Angiotensina II e sua associação com fator-I de crescimento semelhante à insulina, insulina e células foliculares na maturação de oócitos bovinos e conseqüente desenvolvimento embrionário

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the action of angiotensin II (Ang II), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin (Ins) on bovine oocyte nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation with follicular cells. Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were cultured for 22 h with follicular cells and Ang II, IGF-I or Ins. In this experiment, two control groups were used, where the oocytes were cultured with (control with cells) or without (control without cells) follicular cells. Two experiments were performed with these five groups, in the presence or absence of LH and FSH. Only the oocytes cultured in the Ang II group (88.2±1.8 and 90.7±4.3%), respectively without and with LH/FSH) had resumption of meiosis in similar rates than those cultured in the absence of follicular cells (89.7±0.3 and 92.6±2.6; P<0.01). In a second experiment, the action of Ang II and its association with IGF-I or insulin on oocyte meiotic maturation was observed for 7 (germinal vesicle breakdown - GVBD), 12 (metaphase I - MI) and 22 (metaphase II - MII) hours, in a similar experimental design of the previous experiment. The Ang II, Ang II + IGF-I and Ang II + Ins, independent of gonadotrophins, were able to overturns the inhibition of meiotic maturation caused by follicular cells, in the same rates of control group without cells, in the three evaluated period (P<0.01). One last study was performed to investigate the effect of follicular cells, Ang II, IGF-I, Ins and its associations during oocyte maturation on the rate of subsequent embryo development. The oocytes were submitted to maturation similarly to the second experiment for 1 h (1+23 h), 12 h (12+12 h) or 24 h in the presence of follicular cells and its respective treatments + the period to complete 24 h in maturation media. In 1 + 23 h, the cleavage, blastocyst and hatching rates were not different among these five groups. In 12 + 12 h, the oocytes matured in the Ang II + IGF-I group developed into blastocyst (43.8±0.6) and hatching/total oocytes (17.1±1.2) in a higher rates than the others treatments (P<0.05). In 24 h, the association of Ang II + IGF-I improved blastocyst rate in comparison to the others treatments with follicular cells (P<0.05). Also, only in this group hatched blastocysts were obtained after 24 h in the presence of follicular cells. In conclusion, Ang II overturned the inhibitory effect on bovine oocyte nuclear maturation caused by follicular cells, independent of the presence of gonadotrophins, IGF-I and insulin. However, the oocyte cytoplasmic maturation evaluated through embryo development was improved when the Ang II and IGF-I were presents in maturation media with follicular cells for 12 + 12 hours.