A note on the inhibition of in vitro meiotic maturation of mammalian oocytes by dibutyryl cyclic AMP

1981 ◽  
Vol 218 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgiana Jagiello ◽  
Mercedes B. Ducayen ◽  
William D. Goonan
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Meiotic Maturation ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp

Meiotic arrest maintained by cAMP during the initiation of maturation enhances meiotic potential and developmental competence and reduces polyspermy of IVM/IVF porcine oocytes

Zygote ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamás Somfai ◽  
Kazuhiro Kikuchi ◽  
Akira Onishi ◽  
Masaki Iwamoto ◽  
Dai-ichiro Fuchimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Germinal Vesicle ◽  
Developmental Competence ◽  
Meiotic Maturation ◽  
Intracellular Level ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Oocyte Collection ◽  
Porcine Oocyte ◽  
Blastocyst Rate

We investigated effects of invasive adenylate cyclase (iAC), 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) on porcine oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and subsequent embryonic development. Porcine oocytes were collected in Hepes-buffered NCSU-37 supplemented with or without 0.1 μg/ml iAC and 0.5 mM IBMX. IVM was performed in a modified NCSU-37 supplemented with or without 1 mM dbcAMP for 22 h and then without dbcAMP for an additional 24 h. After IVF, oocytes were cultured in vitro for 6 days. After 12 h of IVM, no difference in nuclear status was observed irrespective of supplementation with these chemicals during collection and IVM. At 22 h, most (95%) of the oocytes cultured with dbcAMP remained at the germinal vesicle (GV) stage, whereas 44.3% of the oocytes cultured without dbcAMP underwent GV breakdown. At 36 h, oocytes cultured with dbcAMP had progressed to prometaphase I or metaphase I (MI) (32.6% and 49.3%, respectively), whereas non-treated oocytes had progressed further to anaphase I, telophase I or metaphase II (MII) (13.6%, 14.3% and 38.0%, respectively). At 46 h, the rate of matured oocytes at MII was higher in oocytes cultured with dbcAMP (81%) than without dbcAMP (57%), while the proportion of oocytes arrested at MI was lower when cultured with dbcAMP (15%) than without dbcAMP (31%). The rate of monospermic fertilisation was higher when oocytes were cultured with dbcAMP (21%) than without dbcAMP (9%), with no difference in total penetration rates (58% and 52%, respectively). The blastocyst rate was higher in oocytes cultured with dbcAMP (32%) than without dbcAMP (19%). These results suggest that a change in intracellular level of cAMP during oocyte collection does not affect maturational and developmental competence of porcine oocytes and that synchronisation of meiotic maturation using dbcAMP enhances the meiotic potential of oocytes by promoting the MI to MII transition and results in high developmental competence by monospermic fertilisation.

Meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes in vitro: inhibition of maturation at specific stages of nuclear progression

1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-545
Author(s):  
P.M. Wassarman ◽  
W.J. Josefowicz ◽  
G.E. Letourneau
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Cytochalasin B ◽  
Polar Body ◽  
Germinal Vesicle ◽  
Meiotic Maturation ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Germinal Vesicle Breakdown ◽  
Mouse Oocytes ◽  
First Polar Body

In vitro studies of meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes have been carried out in the presence of several drugs. The individual steps of nuclear progression, including dissolution of the nuclear (germinal vesicle) membrane, condensation of dictyate chromatin into compact bivalents, formation of the first metaphase spindle, and extrusion of the first polar body, are each susceptible to one or more of these drugs. Germinal vesicle breakdown, the initial morphological feature characteristic of meiotic maturation, is inhibited by dibutyryl cyclic AMP. However, even in the presence of dibutyryl cyclic AMP, the nuclear membrane becomes extremely convoluted and condensation of chromatin is initiated but aborts at a stage short of compact bivalents. Germinal vesicle breakdown and chromatin condensation take place in an apparently normal manner in the presence of puromycin, Colcemid, or cytochalasin B. Nuclear progression is blocked at the circular bivalent stage when oocytes are cultured continuously in the presence of puromycin or Colcemid, whereas oocytes cultured in the presence of cytochalasin B proceed to the first meiotic metaphase, form an apparently normal spindle, and arrest. Emission of a polar body is inhibited by all of these drugs. The inhibitory effects of these drugs on meiotic maturation are reversible to varying degrees dependent upon the duration of exposure to the drug and upon the nature of the drug. These studies suggest that dissolution of the mouse oocyte's germinal vesicle and condensation of chromatin are not dependent upon concomitant protein synthesis or upon microtubules. On the other hand, the complete condensation of chromatin into compact bivalents apparently requires breakdown of the germinal vesicle. Failure of homologous chromosomes to separate after normal alignment on the meiotic spindle in the presence of cytochalasin B suggest that microfilaments may be involved in nuclear progression at this stage of maturation. Cytokinesis, in the form of polar body formation, is blocked when any one of the earlier events of maturation fails to take place.

