牦牛卵母细胞的体外成熟、种间受精与胚胎培养

探讨了卵母细胞体外成熟时间、卵母细胞质量、精子准备和受精卵培养体系对牦牛卵母细胞种间体外受精效果的影响。结果表明:牦牛卵母细胞随体外成熟培养时间延长,第一极体排出率增加,囊胚发育率以成熟培养24 h最高;A级卵母细胞种间受精后囊胚的发育率(48.77±3.76)%显著高于B级(32.05±5.24)%和C级(7.54±7.18)%(P<0.05);BO液洗涤离心处理的精子受精后卵裂率(82.53±6.54)%显著高于Percoll液分离精子受精后的卵裂率(67.39±4.50)%(P<0.05),而两者囊胚率差异不显著((42.32±4.13)%vs(35.59±5.62)%,P>0.05);荷斯坦奶牛精子浓度在1×106～5×106/mL范围与牦牛卵母细胞受精效果差异不显著。卵丘细胞、输卵管上皮细胞共培养和SOF液培养种间受精卵,其卵裂率差异不显著,但共培养组的桑葚胚、囊胚和孵化胚发育率均显著高于SOF液培养组。     

Leptin和ITS对牛卵母细胞体外培养和胚胎生产的影响

利用Leptin和ITS促进体外成熟和体外培养的牛卵母细胞的发育和质量,探讨提高胚胎体外生产的质量和数量的方法和技术。试验1：体外受精胚胎的培养液：添加BSA的KSOM中添加10mL/L浓度的ITS,结果使胚胎的桑椹胚率和囊胚率显著（P〈0.05）高于培养液中不加ITS的对照组（桑椹胚率：43.48%vs29.07%,囊胚率：22.83%vs11.63%）,卵裂率、正常分裂率和8细胞率与对照组差异不显著（P〉0.05）。试验2：在卵母细胞的体外成熟液中添加10μg/L具有生物学活性的重组鸡Leptin成熟肽融合蛋白,Leptin处理组和对照组卵母细胞经体外成熟、受精后转入加有10mL/LITS的KSOM培养液进行体外培养。试验组卵裂率和正常分裂率极显著（P〈0.01）高于对照组（88.96%vs66.81%和61.11%vs29.36%）,8细胞率显著（P〈0.05）高于对照组（84.84%vs69.57%）。Leptin处理的卵母细胞在受精后的桑椹胚率和囊胚率与对照组差异不显著,但最后的囊胚数量较对照组增加1倍多,分别为IVF卵母细胞总数的14.8%和6.4%（P〈0.01）。这说明,添加Leptin对牛卵母细胞体外成熟有促进作用,可显著提高卵母细胞受精后早期胚胎的卵裂率、正常分裂率和8细胞率;加入ITS则能提高桑椹胚率和囊胚率;而Leptin和ITS的按顺序结合使用,则能大大增加体外生产胚胎的桑椹胚和囊胚的数量,从而提高胚胎体外生产的效率。     

BFF,rbGH对牛卵泡卵母细胞体外受精后发育的影响

利用屠宰黄牛卵巢，对２～５ｍｍ卵泡卵母细胞的体外成熟（ＩＶＭ）、体外受精（ＩＶＦ）、受精卵的体外培养（ＩＶＣ）进行了系列研究。结果表明，在成熟培养液中单独添加１０％Ｄ０ＥＣＳ（发情当天牛血清）获得了卵泡卵母细胞受精后较高的卵裂率（６４．７％）、桑椹胚发育率（３９．９％）和囊胚发育率（２４．８％），说明在成熟培养液中单独添加Ｄ０ＥＣＳ是可行的；在含１０％Ｄ０ＥＣＳ的成熟培养液中再添加１０％或２０％ＢＦＦ（牛卵泡液），均能提高受精卵的卵裂率以及桑椹胚和囊胚的发育率，以添加２０％ＢＦＦ效果较好，其囊胚发育率（３５．０％）显著高于对照组（２４．８％，Ｐ＜０．０５）；在卵泡卵母细胞成熟培养系统和受精卵共同培养系统中添加１０μｇ／Ｌ重组牛生长因子（ｒｂＧＨ），虽对体外受精卵的卵裂率无显著影响（Ｐ＞０．０５），但能显著提高卵裂胚的囊胚发育率（Ｐ＜０．０５）     

水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活及孤雌胚与体外受精胚发育比较

比较了水牛卵母细胞体外成熟时间对孤雌激活胚发育能力的影响,以及不同化学激活方法对水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活效果的影响,并在相同条件下,对孤雌激活胚与体外受精胚的发育能力进行了比较.结果表明,水牛卵母细胞体外成熟27 h或30 h的囊胚发育率(19.0%、17.7%)明显高于体外成熟21 h或24h的囊胚发育率(12.3%、13.8%);Ion联合6-DMAP激活水牛卵母细胞的效果优于其他几组激活方法;在相同条件下,孤雌激活胚与体外受精胚的发育能力存在着差异,其中卵裂率差异不显著,但孤雌激活胚的囊胚发育率显著高于体外受精胚.     

水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活及孤雌胚与体外受精胚发育比较

对MⅡ期水牛卵母细胞进行人工诱导激活可以帮助人们间接判断体外成熟卵母细胞质量的优劣,并且,卵母细胞的充分激活也是提高核移植效率的关键因素之一.试验比较了水牛卵母细胞体外成熟时间对孤雌激活胚发育能力的影响以及不同化学激活方法对水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活效果的影响,并在相同条件下,对孤雌激活胚与体外受精胚的发育能力进行了比较.结果表明,水牛卵母细胞体外成熟27h或30h的囊胚发育率(19.0%or 17.7%)明显高于体外成熟21h或24h的囊胚发育率(12.3%or 13.8%);Ion联合6-DMAP激活水牛卵母细胞的效果优于其他几组激活方法;在相同条件下,孤雌激活胚与体外受精胚的发育能力存在着差异,其中卵裂率差异不显著,但孤雌激活胚的囊胚发育率显著高于体外受精胚(13.0%vs.21.7%).     

家兔卵母细胞体外受精研究

以家兔为试验动物,人工采集公兔精液,经体外获能后,与从母兔输卵管获取的成熟卵母细胞进行体外受精和培养。结果表明:①卵龄14～15h卵母细胞体外受精后卵裂率和8～16细胞百分率均显著(P<0.05)高于卵龄16～17h卵母细胞;②L-谷氨酰胺对卵母细胞体外受精及受精卵体外发育具有促进作用,但随着添加量的增加其作用减弱;③培养液DMEM+10%FBS组卵裂率、桑椹胚及囊胚百分率均显著(P<0.05)高于TCM-199+10%FBS组及RM-199组。     

水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活及孤雌胚与体外受精胚发育比较

对MII期水牛卵母细胞进行人工诱导激活可帮助人们间接判断体外成熟卵母细胞质量的优劣,且卵母细胞的充分激活也是提高核移植效率的关键因素之一。本试验比较了水牛卵母细胞体外成熟时间对孤雌激活胚发育能力的影响及不同化学激活方法对水牛卵母细胞孤雌激活效果的影响,并在相同条件下,对孤雌激活胚与体外受精胚的发育能力进行了比较。结果表明,水牛卵母细胞体外成熟27h或30h的囊胚发育率（19.0%or 17.7%）明显高于体外成熟21h或24h的囊胚发育率（12.3%or 13.8%）;Ion联合6-DMAP激活水牛卵母细胞的效果优于其他激活方法;在相同条件下,孤雌激活胚的囊胚发育率显著高于体外受精胚（13.0%vs.21.7%）。     

肉羊体外胚胎高效生产技术的优化研究

为了探讨放线菌酮(CHX)对卵母细胞预成熟的影响及囊胚滋养层细胞囊泡(TVS)、维生素C对肉羊体外胚胎质量的影响,试验采用从屠宰厂(场)收集的肉羊卵巢,抽取卵巢表面2~8 mm的卵泡卵母细胞进行体外成熟、体外受精和早期胚胎体外培养。结果表明:经过5%CHX预成熟的卵母细胞卵裂率、桑葚胚率、囊胚率显著高于对照组(P0.05);在体外受精及早期胚胎培养液(SOFaa)中添加1%维生素C组与TVS共培养组的卵裂率和囊胚发育率均高于其他试验组(P0.05);体外胚胎与TVS共移植受胎率显著高于对照组(P0.05)。说明核质同期成熟处理及抗氧化剂可以用于高效生产体外胚胎。     

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。     

β-巯基乙醇或牛磺酸对牛体外受精后早期胚胎的影响

对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,在β-巯基乙醇(-βME)或牛磺酸等添加物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。试验结果表明:4~8细胞期添加-βME可显著提高胚胎桑椹胚、囊胚发育率和囊胚细胞数,但不能改善孵化囊胚的质量。在体外发育培养液中添加7mM牛磺酸可显著提高桑椹胚率和囊胚率(P<0.05),并且在4~8细胞期添加牛磺酸最为合适。     

Effect of centrifugation treatment before vitrification on the viability of porcine mature oocytes and zygotes produced in vitro

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of centrifugation pretreatment on the viability and nuclear status of porcine in vitro matured (IVM) oocytes and on the developmental competence of in vitro fertilized (IVF) oocytes (zygotes) after cryopreservation by vitrification (Solid Surface Vitrification; SSV). Mature oocytes having the first polar body after IVM and zygotes having the second polar body at 10 h after IVF were centrifuged at 10,000 x g at 37 C for 20 min and then subjected to SSV. Their viability was evaluated by morphological appearance and fluorescein diacetate staining. The nuclear status of oocytes was evaluated 6 h after vitrification. The developmental ability to the blastocyst stage of vitrified zygotes was evaluated after 6 days of in vitro culture. Although centrifugation did not damage the oocytes directly, it drastically reduced the rate of live oocytes after SSV. The rates of vitrification-induced parthenogenetic activation were similar in both centrifuged and non-centrifuged oocytes (42.4 and 47.4%, respectively). Centrifugation had no significant effects on the viability of pronuclear oocytes. The development of vitrified zygotes to the blastocyst stage was significantly lower than that of the control irrespective of centrifugation pretreatment. There was no difference in the cleavage and blastocyst rates between the control and centrifuged zygotes after vitrification. There was also no difference in the total cell numbers of blastocysts between the control and centrifuged zygotes irrespective of vitrification. These results reveal that, in IVM porcine oocytes, centrifugation pretreatment is highly detrimental to cryotolerance; however, in zygotes, it has only a slight effect on viability and does not alter the developmental competence of surviving zygotes.     

水牛卵丘细胞和颗粒细胞单层对卵母细胞体外受精及其胚胎发育的影响

[目的]探讨卵丘细胞对水牛卵母细胞体外成熟、体外受精及颗粒细胞单层对水牛体外胚胎发育的影响。[方法]①按卵母细胞有无卵丘细胞情况分为五个组：即自然裸卵组（Ⅰ组）、自然裸卵＋卵丘细胞共成熟组（Ⅱ组）、人为裸卵＋卵丘细胞共成熟组（Ⅲ组）、AB级卵母细胞成熟后去除卵丘细胞受精组（Ⅳ组）、AB级卵母细胞对照组（Ⅴ组）分别进行体...     

Influence of co‐culture with denuded oocytes during in vitro maturation on fertilization and developmental competence of cumulus‐enclosed porcine oocytes in a defined system

Co‐culture of cumulus‐oocyte complexes (COCs) with denuded oocytes (DOs) during in vitro maturation (IVM) was reported to improve the developmental competence of oocytes via oocyte‐secreted factors in cattle. The aim of the present study was to investigate if addition of DOs during IVM can improve in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC) results for oocytes in a defined in vitro production system in pigs. The maturation medium was porcine oocyte medium supplemented with gonadotropins, dbcAMP and β‐mercaptoethanol. Cumulus‐oocyte complexes were matured without DOs or with DOs in different ratios (9 COC, 9 COC+16 DO and 9 COC+36 DO). Consequently; oocytes were subjected to IVF as intact COCs or after denudation to examine if DO addition during IVM would affect cumulus or oocyte properties. After fertilization, penetration and normal fertilization rates of zygotes were not different between all tested groups irrespective of denudation before IVF. When zygotes were cultured for 6 days, no difference could be observed between all treatment groups in cleavage rate, blastocyst rate and cell number per blastocyst. In conclusion, irrespective of the ratio, co‐culture with DOs during IVM did not improve fertilization parameters and embryo development of cumulus‐enclosed porcine oocytes in a defined system.     

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。     

高产奶牛连续活体采卵及卵母细胞体外受精

在超声波扫描仪的指导下,用双孔型采卵针以 １４．７ ｋ Ｐａ 抽吸压经阴道对 ５ 头高产奶牛分别连续实施 ７ 次活体采卵,每 ７ ｄ １ 次,共采集卵子 ２１４ 个,占可见卵泡数的 ５３．９％ ,每次头均采集卵子 ６．１ 个。卵子经过体外培养、体外受精、体外受精胚体外发育培养,于体外受精后 ４８ ｈ 、１６８ ｈ 统计的卵裂率、囊胚发育率分别为 ７５．２％ 和 ２９．７％ 。研究结果表明,在超声波扫描仪指导下对奶牛连续进行活体采卵是可行的,所得卵子应用体外成熟、体外受精、体外培养技术,可生产用于冷冻或移植的胚胎。     

Effects of oxygen tension in the gas atmosphere during in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization and in vitro culture on the efficiency of in vitro production of mouse embryos

Effects of oxygen (O2) tension in the gas atmosphere during in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC) on the efficiency of in vitro production of mouse embryos were examined. Mouse oocytes recovered from large antral follicles were subjected to IVM in Waymouth medium for 15, 16 and 17 hr under 5 or 20% O2 and then subjected to IVF and IVC under 5 or 20% O2 tension. Lowering the O2 tension in the gas atmosphere for IVM from 20 to 5% improved the cleavage rate after IVF when the oocytes were subjected to IVM for 15 hr; however, no improvement in the cleavage rate was observed when the culture period for IVM was extended to 16 and 17 hr. Lowering the O2 tension to 5% for IVM and IVC improved the development of the cleaved oocytes to the blastocyst stage, regardless of the culture period for IVM. However, the O2 tension for IVF had no remarkable effect on the subsequent embryonic development. These results demonstrate that 5% O2 is superior to 20% O2 for IVM and IVC, and suggest that 20% O2 for IVM may delay oocyte maturation and/or the acquisition of fertilizability and impair the developmental competence of oocytes.     

Effects of delipidation and oxygen concentration on in vitro development of porcine embryos

The effects of delipidation and the oxygen (O(2)) concentration in the atmosphere during culture on in vitro development and H(2)O(2) content were investigated in porcine in vivo fertilized embryos and embryos after in vitro maturation and in vitro fertilization (IVM/IVF embryos). There was no significant difference in the developmental rates to the blastocyst stage between the intact and delipidated IVM/IVF embryos. However, the mean number of cells in blastocysts derived from delipidated IVM/IVF embryos (19.8 +/- 0.8 cells) was significantly smaller than that from intact embryos (24.2 +/- 1.2 cells). Although there were no significant differences in the developmental rates to the blastocyst stage of intact and delipidated IVM/IVF embryos between the cultures under 5% O(2) and 20% O(2), the developmental rate of intact IVM/IVF embryos cultured under 5% O(2) (27.1%) was significantly higher than that of the delipidated embryos cultured under 20% O(2) (19.3%). On the other hand, there was no difference in the developmental rate to the blastocyst stage between in vivo fertilized embryos cultured under 5% O(2) and 20% O(2). Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), one of the reactive oxygen species (ROS), is thought to cause damage to embryos. The H(2)O(2) content per embryo derived from oocytes cultured under 5% O(2) (in vivo fertilized, 58.0 +/- 2.5 pixels; IVM/IVF, 79.6 +/- 3.2 pixels) was significantly lower than that (in vivo fertilized, 100.2 +/- 3.8 pixels; IVM/IVF, 103.9 +/- 3.2 pixels) under 20% O(2). Furthermore, the level of H(2)O(2) in delipidated IVM/IVF embryos (94.7 +/- 3.9 pixels) was significantly lower than that in intact embryos (103.9 +/- 3.2 pixels) cultured under 20% O(2). The present results indicate that the delipidation of porcine IVM/IVF embryos and reduction of the O(2) concentration decreased the H(2)O(2) level rather than the in vitro developmental rate to the blastocyst stage.     

Bovine Oocyte Meiotic Inhibition Before In Vitro Maturation and Its Value to In Vitro Embryo Production: Does it Improve Developmental Competence?

The efficiency of bovine in vitro embryo production has remained low despite extensive effort to understand the effects of culture conditions, media composition and supplementation. As bovine oocytes resume meiosis spontaneously when cultured, it was hypothesized that preventing meiosis in vitro before in vitro maturation (IVM) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) would allow more oocytes to acquire developmental competence. This article reviews some of the factors involved in meiotic arrest as well as the effects of meiotic inhibition before IVM on bovine oocytes developmental competence following IVF. Follicular components and cAMP-elevating agents can delay or inhibit meiosis in various proportions of oocytes; however, few studies have examined their effects on development following IVM and IVF because they are not practical (follicular components) or have a transient effect on meiosis (cAMP-elevating agents). Protein synthesis or phosphorylation inhibition prevented meiosis in high percentages of oocytes; however, these non-specific inhibitions led to lower developmental competence compared with non-arrested oocytes. Maturation promoting factor (MPF) inhibition with specific inhibitors has been examined in several studies. Despite faster maturation following removal from inhibition and some structural damage to the oocytes, MPF inhibition generally led to blastocyst rates similar to control, non-arrested oocytes. Future work will involve evaluating the effects on arrested oocytes of molecules that can improve developmental competence in non-arrested oocytes. It is also anticipated that new IVM systems that take into consideration new knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the control of meiosis will be developed. Moreover, global gene expression analysis studies will also provide clues to the culture conditions required for optimal expression of developmental competence.     

Defined system for in vitro production of porcine embryos using a single basic medium

We have previously indicated that porcine blastocysts can be produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and culture (IVC) in chemically defined porcine gamete medium (PGM) and porcine zygote medium (PZM)-5, respectively, In the present study, the effects of basic media and macromolecular components on in vitro maturation (IVM) were investigated to develop a defined system for in vitro embryo production using a single basic medium through IVM, IVF and IVC. Porcine immature oocytes were matured in porcine oocyte medium (POM) or modified North Carolina State University (mNCSU) 37, which were supplemented with either 10% (v/v) porcine follicular fluid (pFF) or 3 mg/ml polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a macromolecular component (designated POM+pFF, POM+PVA, mNCSU37+pFF and mNCSU37+PVA). In the maturation with mNCSU37+PVA, the percentages of oocytes that reached the metaphase II stages were significantly lower than those in the other treatments. Following IVM with the above media, oocytes were treated with an electrical stimulus and cycloheximide for parthenogenetic activation and were cultured in PZM-5 for 5 days. The rates of cleavage and blastocyst formation of parthenogenetic oocytes were significantly lowered for maturation with mNCSU37+PVA compared with the other treatments, while there were no significant differences in the total numbers of cells in blastocysts among the treatments. Following IVF and IVC, the rates of penetration, male pronucleus formation, cleavage and blastocyst formation were significantly lower when oocytes were matured in mNCSU37+PVA than in other maturation media. The normal fertilization rate was significantly higher in POM+PVA compared with the other treatments, although the total number of cells in blastocysts was reduced with the addition of PVA to both POM and mNCSU37 compared with pFF supplementation. These results demonstrate that porcine blastocysts can be produced by the defined system using a single basic medium.     

Advanced in vitro production of pig blastocysts obtained through determining the time for glucose supplementation

The objective was to determine the effect of glucose supplementation on development (to the blastocyst stage) of in vitro matured (IVM) porcine oocytes that were either in vitro fertilized (IVF) or electrically activated (EA). Embryos were incubated for 46 or 58 h post insemination (hpi) in an NCSU37-based medium containing 0.17 mM sodium pyruvate and 2.73 mM sodium lactate (IVC-PyrLac), and then transferred to an NCSU37-based medium containing 5.55 mM glucose (IVC-Glu) and cultured until Days 6 (Day 0 = day of EA or IVF). The proportions of oocytes that had formed full blastocysts by Day 6 following transfer to IVC-glu at 46 hpi was 23.5 and 41.2% in the IVF and EA groups respectively; these were lower (P<0.001) than the proportions of oocytes that formed full blastocysts after transfer at 58 hpi (60.3 and 78.7%). However, there was no significant difference in total cell number (at Day 6) between embryos transferred at 46 vs 58 hpi. We inferred that in vitro-derived pig embryos can efficiently use glucose as an energy source starting at approximately 58 hpi; exposure to glucose at that time enhanced development to the blastocyst stage as well as blastocyst quality.