[Tail-suspended model simulating mouse oocytes maturation inhibited with microgravity]

Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2012 Aug;29(4):687-90, 696.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

We studied the effects of simulated microgravity on mouse oocytes maturation, and analyzed whether the tail-suspended model can be applied to investigate simulated microgravity effects on reproductive processes in female mice. Mouse oocytes were cultured in vitro with microgravity simulated by a rotating wall vessel bioreactor and by tail-suspended model, and the maturation rate of the mouse oocytes in the two models were examined in vivo. The maturation rate of mouse oocytes cultured in simulated microgravity was 8.93%, and that was 72.33% in 1g gravity. In ratio, oocyte maturation rate had no significant difference between the rotational group and control group. Microgravity simulated by the tail-suspended model inhibited mouse oocytes maturation and increased the rate of oocytes abnormity. The maturation rate of tail-suspended mouse oocytes was 14.54%, which was significantly lower than that of control group. Tail-suspended model should be an ideal model to investigate simulated microgravity effects on reproductive processes of female mice.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Female
  • Hindlimb Suspension
  • Mice
  • Oocytes / cytology
  • Oocytes / physiology*
  • Oogenesis / physiology*
  • Weightlessness Simulation*