Effects of hormones on the maturation of rabbit oocytes recovered from follicles of various sizes.
Progesterone stimulated oocytes to develop more rapidly in culture. The time-dependent effect was more pronounced on large preovulatory Graafian follicles than on small- and medium-sized follicles. Treatment with LH had no effect.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D046508:Culture Techniques; D005260:Female; D005973:Glutamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008540:Meiosis / Q000187:drug effects; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000254:growth & development; D010063:Ovum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000196:embryology*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011773:Pyruvates; D005973:Glutamine; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D011374:Progesterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone