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SummaryThe present study aimed to investigate the effect of quercetin as an alternative antioxidant to cysteamine on in vitro maturation. Oocytes were collected from goat ovaries, destined for in vitro maturation and distributed into three groups: CIS group, oocytes were immersed in MIV base medium; in Groups Q4 and Q8, oocytes were immersed in the medium of the CIS group, adding 4 µM or 8 µM of quercetin, respectively, and cultured for 24 h at 38.5°C with 5% CO2. The CIS and Q4 groups presented the same percentage of expanded cumulus cells, but the per cent in the Q8 group was significantly lower than that of the other groups (P<0.05). The oocyte retraction rate in the Q8 group was higher (P<0.05) than in the CIS and Q4 groups. Treatment with 8 µM of quercetin presented a lower proportion of expanded oocytes than the CIS group and 4 µM of quercetin (P<0.05). The percentage of MII oocytes was higher in the Q4 group than in the CIS group (P<0.05), but the percentages in the CIS and Q8 groups were similar. The rate of apoptosis was higher in the CIS group than in the other groups (P<0.05). In addition, oocytes matured with 4 µM quercetin showed higher mitochondrial activity than matured oocytes in the CIS and Q8 groups (P<0.05). In conclusion, 4 µM of quercetin can be used as an alternative to cysteamine in the in vitro maturation of goat oocytes.
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Técnicas de Maturação in Vitro de Oócitos/métodos , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Oócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Oócitos/fisiologia , Quercetina/farmacologia , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Cromatina/efeitos dos fármacos , Cromatina/ultraestrutura , Células do Cúmulo , Fragmentação do DNA/efeitos dos fármacos , Glutationa/metabolismo , Cabras , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Quercetina/administração & dosagem , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio/metabolismoRESUMO
The mosquito Stegomyia albopicta is among the most important arbovirus vectors in the world, particularly for Dengue viruses. Their natural history suggests that biologically these viruses are highly adapted to their mosquito hosts and they were most likely mosquito viruses prior to becoming adapted to lower primates and humans. As well as being maintained by transmission among susceptible humans, Dengue viruses may also be maintained by vertical transmission in mosquitoes during inter-epidemic periods. The larvae and mosquitoes of Stegomyia albopicta were used to identify the vertical transmission of the dengue virus in nature and to confirm the vectorial capacity concerning the Dengue virus type 2 infection. The minimum infection rate concerning S. albopicta infection with the Dengue virus was 1:36.45. In Brazil this was the first time that high minimum infection rates of vertical transmission of S. albopicta were detected in this species.
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Aedes/virologia , Vírus da Dengue/fisiologia , Insetos Vetores/virologia , Animais , Dengue/transmissão , Vírus da Dengue/classificação , Vírus da Dengue/genética , Feminino , Larva/virologia , Masculino , Reação em Cadeia da PolimeraseRESUMO
The mosquito Stegomyia albopicta is among the most important arbovirus vectors in the world, particularly for Dengue viruses. Their natural history suggests that biologically these viruses are highly adapted to their mosquito hosts and they were most likely mosquito viruses prior to becoming adapted to lower primates and humans. As well as being maintained by transmission among susceptible humans, Dengue viruses may also be maintained by vertical transmission in mosquitoes during inter-epidemic periods. The larvae and mosquitoes of Stegomyia albopicta were used to identify the vertical transmission of the dengue virus in nature and to confirm the vectorial capacity concerning the Dengue virus type 2 infection. The minimum infection rate concerning S. albopicta infection with the Dengue virus was 1:36.45. In Brazil this was the first time that high minimum infection rates of vertical transmission of S. albopicta were detected in this species.
O mosquito Stegomyia albopicta está dentre os mais importantes vetores de arbovírus do mundo, particularmente para o Dengue virus. A história natural sugere que biologicamente esses vírus são altamente adaptados aos seus mosquitos vetores e foram, provavelmente, os vírus que infectavam mosquitos antes de se tornarem adaptados a primatas não humanos e humanos. Além de serem mantidos entre os homens susceptíveis, os Dengue viruses podem também ser mantidos pela transmissão vertical em mosquitos durante os períodos interepidêmicos. As larvas e mosquitos da espécie Stegomyia albopicta foram utilizados para a identificação da transmissão vertical do vírus dengue na natureza e para confirmar a capacidade vetorial em relação à infecção pelo DENV-2 infection. A taxa mínima de infecção em relação à infecção do S. albopicta com o Dengue virus foi de 1:36,45. No Brasil, esta é a primeira vez que altas taxas de infecção mínima da transmissão vertical de S. albopicta foram detectadas nessa espécie.