Journal: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Article Title: MRE11 orchestrates porcine oocyte meiotic progression by modulating the spindle assembly checkpoint
doi: 10.3389/fcell.2025.1635110
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of Mre11 inhibition on porcine oocyte meiotic progression. (A) Representative images of cumulus cell expansion and polar body extrusion in control and Mre11-inhibited oocytes cultured in vitro for 44 h. Oocytes were denuded after culture to observe polar body extrusion. COCs: cumulus-oocyte complexes; DOs: denuded oocytes. Scale bars, 500 μm (a, e); 200 μm (b, f); 250 μm (c, g); 30 μm (d, h). (B) The rate of polar body extrusion was recorded in control and Mre11-inhibited groups treated with different concentrations (20 μM, 40 μM, 60 μM, and 100 μM) after 44 h of culture. (C) Representative images showing chromosome morphology at different developmental stages of oocyte maturation. DNA was counterstained with propidium iodide (PI). Scale bar, 5 μm. (D) The percentage of oocytes at different developmental stages was quantified in control and Mre11-inhibited groups. Data in panels (B) and (D) are presented as mean percentages (mean ± SEM) from at least three independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Rabbit polyclonal anti-MRE11 antibody was purchased from Proteintech Group (Rosemont, IL, United States; Cat# 16370-1-AP); rabbit monoclonal anti-BUBR1 antibody was purchased from Abcam (Cambridge, United Kingdom, United States; Cat# ab133699); Mouse anti-α-tubulin-FITC antibody (Cat# F2168), mouse monoclonal anti-acetylation-α-tubulin antibody (T7451), peanut agglutinin (PNA)-FITC (L7381) and DAPI (D9542) were purchased from Sigma (Aldrich, St Louis, MO, United States); Rabbit polyclonal anti-γ-H2AX antibody (Cat# ab26350) was purchased from Abcam (Cambridge, United Kingdom); TRITC Phalloidin TRITC antibody (Cat# MX4405) was purchased from Maokang Biotechnology (Shanghai, China); Furthermore, goat anti-mouse IgG Alexa Fluor 488 antibody (Cat# A11029), donkey anti-Sheep IgG Alexa Fluor 594 antibody (Cat# A11016) were purchased from Thermo Fisher (Waltham, MA, United States). human anti-centromere antibody was purchased from Antibodies Incorporated (Davis, CA, United States; Cat# CA95617); rabbit monoclonal anti-GAPDH antibody was purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, United States; Cat# 2118).
Techniques: Inhibition, Control, Cell Culture, In Vitro