The in Vitro Maturation of the Mouse Oocyte

Mouse follicular oocytes, denuded and intact, were cultured in pyruvate salt sol and glutamine salt sol supplemented bovine serum albumin to compare the maturation rate.

Glutamine has no effect on maturation of the denuded mouse oocyte but has an effect on maturation of the intact oocyte by increasing the maturation rate, depending on the increased concentration of glutamine (0.4 mM to 2 mM). Changes in osmolarity of the operation medium from 280 mOsm to 310 mOsm has no discernible effect on the oocyte maturation.

A high frequency of abnormal 1st polar bodies was observed in pyruvate salt sol. and this may be due to the increased energy source in the cytoplasm of the 1st polar body when the po1ar body was extruded into the perivitelline space after the 1st meiosis.