Roles of Gap Junctional Communication of Cumulus Cells in Cytoplasmic Maturation of Porcine Oocytes Cultured In Vitro

• Published in: Biology of reproduction Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 913 - 919
• Main Authors: Mori, Tadashi, Amano, Tomoko, Shimizu, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for the Study of Reproduction 01.04.2000
• Subjects: Animals; Cell Communication - physiology; Cell Nucleus - physiology; Cells, Cultured; Contents; Culture Media; Cytoplasm - physiology; Female; Fertilization in Vitro; Gap Junctions - physiology; Glutathione - metabolism; Heptanol - pharmacology; Male; Oocytes - cytology; Oocytes - physiology; Sperm-Ovum Interactions - physiology; Swine

Cumulus cells of the oocyte play important roles in in vitro maturation and subsequent development. One of the routes by which the factors are transmitted from cumulus cells to the oocyte is gap junctional communication (GJC). The function of cumulus cells in in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes w...