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. 2022 Mar 21;39(4):905–918. doi: 10.1007/s10815-022-02418-y

Table 1.

Antiaging chemicals beneficial effects in treated in vitro POA-oocytes

Antiaging chemical Beneficial effects Species References
NAC

↑ Spindle organization

↑ CGs and mt distribution

↓ ROS

↑ ATP

Mouse [7274]
Melatonin

↑ CGs distribution

↓ Cytoplasm fragmentation

↑ Cytoskeleton organization

↓ ROS

GPX4, POLG2

↑ MMP

↑ BCL2

↓ Bax, Bad

Mouse

Pig

[75]

[76]

Resveratrol

↑ Spindle morphology

↑ Chromosome alignment

↓ ROS

↑ BCL2

↓ Caspase 3

Mouse

Pig

[77, 78]

[79]

CoQ10

↑ Spindle organization

↑ Chromosome alignment

↑ CGs and mt distribution

↓ ROS

Mouse [80]
Astaxanthin

↑ Spindle organization

↑ mt, ER, Golgi apparatus, and lysosomes functions

↓ ROS

Pig [81]
Ubiquinol-10

↑ Cytoskeleton organization

↑ Spindle organization

↓ ROS

↑ ATP

SIRT1, PGC1A

ATG5, ATG7 and LAMP2

Pig [82]
Quercetin

↑ Spindle organization

↑ Chromosome alignment

↑ mt distribution

↓ ROS

Sirt1, Sirt2, Sirt3

↓ Phosphorylated-Cdk1

↑ MAPK1/3, cyclin B

↑ BCL2

↓ Caspase 3

Mouse [83]
Icariin

↑ Spindle organization

↑ Chromosome alignment

↑ mt distribution

↓ ROS

Pig [46]
Artemisia asiatica

↑ Spindle organization

↑ Chromosome alignment

↑ mt distribution

↓ ROS

↑ BCL2

Mouse [84]
Bezafibrate

↓ ROS

↑ GSH

↓ Caspase 3

Pig [85]
Imperatorin

↓ ROS

↑ MMP

↑ GSH

↑ SOD, CAT

↑ BCL2

ATG5, ATG7, and LAMP2

Pig [86]
Caffein

↑ SIRTs

↓ Ca2+

Mouse [63, 87]
Putrescine

↓ ROS

↑ SOD2, SIRT1, FOXO3

↑ MMP

↓ Phosphorylated-Cdk1

↑ MAPK1/3, cyclin B

↑ BCL2

↓ Caspase 3 and 9

Pig [60]
RO-3306

↓ Phosphorylated-Cdk1

↑ Cyclin B1

Rat [88]

Abbreviations: ATG, autophagy protein; Bad, BCL2-associated agonist of cell death; Bax, BCL2-associated X protein; BCL2, B-cell lymphoma 2; CAT, catalase; Cdk1, cyclin-dependent kinase 1; CGs, cortical granules; CoQ10, coenzyme Q10; FOXO3, forkhead box protein O3; GPX4. phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase; GSH, glutathione; LAMP2, lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein 2; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase; MMP, mitochondrial membrane potential; mt, mitochondria; NAC, N-acetyl-L-cysteine; PGC1A, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-α; POLG2, mitochondrial DNA polymerase subunit gamma-2; SOD, superoxide dismutase