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Bovine blastocyst development after follicle-stimulating hormone and platelet-derived growth factor treatment for oocyte maturation in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Kathleen M. Harper  and
Benjamin G. Brackett
Kathleen M. Harper
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Benjamin G. Brackett*
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
*
Dr B.G. Brackett, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7389, USA. Telephone: (706)542-3014. Fax: (706)542-3015.
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Bovine embryonic viability after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was affected by addition of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) or growth factor combinations to gonadotrophin-supplemented serum-free medium for in vitro maturation (IVM). Thus, 0.1, 1.0 or 10.0 ng PDGF/ml combined with 500 ng follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)/ml enhanced oocyte maturation as reflected by greater proportions (p < 0.05) of matured and inseminated oocytes developing to blastocysts in vitro than were afforded by PDGF alone, i.e. 32.4%, 28.2% and 31.0% respectively vs. 11.4%, 13.5% and 8.6% respectively. By contrast, luteinising hormone (LH, 500 ng/ml) combined with the same concentrations of PDGF did not increase the proportions of oocytes developing to blastocysts (16.2%, 12.5% and 16.9%). Epidermal growth factor (EGF) + insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) with or without PDGF when added to low concentrations of FSH or LH did not significantly improve cleavage or morula development. Significant improvement (p & 0.05) in blastocyst formation was seen when FSH was supplemented with either EGF (38.0%) or EGF + IGF-I + PDGF (40.7%) compared with FSH alone (27.4%) or FSH + LH (24.3%), but no improvement followed FSH + EGF + IGF-I (33.6%) or FSH + LH + EGF + IGF-I + PDGF (29.2%) treatments for IVM. Results revealed a positive influence on blastocyst development of FSH and PDGF or EGF ± PDGF during IVM and suggest the possibility of a concerted action of gonadotrophins with growth factors in physiological (functional) oocyte maturation.

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GonadotrophinsGrowth factorsIVFIVMPDGF

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Zygote , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 27 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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