Table 3. Effect of treatment with 10 μM MG132 from 0–6 or 16–22 h of maturation on subsequent embryonic development (Experiment 3).a .
MG132,0–6 h | MG132, 16–22 h | No. of oocytes | Percentage of oocytes developing to | Percentage of cleaved embryos developing to the blastocyst stage | No. of cells in blastocyst | |||
≥2-cell | Blastocyst | |||||||
No | No | 164 | 58.8±2.3b | 22.4±1.9b | 38.0±2.4b | 142.4±2.2b | ||
No | Yes | 143 | 68.4±2.3c | 34.8±1.9c | 49.3±2.4c | 148.7±2.2b | ||
Yes | No | 161 | 34.5±2.3d | 10.9±1.9d | 29.9±2.4bd | 141.3±2.5b | ||
Yes | Yes | 166 | 41.0±2.3d | 10.2±1.9d | 24.1±2.4d | 144.1±2.2b | ||
Probability of treatment effectse | ||||||||
MG132, 0–6 | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.01 | N.S. | ||||
MG132, 16–22 | 0.05 | N.S. | N.S. | P<0.02 | ||||
Interaction | N.S. | 0.05 | 0.05 | N.S. |
Data are least-squares means ± SEM of values from six replicates.
Values in the same column with different superscript letters are significantly different (P<0.05).
N.S. = non-significant (P>0.10).