年代年龄增强了衰老现象和卵细胞中的蛋白质化
Pravin T Goud1,2,3, Anuradha P Goud4, Olivia G Camp4
1Laurel Fertility Center, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Frontiers in endocrinology
|December 27, 2023
概括
卵细胞衰老导致不孕,并与氧化 (NO) 缺乏和蛋白质化有关. 补充NO-捐赠剂可以缓解这些与年龄相关的卵细胞变化.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 细胞衰老 细胞衰老
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 增加母亲年龄与不孕,流产和染色体异常有关.
- 与年龄相关的卵细胞质量下降是导致生殖挑战的重要因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查氧化 (NO) 缺乏在卵细胞衰老中的作用.
- 检查蛋白质化和卵细胞的时间老化之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 来自年轻,退休和老养殖者的小鼠卵细胞被评估为质量标志物 (透明区溶解时间,细胞质微管动力学,皮质颗粒状况,形态).
- 卵子被分析为蛋白质化使用铁免疫细胞化学和共聚焦显微镜.
- 氧化物补充剂被用于评估其对衰老现象的影响.
主要成果:
- 衰老的卵细胞表现出过早衰老的现象,包括增加的 zona pellucida 硬化,改变的微管力学和过早的皮质颗粒释放.
- 在来自老年动物的卵细胞和累积细胞中观察到较高的蛋白质化发生率.
- 氧化补充剂显著改善了卵细胞质量标志物,并减少了退休育种卵细胞的衰老现象.
结论:
- 卵细胞衰老的特征是 zona pellucida 硬化,变化的螺旋和卵膜微管,以及皮层颗粒的过早释放.
- 这些衰老变化与氧化不足和蛋白质化增加有关.
- 补充氧化捐赠者的补充可能有助于缓解与年龄相关的卵细胞质量下降.
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