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ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
卷 34, 期 2, 页码 413-423出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.1938593
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Bovine oocytes; meiotic maturation; L-carnitine; metabolism; embryo development
Early embryo development is driven by maternal RNAs and proteins, and ATP synthesis is crucial. Bovine embryos have energy reserves, but glycogen concentration is deficient, while lipids serve as the main energy source. L-carnitine facilitates fatty acid metabolism. However, the effects of adding L-carnitine to culture media on embryo quality are disputed.
Early embryo development is driven first by the maternal RNAs and proteins accumulated during the oocyte's cytoplasmic maturation and then after the embryo genome activation. In mammalian cells, ATP generation occurs via oxidative pathways or by glycolysis, whereas in embryonic stem cells, the consumption of glucose, pyruvate, lipids, and amino acids results in ATP synthesis. Although the bovine embryo has energy reserves in glycogen and lipids, the glycogen concentration is deficient. Conversely, lipids represent the most abundant energy reservoir of bovine embryos, where lipid droplets-containing triacylglycerols are the main fatty acid stores. Oocytes of many mammalian species contain comparatively high amounts of lipids stored as droplets in the ooplasm. L-carnitine has been described as a cofactor that facilitates the mobilization of fatty acids present in the oocyte's cytoplasm into the mitochondria to facilitate beta-oxidation processes. However, the L-carnitine effects by addition to media in the in vitro produced embryos on the quality are highly disputed and contradictory by different researchers. This review's objective was to explore the effect that the addition of L-carnitine on culture media could have on the overall bovine embryo production in vitro, from the oocyte metabolism to the modulation of gene expression in the developing embryos.
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