Role of Fatty Acids in Energy Provision During Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryo Development

• Published in: Reproduction in domestic animals Vol. 44; no. s3; pp. 50 - 58
• Main Authors: Sturmey, RG, Reis, A, Leese, HJ, McEvoy, TG
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphate; Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism; amino acids; Animal reproduction; Animals; Cattle; cryopreservation; early development; embryogenesis; Embryonic Development; Embryonic Development - physiology; Embryos; energy; Energy Metabolism; Fatty acids; Fatty Acids - metabolism; Female; glucose; growth & development; Humans; Lipid Peroxidation; Lipids; Lipids - physiology; Metabolism; Morula; Morula - metabolism; nutrients; oocytes; Oocytes - growth & development; Oocytes - metabolism; Oxidation; Oxygen Consumption; physiology; pyruvic acid; Sheep; Swine

While much is known about the metabolism of exogenous nutrients such as glucose, lactate, pyruvate, amino acids by oocytes and pre-implantation mammalian embryos, the role of endogenous stores, particularly lipid, has been largely overlooked. The presence of lipid within oocytes and early embryos ha...