Treatment with the MAPK kinase inhibitor U0126 during the first two hours of in vitro maturation improves bovine oocyte developmental competence

Autor: T Shinohara, Noritoshi Kawate, Toshio Inaba, Nobutada Sakagami, Masahiro Takahashi, Hiromichi Tamada, Y. Ohta
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 53:270-273
ISSN: 0936-6768
Popis: This study examined the effects of treatment with U0126, which inhibits MAPK by inhibiting MAPK kinase, during the first 2 hr of in vitro maturation on bovine developmental competence and on gap junction (GAPJ) communication between the oocyte and cumulus cells. The percentage of oocytes developing to the blastocyst stage in the group treated with 5 μM U0126 (28%) was significantly higher than that in controls (15%, p
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