Oocyte maturation with royal jelly increases embryo development and reduces apoptosis in goats
Arash Veshkini, Abdollah Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh, Nasser Ghanem, Amir Hossein Abazari-kia, Elmira Mottaghi, Reza Kamaledini, Hamid Deldar, Irfan Ozturk, Eduardo Leite Gastal
Abstract
Royal jelly (RJ) was supplemented to goat oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM) medium at three different concentrations (2.5, 5, and 10 mg/ml). Maturation rate, embryo cleavage, and blastocyst rate were recorded. Gene expression of apoptosis-related transcripts was investigated in matured oocytes. Percentage of oocytes that reached MII-stage was increased in RJ-treated groups compared to the control group. Glutathione (GSH) content of mature oocytes was enhanced when RJ was added to IVM medium at any supplementation compared with control. Percentage of cleaved embryos and blastocysts was higher in the RJ-treated groups at a concentration of 5 mg/ml than in the 2.5 mg/ml and control group. Total number of cells per blastocyst was not different in the control and RJtreated group at 5 mg/ml. However, number of apoptotic cells per blastocyst was higher in the control group than in the RJ-treated group at 5 mg/ml. Expression profile of Bax, and p53 was down-regulated while Bcl-2 was upregulated in oocytes treated with RJ at 5 and 10 mg/ml compared with the control group. Addition of RJ at concentrations of 5 mg/ml improved embryo production through increasing maturation rate. RJ seems to improve the IVM microenvironment by reducing expression of genes inducing apoptosis, enhancing GSH content, and reducing incidence of apoptosis in blastocysts.
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