The inhibitory effects of some adenosine nucleolipids on the lipolysis in rat epididymal fat pads in vitro

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1651-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sixtus Hynie ◽  
Jiří Smrt
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Inhibitory Effects ◽  
Epididymal Fat ◽  
Fat Pads

3'-Oleolyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, 3'-stearoyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, octadecyl-AMP and palmitamidoethyl-AMP inhibited in comparison with adenosine or fatty acids much stronger the lipolysis in rat epididymal fat pads in vitro stimulated by isoproterenol, theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The inhibition of the effects of the two latter drugs suggest that the described effect is caused not only by the inhibition of the cyclic AMP production but also by the inhibition of its effect on the following steps in process of lipolysis.

TESTOSTERONE SECRETION BY FOETAL RAT TESTES IN VITRO

1976 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
RÉGINE PICON
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Functional Differentiation ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Testosterone Secretion ◽  
Testosterone Production ◽  
Foetal Rat

SUMMARY Testosterone secretion by foetal rat testes (13½–21½ days of gestation) explanted for 3 days in a synthetic medium was measured every 24 h by radioimmunoassay. During the first day of explantation, the foetal testis produced, respectively, 1013 ± 132, 8734 ± 1118, 9179 ± 2185 and 3886 ± 309 (s.e.m.) pg/testis when explanted at 14½, 16½, 18½ and 21½ days respectively. Testosterone production by 13½-day-old testes was not detectable on the first day of culture, but appeared on subsequent days. Daily testosterone secretion increased on the 2nd and 3rd days of culture in 14½-day-old testes and decreased in older stages. These results suggest that the functional differentiation of the testis is independent of stimulatory factors like gonadotrophins. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP was found to stimulate testosterone production significantly from 14½ days of gestation onwards.

scholarly journals Influence of A23187 and dibutyryl cyclic AMP on progestagen production by rat granulosa cells in vitro

Reproduction ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 373-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Tsang ◽  
D. F. Mattice ◽  
M. Li ◽  
E. K. Asem
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Granulosa Cells ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp

scholarly journals Isolation of cDNA clones for genes exhibiting reduced expression after differentiation of murine teratocarcinoma stem cells.

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 2142-2150 ◽  
Author(s):  
R A Levine ◽  
G J LaRosa ◽  
L J Gudas
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Retinoic Acid ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Cdna Library ◽  
In Vitro Transcription ◽  
In Vitro Translation ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Cdna Clones ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp

In the absence of retinoic acid, PSA-G teratocarcinoma stem cells spontaneously differentiate at a moderate frequency into fibroblast-like cells. In the presence of retinoic acid and dibutyryl cyclic AMP, PSA-G stem cells differentiate into parietal endoderm cells. We prepared a cDNA library from undifferentiated PSA-G teratocarcinoma stem cells; this cDNA library was then screened for gene sequences which exhibit a reduction in expression during the differentiation of these stem cells. From ca. 1,000 clones screened, eight independent sequences were isolated. The level of expression of these cloned genes decreases by 3.0-fold to more than 10-fold after differentiation of PSA-G cells into fibroblast-like cells. After treatment of either PSA-G or F9 teratocarcinoma cells with retinoic acid and dibutyryl cyclic AMP for 72 h, the expression of seven genes is inhibited by two- to fourfold. This decrease of clone-specific transcripts can be detected within 12 h after the addition of retinoic acid. Hybridization-selection and in vitro translation experiments identified the proteins encoded by three of the cloned genes: pST 6-23 codes for a 89,000-dalton protein, pST 7-105 codes for a 41,000-dalton protein, and pST 9-31 codes for a 34,000-dalton protein. The 89,000-dalton protein encoded by pST 6-23 is a heat shock protein. In vitro transcription experiments demonstrate that the retinoic acid-mediated decrease in pST 6-135- and pST 1-68-specific RNA occurs at the transcriptional level and that dibutyryl cyclic AMP acts posttranscriptionally to further depress the levels of these RNAs.

Caffeine, dibutyryl cyclic-AMP and heparin affect the chemotactic and phagocytotic activities of neutrophils for boar sperm in vitro

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (7) ◽  
pp. 1336-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-C. Li ◽  
S. Yamaguchi ◽  
Y. Kondo ◽  
H. Funahashi
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Boar Sperm
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