T. Ultrastructure of in-vitro oocyte maturation in cattle. J Reprod Fert 1986, 78:615-625.
2. Fair T., Hulshof S.C.J., Hyttel P., Boland T.M. Oocyte ultrastructure in bovine primordial to early tertiary follicles. Anat Embryol 1997, 195:327-336.
3. Kacinskis M.A., Lucci C.M., Luque M.C.A., Báo S.N. Morphometric and ultrastructural characterization of Bos indicus preantral follicles. Anim Reprod Sci 2005, 47:45-57.
4. Hay M.F., Cran D.G., Moor R.M. Structural changes occurring during atresia in sheep ovarian follicles. Cell Tiss Res 1976, 169:515-529.
5. Sharma R.K., Sawhney A.K. Fine morphology of membrane granulose in caprine ovary. Ind J Anim Sci 1999, 69:109-113.
6. Lucci C.M., Silva R.V., Carvalho C.A., Figueiredo J.R., Báo S.N. Light microscopical and ultrastructural characterization of goat preantral follicles. Small Rumin Res 2001, 41:61-69.
7. Mondadori R.G., Santin T.R., Fidelis A.A.G., Porfírio E.P., Báo S.N. Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) preantral follicle population and ultrastructural characterization of antral follicle oocyte. Reprod Dom Anim 2010, 45:33-37.
8. Mondadori R.G., Luque M.C.A., Santin T.R., Báo S.N. Ultrastructural and morphometric characterization of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) ovarian preantral follicles. Anim Reprod Sci 2007, 97:323-333.
9. Carrijo-Junior O.A., Marinho A.P.S., Campos A.A., Amorim C.A., Báo S.N., Lucci C.M. Morphometry, estimation and ultrastructure of ovarian preantral follicle population in queens. Cell Tiss Org 2010, 191:152-160.
10. Bruin J.P., Dorland S.P.E.K., Posthuma M.E.R., Van Haaften G., Looman M., TeVelde E.R. Ultrastructure of the resting ovarian follicle pool in healthy young women. Biol Reprod 2002, 66:1151-1160.
11. Westergaard C.G., Byskov A.G., Andersen C.Y. Morphometric characteristics of the primordial to primary follicle transition in the human ovary in relation to age. Hum Reprod 2007, 22:2225-2231.
12. Greenwald G.S., Moor R.M. Isolation and preliminary characterization of pig primordial follicles. J Reprod Fert 1989, 87:561-571.
13. Bjersing L. On the ultrastructure of follicles and isolated follicular granulosa cells of porcine ovary. Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat 1967, 82:173-186.
14. Wu C., Rui R., Dai J., Zhang C., Ju S., Xie B., Lu X., Zheng X. Effects of cryopreservation on the developmental competence, ultrastructure and cytoskeletal structure of porcine oocytes. Mol Reprod Develop 2006, 73:1454-1462.
15. Gerelchimeg B., Li-Qing L., Zhong Z., Jiang-Tian T., Qing-Ran K., Jun S., Xue-Dong W., Zhong-Hua L. Effect of chilling on porcine germinal vesicle stage oocytes at the subcellular level. Cryobiology 2009, 59:54-58.
16. Fu X.-W., Shi W.-Q., Zhang Q.-J., Zhao X.-M., Yan C.L., Hou Y.-P., Zhou G.-B., Fan Z.-Q., Suo L., Wusiman A., Wang Y.-P., Zhu S.-E. Positive effects of Taxol pretreatment on morphology, distribution and ultrastructure of mitochondria and lipid droplets in vitrification of in vitro matured porcine oocytes. Anim Reprod Sci 2009, 115:158-168.
17. Hao Z.-D., Liu S., Wu Y., Wan P.-C., Cui M.-S., Chen H., Zeng S.-M. Abnormal changes in mitochondria, lipid droplets, ATP andglutathione content, and Ca2+ release after electro-activationcontribute to poor developmental competence of porcine oocyte during in vitro ageing. Reprod Fertil Develop 2009, 21:323-332.
18. Zhou G.-B., Li N. Cryopreservation of porcine oocytes: recent advances. Mol Hum Reprod 2009, 15:279-285.
19. Borges E.N., Silva R.C., Futino D.O., Rocha-Junior C.M., Amorim C.A., Báo S.N., Lucci C.M. Cryopreservation of swine ovarian tissue: effect of different cryoprotectants on the structural preservation of preantral follicle oocytes. Cryobiology 2009, 59:195-200.
20. Shaw J.M., Oranratnachai A., Trounson A.O. Fundamental cryobiology of mammalian oocytes and ovarian tissue. Theriogenology 2000, 53:59-72.
21. Lintern-Moore S., Moore G.P.M., Tyndale-Biscoe C.H., Poole W.E. The growth of the oocyte and follicle in the ovaries of monotremes and marsupials. Anat Rec 1976, 185:325-332.
22. Lundy T., Smith P., O'Connell A., Hudson N.L., Mcnatty K.P. Population of granulosa cells in small follicles of the sheep ovary. J. Reprod Fertil 1999, 115:251-262.
23. Domingues S.F.S., Furtado S.H.C., Ohashi O.M., Rondina D., Silva L.D.M. Histological study of capuchin monkey (Cebusapella) ovarian follicles. Acta AmazÔnica 2004, 34:495-501.
