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Table 1 Volume (percent of ooplasm) and surface density (Mean ± SEM, μm2/μm3 of ooplasm) of mitochondria, SER profiles and vesicles; and number (Mean ± SEM, per 1000 μm3 of ooplasm) of SER profiles and vesicles in oocytes at different stages of follicular development

From: Organelle reorganization in bovine oocytes during dominant follicle growth and regression

Organelle

Parameter (P-value)

GrowingW1 (D3W1)

StaticW1 (D6W1)

RegressionW1 (D1W2)

Preovulatory (D ≥ 17)

Mitochondria

Volume (%) (P = 0.04)

2.3 ± 0.2a

2.6 ± 0.3a

3.9 ± 0.5b

2.4 ± 0.4a

 

Surface Density (μm2/μm3) (P = 0.03)

0.287 ± 0.035a

0.299 ± 0.046a

0.451 ± 0.039b

0.326 ± 0.049a

SER profiles

Volume (%) (P = 0.87)

3.9 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.1

4.7 ± 0.8

4.4 ± 0.4

 

Surface Density (μm2/μm3) (P = 0.34)

0.652 ± 0.065

0.599 ± 0.106

0.780 ± 0.065

0.653 ± 0.055

 

Number (/1000 μm3) (P = 0.78)

521.5 ± 87.5

467.3 ± 84.9

670.1 ± 85.4

650.2 ± 40.9

Vesicles

Volume (%) (P = 0.42)

20.4 ± 2.9

16.4 ± 1.7

16.2 ± 2.8

21.6 ± 3.2

 

Surface Density (μm2/μm3) (P = 0.84)

0.972 ± 0.126

0.878 ± 0.073

0.884 ± 0.141

1.005 ± 0.083

 

Number (/1000 μm3) (P = 0.86)

197.1 ± 33.3

185.8 ± 23.7

254.3 ± 94.4

202.4 ± 9.3

  1. abValues with different superscripts are different (P < 0.05). Analyses were done on proportions, not percentages