J Vet Sci.  2001 Aug;2(2):131-137.

Effect of IP3 and ryanodine treatments on the development of bovine parthenogenetic and reconstructed embryos

Abstract

For parthenogenetic activation as a model system of nuclear transfer, microinjection and electroporation as activation treatments in bovine metaphase II oocytes were administered to each of three groups as follows: control group (treatments with Ca2+, Mg2+ -free PBS+100 micro M EGTA), IP3 group (control+25 micro M IP3) and IP3+ ryanodine group (control+25 micro M IP3+10 mM ryanodine). In experiments using microinjection, no significant differences were observed between any of the developmental stages of the electroporation experiment. For electroporation, cleavage rates were significantly higher in the IP3+ryanodine group than in the IP3 or control group (85.6% vs 73.7% or 67.6%, respectively). In the subsequent stages of embryonic development, such as morula and blastocyst formation, the IP3 and ryanodine group exhibited significantly higher rates of morula fomation than the IP3 or control groups (40.6% vs 24.2% or 16.7%, respectively). Similarly, the rate of blastocyst formation in the IP3+ryanodine group was significantly higher than the control group (16.3% vs 6.9%) but did not differ significantly from the IP3 group (16.3% vs 9.5%). In nuclear transfer, activation was performed at 30 hpm by microinjection and elecroporation with 25 micro M IP3+ 10 mM ryanodine followed by 6-DMAP treatment. No significant differences were observed at any stage of embryonic development and none of the embryos activated by electroporation reached either the morula or blastocyst stage. However, 3.8% and 1.9% of embryos activated by microinjection sucessfully developed to the morula and blastocyst stages, respectively. In conclusion, activation treatments using IP3 and ryanodine are able to support the development of bovine parthenogenetic and reconstructed embryos.

Keyword

Bovine; microinjection; electroporation; IP3; ryanodine; activation

MeSH Terms

Adenine/administration & dosage/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology
Animals
Cattle/*embryology/physiology
Cell Fusion
Electroporation/veterinary
Embryonic and Fetal Development/*drug effects
Enzyme Inhibitors/administration & dosage/pharmacology
Female
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/administration & dosage/*pharmacology
Microinjections/veterinary
Nuclear Transfer Techniques
Oocytes/drug effects/growth & development
Parthenogenesis/*drug effects
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Ryanodine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology
Skin/cytology
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