24. Morbeck D.E., Esbenshade K.L., Flowers W.L., Britt J.H. Kinetics of follicle growth in the prepubertal gilt. Bio Fert Reprod 1992, 47:485-491.
25. Figueiredo J.R., Hulshof S.C.J., Van der Hurk R., Ectors J.F., Bevers M.M., Nusgens B., Beckers J.F. Preservation of oocyte and granulosa cell morphology in bovine preantral follicles cultured in vitro. Theriogenology 1994, 41:1333-1346.
26. Makabe S., Van Blerkom J. Atlas of Human Female Reproductive Function: Ovarian Development to Early Embryogenesis After In-Vitro Fertilization 2006, Informa Healthcare. First Edition.
27. Oktay K., Nugent D., Newton H., Salha O., Chatterjee P., Gosden R.G. Isolation and characterization of primordial follicles from fresh and cryopreserved human ovarian tissue. Fertil Steril 1997, 67:481-486.
28. Lucci C.M., Kacinskis M.A., Lopes L.H.R., Rumpf R., Báo S.N. Effect of different cryoprotectants on the structural preservation of follicles in frozen zebu bovive (Bos indicus) ovarian tissue. Theriogenology 2004, 61:1101-1114.
29. Reader K.L. A quantitative ultrastructural study of oocytes during the early stages of ovarian follicular development in Boorola and Wild-Type sheep 2007, Victoria University of Wellington, Wallaceville, New Zealand, Thesis.
30. Fawcett D.W. An Atlas of Fine Structure-The Cell: Its Organelles and Inclusions 1966, W.B. Saunders Company.
31. Gunter K.K., Gunter T.E. Transport of calcium by mitochondria. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2004, 26:471-485.
32. Maxfield F.R., Wüstner D. Intracellular cholesterol transport. J Clin Invest 2002, 110:891-898.
33. Dunbar B.S., Avery S., Lee V., Prasad S., Schwahn D., Schwoebel E., Skinner S., Wilkins B. The mammalian zona pellucida: its biochemistry, immunochemistry, molecular biology and developmental expression. Reprod Fertil Dev 1994, 6:331-347.
34. Bernhard W., Rouiller C. Close topographical relationship between mitochondria and ergastoplasm of liver cells in a definitive phase of cellular activity. J Biophysic Biochem Cytol 1956, 2:73-78.
35. Russe I. Oogenesis in cattle and sheep. Bibl Anat 1983, 24:77-92.
36. Adams E.C., Hertig A.T. Studies on guinea pig oocytes. Electron microscope observations on the development of cytoplasmic organelles in oocyte of primordial and primary follicles. J Cell Biol 1964, 21:397-427.
37. Zamboni L. Fine morphology of the follicle wall and follicle cell-oocyte association. Biol Reprod 1974, 10:125-149.
38. Nicosia S.V., Evangelista I., Batta S.K. Rabbit ovarian follicles. I. Isolation technique and characterization at different stages of development. Biol Reprod 1975, 13:423-447.
39. Hilmelstein-Braw R., Byskov A.G., Peters H., Faber M. Follicular atresia in the infant human ovary. J Reprod Fertil 1976, 46:55-59.
40. Oakberg E.F. Folicular growth and atresia in the mouse. In vitro 1979, 15:41-49.
41. Anderson E., Albertini D.F. Gap junctions between the oocyte and companion follicle cells in the mammalian ovary. J Cell Biol 1976, 71:680-686.
42. Herlands R.L., Schultz R.M. Regulation of mouse growth: probable nutricional role for intercellular communication between follicle cells and oocytes: in oocyte growth. J Exper Zoo 1984, 229:317-325.
43. Basso A.C., Esper C.R. Isolation and ultrastructural characterization of preantral follicles in the Nelore breed cows (Bos Taurus indicus). Braz J Vet Res Anim Sci 2002, 39:311-319.
44. Andrade ER, Maddox-Hyttel P, Landim-Alvarenga FDC, Silva JRV, Alfieri AA, Seneda MM, Figueiredo JR, Toniolli R. Ultrastructure of sheep primordial follicles cultured in the presence of indol acetic acid, EGF, and FSH. Vet Med Int doi:10.4061/2011/670987.
45. Hayat M.A. Stains and Cytochemical Methods 1993, Plenun Publishing Corporation.
46. Didion B.A., Pomp D., Martin M.J., Homancis G.E., Markert C.L. Observations on the cooling and cryopreservation of pig oocytes at the germinal vesicle stage. J Anim Sci 1990, 68:2803-2810.
47. Nagashima H., Kashiwazaki N., Ashman R.J., Grupen C.G., Seamark R.F., Nottle M.B. Removal of cytoplasmic lipid enhances the tolerance of porcine embryos to chilling. Biol Reprod 1994, 51:618-622.
48. Isachenko V., Isachenko E., Michelmann J.L., Alabart I., Vazquez N., Bezugly N., Nawroth F. Lipolysis and ultrastructural changes of intracelular lipid vesicles after cooling of bovine and porcine GV-oocytes. Anat Histol Embryol 2001, 30:333-338.