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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the imaging of cytoplasmicmovements in human oocytes as a potential method to monitor the pattern of Ca2+oscillations during activation. Design: Test of a laboratory technique. Setting: University medical school research laboratory. Patient(s): Donated unfertilized human oocytes from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles. Intervention(s): Microinjection of oocytes with phospholipase C (PLC) zeta (ζ) cRNA and a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye. Main Outcome Measure(s): Simultaneous detection of oocyte cytoplasmicmovements using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and of Ca2+oscillations using a Ca2+-sensitive fluorescent dye. Result(s): Microinjection of PLCζ cRNA into human oocytes that had failed to fertilize after ICSI resulted in the appearance of prolonged Ca2+oscillations. Each transient Ca2+ concentration change was accompanied by a small coordinated movement of the cytoplasm that could be detected using PIV analysis. Conclusion(s): The occurrence and frequency of cytoplasmic Ca2+oscillations, a critical parameter in activating human zygotes, can be monitored by PIV analysis of cytoplasmicmovements. This simple method provides a novel, noninvasive approach to determine in real time the occurrence and frequency of Ca2+oscillations in human zygotes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine |
Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | oocyte, zygote, calcium, movement, phospholipase C zeta, cross correlation, particle image velocimetry |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0015-0282 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 10:42 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25263 |
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