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Shedding New Light on the Molecular Architecture of Oocytes Using a Combination of Synchrotron Fourier Transform-Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Mapping
- Source :
- Monash University
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2008.
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Abstract
- Synchrotron Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) and Raman microspectroscopy were applied to investigate changes in the molecular architecture of mouse oocytes and demonstrate the overall morphology of the maturing oocyte. Here we show that differences were identified between immature mouse oocytes at the germinal vesicle (GV) and mature metaphase II (MII) stage when using this technology, without the introduction of any extrinsic markers, labels, or dyes. GV mouse oocytes were found to have a small, centrally located lipid deposit and another larger polar deposit of similar composition. MII oocytes have very large, centrally located lipid deposits. Each lipid deposit for both cell types contains an inner and outer lipid environment that differs in composition. To assess interoocyte variability, line scans were recorded across the diameter of the oocytes and compared from three independent trials (GV, n = 91; MII, n = 172), and the data were analyzed with principal component analysis (PCA). The average spectra and PCA loading plots show distinct and reproducible changes in the CH stretching region that can be used as molecular maturation markers. The method paves the way for developing an independent assay to assess oocyte status during maturation providing new insights into lipid distribution at the single cell level.
- Subjects :
- Infrared spectroscopy
Spectrum Analysis, Raman
Oogenesis
Article
Fourier transform spectroscopy
Analytical Chemistry
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Germinal vesicle
Chemistry
Oocyte
Lipids
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15206882 and 00032700
- Volume :
- 80
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Analytical Chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6dc79c6cf69515d7e3de0af0c9262a87