Table 2

The EFFECT of TUNICAMYCIN on 3H-GLUCOSAMINE INCORPORATION in cumulus, ooplasm and PVS, as observed on semi-thin sections




Labeling (2)
Oocyte stage at onset
of experiment
Duration
of culture (hr)
Culture
medium (1)
Cumulus
cells
ooplasm
PVS


GV (0 hr post hCG)
1

++
+
+

1+3CH

++
+
+

20

++++
++
+++

20+24CH

+++
+
+++

40


++
+++

40 (H)


+
+

40
T

++
++++

40 (H)
T

+
+

LD (20 hrs post hCG)
1

++
+
+

1+3CH

++
+
++

24


++
+++

24 (H)


+
+

24
T

++
++++

24 (H)
T

+
+

(1) The modified TC 199 was supplemented with 3H-glucosamine in the presence (T) or absence of Tunicamycin (2) Same scale of labeling as in Table 1 CH = chase (H) = hyaluronidase treatment at the end of culture

Fléchon et al. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2003 1:124   doi:10.1186/1477-7827-1-124