Cell Cycle Synchronization of Skin Fibroblast Cells in Four Species of Family Felidae

This study was examined whether the species of felid affects synchronization accuracy at the G0/G1 stage of the cell cycle and the occurrence of apoptosis by different protocols, such as serum starvation, confluent and roscovitine treatment. Skin fibroblast cells were obtained from the Asian golden cat, marbled cat, leopard and Siamese cat. The cells from each animal were treated with either serum starvation for 1–5 days, cell confluency‐contact inhibition for 5 days or roscovitine at various concentrations (7.5–30 μm ). Flow cytometric analysis revealed that serum starvation for 3 days provided the highest cell population arrested at the G0/G1 stage, irrespective of the felid species. In all species, 100% confluency gave a significantly higher percentage of cells arrested at the G0/G1 stage compared with the non‐treated control cells. The effects of roscovitine treatment and the appropriate concentration on the rates of G0/G1 cells differed among the felid species. Serum starvation for more than 4 days in the marbled cat and Siamese cat and roscovitine treatment with 30 μm in the Asian golden cat and leopard increased the rates of apoptosis. In conclusion, different felid species responded to different methods of cell cycle synchronization. Asian golden cat and Siamese cat fibroblast cells were successfully synchronized to G0/G1 stage using the serum starvation and roscovitine treatment, whereas only confluency‐contact inhibition treatment induced cell synchronization in the leopard. Moreover, these three methods did not successfully induce cell synchronization of the marbled cat. These findings may be valuable for preparing their donor cells for somatic cell nuclear transfer in the future.     

Synchronizing Cell Cycle of Goat Fibroblasts by Serum Starvation Causes Apoptosis

Cell cycle stage and synchronization of donor cells are important factors influencing the success of somatic cell nuclear transfer. This study examined whether serum starvation has any effect on specific cell death. We also studied the effects of serum starvation, culture to confluence, and full confluency (confluent + 72 h) on cell cycle characteristics and apoptosis of goat dermal fibroblast cells. The cells were obtained from the ear of a 1.5‐year‐old female goat. The following experimental groups were analysed for fibroblast cells: (i) normally growing, (ii) confluent, (iii) full confluency, (iv) cells starved for 48 h and (v) cells starved for 72 h. Analysis of cell cycle distribution by flow cytometry showed that 4.56 and 51.88% of normal cycling cells were at the G0 and G1 phases respectively. In the confluent group, 80% of the cells were arrested in the G0/G1 phase. Serum starvation for 48 and 72 h arrested 84.78% and 90.1% cells at the G0/G1 phase respectively which showed a significant difference when compared with the control group (p < 0.05). Double staining by PI and FITC distinguishes G0 phase from G1 phase. In the full confluency group, 91.53% of cells were at G0/G1 stage, but in contrast to the serum starved group, this high percentage of G0/G1 cells was mainly associated with G1 cells. Under normal culture conditions, 6.39% of cells underwent early apoptosis. In the confluent group 8.93% of cells showed early apoptosis. Serum starvation for 48 and 72 h caused early apoptosis in 8.91 and 39.83% of the cells respectively. Full confluency treatment did not increase the number of apoptotic cells significantly (8.67%). After 72 h, serum starvation significantly increased early apoptosis (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the use of full confluency is suitable for cell cycle synchronization because it arrests cells at the G0/G1 phase and also induces less apoptosis in comparison with the serum starvation group.     

不同冻存液对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞冻存质量的影响

试验旨在探究奶牛乳腺上皮细胞(bovine mammary epithelial cells,BMECs)最佳的冻存液以改善乳腺上皮细胞的冻存质量。BMECs传至第5代后分别加入以下10种不同配方的冻存液。A组:85%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+5%DMSO;B组:80%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+10%DMSO;C组:75%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+15%DMSO;D组:70%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+20%DMSO;E组:85%DMEM+5%胎牛血清+10%DMSO;F组:75%DMEM+15%胎牛血清+10%DMSO;G组:70%DMEM+20%胎牛血清+10%DMSO;H组:80%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+10%甘油;I组:70%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+20%甘油;J组:60%DMEM+10%胎牛血清+30%甘油,冻存前统一调整细胞密度到1×106个/mL冻存。分别对复苏后的细胞进行台盼蓝染色计算存活率和PI/Hoechst33258双染计算凋亡率。结果表明,BMECs经不同冻存剂冻存复苏后,细胞活力、形态学及凋亡率表现有所不同,其中B组和G组的活力和24h贴壁率较其他组高,二者的凋亡率较低,二者之间差异无显著性(P>0.05);传代后B组细胞的生长状况最好。     

不同冻存液对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞冻存质量的影响

试验旨在探究奶牛乳腺上皮细胞（bovine mammary epithelial cells,BMECs）最佳的冻存液以改善乳腺上皮细胞的冻存质量。BMECs传至第5代后分别加入以下10种不同配方的冻存液。A组：85%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋5%DMSO;B组：80%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋10%DMSO;C组：75%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋15%DMSO;D组：70%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋20%DMSO;E组：85%DMEM＋5%胎牛血清＋10%DMSO;F组：75%DMEM＋15%胎牛血清＋10%DMSO;G组：70%DMEM＋20%胎牛血清＋10%DMSO;H组：80%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋10%甘油;I组：70%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋20%甘油;J组：60%DMEM＋10%胎牛血清＋30%甘油,冻存前统一调整细胞密度到1×106个/mL冻存。分别对复苏后的细胞进行台盼蓝染色计算存活率和PI/Hoechst33258双染计算凋亡率。结果表明,BMECs经不同冻存剂冻存复苏后,细胞活力、形态学及凋亡率表现有所不同,其中B组和G组的活力和24h贴壁率较其他组高,二者的凋亡率较低,二者之间差异无显著性（P〉0.05）;传代后B组细胞的生长状况最好。     

Effect of Roscovitine‐Treated Donor Cells on Development of Porcine Cloned Embryos

Synchronization of the donor cell cycle is an important factor for successful animal cloning by nuclear transfer. To improve the efficiency of porcine cloning, in the present report, we evaluated effects of contact inhibition, serum starvation and roscovitine treatment of donor cells on in vitro and in vivo developmental potency of cloned porcine embryos. Fibroblasts derived from a porcine foetus at day 30 of gestation were isolated and cultured to 70% confluency. Then, cells were either cultured to 100% confluency for contact inhibition, or cultured in 0.5% serum for 72 h for serum starvation or with 15 μm roscovitine for 24 h. Cells were most effectively synchronized at G0/G1 in the serum starvation group (87.5%) compared with the contact inhibition and roscovitine treatment groups (76.3% and 79.9% respectively p < 0.05). However, after somatic cell nuclear transfer followed by in vitro culture, the serum starvation group showed a significantly lower blastocyst formation rate (5.6%) compared with the contact inhibition and roscovitine treatment groups (11.6% and 20.0% respectively). Differential expression of apoptosis‐related genes and the level of apoptosis in each treatment group explain the variation in developmental competence among the groups. Significantly higher level of apoptosis was observed in the serum starvation group. On the other hand, the roscovitine treatment group shows the lowest level of apoptosis and the best in vitro development among the groups. Cloned embryos derived from roscovitine‐treated donor cells were transferred to surrogate pigs. Three healthy live piglets were produced. In conclusion, we suggest that roscovitine treatment of donor cells improves development of cloned porcine embryos and can raise the efficiency of cloned piglet production.     

Serum Starvation and Full Confluency for Cell Cycle Synchronization of Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Foetal Fibroblasts

Nuclear transfer of domestic cat can be used as a tool to develop reproductive biotechnologies in wild felids. The importance of cell cycle phase during the nuclear transfer has been a matter of debate since the first mammalian clone was produced. The cell cycle phase of donor cells interferes on maintenance of correct ploidy and genetic reprogramming of the reconstructed embryo. The use of G0/G1 arrested donor cells has been shown to improve nuclear transfer efficiency. The present study was conducted to test the hypothesis that domestic cat foetal fibroblasts cultured up to the fifth passage and submitted to full confluency provide a higher percentage of cells at G0/G1 stage than fibroblasts cultured in serum starved media. Results demonstrated that serum starvation increased (p ≤ 0.05) the percentage of G0/G1 fibroblasts when compared with control. Moreover, the combined protocol using confluency and serum starvation was more efficient (p ≤ 0.05) synchronizing cells at G0/G1 stage than serum starvation or confluency alone for the first 3 days of treatment. In conclusion, serum starvation and full confluency act in a synergistic manner to improve domestic cat foetal fibroblast cell cycle synchronization at the G0/G1 stage.     

Cell cycle analysis of bovine cultured somatic cells by flow cytometry

This study was undertaken to examine the cell cycle characteristics of bovine fetal and adult somatic cells (fetal fibroblasts, adult skin and muscle cells, and cumulus cells) after culture under a variety of conditions; 1) growth to 60-70% confluency (cycling), 2) serum starvation, 3) culture to confluency. Cell -cycle phases were determined by flow cytometry with propidium iodide staining enabling the calculation of percentages of cells in G0 /G1, S and G2 /M. The majority was in G0/G1 regardless of cell type and treatment. Serum-starved or confluent cultures contained higher percentages of cells in G0/G1 (89.5-95.4%; P < 0.05). Percentages of cells in G0/G1 increased as cell size decreased regardless of the cell type and treatment. In the serum-starved and confluent cultures, about 98% of small cells were in G0/G1 . Serum-starved cultures contained higher percentages of small cells (38.5-66.9%) than cycling and confluent cultures regardless of cell type (P < 0.05) . After trypsinization of fetal fibroblasts and adult skin cells that were serum-starved and cultured to confluency, the percentages of cells in G0/G1 increased (P < 0.05) on incubation for 1.5 (95.7-99.5%) or 3 hr (95.9-98.6%). These results verify that serum starvation and culture to confluency are efficient means of synchronizing bovine somatic cells in G0/G1, and indicate that a more efficient synchronization of the cells in G0/G1 can be established by incubation for a limited time period after trypsinization of serum-starved or confluent cells.     

血清浓度对共培养条件下牛原代肌肉卫星细胞及前体脂肪细胞活性影响

为探索添加血清浓度对共培养条件下细胞活性的影响,本研究采集新生秦川犊牛背最长肌和肾周脂肪,分离提取前体脂肪细胞和肌卫星细胞,建立以DMEM/F12培养基,不同细胞混合比例(肌肉细胞:脂肪细胞=10:1、5:1、2:1)的多种共培养体系,通过调整各共培养体系培养基中的胎牛血清比例(5%、10%、15%、20%的胎牛血清,FBS),来研究血清浓度对各共培养体系中细胞活性的影响。共培养14d,每两天更换对应培养基,并采用MTT染色法测定共培养细胞的细胞活性。统计分析后发现:共培养细胞活性随着血清浓度的上升而增加;15%FBS和20%FBS浓度下细胞活性均显著高于5%FBS组和10%FBS组(P<0.05);虽20%FBS组细胞活性高于15%组,但差异不显著(P>0.05)。综上,为了获得最好的牛肌卫星细胞和前体脂肪细胞共培养效果,达到较高的细胞培养活性,建议采用15%(v/v)以上的FBS进行共培养。     

Cell Cycle Stage Analysis of Rabbit Foetal Fibroblasts and Cumulus Cells

Synchronization of the cell cycle stages in G0/G1 phase is one of the key factors determining the success of nuclear transplantation. Serum deprivation, contact inhibition and chemical inhibitors are widely used methods for this purpose. In this study, cell cycle stages of foetal fibroblasts and cumulus cells were determined using flow cytometry [fluorescence-activated cell scan (FACS)]. Foetal fibroblasts (in vitro cultured for 72-120 h) and fresh cumulus cells were analysed in Experiment 1. Fifty to 55% proliferating fibroblasts remained in G0/G1 phase compared with 78% in confluent culture (p <0.05). In contrast to foetal fibroblasts, fresh cumulus cells maintained 90% of the population in the G0/G1 stage. When serum was retrieved from the proliferating fibroblasts from day 1 to day 5 (Experiment 2), proportions of G0/G1 cells increased from the initial ratio of 53 to 87% at day 4 of starvation, which was significantly higher than the non-starved proliferating cells (p <0.05). In Experiment 3, fibroblasts were treated with aphidicolin (0.1 microg/ml, 6 h), demicolcine (0.5 microg/ml, 10 h), or a combination of these two chemicals to synchronize the cell cycle stages. Surprisingly, no differences or significantly lower in the proportions of G0/G1)phase cells were detected (25-50%) compared with the uncontrolled growing cells (53%). These results suggested that fresh cumulus cells rest their cell cycle in G0/G1 stage. Serum deprivation became effective in the first 24 h and reached the highest proportions during days 4-5 after deprivation. Chemical synchronization of the cell cycle stage of rabbit foetal fibroblasts to G0/G1 phase appeared less effective compared to serum deprivation.     

Cell cycle synchronization of bison (Bos gaurus) fibroblasts derived from ear piece collected post-mortem

Efficiency of the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer critically depends on the cell cycle phase compatibility between the donor somatic cell nucleus and recipient cytoplasm. In this study, attempts were made to optimize conditions for cell cycle synchronization of bison ear fibroblasts at G0/G1 using different approaches such as using cells in confluency, after contact inhibition, serum starvation or treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) (0.5%, 1.0% and 2.0%), sodium butyrate (NaBu) (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mm), cytochalasin-B (CB) (7.5 μg/ml), cycloheximide (CHX) (7.5 μg/ml) and 6-dimethyl aminopurine (6-DMAP) (2.0 mm). A small piece of an ear of an adult female bison collected post-mortem 10 h after death was used for the preparation of fibroblast cells. The synchronization efficiency was determined by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Higher proportion of G0/G1 phase was obtained when cells were subjected to serum starvation for 48 h (85.4%). Sodium butyrate had no effect on synchronization of cells at G0/G1 when the cells were treated for 24 and 48 h. Similarly, DMSO (0.5% and 1.0%) had also no effect on the proportion of cells at G0/G1 for 24 and 48 h. The synchronization ability of CB, CHX and 6-DMAP at G0/G1 phase was equally effective when cells were treated for 4 h (68.5%, 68.7% and 67.4%) and 24 h (67.8%, 66.1% and 67.5%). In conclusion, this study shows that cells subjected to serum starvation for 24-48 h or confluent monolayer, or cycling cells treated with 1.0% DMSO or 2.0 mm NaBu for 24 h showed best synchronization in G0/G1 phase of cell cycle.     

Effects of Serum Deprivation and Cycloheximide on Cell Cycle of Low and High Passage Porcine Fetal Fibroblasts

Arrest of cells in G0/G1 cell cycle phase is desired for nuclear transfer procedures. Serum starvation and cell cycle inhibitors are different ways to induce synchronization of the cell cycle. This study investigated the effects of serum starvation and cycloheximide (CHX) on the cell cycle of low (5th) and high (15th) passages fetal porcine fibroblasts. Cell cycle phases were determined using fluorescent activated cell sorting. Fifth passage fibroblast cultures had higher (p < 0.05) proportion of cells in G0/G1 only after 72 h of serum starvation (77.60 ± 0.65) when compared with non‐starved cells (71.44 ± 1.88). Serum starvation for all periods tested induced an increase (p < 0.05) on proportion of cells in G0/G1 on the 15th passage. No significant differences were observed on the 5th passage cultures exposed to CHX, although, on the 15th passage an increase on proportion of cells was observed after all periods of exposure (p < 0.05). These data indicates that high passage cells in vitro are more susceptible to serum starvation and CHX G0/G1 synchronization.     

Optimization of parthenogenetic activation of rabbit oocytes and development of rabbit embryo by somatic cell nuclear transfer

The present study explored a suitable parthenogenetic activation (PA) procedure for rabbit oocytes and investigated the developmental potential of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos using rabbit foetal fibroblasts (RFFs). The electrical activation had the optimal rate of blastocyst (14.06%) when oocytes were activated by three direct current (DC) pulses (40 V/mm, 20 μs each) followed by 6‐dimethylaminopurine (6‐DMAP) and cycloheximide (CHX) treatment; the blastocyst rate of ionomycin (ION) + 6‐DMAP + CHX (12.07%) activation was higher than that of ION + 6‐DMAP (8.6%) activation or ION + CHX (1.24%) activation; there was no significant difference in blastocyst rate between ION + 6‐DMAP + CHX and DC + 6‐DMAP + CHX groups. The blastocyst rate of ION + 6‐DMAP + CHX‐activated oocytes in the basic rabbit culture medium (M‐199) + 10% foetal bovine serum (FBS; 14.28%) was higher than that in buffalo conditioned medium (5.75%) or G1/G2 medium (0), and the blastocyst rate was increased when M‐199 + 10% FBS was supplemented with amino acids. Refreshing culture medium every day or every other day significantly increased the blastocyst rate. Treatment of donor cells with 0.5% FBS for 3–5 days increased blastocyst rate of SCNT embryos (33.33%) than no serum starvation (22.47%) or 0.5% FBS treatment for 6–9 days (23.61%); the blastocyst rate of SCNT embryos derived from nontransgenic RFFs was higher than that derived from transgenic RFFs by electroporation. The blastocyst development ability of SCNT embryos derived from RFFs by electroporation (32.22%) was higher than that of liposome (19.11%) or calcium phosphate (20.00%) transfection, and only the embryos from electroporation group have the EGFP expression (24.44%). In conclusion, this study for the first time systematically optimized the conditions for yield of rabbit embryo by SCNT.     

Effects of cell cycle status on the efficiency of liposome-mediated gene transfection in mouse fetal fibroblasts

Methods for cell cycle synchronization of mouse fetal fibroblast cells (MFFCs) were first selected and optimized. When MFFCs were cooled at 5 C for different periods of time, the highest percentage of cells at the G0/G1 phase (75.4+/-2.9%), with 3.5+/-0.3% of apoptotic cells, was achieved after 5 h of treatment. Extended cooling increased the number of apoptotic cells significantly. When MFFCs were treated with different concentrations of roscovitine (ROS) for different periods of time, the highest percentage of G0/G1 cells (83.5+/-1.8%), with 9.2+/-0.6% apoptotic cells, was obtained after exposure to 10 microM ROS for 24 h. When the cells were cooled at 5 C for 5 h followed by incubation in 10 microM ROS for 12 h, 83.6+/-1.9% were synchronized at the G0/G1 stage, with 3.6% undergoing apoptosis. Cell cycle progression was then observed after release of the MFFCs from different synchronization blocks. The highest percentages of S and G2/M cells (81% and 75%) were achieved at 12 and 20 h, respectively, after release of the MFFCs from the cooling plus ROS treatment, and these percentages were significantly higher than those obtained after release from the cooling or ROS alone blocks. Finally, MFFCs were transfected with pEGFP-N1 plasmid at the peak of the G0/G1, S, and G2/M phases, respectively, after release from the different blocks and both the transient and stable transfection efficiencies were determined. The GFP gene expression was greatly enhanced when transfection was performed at the time when most cells were at the G2/M stage after release from cooling, ROS alone, and cooling plus ROS treatments. Statistical analysis revealed a close correlation between the rate of G2/M cells and the transient and stable GFP gene expression efficiencies. Together, the results indicated that (a) the best protocol for cell cycle synchronization of MFFCs was a 5-h cooling at 5 C followed by incubation in 10 microM ROS for 12 h which produced both a high rate of synchronization in the G0/G1 phase with acceptable apoptosis and a high rate of G2/M cells after release; and (b) that the cell cycle status had marked effects on the efficiency of liposome-mediated transfection in MFFCs, with the highest transfection efficiency obtained in cells at the G2/M stage.     

序贯培养液G1/G2对山羊核移植胚胎发育和质量的影响

为了优化山羊核移植胚胎体外培养体系,提高核移植效率,本研究检测了山羊体细胞核移植(SCNT)胚胎在序贯培养液G1/G2中的发育率和囊胚细胞凋亡,以及核移植胚胎移植后的妊娠率,以传统mSOF-FBS培养液作为对照组,评估序贯培养液G1/G2支持山羊核移植胚胎的发育能力。结果显示,与对照组相比,G1/G2组的囊胚发育率差异不显著((27.7±3.1)%vs(25.3±1.0)%,P>0.05),囊胚细胞数和囊胚细胞凋亡率显著降低(分别为(93.2±4.5)vs(109.1±6.2)和(4.9±0.2)%vs(11.3±0.1)%,P<0.05),但移植后的妊娠率显著增高(21.4%vs 8.0%,P<0.05)。结果表明,与传统的培养液mSOF-FBS相比,序贯培养液G1/G2能更好地支持山羊核移植胚胎的发育。     

胎牛血清在猪孤雌囊胚玻璃化冷冻后恢复培养中的作用研究

【目的】研究胎牛血清(fetal bovine serum, FBS)在猪孤雌囊胚玻璃化冷冻后恢复培养中的作用。【方法】本试验以体外培养第5天的猪孤雌激活囊胚为材料,将新鲜和冷冻囊胚分别在含10%FBS(V/V)的胚胎培养液中继续培养48 h,即分为新鲜组(Fresh)、新鲜+FBS组(Fresh+FBS)、冷冻组(Vitrified)、冷冻+FBS组(Vitrified+FBS)。观察各组囊胚的扩张和孵化能力,检测胚胎的细胞膜损伤、凋亡细胞数目、总细胞数目、胞内活性氧(ROS)水平、线粒体活性以及发育相关基因的表达水平。【结果】与Fresh和Vitrified组相比,Fresh+FBS和Vitrified+FBS组的完全扩张率、孵化率和囊胚细胞总数均显著提高(P<0.05),细胞膜损伤率和细胞凋亡率均显著降低(P<0.05)。与Fresh组相比,Vitrified组ROS水平显著升高(P<0.05),Fresh+FBS和Vitrified+FBS组ROS水平均显著降低(P<0.05)。Vitrified+FBS组的线粒体活性显著高于Vitrified组(P&l...     

兽用生物制品生产用牛血清质量标准研究——牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验研究

为制定兽用生物制品生产用牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准,将处于对数生长期的Sp2/0细胞分散,配制成50万/mL细胞悬液,用含10%不同牛血清的MEM营养液,在96孔细胞培养板上作对倍稀释,在5%CO2培养箱37℃培养48 h,计数每种血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率。结果表明,胎牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率为20%-26%,犊牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的绝对克隆形成率为12%-18%。以胎牛血清作为标准参考血清计算不同牛血清对Sp2/0细胞的相对克隆形成率,3批胎牛血清的相对克隆形成率均在80%以上,6批有效期之内的新生牛血清的相对克隆形成率为50%左右。因此,将兽用生物制品生产用胎牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准规定为对标准血清相对克隆形成率不低于80%;新生犊牛血清对Sp2/0细胞增殖试验的质量标准规定为对标准血清相对克隆形成率不低于50%。     

In vitro development and postvitrification survival of cloned feline embryos derived from preadipocytes

The aim of the present study was to optimize the conditions for in vitro development and postvitrification survival of somatic cell cloned feline embryos. To determine the effects of cell cycle synchronization of the nuclear donor cells, we cultured preadipocytes under serum starvation or conventional conditions. After two days in serum starvation culture, the proportion of synchronized donor cells at the G0/G1 phase was 91.6%. This was significantly higher than the proportion of non-synchronized cells in the proliferative phase (72.6%, P<0.05). The in vitro development of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos reconstructed using donor cells treated under serum starvation conditions (normal cleavage rate of 65.7%, 46/70, and blastocyst formation rate of 20.0%, 14/70) was comparable to that of the serum supplemented group (52.5%, 31/59, and 20.3%, 12/59). Use of in vitro or in vivo matured oocytes as recipient cytoplasts equally supported development of the SCNT embryos to the blastocyst stage (11.9%, 5/42, vs. 9.5%, 2/21). SCNT-derived blastocysts were vitrified using the original minimum volume cooling (MVC) or the modified (stepwise) MVC method. Although none (n=10) of the SCNT blastocysts survived following vitrification by the original MVC method, the stepwise MVC method resulted in 100% survival after rewarming (n=11). In conclusion, we demonstrated that feline somatic cell cloned embryos with a high developmental ability can be produced irrespective of cell cycle synchronization of donor cells using either in vivo or in vitro matured oocytes. Furthermore, by utilizing a stepwise vitrification method, we showed that it is possible to cryopreserve cloned feline blastocysts.     

不同品种牛卵泡液对水牛卵母细胞体外受精效果的影响

试验利用水牛卵泡液(BuFF)和黄牛卵泡液(BoFF)对不同来源水牛卵母细胞体外受精效果的影响进行了探讨,以完善水牛体外受精培养系统,进一步提高水牛胚胎体外生产效率。试验按成熟培养液中添加卵泡液替代胎牛血清量共分4个组。不添加卵泡液(0%+10%胎牛血清)为Ⅰ组(对照组);添加5%卵泡液+5%胎牛血清为Ⅱ组;添加10%卵泡液+0%胎牛血清为Ⅲ组;添加15%卵泡液+0%胎牛血清为Ⅳ组。结果表明,添加BuFF对活体采集卵母细胞和屠宰场收集卵母细胞的体外受精卵分裂率无显著影响(P0.05),但添加5%和10%BuFF对卵母细胞体外受精后的胚胎发育有明显促进作用,囊胚率均极显著高于对照组和15%BuFF组(P0.01),5%和10%BuFF组间无显著差异(P0.05);添加15%BuFF囊胚率有降低的趋势,但与对照组相比差异不显著(P0.05)。而添加10%BoFF组活体采集卵母细胞体外受精的受精卵分裂率和囊胚率均极显著高于对照组和5%BoFF组(P0.01),添加5%BoFF组的受精卵分裂率和囊胚率与对照组无显著差异(P0.05);添加BoFF对屠宰场收集水牛卵母细胞体外受精卵分裂率无显著差异(P0.05),但添加5%和10%BoFF组的囊胚率均显著高于对照组和15%组(P0.05),添加15%BoFF组与对照组相比,囊胚率显著降低(P0.05),5%和10%BoFF组间囊胚率无显著差异(P0.05)。综合以上结果,在水牛卵母细胞成熟培养液中添加5%～10%的BuFF或BoFF代替牛血清,可明显提高水牛体外胚胎生产效率,且以添加同种的BuFF效果略好。     

Comparison of the effects of Ham'sF10 and αMEM in combination with FBS or BSA in vitrification/warming solution on quality and viability of sheep ovarian follicles

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the two types of media, namely minimum essential medium (αMEM) and Ham'sF10, supplemented with foetal bovine serum (FBS) or bovine serum albumin (BSA) in vitrification/warming solution on the quality and viability of sheep ovarian follicles. Vitrification method was applied for cryopreservation of sheep ovarian cortex using Ham'sF10 and αMEM supplemented with either BSA or FBS. There were five groups: Fresh, Ham'sF10+ BSA, Ham'sF10+ FBS, αMEM + BSA and αMEM + FBS. Samples were cultured for two weeks after warming. Viability and morphology of follicles and DNA fragmentation in follicles and in tissue stroma cells were analysed before vitrification/warming and following one and two weeks of culture. The Ham'sF10+ FBS and Ham'sF10+ BSA groups showed a significant decrease in follicular viability after one week of culture (p < .05 vs. Fresh). Following two weeks of culture, all groups revealed a considerable fall in the number of viable follicles (p < .05 vs. Fresh). There was an increase in DNA fragmentation of connective tissue cells but not in the follicles (p < .05). Our results showed the better application of αMEM supplemented with BSA as a vitrification solution in improvement of cryopreservation effects and maintenance of follicular survival.     

小鼠胚胎干细胞培养、克隆、分离、传代研究

对影响小鼠胚胎干细胞（Embryonic stem cells,ES细胞）培养、克隆、分离、传代效果的因素进行了探索研究。应用223枚昆明白小鼠胚胎和20枚129品系小鼠胚胎的研究结果表明，129品系小鼠胚胎比昆明白小鼠胚胎更适合作为ES细胞建系的材料，两者FS出现率差异显著（P＜0．05）；以DMEM＋10％NBS＋10％FCS为基础培养液，分别加入LIF、胰岛素、LIF＋SCF，极显著提高昆明白小鼠胚胎贴壁率，ICM生长率及F1、F2出现率（P＜0．01），而在DMEM＋10％NBS＋10％FCS＋LIF＋SCF为培养液，得到昆明白小鼠胚胎最高贴壁率、ICM生长率及传代率；4dpc胚胎传代情况显著好于3．5dpc胚胎（P＜0．05）。