Thein vitro effect of theophylline on 17伪, 20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced germinal vesicle breakdown in the catfish,Clarias batrachus
文摘
The effects of theophylline (a phosphodiesterase inhibitor) and cAMP on 17伪, 20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one-induced germinal vesicle breakdown was investigatedin vitro in catfish (Clarias batrachus) oocytes. Folliculated oocytes incubated with 17伪, 20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one at the concentration of 1 渭g/ml induced 93.2 卤 2.23% germinal vesicle breakdown. When the oocytes were prestimulated with 17伪,20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one for 6 h and then treated with different concentrations of theophylline, there was a significant drop in the frequency of germinal vesicle breakdown at the concentrations 2.0, 1.5 and 1.0 mM. However, theophylline was found to be incapable of inhibiting germinal vesicle breakdown at its lowest concentration (0.5 inM). In the time course study, significant inhibition of germinal vesicle breakdown was recorded when 1 mM theophylline was added up to 30 h of 17伪,20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one Stimulation but the inhibitory effect of theophylline gradually (time dependent manner) declined if the stimulatory time of 17伪,20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one was increased. A similar inhibition of germinal vesicle breakdown was also recorded with various concentrations of cAMP. Except 0.5 mM, all the higher concentrations of cAMP significantly inhibited 17伪,20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one induced germinal vesicle breakdown. Keywords Oocyte maturation catfish phosphodiesterase inhibitor 17伪,20脽-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one cAMP