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Oocyte maturation in white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus: some mechanisms and applications

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The ovaries of four pre-spawning white sturgeon females were sampled and their oocytes incubated in the presence of eight gonadotropin preparations, 21 steroids, a prostaglandin and a catacholamine. Among the gonadotropin preparations, acetone dried pituitary gland powder from white sturgeon, common carp and chum salmon (in decreasing order of potency) were capable of inducing oocyte maturation (germinal vesicle breakdown — GVBD), while human chorionic gonadotropin, pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin, equine luteinizing hormone, bullfrog gonadotropin, and a stellate sturgeon pituitary chromatographic fraction capable of inducing testosterone production in white sturgeon testicular tissue failed to elicit any oocyte maturation response. The progesterone derivatives were the most potent steroid inducers of GVBD, followed closely by several corticosteroids. In vitro incubation of white sturgeon oocytes, in the presence of a suitable steroid (progesterone), can be used as a diagnostic tool in screening out unresponsive females for induced spawning work. The two remaining compounds, prostaglandin F2a and epinephrine, failed to cause ovulation in progesterone-matured white sturgeon oocytes.

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Lutes, P.B. Oocyte maturation in white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus: some mechanisms and applications. Environ Biol Fish 14, 87–92 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00001580

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