sara Ataei Nazari; abdollah mohammadi sang cheshmeh; Mohammad Reza Bakhtiarizadeh; ali assadi-alamouti; Ali Fouladi Nashta
Volume 22, Issue 3 , September 2020, , Pages 491-500
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of various concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in maritaruta medium on oocyte maturation, oocyte developmental competence and metabolites related to maturation medium including glucose, pyruvate, lactate and glutamine. The experimental ...
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of various concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in maritaruta medium on oocyte maturation, oocyte developmental competence and metabolites related to maturation medium including glucose, pyruvate, lactate and glutamine. The experimental treatments were 0 (control), 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 μg/ml of LPS in oocyte maturation medium. The cumulus oocytes complex (COC) were cultured with various concentrations of lipopolysaccharide. After 24 h of oocyte maturation, the medium was collected and the rates of oocyte maturation, cleaved oocyte and oocytes reached to blastocyst stage were analyzed. Oocyte maturation rate was lowest in the treatment with 10 μg/ml of LPS (P<0.05). Among the measured metabolites, only glucose concentration was linearlydecreased in response to increasing levels of LPS in the maturation medium (P<0.05) as treatment with 10 μg/ml of LPS had lower glucose concentration comparing to other treatments. The percentage of oocyte cleavage was significantly lower in treatment with highest level of LPS compared to other treatments (P<0.05). In addition, the treatment with 1 and 10 μg/ml of LPS significantly reduced blastocyst rate compared to control group (P<0.05). According to results of this study, lipopolysaccharide could have detrimental effects on oocyte development and these influences seems to be mediated through pathways related to energy metabolism. Acquiring managerial approaches to control LPS enhancing agents during reproductive season could prevent animal's reproductive failure.