How IVM works: The immature bovine oocytes are released out from their follicles and are cultivated in regular maturation medium, following that oocytes attain the first meiotic division stage (Sirard and Coenen, 2006).
Oocyte maturation: For fruitful fertilization and embryo growth, the oocyte maturation is an essential event.
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The COCs were then washed three times in 100 ul of
maturation medium TCM-199 (Earle's salts) with 10% FCS, 0.5 mM Na-Pyruvate, 0.02 IU/ml follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), 0.023 IU/ml luteinizing hormone (LH), 1 ug/ml E2, 100 uM cystamine, 50 ug/ml gentamycin and 0% SFF (Control: Group A), 10% SFF (Group B), 20% SFF (Group C) or 40% SFF(Group D).
Machaca, associate dean of research at WCM-Q, who has led the research, said: "The discovery that the VLDL Receptor plays an essential role in oocyte
maturation was quite unexpected and reveals a novel function for this class of proteins that was previously not appreciated.
They related these stress levels to the
maturation of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala and hippocampus.
After classification, COCs were washed three times in Hepes-buffered TCM-199 and then twice in
maturation medium.
After this process, GV oocytes were placed into in vitro
maturation media and MII in culture media, respectively.
However, the success of IVM of COCs in coculture also depends on the choice of a suitable medium to allow oocyte
maturation and the survival and potency of the hWJ-MSCs.
In vitro
maturation of oocytes has been suggested as an alternative approach to conventional IVF as it completely avoids the risk of OHSS [6].
After recording the Metaphase II (MII) oocyte
maturation rate, the oocytes were fertilized in vitro.