Detrimental effects of prostaglandin F2alpha on preimplantation bovine embryos.
Two studies were performed to determine effects of prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) on continued development of pre-compacted (in vitro-produced) and compacted (in vivo-derived) bovine embryos. In Experiment 1, pre-compacted embryos were placed in KSOM media supplemented with polyvinyl alcohol (0.3%) and assigned to the following treatments: (1) control; (2) PGF-1 (1 ng/mL PGF2alpha); (3) PGF-10 (10 ng/mL PGF2alpha); (4) PGF-100 (l00 ng/mL PGF2alpha); or (5) PGE-5 (5 ng/mL PGE2). Following 4 days of incubation in assigned treatments, continued development of pre-compacted embryos to blastocysts was reduced by addition of PGF2alpha in culture medium (P = 0.002). Development did not differ between control and PGE2 treatments (P > 0.10). In Experiment 2, compacted morula' s were placed in KSOM-PVA supplemented media and assigned to one of four treatments: (1) control; (2) PGF-0.1 (0.1 ng/mL PGF2alpha); (3) PGF-1 (1 ng/mL PGF2alpha); and (4) PGF-10 (10 ng/mL PGF2alpha). After 24h in culture, embryos were washed and placed in KSOM-BSA (0.5%) without PGF2alpha for an additional 48 h until assessment for development. Continued development of compacted morula to blastocyst was not affected by addition of PGF2alpha to the culture medium (P > 0.10). However, hatching rates of embryos cultured with PGF2alpha were lower (P = 0.05). In conclusion, it is suggested that PGF2alpha has a direct negative effect on continued embryonic development of pre-compacted and compacted bovine embryos.
Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, 205 C Brehm Animal Science Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-4574, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002417:Cattle / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000187:drug effects; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
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