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A Neural Network-Based Identification of Developmentally Competent or Incompetent Mouse Fully-Grown Oocytes
Published on: March 3, 2018
Do the Cytoplast and Nuclear Material of Germinal Vesicle Oocyte Support Developmental Competence Upon Reconstruction
Abd El-Nasser Ahmed Mohammed1,2,3, Saker Al-Suwaiegh1, Tarek Al-Shaheen1
11Department of Animal & Fish Production, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Maturation conditions and oocytes quality have substantial roles on developmental competence of unreconstructed or reconstructed oocytes. Cloning has been reported successfully with low efficiency through embryonic or somatic nuclear transfer into enucleated metaphase II oocytes. It has been suggested that introducing embryonic or somatic nucleus to cytoplast at earlier stage might improve reprogramming of the introduced nucleus. In addition, the synchronization between the donor nucleus and recipient cytoplasts might effect on reprogramming and further embryonic development. Therefore, the question arises; does the cytoplast of germinal vesicle (GV) oocyte containing nuclear sap improve developmental competence upon reconstruction with embryonic/somatic nucleus compared with MII cytoplast. It has been indicated that GV material is essential for remodeling of sperm or embryonic or somatic nucleus in GV oocyte cytoplast and their further embryonic developmental competence. GV cytoplasts could be obtained through micromanipulation. Different micromanipulation techniques of immature oocytes at different stages were adapted in addition to introducing donor nuclei at G0/G1, S and G2/M phase, and enucleolation technique as well. Upon micromanipulation, it could obtain GV cytoplasts; cumulus-free and without GV material, cumulus-complexes and without GV material, cumulus-free and with GV material, and cumulus-complexes and with GV material in addition to enucleolated GV oocytes. Therefore, this short review will address briefly the importance of maturation conditions, cumulus cells, oocyte quality, the techniques of enucleation GV oocyte, the cell cycle stage of the introduced donor cell, or nucleus for oocyte maturation and embryo development.
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