title: Early metaphase II oocytes treated with dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate provide suitable recipient cytoplasm for the production of miniature pig somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos.
abstract: We investigated the effects of in vitro maturation duration and treatment with dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (dbcAMP) on the blind enucleation efficiency and developmental competence of miniature pig somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos. Oocytes were cultured for 22 h in NCSU-23 medium with or without 1 mM dbcAMP and then additionally cultured in dbcAMP-free NCSU-23 for 14, 18, or 22 h. Regardless of dbcAMP treatment, the rate of nuclear maturation reached a plateau at 36 and 40 h. However, mitochondrial distribution, a marker for cytoplasmic maturation, differed between the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h. The metaphase II chromosomes were adjacent to the first polar body in 68.8% and 63.5% of the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h, respectively. Furthermore, the blind enucleation efficiency by removing a small volume of cytoplasm was significantly higher in the dbcAMP-untreated oocytes at 36 h (82.9%) and dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h (89.9%) than other groups. The rate of blastocyst formation was highest in the dbcAMP-treated oocytes at 40 h. Hence, this study demonstrated that dbcAMP-treated early metaphase II oocytes are suitable for the production of miniature pig SCNT embryos.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. s0sugimr@nlbc.go.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakai
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoo
authors.forename: Eimei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008677:Metaphase / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature
chemical_list: D003994:Bucladesine