利用IVM/IVF技术生产试管犊牛的研究

本研究利用卵母细胞体外成熟(IVM)、体外受精(IVF)技术,体外生产牛胚胎,以获得试管牛。结果表明:卵母细胞体外培养22～24h后,其成熟率为85％;体外受精率为83％。体外受精卵分别在颗粒细胞单层(CCM)和输卵管细胞单层(OCM)上培养,其胚胎最后产量(以授精时卵母细胞的数目为基数)分别为19％和29％,差异极显著(P<0.01)。若体外受精卵先在CCM中培养72h后,再将已发生卵裂的(>4细胞)胚胎移到OCM中培养,其胚胎最后产量为35％。这表明:早期胚胎在其发育过程中至少存在着三个发育时期,即1—8细胞、8—16细胞和8细胞—囊胚三个阶段,各阶段需要不同的培养环境。IVM/IVF胚胎移植到受体黄牛体内后,其足月时的妊娠率为15％。     

输卵管和颗粒细胞单层对牛体外受精胚胎发育的影响

以屠宰场牛卵巢为试验材料,研究输卵管细胞单层(OCM)和颗粒细胞单层(GCM)对牛卵母细胞体外成熟(IVM)、体外受精(IVF)和体外培养(IVC)后胚胎发育能力的影响。(1)从卵泡抽取卵丘卵母细胞复合体(COCs),并根据卵母细胞外面卵丘细胞的层数将其分为3类:1级(≥4层);2级(2～3层);3级(0～1层)。作分别在IVM和IVC培养液中添加GCM(1×106个/mL)与不添加的对比试验。结果显示:添加GCM对1级卵母细胞的卵裂率、6～8细胞发育率和囊胚率无明显影响(P>0.05);但添加GCM的2级、3级卵母细胞,受精后的卵裂率、6～8细胞发育率和囊胚率分别高于未添加组(P<0.05)。(2)所有卵母细胞(包括COCs和裸卵)被随机分为3个组,在其IVM和IVC培养液中分别添加OCM、GCM或不添加体细胞(对照组)。结果显示:OCM和GCM组的卵裂率、6～8细胞发育率和囊胚率均高于对照组(P<0.05),而两试验组之间差异不显著。     

体外成熟或体外受精牛胚胎的体外培养

作者通过实验证明,体外成熟(IVM)的培养基不仅影响卵母细胞的受精能力,而且影响胚胎的后来发育。因此,受精卵母细胞发育到2-细胞期的能力不是衡量其正常状况的适宜指标。小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟培养条件的优化并不能推广到牛卵母细胞的 IVM。牛 IVM/IVF(体外受精)胚胎在不存在血清或其他蛋白、不使用体细胞复合培养时,均能完成体外发育,未出现显著的8～16-细胞期阻滞。引人注目的是,我们的培养条件与其他     

不同共培养体细胞和胎牛血清浓度对牛体外受精后早期胚胎的影响

利用屠宰黄牛的卵母细胞经体外成熟(IVM)、体外受精(IVF)后的早期胚胎,与单层颗粒细胞(GC)、输卵管上皮细胞(BOEC)等体细胞共培养及在胎牛血清的胚胎培养液中的后续发育进行了研究,并探讨了其影响因素,以期筛选出最佳的体外培养条件。结果表明:使用GC和BOEC体外共培养牛体外受精后胚胎,均取得了较好的囊胚发育率;且牛体外受精后早期胚胎体外培养体系中,添加10%血清能有效地促进牛体外受精后胚胎的囊胚率。     

LIF对小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精效果的影响

卵母细胞的体外成熟、体外受精(IVM/IVF)技术广泛应用于发育生物学的研究, 如受精后早期胚胎的营养积累、早期基因表达调控、减数分裂能力的获得等, 也可以用于畜牧生产中优良种群的扩群.影响卵母细胞体外成熟与卵裂的因素众多,卵母细胞的体外成熟率通常为40%～80%,优化培养条件是提高体外培养卵母细胞成熟与卵裂的关键,大量的研究是通过在培养液中添加细胞因子来促进卵母细胞成熟与卵裂[1].本文通过不同浓度LIF对小鼠卵母细胞体外成熟、体外受精的观察,对其体外成熟率、体外受精率进行比较, 从而为提高哺乳动物卵母细胞的体外成熟、体外受精效果提供参考依据.     

