title: Bovine dominant follicular fluid promotes the in vitro development of goat preantral follicles.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of follicular fluid collected from bovine dominant follicles (bFF) on the in vitro development of goat preantral follicles and determine the best time to add this supplement to the culture medium. The preantral follicles were isolated and randomly distributed into four treatments in absence (control) or presence of 10% of bFF added on Days 0 (FF0-18), 6 (FF6-18) or 12 (FF12-18) of culture onwards. After 18 days, follicular development was assessed based on follicular survival, antral cavity formation, increased follicular diameter as well as fully grown oocyte (>110 μm) viability and meiosis resumption. The oocytes from the cultured follicles were in vitro-matured and processed for fluorescence or ultrastructural analysis. The results showed that on Day 18 the treatment FF0-18 had a significantly higher (P<0.05) survival than control and FF12-18, but not FF6-18. The addition of bFF at the beginning of culture (FF0-18 and FF6-18) promoted a high percentage of follicular growth, meiosis resumption and early antrum formation. Moreover, this study described for the first time the ultrastructural analysis of caprine oocytes grown in vitro. This evaluation revealed that in the presence of bFF on (FF0-18) the in vitro-grown oocytes presented normal organelle distribution and well-defined, intact plasma and nuclear membranes. In conclusion, bFF originating from dominant follicles maintain the survival and promote the in vitro growth of goat preantral follicles when added at the beginning of culture.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Manipulation of Oocytes and Preantral Follicles (LAMOFOPA), State University of Ceará, Fortaleza, 60740-903, CE, Brazil. beatriz_duarte34@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: A B G
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Magalhães-Padilha
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Satrapa
authors.forename: M A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peixoto
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Campello
authors.forename: M H T
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D049108:Cell Enlargement / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D015571:Follicular Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned