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KMID : 0364219880310010021
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Korean Journal of Zoology
1988 Volume.31 No. 1 p.21 ~ p.28
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Studies on In Vitro Fertilizability of Mouse Oocytes Pre-exposed to Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP
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Kang Hae-Mook
Lee Young-Ki
Cho Wan-Kyoo
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Abstract
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The present study was carried out to examine the fertilizability of the mouse oocytes pre-ex-posed to dbcAMP which is a well-known inhibitor of the oocyte maturation. The oocytes once cultured in the dbcMP-containing medium for a certain length of, time were cultivated in the dbcMp-free medium to induced the maturation, then mixed with sperms, and observed following culture for 24 hours. The fertilization rate of cocytes was judged by the index of the number of 2-cell embryo developed 24hr following insemination. The fertilization rate of the oocyte previously incubated with dbcAMP (100 g/ml) for 2, 4, 8 16 hours was 32.3, 14.5, 4.7 and 8.8%, respectively, while that of the control was 53.3% indicating that the fertilizability was decreased as a function of time exposed to dbcAMP. The pretreatment of dbcMP, however, didn't affect the process of sperm penetration to egg. In addition, there is no prominent changes in the morphological architecture of fertielized eggs which has been exposed to dbcAMP as revealed by electron microscopic observation. Consequendy, it can be concluded that the mouse cocytes once inhibited their maturation by dbcMP may retain, in some extent, the fertilizability, although most of the fertilized egg may not proceed to further development because of the failure of pronucleus formation.
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KEYWORD
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dbcAMP , Oocyte maturation
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