不同浓度半胱氨酸对延边黄牛卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精的影响

近年来,随着卵母细胞体外成熟(IVM)、体外受精(IVF)以及细胞核移植技术的不断发展,牛胚胎的体外生产已经在几个不同的培养体系中获得了成功.但是,卵母细胞生长发育是一个非常复杂的过程,受多种因素的影响,有些因素的作用对于同种类动物的卵母细胞或体外/体内培养条件下的卵母细胞有着较大的差别.要找出各种动物卵母细胞体外培养的最佳方案以提高卵母细胞体外成熟率,尚有许多工作需要做.研究以延边黄牛卵母细胞为试验材料,试图探明不同浓度的半胱氨酸对延边黄牛卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精的影响,现报道如下.     

雪龙黑牛试管胚胎产业化生产培养方法的建立

为充分利用雪龙兼松屠宰场废弃的优秀母牛卵巢,加速雪龙黑牛培育进程,满足高档牛肉市场需求,本文对胚胎生产体外受精3个关键技术环节进行了试验研究,共做了15批次试验,包括卵母细胞体外成熟培养的试验研究,卵母细胞体外受精试验研究以及受精卵体外培养试验研究。结果显示,卵母细胞的成熟率达98.6%,卵裂率为86.5%,囊胚发育率为36.8%。初步建立了一整套雪龙黑牛试管胚胎产业化生产培养方法和技术。     

绵羊体外受精及胚胎发育分子调控研究进展

家畜体外受精研究最早的动物是绵羊。与其他动物体外受精过程一样,绵羊体外受精技术也包括卵母细胞体外成熟(IVM)、精子体外获能、体外受精(IVF)、受精卵体外培养(IVC)以及胚胎移植(ET)等过程。因此,绵羊胚胎的体外生产技术的效率受到了这些技术环节当中诸多因素的影响,并且动物胚胎的发育受到多种调控因子的调节。本文就当前绵羊体外受精技术环节中的相关影响因素以及胚胎发育分子调控的相关研究进展作一综述。     

生殖激素对奶水牛卵母细胞成熟及发育潜能的影响

本试验以屠宰场获取的奶水牛卵巢为试验材料,收集卵母细胞进行体外成熟培养(IVM)、体外受精(IVF)及早期胚胎培养(IVC)。研究激素(FSH、LH、E2、P4)的不同浓度对奶水牛卵母细胞成熟和早期胚胎发育的影响,以期探讨奶水牛卵母细胞成熟和早期胚胎体外培养发育机制,优选不同激素的最佳浓度。结果表明:添加FSH试验组奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率和卵裂率高于未添加试验组(P<0.05);添加LH试验组奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率、卵裂率及8-细胞率与未添加试验组比较,差异不明显(P>0.05);17β-E2试验组(1.0μg/mL)的奶水牛颗粒细胞扩散率、卵裂率及8-细胞率高于未添加试验组(P<0.05);添加P4试验各组(0.9μg/mL、1.2μg/mL)的颗粒细胞扩散率明显低于未添加试验组(P<0.01)。     

铁对牛卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精的影响

本试验研究铁对体外生产牛胚胎的影响。从屠宰场收集牛卵巢,抽取卵巢表面的卵母细胞,采用体外成熟和体外受精的方法,研究不同浓度的铁(0.45mg/L,0.81mg/L,1.96mg/L,2.78mg/L)对牛卵母细胞体外成熟和体外受精的影响。结果如下:当卵母细胞在体外培养22h时,不同浓度的铁之间对卵母细胞体外成熟影响较小,差异不显著(p>0.05),且与对照组之间差异不显著(p>0.05);在体外受精的研究中,铁浓度为1.96mg/L和2.78mg/L的受精卵培养液可以明显提高8细胞胚胎发育率,差异显著(p<0.05);铁浓度为1.96mg/L的受精卵培养液可以明显提高囊胚发育率,囊胚发育率为31.6%,与其他浓度的铁相比,差异显著(p<0.05)。本试验结果说明:在卵母细胞体外成熟阶段,培养液中的铁对卵母细胞体外成熟没有影响,但对受精后早期胚胎的发育有促进作用,1.96mg/L是比较合适的早期胚胎培养液中铁的添加量。     

Donor and recipient rat strains affect full-term development of one-cell zygotes cultured to morulae/blastocysts

The present study was conducted to examine the developmental potential to offspring of rat embryos cultured from 1-cell to morula/blastocyst stage. Pronuclear zygotes from Wistar x Wistar or (SD x DA) x Wistar strains were cultured in modified rat 1-cell embryo culture medium (mR1ECM) for 96 h in 5% CO(2) in air at 37 C. The proportion of the 3-way cross hybrid zygotes developing into morula/blastocyst stage (74%) was higher than that of the Wistar zygotes (66%). Day-5 morulae/blastocysts developed in vitro were transferred into Day-3 or -4 pseudopregnant recipients of Wistar or SD x DA strain. The transfer of cultured embryos resulted in the birth of offspring at 13-59%, while that of non-cultured control blastocysts showed birth rates of 35-65%. The best offspring rate of cultured embryos (59%) was obtained when the hybrid 1-cell zygotes were cultured in mR1ECM medium and transferred into the 2-days earlier uteri of SD x DA recipients. These results suggest that genetic background of recipients as well as donors is a possible factor affecting full-term development of rat morulae/blastocysts derived from 1-cell stage zygotes cultured in vitro.     

Effects of Retinoids on the In Vitro Development of Capra Hircus Embryos to Blastocysts in Two Different Culture Systems

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of retinol (RT) and retinoic acid (RA) on the in vitro development of pre‐implantation goat embryos cultured in potassium simplex optimized medium or synthetic oviduct fluid or cocultured in oviductal cells monolayer either in potassium simplex optimized medium or synthetic oviduct fluid. A total of 2407 cumulus‐oocyte complexes were aspirated from 2 to 6 mm ovarian follicles from slaughtered animals. Selected cumulus‐oocyte complexes were subjected to in vitro maturation in TCM 199 for 24 h at 39°C in an atmosphere of 5% (v/v) CO₂ in humidified air. In vitro fertilization was performed in modified defined medium. Eighteen hours after in vitro fertilization, cumulus cells were removed and presumptive zygotes were randomly distributed into experimental groups. In Experiment 1, presumptive zygotes were cultured in potassium simplex optimized medium, potassium simplex optimized medium + RT, potassium simplex optimized medium + retinoic acid, synthetic oviduct fluid, synthetic oviduct fluid + RT and synthetic oviduct fluid + RA at 39°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% (v/v) CO₂, 5% (v/v) O₂ and 90% (v/v) N₂. In Experiment 2, presumptive zygotes were cocultured in potassium simplex optimized medium + oviductal cells monolayer, potassium simplex optimized medium + RT + oviductal cells monolayer, potassium simplex optimized medium + RA + oviductal cells monolayer, synthetic oviduct fluid + oviductal cells monolayer, synthetic oviduct fluid + RT + oviductal cells monolayer and synthetic oviduct fluid + RA + oviductal cells monolayer in an atmosphere of 5% (v/v) CO₂ in humidified air. In both experiments, media were partially changed on day 2 after in vitro fertilization and unfertilized oocytes were excluded from the experiment. Embryos were cultured or cocultured for 8 days. In Experiment 1, there was no effect of RT or RA supplementation on the proportion of oocytes that reached the morula or blastocyst stages. By contrast, Experiment 2 demonstrated that the addition of 0.28 μg/ml RT and 0.5 μm RA to the embryo culture media stimulated (p < 0.05) development to the morula and blastocyst stages under the coculture conditions tested. In conclusion, retinoids play an important role in pre‐implantation development of goat embryos and can be used to enhance in vitro embryo production.     

Effects of Retinol on the in vitro Development of Bos Indicus Embryos to Blastocysts in Two Different Culture Systems

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of retinol on the in vitro development of early embryos of cultured Bos indicus (Expt 1) to the blastocyst stage in medium simplex of optimization (KSOM) or sintetic fluid of oviduct (SOF) or co-cultured (Expt 2) with an oviduct cell monolayer (OCM) in KSOM or SOF. A total of 3149 cumulus-oocyte complexes obtained by aspirating follicles (2-5 mm diameter) from ovaries of slaughtered animals were selected for IVM and incubated in TCM 199 supplemented with 25 mM HEPES at 39 degrees C in air with 5% CO(2) and maximum humidity for 24 h. In vitro fertilization (IVF) was performed in modified defined medium (mDM) medium. Eighteen hours after IVF, cumulus cells were removed and presumptive zygotes were randomly allocated to the experimental groups. Zygotes cultured (Expt 1) in KSOM + retinol, KSOM, SOF + retinol and SOF were incubated in maximum humidity at 39 degrees C, 5% CO(2), 5% O(2) and 90% N(2). Zygotes co-cultured (Expt 2) in KSOM + retinol + OCM, KSOM + OCM, SOF + retinol + OCM and SOF + OCM were incubated at 39 degrees C, 5% CO(2). In both experiments media were partially changed 48 h after IVF and unfertilized ova were removed. Afterwards embryos were kept in culture or co-culture for further 9 days. In Expt 1, blastocyst rates (day 7) were 14.6% (KSOM + retinol), 15.8% (KSOM), 16.4% (SOF + retinol) and 15.9% (SOF). In Expt 2, the blastocyst rates (day 7) were 25.4% (KSOM + retinol + OCM) 14.2% (KSOM + OCM), 24.3% (SOF + retinol + OCM) and 15.9% (SOF + OCM). The same influence profile of retinol was observed in the formation of the expanded (day 9) and hatched (day 11) blastocysts. The results obtained in Expt 2 demonstrated that the addition of 0.28 microg/ml retinol to the embryo culture media used in this study had a significant (p < 0.05) positive effect on bovine early embryonic development, under the conditions tested, and can be used to enhance in vitro embryo production.     

小鼠皮肤成纤维细胞的体细胞核移植

取成年小鼠唇部皮肤进行培养，分离成纤维细胞并血清饥饿培养1周，用作核供体。对成年小鼠进行超排，取卵母细胞用作核受体，核移植重构胚经SrCl2激活处理6h后，同mM16培养液和小鼠输卵管上皮细胞共培养，把发育到早期囊胚的重构胚转移至小鼠胎儿成纤维细胞饲养层上，添加ES细胞条件培养液，消化分离ICM，然后接种培养，对孵出的ES细胞样集落进行鉴定培养。结果显示，小鼠唇部皮肤成纤维细胞为核供体，核移植重构胚2-细胞率为54．05％，桑椹胚率17．14％，囊胚率6．90％，对照组卵丘细胞的核移植重构胚2-细胞率为60．00％，桑椹胚率21．85％，囊胚率11．69％，但2种供体细胞在支持核移植重构胚发育能力上差异不显著。成纤维细胞重构囊胚中6个囊胚分离出ES细胞样集落，3个ES细胞样集落可稳定传代；对照组卵丘细胞重构囊胚中9个囊胚中分离出ES细胞样集落，5个ES细胞样集落可稳定传代。从核移植重构胚中分离出的ES细胞样集落具有岛状或巢状群体生长形态，生长旺盛的集落可自发分化成单个散在或片状存在的上皮样或梭形细胞，碱性磷酸酶检测为阳性，常规冻存复苏，仍显示ES细胞特征。     

The blastocyst production rate and incidence of chromosomal abnormalities by developmental stage in in vitro produced porcine embryos

The present study was conducted to determine the relationship between embryonic development speed at different stages (the cleaved stage at 52 h and the blastocyst stage at 6 days post insemination) and incidences of chromosome abnormalities in in vitro produced porcine embryos. Porcine oocytes were collected from 3-6-mm ovarian follicles obtained at a slaughterhouse and matured in modified NCSU-37 medium for 44-46 h. Following in vitro fertilization with a final concentration of 1 x 10(5) sperm/ml for 3 h, all oocytes were cultured in vitro for 52 h. Day-2 (52 h after insemination) embryos were classified according to their cleaved stages into 2-cell, 3- to 4-cell, 5- to 8-cell, and >8-cell stages; these were cultured separately for additional 4 days (Day 6). The resultant Day-6 blastocysts were classified according to the morphological diameter into 3 grades: Grade A, expanded blastocysts; Grade B, expanding blastocysts; and Grade C, early blastocysts. They were then analyzed chromosomally. The 3- to 4-cell and 5- to 8-cell embryos had significantly high blastocyst development rates (46.1 and 36.9%, respectively), and these blastocysts contained significantly more cells (40.2 and 42.4 cells, respectively) than those derived from 2-cell embryos and >8-cell embryos (28.6 and 26.5 cells, respectively). The incidence of chromosomal abnormalities was significantly higher in the blastocysts derived from 2-cell and >8-cell stage embryos than in the blastocysts derived from the other stage embryos. Furthermore, the grade A blastocysts had the lowest incidence of chromosomal abnormalities (35.3%) and contained the most cells (48.7 cells). Porcine in vitro production (IVP) yielded a high blastocyst rate and an excellent embryo quality when 3- to 4-cell and 5- to 8-cell stage embryos were selected on Day 2 after insemination. The same criteria yielded a higher quality of expanded blastocysts based on the stage of embryo development and morphology.     

