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Jasmin, Peters VM, Spray DC, Mendez-Otero R. Effect of mesenchymal stem cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts on the development of preimplantation mouse embryos. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2016; 52:497-506. [PMID: 26744031 PMCID: PMC5140089 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-015-9997-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Despite advances in assisted reproduction techniques, the poor quality and failures in embryo in vitro development remain as drawbacks resulting in low pregnancy rate. Mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) have been widely used to support embryonic stem cells. Mesenchymal cells (MSCs) have also been shown to release bioactive factors. In the present study, we have evaluated the ability of MSCs and MEFs to support early development of mouse embryos. The embryos were cultivated alone or in coculture with inactivated MSC or MEF for 4 d. After 4 d in culture, the percentage of blastocyst formation in coculture with MSC (91.7 ± 4.3%) or MEF (95.1 ± 3.3%) was higher than in the control group (72.2 ± 9.0%). We did not observe any difference in proliferation or apoptosis. However, the blastocysts cocultured with MSC or MEF presented a significantly higher number of cells within the inner cell mass per embryo when compared to the controls. The MSC and MEF groups presented also a higher cell number and diameter when compared to the control (CTRL). In summary, our data indicate that coculture with MSC or MEF improves early embryonic development and quality in vitro.
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- Jasmin
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Centro de Biologia da Reprodução, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Centro de Biologia da Reprodução, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Desantis S, Accogli G, Silvestre F, Binetti F, Cox SN, Roscino M, Caira M, Lacalandra GM. Glycan profile of oviductal isthmus epithelium in normal and superovulated ewes. Theriogenology 2016; 85:1192-202. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dashti S, Zare Shahneh A, Kohram H, Zhandi M, Dadashpour Davachi N. Differential influence of ovine oviduct ampullary and isthmic derived epithelial cells on in vitro early embryo development and kinetic. Small Rumin Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Patrick Lonergan
- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland;
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Differential influence of ampullary and isthmic derived epithelial cells on zona pellucida hardening and in vitro fertilization in ovine. Reprod Biol 2015; 16:61-9. [PMID: 26952755 DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The central role of the oviduct, as the site of zona pellucida (ZP) maturation, fertilization and early embryogenesis, has been recognized. The objective of this study was to investigate whether ampullary and isthmic derived epithelial cells have different effects on in vitro ZP hardening, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC) of the resulting embryos. Cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) were matured in a coculture system with ampullary/isthmic epithelial cells, TCM199 supplemented with insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and epithelial derived growth factor (EGF) (GF treated group), conditioned media produced using ampullary (ACM), isthmic (ICM), COCs+ampullary, and COCs+isthmic epithelial cells, contactless culture system, oviductal fluid, GF+ACM/ICM, and drops of TCM199 (control), for 24h. The matured oocytes were randomly divided into two groups: Group I was subjected to ZP digestion; Group II underwent IVF. The duration of the ZP digestion, in a coculture system with ampullary epithelial cells (AE) was significantly increased (p<0.05), compared with other groups. Penetrated oocytes and monospermic fertilization were significantly increased (p<0.05) in the AE group. The mean number of spermatozoa per penetrated oocyte was reduced dramatically for the AE group (p<0.05). A significant increase (p<0.05) in the embryo development was observed in all treated groups, compared to the control. Results revealed that epithelial cells harvested from the ampullary segment of the oviduct had in vitro specialized role in ZP hardening and have subsequent IVF and IVC outcomes.
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Ventura-Juncá P, Irarrázaval I, Rolle AJ, Gutiérrez JI, Moreno RD, Santos MJ. In vitro fertilization (IVF) in mammals: epigenetic and developmental alterations. Scientific and bioethical implications for IVF in humans. Biol Res 2015; 48:68. [PMID: 26683055 PMCID: PMC4684609 DOI: 10.1186/s40659-015-0059-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The advent of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in animals and humans implies an extraordinary change in the environment where the beginning of a new organism takes place. In mammals fertilization occurs in the maternal oviduct, where there are unique conditions for guaranteeing the encounter of the gametes and the first stages of development of the embryo and thus its future. During this period a major epigenetic reprogramming takes place that is crucial for the normal fate of the embryo. This epigenetic reprogramming is very vulnerable to changes in environmental conditions such as the ones implied in IVF, including in vitro culture, nutrition, light, temperature, oxygen tension, embryo-maternal signaling, and the general absence of protection against foreign elements that could affect the stability of this process. The objective of this review is to update the impact of the various conditions inherent in the use of IVF on the epigenetic profile and outcomes of mammalian embryos, including superovulation, IVF technique, embryo culture and manipulation and absence of embryo-maternal signaling. It also covers the possible transgenerational inheritance of the epigenetic alterations associated with assisted reproductive technologies (ART), including its phenotypic consequences as is in the case of the large offspring syndrome (LOS). Finally, the important scientific and bioethical implications of the results found in animals are discussed in terms of the ART in humans.
