Oocyte growth

Schultz, R. M., and Wassarman, P. M. (1977). Biochemical studies of mammalian oogenesis protein synthesis during oocyte growth and meiotic maturation in the mouse. J. Cell Sci. 24 167-194. 

Figure 1. Expression of c-mos in mouse oocytes, c-mos is transcribed during oocyte growth and transcripts with short poly(A) tails are accumulated in fully-grown germinal vesicle (GV) stage oocytes. These transcripts are polyadenylated and translated following the resumption of meiosis and then degraded following fertilization and cleavage to the two-cell stage.

Three acetylenic compounds (Figure 3) were compared to precocene II (1) for their ability to Inhibit JH biosynthesis in vitro, to inhibit oocyte growth in vivo, and to inhibit midgut microsomal (I.e. extra-allatal) cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases. The compounds were chosen to represent an analog of the substrate of the allatal monooxygenase, methyl farnesoate, with the... 

Figure 6. Inhibition of oocyte growth in adult female Diploptera punctata over a 3-day period (day 2 to day 5).

Follicle bioassay (FBA) Oocyte growth, follicle development, oocyte maturation to metaphase II Hazard identification that could affect fertility... 

Wallace, R.A. Vitellogenesis and oocyte growth in non-mammalian vertebrates. In Developmental Biology, Vol. 1, edited by L.W. Browder, New York, Plenum Press, pp. 127-177, 1985. 

A particularly interesting VLDL receptor homolog is that of the chicken (termed LDL receptor relative with eight binding repeats, or LR8 Fig. 4), because its functions are documented by both biochemical and genetic evidence. LR8 mediates a key step in the reproductive effort of the hen, that is, oocyte growth via deposition of yolk lipoproteins... 

Bujo, H., Hermann, M., Kaderli, M.O., Jacobsen, L., Sugawara, S., Nimpf, J., Yamamoto, T., Schneider, W.J. 1994. Chicken oocyte growth is mediated by an eight ligand binding repeat member of the LDL receptor family. EMBO J. 13 5165-5175. 

Vieira, A.V, Schneider, W.J. (1993). Transport and uptake of retinol during chicken oocyte growth. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1169, 250-6. 

Pitetti JL, Torre D, Conne B, Papaioannou MD, Cederroth CR, Xuan S, Kahn R, Parada LF, VassalU JD, Efstratiadis A, Nef S. 2009. Insulin receptor and IGFIR are not required for oocyte growth, differentiation, and maturation in mice. Sex Dev 3(5) 264-272. 

At the end of oocyte growth, the GV may average a few hundred microns in diameter, constituting about 1% of the total oocyte volume. 

TYLER c R and SUMPTER J p (1996) Oocyte growth and development in teleosts. Reviews in Eish Biology and Fisheries 6 287-318. 

WALLACE R A and SELMAN K (1981) Cellular and dynamic aspects of oocyte growth in teleosts. American Zoologist 21 325-343. 

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