Oviduct epithelial cell co-culture of early porcine embryos.

One- to 16-cell porcine embryos were cultured in either Whittens medium supplemented with bovine serum albumin and fetal calf serum (WM) or in the same medium with porcine oviduct epithelial cell co-culture (WM-Poec). All stages of embryos cultured in WM-POEC had higher cell counts after 144-168 h of development than did embryos in WM. There was however, no significant difference in blastocyst formation rate of embryos cultured in WM-POEC over those cultured in WM. A high proportion of the embryos entering culture at the 1-2-cell were able to pass the 4-cell block stage in both WM and WM-POEC, 81% and 77%, respectively. In both media, most of the 1-2-cell embryos arrested their development at the compacted morula stage and failed to blastulate while embryos initiating culture at the 4- and 8-16-cell embryos formed blastocysts in culture at a rate of 80-90%.     

小鼠胚胎的玻璃化冷冻研究

用不同冷冻载体(玻璃管、塑料管和0.25 mL细管)及不同冷冻方法(程序化冷冻和玻璃化冷冻)对小鼠3.5 d~4 d桑椹胚和囊胚进行冷冻保存,并与不做任何冷冻保存处理直接培养进行对比。结果表明,使用玻璃管、塑料管和0.25 mL细管作为胚胎的承载材料进行玻璃化冷冻,效果差异不显著;采用程序化冷冻与OPS玻璃化冷冻法,对小鼠胚胎进行冷冻保存可以取得较好的结果。从而得出,用不同材质的冷冻载体进行玻璃化冷冻,可以获得与程序化冷冻相同的良好效果。     

不同分割液对奶牛不同阶段胚胎分割效果的影响

本试验探讨了3种不同分割液对奶牛桑葚胚和囊胚分割效果的影响。借助显微操作仪，将发育至第6～8天的体内常规生产的桑葚胚和囊胚进行分割，体外培养半胚，观察其发育情况，选择形态恢复好的半胚与一个囊胚滋养层细胞囊泡（trophoblastic vesicles，TRV）共移植。结果显示，在PBS+0.2 mol/L蔗糖与PBS+5%PVP中分割桑葚胚，其分割成功率显著高于PBS（P<0.05），分别为89.13%、86.73%和69.67%，而半胚的囊胚发育率及移植妊娠率三者均无显著差异（P>0.05）；在PBS+0.2 mol/L蔗糖与PBS+5%PVP中分割囊胚， 其分割成功率显著高于PBS（P<0.05），分别为94.52%、92.52%和70.52%，而半胚培养的囊胚发育率及移植妊娠率三者均无显著差异（P>0.05）；说明在PBS中分别添加0.2 mol/L的蔗糖和5%的PVP有利于提高奶牛桑葚胚和囊胚的分割成功率。     

In vitro effects of insulin on glucose and lipid metabolism in rat embryos

Glucose is utilized for oxidation and synthesis of various lipids in cultured rat embryos. The present experiment examined the effect of insulin on the incorporation of glucose into lipid fractions in rat embryos in vitro . Embryos at the 2-cell, 8-cell and blastocyst stages were incubated for 5 h in hamster embryo culture medium (HECM)-1 containing ¹⁴C-glucose and 170 nmol/L insulin, or in HECM-1 containing only ¹⁴C-glucose, and the oxidation of glucose in these embryos was examined. In addition, the total lipids of blastocysts were separated by thin layer chromatography and the radioactivity of the separated lipid fractions was measured. Oxidation of glucose was significantly increased after insulin treatment compared with that without insulin treatment in 8-cell embryos and blastocysts ( P  < 0.05), but not in 2-cell embryos. Incorporation of glucose into lipids in blastocysts was significantly lowered by insulin treatment compared with that without insulin treatment ( P  < 0.05). Most of the radioactivity was recovered from triacylglycerols of blastocysts and the remaining radioactivity was found in other neutral lipids and phospholipids. We conclude that insulin accelerates the utilization for oxidation of glucose and inhibits the storage of triacylglycerols in rat blastocysts.