The objective of this study was to characterize the glycoconjugates present in the zona pellucida of the follicular oocytes in sheep, goats and pigs. The zona pellucida was stained with periodic acid-Schiff, low iron diamine, high iron diamine, and nine different lectin horseradish conjugates: Con-A, SBA, DBA, PNA, RCA-I, GSA-II, WGA, LTA and UEA-I. Staining with DBA, PNA, SBA and RCA-I was performed with and without saponification with KOH and sialidase digestion. The results showed the presence of neutral and acidic glycoconjugates with different terminal sugars and also sialic acid radicals in the zona pellucida of all the animals studied. In particular, the positive staining with WGA, SBA, PNA and RCA-I suggests the presence of oligosaccharides with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and sialic acid linked to the penultimate beta-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and to the disaccharide galactosyl-(beta 1-3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. The terminal trisaccharide sialic acid galactosyl-(beta 1-4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine was identified only in the zona pellucida of ovine and porcine oocytes. Thus, the zona pellucida exhibited species-specific variations in the content and distribution of lectin-binding patterns that may reflect the species specificity of gamete interaction.

Characterization of the complex carbohydrates in the zona pellucida of mammalian oocytes using lectin histochemistry

STRADAIOLI, Giuseppe;
1996-01-01

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the glycoconjugates present in the zona pellucida of the follicular oocytes in sheep, goats and pigs. The zona pellucida was stained with periodic acid-Schiff, low iron diamine, high iron diamine, and nine different lectin horseradish conjugates: Con-A, SBA, DBA, PNA, RCA-I, GSA-II, WGA, LTA and UEA-I. Staining with DBA, PNA, SBA and RCA-I was performed with and without saponification with KOH and sialidase digestion. The results showed the presence of neutral and acidic glycoconjugates with different terminal sugars and also sialic acid radicals in the zona pellucida of all the animals studied. In particular, the positive staining with WGA, SBA, PNA and RCA-I suggests the presence of oligosaccharides with N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and sialic acid linked to the penultimate beta-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and to the disaccharide galactosyl-(beta 1-3)-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. The terminal trisaccharide sialic acid galactosyl-(beta 1-4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine was identified only in the zona pellucida of ovine and porcine oocytes. Thus, the zona pellucida exhibited species-specific variations in the content and distribution of lectin-binding patterns that may reflect the species specificity of gamete interaction.
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