Molecular Human Reproduction Vol. 2, NUMBER 12 pp. 951-958, 1996
© European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 1996
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Morphological-cytochemical and molecular genetic analyses of mitochondria in isolated human oocytes in the reproductive age
1Institut für Pathologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Thalkirchner Straße 36, D-80337 München, Germany 2Institut für Neuropathologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 3Fachbereich Biochemie, Phillips-Universität Marburg Germany 4Frauenklinik Klinikum Großhadern der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
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Molecular genetic, cytochemical and morphometric analyses have been performed on isolated oocytes from 41 women (27–39 years of age) in order to detect mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), defects of the respiratory chain (ubiquinone-cytochrome-c-oxidoreductase = complex III; cytochrome-c-oxidase = complex IV) and alterations of mitochondrial volume during cellular ageing. Morphometric analyses showed an increase in mitochondrial numerical density with age from the mean values of 7.36 per µm2 and 6.97 per µm3 up to 30 years to 10.74 per µm2 and 11.66 per µm3 in the age group 31–40 years (P <0.001). Similarly, an increase in the mitochondrial profile area from 0.074 per µm2 in the age group <30 years to 0.101 per µm2 was noted in the fourth decade. The mitochondrial volume fraction was also significantly increased in the elder age group. Neither point mutations of mtDNA (nucleotide pairs 3243, 8344) nor the common deletion (4977 bp, nucleotide pairs 8482–13460) could be detected. In parallel, ultra- and immunocytochemical studies of the complexes III–IV failed to reveal functional defects. In conclusion there is an age-related increase in the volume fraction of the mitochondria which might reflect subtle changes in the oxidative phosphorylation capacity, but is not linked to mutations of mtDNA or functional defects of the respiratory chain enzymes in mature human oocytes from women of reproductive age.
ageing/human oocytes/mitochondrial DNA mutation/morphometry/respiratory chain
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