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Rosa CO, Costa CB, de Lima CB, da Silva CB, Zangirolamo AF, Ferreira CR, Seneda MM. Lipid profile of in vitro embryos produced from Bos indicus cows with low and high antral follicle counts. Livest Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Dubeibe Marin DF, Nogueira da Costa N, di Paula Bessa Santana P, Baia de Souza E, Rolim Filho ST, da Silva Cordeiro M, Ohashi OM. Influence of l-carnitine on lipid metabolism of buffalo cumulus-oocyte complexes matured in either fetal bovine serum or fatty acid-free bovine serum albumin. Theriogenology 2020; 158:382-390. [PMID: 33038824 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Consequences of oocyte supplementation with l-carnitine may vary depending on species-specific cellular lipid profile, level of mitochondrial activity, or even on ipid availability in culture medium. This study aimed to evaluate l-carnitine supplementation on competence and gene expression of enzymes related to lipid metabolism in oocytes and cumulus cells from buffalo COCs matured in the presence or absence of fetal bovine serum (FBS). COCs were matured in vitro in FBS (10%) or bovine serum albumin fatty acid-free (BSA-FAF) (0.4%) and with or without supplementation with l-carnitine (3.03 mM). COCs matured in the presence of FBS or BSA-FAF were fertilized and cultured, then supplemented with l-carnitine during in vitro maturation or in vitro embryo culture. Finally, in vivo mature and immature COCs were included for gene expression analysis. COCs matured in culture medium with FBS in the presence of l-carnitine produced a lower blastocyst rate (p ≤ 0.05) compared to controls. In turn, the blastocyst rate from COCs matured with BSA-FAF in the presence of l-carnitine was similar to controls (p > 0.05), and higher than FBS + L-carnitine treated COCs (p ≤ 0.05). Addition of l-carnitine during embryo culture showed no differences in blastocyst production between experimental groups and controls (p > 0.05). In cumulus cells, gene expression of ACACA, SCD and FASN was upregulated in COCs matured in the presence of BSA-FAF + L-carnitine, while all genes in oocytes were significantly expressed upregulated by COCs matured in vivo, and only BSA-FAF + L-carnitine group showed similar expression of the FASN gene. In conclusion, the consequences of l-carnitine supplementation during in vitro maturation of buffalo COCs on oocyte competence vary depending on presence or absence of FBS in culture. With FBS, l-carnitine impairs oocyte competence, while in its absence, gene expression suggests adequate lipid metabolism and increased oocyte competence.
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- Diego Fernando Dubeibe Marin
- Biological Sciences Institute, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA), Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil.
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- Biological Sciences Institute, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA), Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Institute, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA), Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Federal Rural University from Amazonia (Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia-UFRA), Belém, Pará, 66077-830, Brazil
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- Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology from Pará - (Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará - IFPA), Ananindeua, Pará, 67140-709, Brazil
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- Biological Sciences Institute, Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará-UFPA), Belém, Pará, 66075-110, Brazil
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Costa CB, Lunardelli PA, Fontes PK, Sudano MJ, Gouveia Nogueira MF, Alfieri AA, Ferreira CR, de Lima CB, Marinho LSR, Seneda MM. Influence of cAMP modulator supplementation of in vitro culture medium on Bos taurus indicus embryos. Theriogenology 2019; 141:134-141. [PMID: 31541782 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The effectiveness of the use of natriuretic peptide C (NPPC) in the blocking of meiosis has already been proven in several species. However, there are no reports on the use of NPPC in the activation of metabolic processes in embryos. Whereas modulations of cAMP concentrations alter the lipid metabolism of bovine oocytes, the present study aims to evaluate the effect of NPPC on the development, lipid content and transcript levels of genes related to lipid metabolism of IVP bovine embryos. For this purpose, ovaries were obtained from a slaughterhouse, and oocytes were fertilized in vitro (D0). From D5 of in vitro culture, embryos were treated with 100 nM NPPC (NPPC group) or with no NPPC (Control group) and evaluated in terms of Blastocyst (D7) and hatching rates (D10). For the assessment of the cytoplasmatic lipid amounts, blastocysts were stained with Sudan Black B dye. The embryonic lipid profile was investigated by electrospray ionization desorption-mass spectrometry (DESI-MS). The abundance of nine transcripts related to lipid metabolism were assessed using the Biomark HD system. For statistical analysis, blastocyst and hatching rates, lipid content by the Sudan Black B and variation of gene expression between groups were compared by Student t-test. For lipid profile analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) and fold-change were performed. The embryo lipid content was similar between NPPC (881 ± 3.7) and Control (883 ± 5.2) groups (p > 0.05). However, cholesteryl esters and TAGs were downregulated by NPPC at multiple levels according to the DESI-MS profiles. Of the analyzed genes, ELOVL6 and SREBF1 showed an up-regulation in the control group (p < 0.05), while CPT2 was observed to be up-regulated in the NPPC-treated embryos. There was no significant difference in the blastocyst production rate between NPPC (44.4%) and Control (42.4%), however the hatching rate at D10 was higher (p < 0.05) in the NPPC group (69.77%) when compared to the Control group (48.33%). These findings demonstrate that NPPC alters the mRNA expression of genes related to lipid metabolism and that it exerts a positive effect on the hatching rates of IVP Bos taurus indicus embryos.
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Pharmacology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences, University ABC Federal, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute of Biosciences, Department of Pharmacology, Botucatu, SP, Brazil; São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Sciences, Humanities and Languages, Department of Biological Science, Assis, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
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León M, Ferreira CR, Eberlin LS, Jarmusch AK, Pirro V, Rodrigues ACB, Favaron PO, Miglino MA, Cooks RG. Metabolites and Lipids Associated with Fetal Swine Anatomy via Desorption Electrospray Ionization - Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7247. [PMID: 31076607 PMCID: PMC6510765 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43698-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Chemical imaging by mass spectrometry (MS) has been largely used to study diseases in animals and humans, especially cancer; however, this technology has been minimally explored to study the complex chemical changes associated with fetal development. In this work, we report the histologically-compatible chemical imaging of small molecules by desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) - MS of a complete swine fetus at 50 days of gestation. Tissue morphology was unperturbed by morphologically-friendly DESI-MS analysis while allowing detection of a wide range of small molecules. We observed organ-dependent localization of lipids, e.g. a large diversity of phosphatidylserine lipids in brain compared to other organs, as well as metabolites such as N-acetyl-aspartic acid in the developing nervous system and N-acetyl-L-glutamine in the heart. Some lipids abundant in the lungs, such as PC(32:0) and PS(40:6), were similar to surfactant composition reported previously. Sulfatides were highly concentrated in the fetus liver, while hexoses were barely detected at this organ but were abundant in lung and heart. The chemical information on small molecules recorded via DESI-MS imaging coupled with traditional anatomical evaluation is a powerful source of bioanalytical information which reveals the chemical changes associated with embryonic and fetal development that, when disturbed, causes congenital diseases such as spina bifida and cleft palate.
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- Marisol León
- Surgery Department, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, United States
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- Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, United States
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- Surgery Department, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Surgery Department, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, United States.
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