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Leitão,Cintia Camurça Fernandes; Costa,José Jackson do Nascimento; Brito,Ivina Rocha; Magalhães-Padilha,Déborah de Melo; Almeida,Anderson Pinto; Figueiredo,José Ricardo de; van den Hurk,Robert; Silva,José Roberto Viana. |
The aim of the present study was to determine the role of GDF-9 and/or FSH on the growth and mRNA expression for FSH-R, GDF-9, and BMPs in goat secondary follicles after culture in vitro. Goat secondary follicles (~200µm) were isolated and cultured for six days in minimum essential medium (MEM) supplemented with GDF-9 (200 ng/mL), FSH (50 ng/mL) or both. At the beginning and end of culture, the follicular diameter was evaluated and compared. The levels of mRNA for GDF-9, FSH-R and BMPs -2, -4, -6, -7 and -15 in cultured follicles were quantified by real time PCR. The results showed that a significant increase of follicle diameter after six days when compared to day 0, but the presence of GDF-9 and FSH did not influence the follicular growth in comparison... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: BMPs; Follicles; GDF-9; In vitro; MRNA. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000200007 |
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Leitão,Cintia Camurça Fernandes; Costa,José Jackson Nascimento; Saraiva,Márcia Viviane Alves; Araújo,Valdevane Rocha; Figueiredo,José Ricardo; Hurk,Robert van den; Silva,José Roberto Viana. |
This study investigated the levels of messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNA) for inhibin-ßA subunit in goat primordial, primary and secondary follicles, as well as in cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) and mural granulosa / theca cells of antral follicles. The effects of activin-A (100ng mL-1) and/or follicle stimulating hormone (FSH, 50ng mL-1) on growth and expression of mRNA for activin-A and FSH receptor (FSH-R) in secondary follicles cultured for six days were evaluated. The data showed that the expression of inhibin-ßA is lower in secondary follicles than in primary follicles and is higher in large antral follicles than in small antral follicles. After culture, activin-A and/or FSH promoted growth of secondary follicles, while FSH increased the levels of... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pre-antral follicles; Caprine; Culture; Oocyte; Antrum formation; FSH-R. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013000100018 |
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