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Differential Expression of In Vitro Culture Mature and Antral-Follicle Oocytes during Swine Development

Prenatal mortality in the swine ranges from 30%~40%. Little is known about genes that involve in the preovulation events that the initiation of swine oocyte development. The main objective of this study was to utilize suppression subtractive hybridization¡]SSH¡^to delineate the differential gene expression between in vitro culture mature and antral-follicle oocytes of swine development. The knowledge of genes and their accumulated mRNA is essential to better understand the mechanisms involved in the oocyte maturation and the survival of the in vitro produced embryos. Porcine ovaries obtained from the slaughterhouse were used to collect oocytes from follicle with a diameter ≥ 3 mm. After in vitro mature for two days, oocytes with first polar body were subjected to as the testers and were lysed for mRNA extraction. Pools of 26 denuded oocytes without culture were submitted to suppressive subtraction hybridization (SSH) as the drivers.
Forward and reverse subtractions were performed to identify candidate genes differentially expressed between in vitro culture mature and primordial-follicle oocytes. A total of one hundred and thirty-five differential expressed plasmid clones were sequenced, and each was analyzed by BLAST programs. Of these transcripts, 40 clones were subjected to differential screening by a dot blot cDNA array. We identified three genes like zona pellucida glycoprotein (ZP1), 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACS), and death associated protein 5¡]DAP 5¡^while other numerous clones remain novel. The in vivo functions of the genes remain further investigation.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0722104-140138
Date22 July 2004
CreatorsYang, Hsiu-shan
Contributorsnone, none, none
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0722104-140138
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