Depletion of glutathione during bovine oocyte maturation reversibly blocks the decondensation of the male pronucleus and pronuclear apposition during fertilization

Biology of Reproduction
P Sutovsky, G Schatten

Abstract

Oocyte-produced glutathione (the tripeptide gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl-glycine; GSH) has been implicated in the reduction of disulfide bonds in the sperm nucleus during fertilization and thus in the development of the male pronucleus (PN). In this study, we show that the depletion of endogenous glutathione by 10 mM buthionine sulfoximine (BSO; specific inhibitor of GSH synthesis) during bovine oocyte maturation (24 h in vitro; represents prophase I to metaphase II transition in this species) blocks the formation of a male PN in > 85% of treated oocytes (vs. 6.8% in controls) and prevents the assembly of the sperm aster microtubules in approximately 35%. Consequently, the pronuclear migration and apposition do not occur. Ultrastructural observations suggest that the effect of BSO on pronuclear apposition might be due to incomplete disassembly of the sperm tail connecting piece, which normally leads to the release of the sperm centriole and to the reconstitution of the zygotic centrosome during fertilization. The sperm nucleus decondensation and migration blocks were reversed by the treatment of the GSH-depleted oocytes with 1-10 mM dithiothreitol (a disulfide bond-reducing agent) applied 8 h after insemination: 82% of these oocyte...Continue Reading

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