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Year 2017 - Volume 37, Number 5
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IGF-2 mRNA expression in oocytes and cumulus cells of antral and preantral native sheep follicles in Pernambuco State, Brazil, 37(5):526-530
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ABSTRACT.- Melo A.N., Santos Júnior E.R., Silva D.E., Adrião M., Porto A.L.F. & Wischral A. 2017. [IGF-2 mRNA expression in oocytes and cumulus cells of antral and preantral native sheep follicles in Pernambuco State, Brazil.] Expressão do mRNA paraIGF-2 em oócitos e células do cumulus extraídos de folículos antrais e pré-antrais de ovelhas nativas do Estado de Pernambuco. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 37(5):526-530. Núcleo de Educação em Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Avenida 26 de Setembro 1126, Nossa Senhora da Glória, SE 49680-000, Brazil. E-mail: arthurnascimento@gmail.com
The aim of this study was to analyze the mRNA expression of IGF-2 growth factor in oocytes and cumulus cells from native sheep follicles at different stages of follicular development. The classified morphologically as antral follicles (tertiary preovulatory) were aspirated manually to obtain the oocyte and the cumulus cells. The preantral follicles (secondary) were extracted from the ovarian cortex by microdissection, and oocytes were removed. In both groups, oocytes were denuded and grouped into “pools” of ten cells each (Group A, n=10, Group B, n=10) and ten samples with groups of cumulus cells (Group A1, n=10; B1, n=10). The mRNA was extracted and converted to cDNA using the RT-PCR technique. The expression analysis confirmed the expression of IGF-2 gene for groups of oocyte and the cumulus cells. There was an increase in the relative expression of mRNA for IGF-2 for groups of oocytes during the later stage of follicular development and differences were considered significant (p<0.05). There was no significant variation in the expression of IGF2 between groups of cumulus cells. It is concluded that the growth factor IGF-2 has higher levels of expression in sheep oocytes in the second stage of follicular development in the conditions adopted and similar expression in cumulus cells during various stages of follicular development. |
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