title: Stage of the estrous cycle at the time of pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin injection affects the quality of ovulated oocytes in the mouse.
abstract: The present study aims to analyze the effect of the stage of the estrous cycle at the time of pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG) injection on number and quality of mouse oocytes retrieved from oviducts after exogenous ovarian stimulation. Cellular and morphological traits of ovulated oocytes from hybrid (C57Bl/6JIco female X CBA/JIco male) female mice of 12, 40-42, 50-52 or 57-62 weeks of age were analyzed. Superovulation was induced by a priming injection of PMSG at different stages of the estrous cycle followed after a 48-hr interval by human chrorionic gonadotropin. Injection of PMSG at diestrus-1 was associated with: (1) increased percentage of cumulus-free oocytes; (2) raised total percentage of oocytes without polar body; (3) increased total percentage of oocytes with intracytoplasmic mitochondrial aggregates; (4) decreased percentage of oocytes with a normal distribution of chromosomes in the metaphase II plate; and (5) raised percentage of oocytes with chromosome scattering when compared to injection at estrus, diestrus-2, and proestrus stage. On the contrary, estrus females displayed the highest percentage of oocytes with a normal distribution of chromosomes in the metaphase II plate and the lowest percentage of oocytes denuded of cumulus cells, without polar body, with intracytoplasmic mitochondrial aggregates and/or with chromosome scattering. These data suggest that administration of gonadotropins in mice should be synchronized with the innate estrous cycle of females to optimize the quality of oocytes collected from oviducts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tarín
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pérez-Albalá
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D048429:Cell Size / Q000187:drug effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000187:drug effects; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects; D030762:Estrous Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006736:Horses; D051379:Mice; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013480:Superovulation
chemical_list: D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine