title: Effect of age and breeding season on the developmental capacity of oocytes from unstimulated and follicle-stimulating hormone-stimulated rhesus monkeys.
abstract: Effects of age and season on the developmental capacity of oocytes from unstimulated and FSH-stimulated rhesus monkeys were examined. Immature cumulus-oocyte complexes were matured in vitro in modified CMRL-1066 medium containing 20% bovine calf serum and subjected to in vitro fertilization followed by embryo culture. After fertilization, ova from unstimulated prepubertal monkeys displayed lower development to morula (4%) than those from unstimulated adult females (18% in breeding season and 22% in nonbreeding season). No developmental difference was found between ova from unstimulated adult monkeys in breeding and nonbreeding seasons. However, ova from FSH-primed prepubertal monkeys displayed greater development to blastocyst stage (54%) than those from adult monkeys in the breeding season (16%) and nonbreeding season (0%); and ova from FSH-primed adult females in the breeding season had significantly (P < 0.05) greater developmental competence than those obtained in the nonbreeding season (> or = morula stage, 54% vs. 3%; blastocyst stage, 16% vs. 0%). These data indicate that 1) rhesus monkey oocytes acquire developmental competence in a donor age-dependent manner, and 2) animal age and breeding season modulate the effect of FSH on oocyte developmental competence in the rhesus monkey.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primate Biology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bavister
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000502:physiology; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000662:veterinary; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D009028:Morula / Q000502:physiology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012741:Sexual Maturation
chemical_list: D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone