Abstract
Porcine follicular fluid (pFF) constitutes the micro-environment of the maturing oocyte. Although pFF is a transudate of serum, in pigs, it is superior to serum in promoting in vitro expansion of the cumulus cells, a specialized cell population surrounding the oocyte. A comparative proteome analysis of autologous serum and pFF was performed to investigate proteins involved in successful cumulus expansion of porcine oocytes. iTRAQ labeling followed by 2-D LC ESI-Q-TOF MS/MS revealed 63 proteins common to both fluids of which the abundance of 13 proteins was significantly different (p
Original language | English |
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Journal | Proteomics |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 19 |
Pages (from-to) | 4554-65 |
Number of pages | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Blood Proteins
- Cumulus Cells
- Female
- Follicular Fluid
- Humans
- Molecular Weight
- Oocytes
- Protein Array Analysis
- Proteome
- Swine
- alpha-Macroglobulins