
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grupen, Christopher G. 
A1  - Nagashima, Hiroshi 
A1  - Nottle, Mark B. 
T1  - Role of epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor-I on porcine oocyte maturation and embryonic development <emph type="2">in vitro</emph>
JF  - Reproduction, Fertility and Development
JO  - Reprod. Fertil. Dev.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 9
IS  - 6
SP  - 571
EP  - 576
KW  - in vitro fertilization, blastocyst.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/R96115 
N2  - The effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) on the in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes were examined. Oocytes obtained from the ovaries of slaughtered prepubertal gilts were matured in modified Medium 199 supplemented with 25% porcine follicular &szlig;uid and gonadotropins, and fertilized in vitro. Oocytes were either xed 16 h later to assess fertilization or cultured for 7 days to assess embryonic development. In Experiment 1, the addition of EGF to maturation medium increased the percentage of meiotically mature oocytes (88% v. 70%; P &#60; 0&#183; 001) but did not affect the proportion of fertilized or cleaved oocytes. Blastocysts derived from oocytes matured in medium supplemented with 10 ng mL-1 EGF had a greater number of cells compared with those of control blastocysts (51&#183;1 &#177; 5&#183; 1 v. 36&#183;0 &#177; 3&#183;1; P &#60; 0&#183; 02). In Experiment 2, the addition of IGF-I to maturation medium had no effect on meiotic maturation, fertilization or embryonic development. Our ndings demonstrate that EGF plays an important role in both the meiotic and cytoplasmic maturation of porcine oocytes in vitro. 
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