黑色素通过MT2受体降低了猪中单个卵子细胞的过度多精子症
Jing-Tao Sun1,2, Jia-Hui Liu1,2, Lu Zhao1,2
1Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
Scientific reports
|October 4, 2024
概括
黑色素增强了猪卵细胞细胞质成熟和胚胎发育在体外成熟 (IVM). 这一过程涉及改善器官细胞分布和皮质颗粒功能,促进受精和胚胎细胞形成率.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 黑素在体外成熟 (IVM) 过程中已知具有抗氧化作用.
- 在猪卵细胞体外受精 (IVF) 后,黑激素对预防多精子症的影响机制尚未完全理解.
- 了解这些机制对于改善辅助生殖技术至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究黑激素对猪卵细胞细胞质成熟的作用.
- 确定黑激素受体在调解这些效应中的作用.
- 检查黑激素对多精子和随后的胚胎发育的影响.
主要方法:
- 在IVM期间,猪卵细胞补充了黑色素.
- 使用 Melatonin 抗剂 (Luzindole 和 4-P-PDOT) 来研究受体参与.
- 卵细胞成熟,器官分布 (戈尔吉器官,内质网膜,线粒体),基因表达,皮质颗粒分布和胚胎发育 (双胞胎和胚胎细胞率) 被评估.
主要成果:
- 黑色素通过增强正常的器官分布和调节相关基因表达,显著改善了细胞质成熟.
- 这些效应被黑激素抗剂阻断,表明受体介导作用.
- 通过促进正常的皮质颗粒分布,黑色素补充改善了IVF后的双胞胎和胚胎细胞形成率.
结论:
- 黑色素通过其受体增强猪卵细胞的细胞质成熟.
- 在IVM期间补充黑素可以提高受精效率和胚胎发育能力.
- 这些发现凸显了黑激素在优化猪体IVM和IVF协议方面的潜力.
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