Maternal age and in vitro culture affect mitochondrial number and function in equine oocytes and embryos

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 957-968

  Hendriks, W Karin ^a,e   Colleoni, Silvia ^b   Galli, Cesare ^b,c   Paris, Damien B B P ^a,f   Colenbrander, Ben ^a   Roelen, Bernard A J ^a   Stout, Tom A E ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratorio di Tecnologie della Riproduzione   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e Section of Reproduction Faculty of Veterinary Science University of Pretoria ^*  (Netherlands)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATP; gene expression; mitochondrial quantity; mitochondrial replication

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 3; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; OXYGEN RADICAL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY YIELD; EQUIDAE; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MARE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION; MITOCHONDRIAL NUMBER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; EMBRYO CULTURE; HORSE; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HORSES; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION TECHNIQUES; MATERNAL AGE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84936949170     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD14450     Document Type: Article

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