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Glutathione Oxidation is Associated with Altered Microtubule Function and Disrupted Fertilization in Mature Hamster Oocytes1
1 Dec 1997
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that depletion of glutathione (GSH) with diamide, a relatively specific GSH oxidant, may alter the meiotic spindle apparatus in mature hamster oocytes. Immunofluorescent analysis of oocytes exposed to diamide for 1.5 or 3 h revealed time- and concentration-dependent disruption of spindle morphology accompanied by chromosome clumping. In oocytes first cultured in diamide for 1.5 h and then in...
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