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Proteomics reveals substantial differences between in vitro matured abattoir-derived and in vivo matured oocytes in cattle

2025· article· en· W4416408954 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueAnimal Reproduction Science · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicReproductive Biology and Fertility
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Calgary
Fundersnot available
KeywordsOocyteBlastocystProteomeIn vivoEmbryoIn vitroIn vitro maturationProteomics

Abstract

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In vitro production (IVP) of bovine embryos still has its limitations, such as low blastocyst rate and lower embryo quality, resulting in lower pregnancy rates following transfer compared to in vivo produced embryos. Transcriptional studies comparing both types of embryos mainly utilized oocytes retrieved from slaughterhouse material for IVP, thereby introducing the possibility, that differences between IVP and in vivo embryos are in part attributable to differing sources of oocytes. The aim of the present study was therefore to compare the proteome of oocytes retrieved from slaughterhouse material, with and without a period of in vitro maturation, and in vivo matured oocytes obtained from superovulated donor cattle. For each group the protein pattern of four technical replicates containing ten oocytes each were analyzed via SWATH™-MS. In total, 1208 proteins were detected, 160 of which were differentially abundant in at least one group comparisons. Clustering analysis revealed that oocyte maturation environment is the primary driver of molecular difference, with the in vitro matured oocytes exhibiting a highly distinct proteome compared to both the in vivo matured and immature oocytes. In vitro matured oocytes were characterized by an overall enhanced translational activity affecting mainly proteins involved in energy metabolism, transcription and translation, and oocyte activation. An organized regulation of key pathways was observed during oocyte maturation in vivo, e.g. activation of autophagy and apoptosis pathways, while changes in protein abundance in vitro seem to be undirected. This deregulation of the proteome in in vitro matured oocytes likely negatively affect subsequent developmental events.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.209
Threshold uncertainty score0.536

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.002
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.029
GPT teacher head0.312
Teacher spread0.283 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it