Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10): 3459-3469.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.10.018

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Effects of Sheep Phospholipase C-γ1 on in vitro Maturation of Sheep Oocytes

LIU Xinjie,WU Xiaoxue,LIU Suping,YUAN Liming,CHEN Ning,SAIWU Jiafu*   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
  • Received:2022-01-12 Online:2022-10-23 Published:2022-10-26

Abstract: The maturation rate of oocyte can be used as the index to measure the quality and development ability of oocytes cultured in vitro. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether PLC-γ1 was involved in in vitro maturation of sheep oocytes and its effects. Sheep oocytes were cultured in mature medium containing different concentrations of U73122 (PLC inhibitor) and m-3M3FBS (PLC activator), with 150 cells per concentration. The experiment was repeated 3 times. The cell maturation rate, cleavage rate and morula rate were calculated to screen out the optimal inhibitory and promoting concentration of PLC-γ1. The mRNA levels of PLC-γ1, BAK, BAX, CASP3, CASP8, P53 and BCL6 in oocytes in treatment of 0.5 μmol·L-1 U73122 and 0.5 μmol·L-1 m-3M3FBS were detected by qPCR for 48 h. Western blot was used to detect the expression of PLC-γ1, BAK, BAX, CASP3, CASP8, P53 and BCL6 proteins in oocytes in treatment of 0.5 μmol·L-1 U73122 and 0.5 μmol·L-1 m-3M3FBS for 48 h. The experiment was repeated 3 times with 150 cells per concentration. In sheep oocytes, 0.5 μmol·L-1 U73122 was the optimal concentration to promote maturation, and 0.5 μmol·L-1 m-3M3FBS was the optimal concentration to inhibit maturation. The cleavage rate and blastocyst rate in 0.5 μmol·L-1 U73122 treatment group were lower than those in control group. Cleavage rate and blastocyst rate in 0.5 μmol·L-1 m-3M3FBS treatment group were higher than those in control group. The qPCR results showed that, compared with the control group, the mRNA expression levels of BAK, BAX, CASP3, CASP8 and P53 genes in U73122 group significantly increased, while the mRNA expression levels of PLC-γ1 and BCL6 genes significantly decreased, these were contrast in m-3M3FBS group. Western blot results showed that, compared with the control group, the protein expression levels of BAK, BAX and CASP8 significantly increased in U73122 group, while the protein expression levels of PLC-γ1 and BCL6 significantly decreased, while the protein expression levels of P53 and CASP3 did not change significantly. In the m-3M3FBS group, the protein expression levels of PLC-γ1 and BCL6 significantly increased, the protein expression levels of BAX, P53 and CASP3 significantly decreased, while the protein expression levels of BAK and CASP8 did not change significantly. In conclusion, this study suggests that PLC-γ1 plays an important role in in vitro maturation culture of sheep oocytes and regulates oocyte maturation and early embryo development.

Key words: PLC-γ1, sheep oocyte, U73122, m-3M3FBS

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