PMID- 8568765 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19960306 LR - 20190724 IS - 0022-4251 (Print) IS - 0022-4251 (Linking) VI - 105 IP - 2 DP - 1995 Nov TI - Maintenance of bovine oocytes in prophase of meiosis I by high [cAMP]i. PG - 227-35 AB - The effects of high intracellular cAMP concentrations ([cAMP]i) on germinal vesicle maintenance of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes were investigated, using 8-bromo-3',5'-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP) or an invasive adenylate cyclase from Bordetella pertussis to increase the [cAMP]i. The effects of interactions of these agents with macromolecular supplements in culture medium (fetal calf serum, FCS; polyvinylpyrrolidone, PVP; BSA), and different methods of processing complexes before culture, on subsequent germinal vesicle maintenance by invasive adenylate cyclase were studied. While 8-Br-cAMP was unable to maintain germinal vesicle arrest in the majority of oocytes for 20 h (36% with FCS, 24% with BSA, 18% with PVP), it maintained germinal vesicle arrest in a high proportion of cumulus-enclosed oocytes when BSA or PVP was used (37% with FCS, 52% with BSA, 53% with PVP). The difference in frequency of germinal vesicle maintenance between macromolecular supplements was not related to [cAMP]i when assayed after culture for 2 h with invasive adenylate cyclase. Complexes processed in whole follicular fluid were not maintained in meiotic arrest (26%) when cultured with invasive adenylate cyclase and PVP. Complexes processed in follicular fluid with 3-isobutyl 1-methylxanthine (IBMX) plus invasive adenylate cyclase were arrested at the germinal vesicle stage at high frequencies (65%), while those processed in IBMX or IBMX plus 8-Br-cAMP-supplemented follicular fluid had intermediate (43% and 49%, respectively) frequencies of intact germinal vesicles. Oocyte complexes processed in follicular fluid supplemented with IBMX and invasive adenylate cyclase formed morulae and blastocysts (27.2%), as did oocytes processed in follicular fluid alone (26%). Phosphoprotein profiles showed that control oocytes and 8-Br-cAMP-treated oocytes share a profile that is different from that of oocytes treated with invasive adenylate cyclase. These results show that increased [cAMP]i reversibly maintains bovine oocytes in meiotic arrest for an extended period without the occurrence of the post-translational protein modifications observed during meiotic resumption or transient arrest. FAU - Aktas, H AU - Aktas H AD - Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. FAU - Wheeler, M B AU - Wheeler MB FAU - Rosenkrans, C F Jr AU - Rosenkrans CF Jr FAU - First, N L AU - First NL FAU - Leibfried-Rutledge, M L AU - Leibfried-Rutledge ML LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Reprod Fertil JT - Journal of reproduction and fertility JID - 0376367 RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 23583-48-4 (8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate) RN - 27432CM55Q (Serum Albumin, Bovine) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - EC 4.6.1.1 (Adenylyl Cyclases) RN - TBT296U68M (1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine) SB - IM MH - 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine/pharmacology MH - 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate/pharmacology MH - Adenylyl Cyclases/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Bordetella pertussis MH - Cattle MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Culture Media MH - Cyclic AMP/*metabolism MH - Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional MH - Female MH - Oocytes/*cytology MH - *Prophase MH - Serum Albumin, Bovine/pharmacology MH - Specimen Handling EDAT- 1995/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 2001/03/28 10:01 CRDT- 1995/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1995/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 1995/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1530/jrf.0.1050227 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Reprod Fertil. 1995 Nov;105(2):227-35. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.1050227.