Desenvolvimento e expressão gênica em oócitos bovinos imaturos selecionados por Azul Cresil Brilhante

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Gustavo Bruno
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5567
• topic: Oócito; Expressão gênica; ACB; Oocytes; Gene expression; BCB; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::ZOOTECNIA::PRODUCAO ANIMAL

The in vitro embryo production (IVP) efficiency has been limited by oocyte developmental competence and in vitro culture conditions. The use of Brilliant Cresyl Blue (BCB) dye has been described as an alternative method for selection of better quality oocytes. The aim of this work was to evaluate the selection of immature oocytes by BCB dye and the expression of transcripts involved in the transition from genome-maternal. In the first step, a total of 998 immature oocytes was distributed into: G1- Control: oocytes sent directly to in vitro maturation, not exposed to the dye; G2- Control incubation (mPBS): oocytes exposed to mPBS solution without BCB for 1h; G3- BCB+: oocytes exposed to mPBS added of BCB and positively stained; G4- BCB-: oocytes exposed to mPBS with BCB and colorless. Oocytes of each treatment were matured, fertilized and presumptive zygotes were cultured in vitro for eight days. The rates of cleavage were obtained at 48h after the beginning of the culture and the rates of blastocysts at eight days post fertilization. The cleavage rates between G1 and G3 were similar, but higher than G2 and G4, the ones which similar. The oocytes in G3 showed blastocyst rate similar to the G1 and G2, but higher than G4. In another step, total RNA was extracted from three pools of 12 immature oocytes obtained from each group and used to generate cDNA. The relative abundance of MATER and Zar-1 transcripts was analyzed by Real Time PCR. No difference was found on relative expression for MATER and Zar-1 among groups. In conclusion, the conventional morphologic selection associated to the selection by BCB dye can be used as method of selection of immature oocyte, distinguishing two oocytes populations with different development competence, however this double selection did not select more competent oocytes when used only the conventional morphologic assessment. Moreover, the dye is not able to select oocytes with different patterns of expression transcripts MATER and Zar-1.