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- Patricio Ventura-Juncá
- Bioethical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Bioethics Center, Universidad Finis Terrae, Pedro de Valdivia 1509, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, 7501015, Santiago, Chile.
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- Bioethical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Bioethical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Bioethical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Bioethical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Gaspar RC, Arnold DR, Corrêa CA, da Rocha CV, Penteado JC, del Collado M, Vantini R, Garcia JM, Lopes FL. Oxygen tension affects histone remodeling of in vitro–produced embryos in a bovine model. Theriogenology 2015; 83:1408-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Desantis S, Accogli G, Silvestre F, Binetti F, Caira M, Lacalandra GM. Modifications of carbohydrate residues in the sheep oviductal ampulla after superovulation. Theriogenology 2015; 83:943-52. [PMID: 25601578 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Epithelium of oviductal ampulla was studied in normal and in superovulated sheep using morphologic analysis and lectin glycohistochemistry. The lining epithelium consisted of two types of cells, ciliated and nonciliated cells. Unlike superovulated samples, the nonciliated cells from control ewes showed apical protrusions indicating an apocrine secretory activity. The ciliated cells showed lectin-binding sites mainly at the level of the cilia which bound all the used lectins except Peanut agglutinin, suggesting the lack of glycans terminating with Galβ1,3GalNAc. In superovulated specimens, the ciliated cells with high mannosylated glycans Concanavalin A (Con A) and GlcNAc and GalNac termini Griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin II (GSA II) and Dolicurus biflorus agglutinin (DBA) decreased. The luminal surface of nonciliated cells showed all investigated sugar residues in controls, whereas it was lacking in high mannosylated (Con A) and terminal GalNAcα1,3(LFucα1,2)Galβ1,3/4GlcNAcβ1 sequence (DBA) in superovulated ewes. Apical protrusions from control ampullae nonciliated cells showed glycans containing mannose, GlcNac, GalNAc, galactose, and α2,3-linked sialic acid (Con A, KOH-sialidase- Wheat germ agglutnin [WGA], GSA II, SBA, Griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin-isolectin B4 [GSA I-B4], Maackia amurensis agglutinin II [MAL II]). The supranuclear cytoplasm of nonciliated cells expressed terminal GlcNAc (GSA II) in all specimens, also O-linked glycans (mucin-type glycans) with GalNAc and sialic acid termini (Helix pomatia agglutinin [HPA] and MAL II) in control animals, and also N-linked glycans with fucose, galactose, lactosamine, and α2,3-linked sialic acid termini (Ulex europaeus agglutinin I [UEA I], GSA I-B4, Ricinus communis agglutinin120 [RCA120], and Sambucus nigra agglutinin [SNA] ) in superovulated ewes. These results report for the first time that the superovulation treatment affects the secretory activity and the glycan pattern of the epithelium lining the sheep oviductal ampulla.
