title: Parthenogenetic activation of cattle oocytes by a single pulse of direct current.
abstract: Bovine follicular oocytes cultured in vitro for 26-27 h were exposed to AC/DC cycle. Mature and immature oocytes were effectively parthenogenetically activated by a single DC-pulse of a different voltage. Application of AC/DC cycle with 60 V DC-pulse (30 microseconds) resulted in 96% of activated mature and 94% of activated immature oocytes. The high activation rate was also recorded when oocytes were treated with higher voltage. The exposure of oocytes to 120 V and 240 V pulses increased the number of degenerated oocytes (6% to 46%) and incidence of oocytes with two pronuclei. The resumption of meioses was observed in 92% of mature and 88% of immature oocytes 1 h after DC-pulse and pronuclei formation was recorded in 72% of mature and 40% of immature oocytes after 6 h of IVC. Two-cell stage parthenogenones were obtained after prolonged IVC (22%) or after transfer into mouse oviducts for 44 h (61%). Possible use of parthenogenetic pronuclear oocytes and 2-cell parthenogenones in pronuclear/nuclear microinjection and nuclear transplantation experiments is outlined.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Praha.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Landa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hájková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D010312:Parthenogenesis / Q000502:physiology*