title: Regulation of in vitro growth of preantral follicles by growth factors in goats.
abstract: Goat preantral follicles were cultured to investigate the effects of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), epidermal growth factor (EGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the in vitro growth and viability of oocytes. Preantral follicles were isolated mechanically and enzymatically (using collagenase and DNase) from prepuberal goat ovaries. The working medium was composed of Defined Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium (DMEM) supplemented with HEPES (20 mM), 10% fetal calf serum (FCS), hypoxanthine (2 mM), dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (dbcAMP) (2 mM), penicillin (75 ng/ml) and streptomycin (50 ng/ml). The culture medium consisted of the working medium with follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) (100 ng/ml) and hydrocortisone (40 ng/ml) added. In the experiment, goat preantral follicles were cultured for 9 days in the culture medium and in the culture medium supplemented with either IGF-I (100 ng/ml), EGF (50 ng/ml), bFGF (50 ng/ml) or IGF-I (100 ng/ml)+EGF (50 ng/ml). The results indicated that IGF-I (100 ng/ml) effectively maintained the survival of oocytes and promoted their growth; EGF (50 ng/ml) enhanced the survival rate of oocytes but had a negative effect on oocyte growth; bFGF (50 ng/ml) stimulated oocyte survival but had no obvious effect on their growth while IGF-I (100 ng/ml) and EGF (50 ng/ml) in combination had a greater effect on both survival and growth rate of oocytes than IGF-I or EGF alone. The supplementation of IGF-1 and EGF to the culture medium is recommended in the culture of goat preantral follicles.
authors.affiliation: College of Bioengineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, No. 306, Zhao Wu Da Street, Hohhot, 010018 Inner Mongolia, China. huanminzhou@263.net
authors.forename: Huanmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006854:Hydrocortisone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development*; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D006133:Growth Substances; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone