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ArticleReproductive medicine and biology2020

Cell-free DNA content in follicular fluid: A marker for the developmental ability of porcine oocytes.

Kana Ichikawa, Hidenori Shibahara, Komei Shirasuna, Takehito Kuwayama, Hisataka Iwata

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Article in Reproductive medicine and biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Kana IchikawaDepartment of Animal Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Kanagawa Japan.
Hidenori ShibaharaDepartment of Animal Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Kanagawa Japan.
Komei ShirasunaDepartment of Animal Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Kanagawa Japan.
Takehito KuwayamaDepartment of Animal Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Kanagawa Japan.
Hisataka IwataDepartment of Animal Science Tokyo University of Agriculture Kanagawa Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7238-8997
Tokyo University of Agriculture · JP

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Abstract

purposeThe present study examined the relationships among the amount of cell-free-DNA (cfDNA) in porcine follicular fluid (FF), the developmental ability of enclosed oocytes, and characteristics of granulosa cells and examined the effect of cfDNA content in maturation medium on the developmental ability of the oocytes.

methodsOocytes and FF were collected from individual gilts, and the gilts were rated based on the ability of their oocytes to develop to the blastocyst stage and the amount of cfDNA in the FF. The copy numbers of mitochondrial DNA (Mt-DNA) and nuclear DNA (N-DNA) were measured by real-time PCR and the DNA sequence. FF or cfDNA was added to the maturation medium, and the developmental ability of the oocytes was examined.

resultsThe amount of cfDNA was associated with apoptosis of the granulosa cells, and high-cfDNA content in FF was associated with low developmental ability of oocytes. Supplementation of the maturation medium with FF containing high cf-Mt-DNA or with DNA extracted from the FF did not affect oocyte developmental competence.

conclusionsCell-free DNA content in FF is a marker for oocyte competence, but cfDNA in the oocyte maturation environment did not affect oocyte developmental ability.

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blastocystscell‐free DNAfollicular fluidmitochondriaoocytes

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PMID31956291
PMCPMC6955585
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