›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 3019-3023.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.11.031

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Effect of PGI2 on Potential Development of in vitro Produced Ovine Embryos Which Lacking with Their Endocrinal PGs

LI He-juan, QIN Guo-song, QI Xiao-long, SHENG Xi-hui, LIU Yun-hai, GUO Yong, NI He-min   

  1. Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
  • Received:2016-04-15 Online:2016-11-20 Published:2016-11-18

Abstract:

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of PGI2 on early embryo development of sheep in vitro lacking of endogenous prostaglandins(PGs).The specific inhibitor NS398 and SC560(specifically inhibiting the activity of COX-1 and/or COX-2)were added into the culture medium respectively to study the effect of COX-1 and COX-2 on embryonic development of sheep.Different concentrations of Iioprost were added respectively into the culture medium to investigate the effect of PGI2 on early embryo development of sheep in vitro.The results showed that there were no significant differences on the cleavage and blastocyst rates between the group only with NS398 and that with both NS398 and SC560(P>0.05).There were significant differences between the group only with NS398 and control group(P<0.05).After adding NS398,different concentrations of exogenous Iloprost could replace the role of embryonic-derived PGI2,which substantially eliminated the adverse effects of COX-2 inhibitor on early embryo development in vitro.The appropriate concentration of Iloprost was 1×10-6 mol/L.H33342 staining showed no significant difference(P>0.05).The results demonstrated that embryonic endogenous COX-2 played a major role in regulating synthesis of PGI2 in early embryo of sheep.The exogenous Iloprost was able to compensate for the loss of endogenous PGI2 in embryos and remove the inhibition of NS398 on COX-2,ultimately promoting the development of early sheep embryos in vitro.

Key words: PGI2; ovine; early embryo; in vitro development

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