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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Potential effects of age-associated oxidative stress on mammalian oocytes/embryos

Juan J. Tarín

subject

AdultFetal ProteinsEmbryologyBiologymedicine.disease_causeDNA MitochondrialCongenital AbnormalitiesMicechemistry.chemical_compoundAdenosine TriphosphateNeoplasmsGeneticsmedicineAnimalsHumansMolecular BiologyCellular SenescenceCytoskeletonMammalsEgg ProteinsEmbryogenesisObstetrics and GynecologyEmbryoCell BiologyGlutathioneEmbryo MammalianOocyteGlutathioneCell biologyOxidative StressCytosolFertilitymedicine.anatomical_structureReproductive MedicineBiochemistrychemistryAgeingFertilizationOocytesReactive Oxygen SpeciesOxidation-ReductionIntracellularOxidative stressMaternal AgeDevelopmental Biology

description

This bioessay aims to explain the different effects of maternal ageing and postovulatory oocyte ageing on mammalian oocytes/embryos under the scope of 'the oxygen radical-mitochondrial injury hypothesis of ageing'. This hypothesis assumes a key role in the senescent process of oxygen radical damage to mitochondrial DNA, proteins and lipids. It is proposed that a decrease in intracellular ATP concentrations and glutathione (GSH)/glutathione disulphide (GSSG) ratio together with a concomitant increase in cytosolic Ca2+ are major factors causing the observed detrimental effects of ageing on cytoskeletal fibres, fertilization and embryo development.

https://doi.org/10.1093/molehr/2.10.717