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  • Title: Ultrastructural study of the canine zona pellucida surface during in vitro maturation.
    Author: De los Reyes M, Hetz J, Palomino J.
    Journal: Reprod Domest Anim; 2009 Jul; 44 Suppl 2():247-50. PubMed ID: 19754579.
    Abstract:
    The aim of the present study was to compare the ultrastructure of the surface of the zona pellucida (ZP) of immature and in vitro matured dog oocytes using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Bitch oocytes were collected after ovariohysterectomy; the ovaries were sliced and the released cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS). The selected COCs were randomly allocated into three groups, two groups were processed after in vitro maturation at both 72 and 96 h and a third group was processed immediately at immature state in PBS medium. After that, oocytes were fixed, critical point dried and viewed by using SEM. The diameters of the outer holes of the ZP were measured on a total of 93 oocytes; the results were analyzed with anova. The mean diameters of holes were different between groups (p < 0.05): 0.69 +/- 0.12, 1.56 +/- 0.19 and 1.42 +/- 0.27 mum, for immature and in vitro matured oocytes for 72 and 96 h, respectively. The difference in the hole sizes between immature and in vitro matured canine oocytes indicates that the ZP surface is related to oocyte maturity in canines.
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