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- S Desantis
- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO), Veterinary Clinics and Animal Productions Section, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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Valour D, Michot P, Eozenou C, Lefebvre R, Bonnet A, Capitan A, Uzbekova S, Sellem E, Ponsart C, Schibler L. Dairy cattle reproduction is a tightly regulated genetic process: Highlights on genes, pathways, and biological processes. Anim Front 2015. [DOI: 10.2527/af.2015-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- D. Valour
- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et de la Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy en Josas, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
- UMR INRA 85-CNRS 7247-Université de Tours, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et de la Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy en Josas, France
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- UMR INRA 85-CNRS 7247-Université de Tours, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
- UMR INRA 85-CNRS 7247-Université de Tours, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, F-78352 Jouy en Josas, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et de la Reproduction, F-78350 Jouy en Josas, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
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- UNCEIA, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
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García EV, Valdecantos PA, Barrera D, Roldán-Olarte M, Miceli DC. Bone morphogenetic proteins in the bovine oviduct: Differential expression of BMP-5 in the isthmus during the estrous cycle. Theriogenology 2014; 81:1032-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Nozawa YI, Yao E, Lin C, Yang JH, Wilson CW, Gacayan R, Chuang PT. Fused (Stk36) is a ciliary protein required for central pair assembly and motile cilia orientation in the mammalian oviduct. Dev Dyn 2013; 242:1307-19. [PMID: 23907739 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Motile cilia on the inner lining of the oviductal epithelium play a central role in ovum transport toward the uterus and subsequent fertilization by sperm. While the basic ultrastructure of 9+2 motile cilia (nine peripheral microtubule doublets surrounding a central pair) has been characterized, many important steps of ciliogenesis remain poorly understood. RESULTS Our previous studies on mammalian Fused (Fu) (Stk36), a putative serine-threonine kinase, reveal a critical function of Fu in central pair construction and cilia orientation of motile cilia that line the tracheal and ependymal epithelia. These findings identify a novel regulatory component for these processes. In this study, we show that Fu is expressed in the multi-ciliated oviductal epithelium in several vertebrates, suggesting a conserved function of Fu in the oviduct. In support of this, analysis of Fu-deficient mouse oviducts uncovers a similar role of Fu in central pair construction and cilia orientation. We also demonstrate that Fu localizes to motile cilia and physically associates with kinesin Kif27 located at the cilium base and known central pair components Spag16 and Pcdp1. CONCLUSIONS Our results delineate a novel pathway for central pair apparatus assembly and add important insight to the biogenesis and function of oviductal motile cilia.
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- Yoko Inès Nozawa
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Maki S, Kadokawa H. Increased ectopic fat cells in the longitudinal muscularis layer of the oviduct isthmus in obese Japanese Black cows. Anim Sci J 2013; 85:207-12. [PMID: 23981058 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In obese humans, mesenchymal stem cells differentiate to become ectopic fat cells in muscles. These ectopic fat cells inhibit the contraction of vascular smooth muscles. Stem cells have been recently identified in the human oviduct, a structure important in reproduction. We therefore investigated the number of Oil Red O (ORO)-positive cells in the oviducts of control Japanese Black cows (n = 6; body condition score [BCS], 3.0 on a 5-point scale) compared to those with diet-induced obesity (n = 5; BCS, 4.0). We stained the ampulla and isthmus collected on the second day after ovulation with ORO and then counted the positive cells in each layer in 10 cross-sections of the ampulla or isthmus. The obese group (23.4 ± 3.4 in the 10 sections) had larger numbers of ORO-positive cells in the longitudinal muscularis of the isthmus (P < 0.05) than did the control group (15.0 ± 2.4). ORO-positive cells were also observed in all other layers of the isthmus and ampulla; however, the number of cells in these layers did not differ significantly between obese cows and controls. Whether this observed increase in ORO-positive cells in the oviducts of obese cows affects their reproduction warrants further study.
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- Sachiko Maki
- Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Nahar A, Maki S, Kadokawa H. Suppressed expression of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor in oviduct ampullae of obese cows. Anim Reprod Sci 2013; 139:1-8. [PMID: 23611472 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Obese heifers have been found to produce fewer excellent-grade embryos than lean and normal heifers due to unknown mechanisms. Oviducts synthesize granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) to promote embryogenesis, and GMCSF expression may be down-regulated in the oviducts of obese cows. The present study evaluated the relationship between the degree of obesity and GMCSF expression in the ampullary or isthmic section of oviducts in lean [n=5; body condition score (BCS) on a 5-point scale, 2.5], normal (n=6; BCS, 3.0), and obese (n=5; BCS, 4.0) Japanese Black cows. GMCSF mRNA and protein expression in the ampulla, measured by real-time PCR and western blotting, respectively, were less (P<0.05) in the obese group than in the normal group. mRNA and GMCSF protein did not differ significantly in the isthmus among the three groups. The obese group had less GMCSF immuno-reactivity in the tunica mucosa, the primary site of GMCSF gene expression, of the ampulla than the normal and lean groups. In conclusion, unlike normal and lean cows, obese cows had suppressed GMCSF gene expression in the ampulla.
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- Asrafun Nahar
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 1677-1, Japan
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