牛体外生产囊胚染色体异常的分析

有研究发现,体外生产的胚胎染色体异常的发生率高于体内胚胎。Viuff等人在一项对牛体外胚胎染色体异常的研究中发现,体外生产的牛囊胚的混倍率为72%,而体内生产的囊胚混倍率仅为25%。这说明,胚胎生产的操作过程、培养液成分和其他的一些环境因素可能是引起胚胎发生染色体异常的     

Transfer of Bovine Blastocysts Derived from Short-term In Vitro Culture of Low Quality Morulae Produced In Vivo

The aim of this study was to evaluate if blastocysts arising from in vitro culture of Grade 3 bovine morulae produced in vivo can promote acceptable pregnancy rates when transferred into recipients. Embryos of different stages and qualities were recovered from superovulated Bos taurus and B. indicus donors. Grade 3 morulae were cultured in either Holding Plus® or TCM‐199 (supplemented with 10% bovine fetal serum) media for 24 h at 38.5°C. After this culture period, the resulting blastocysts were morphologically classified (Grades 1, 2 and 3) and transferred into recipients previously synchronized with the donors. Non‐cultured Grades 1 and 3 morulae were used as control. Pregnancy diagnosis was carried out 60 days after embryo transfer and the data were analysed by logistic regression, considering variables, such as embryo quality (Grade), donor breed, culture medium, donor‐recipient synchrony and seasonality. Embryo quality was the only variable, showing significant effect on the pregnancy rate. Pregnancy rates for non‐cultured Grade 1 and 3 morulae, and blastocysts arising from cultured Grade 3 morulae were 58.1% (n = 31), 17.1% (n = 35) and 51.1% (n = 47), respectively (p < 0.05). There were no statistical differences between non‐cultured Grade 1 morulae and cultured blastocysts. Pregnancy rates for Grades 1 (65.0%) and 2 (60.0%) were higher than Grade 3 (29.4%) cultured blastocysts (p < 0.05). It was concluded that short‐term in vitro culture is a very convenient method of identifying morphologically low quality morulae with higher chances of continuing development after the transfer into recipients.     

牛腔前卵泡的体外培养

通过在α- MEM和 D- MEM/ F1 2 基础液中添加不同比例的 ITS、丙酮酸钠、谷氨酰胺、次黄嘌呤和血清 ,观察了不同基础液对牛腔前卵泡体外生长发育的影响 ,从而筛选出较好的组别。在筛选出的基础液组别中添加 3个水平的FSH、L H、E2 ,观察了其对牛腔前卵泡体外生长发育的影响。结果表明 ,α- MEM和 D- MEM/ F1 2 2种基础液中以α-MEM为好 ,不同的基础培养液组合对牛腔前卵泡的体外培养有一定的影响。添加不同水平的激素对牛腔前卵泡体外培养也有显著影响。试验初步筛选出最佳的培养液成分为α- MEM ITS(I- 5 m g/ L ,T- 5 mg/ L ,S- 5μg/ L ) 丙酮酸钠(0 .2 3mmol/ L) 谷氨酰胺 (1.5 m mol/ L) 次黄嘌呤 (2 m mol/ L) 血清 (7.5 % ) FSH(0 .2 5 mg/ L) L H(5 IU/m L ) E2 (0 .5 mg/ L )。     

Vitrification of Bovine Blastocysts Produced In Vitro Inflicts Selective Damage to the Inner Cell Mass

In contrast to the embryos derived from live animals, the embryos produced in vitro undergo increased damage and reduced survival after cryopreservation, particularly when produced with serum. In medium containing serum, retinoic acid increases cell numbers in the inner cell mass and the trophectoderm without altering their relative proportions in the bovine blastocyst. In this work, in medium without serum, we analyzed the contribution of retinoic acid to the development of blastocyst and survival to vitrification, and found a strong cell reduction in the inner mass when compared to the trophectoderm. Day-6 in vitro -produced morulae were treated for 24 h with retinoic acid (0.7 and 1.4 μ m ) and subsequently cultured without additives for a further 24 h period. Day-8 blastocyst production and cell counts in hatched blastocysts were unaffected by retinoic acid. However, Day-7 expanded, vitrified embryos produced with retinoic acid 1.4 μ m survived at lower rates than controls when cultured after warming. Vitrification greatly reduced cell numbers in the inner mass (p < 0.0001), while cells in the trophectoderm remained unaltered. Differential cell counts analysis in blastocysts should be taken up to replace unspecific determination of total cells to appreciate substantial modifications in their exact terms. The strong reduction we found in the inner cell mass could explain why in vitro survival to cryopreservation is sometimes scarcely informative on the viability of the embryo after transfer to recipients.     

牛腔前卵泡在体外无血清培养中发育为有腔卵泡

用无血清培养系统研究了牛腔前卵泡的体外培养。直径为100－200μm的牛腔前卵泡在添加L－谷氨酰胺、BSA、睾酮、转铁蛋白和硒的McCoy′s 5a培养液中培养，卵泡保持正常的形态结构并持续生长，培养10d左右形成贸泡腔，成腔率约50％。培养液中添加胰岛素对卵泡直径的增长和卵泡腔的形成有明显的促进作用，但添加FSH对腔前卵泡的生长未表现促进作用。     

牛体外受精胚的玻璃化保存及细胞遗传学研究

用25％的乙二醇和0.2mol/L蔗糖与25％忆二醇混合的玻璃化溶液对牛体外受精的早期囊胚用1步法冷漠保存，融解后，在D－PBS液（含有0.5mol蔗糖）中15min除去冷冻保护剂，培养48和96h。结果表明：用含有0.2mol的蔗糖和25％的乙二混合的玻璃化溶液保存的早期囊胚的生态力明显高于不含蔗糖的玻璃化溶液（P＜0.001）。染色体分析结果表明：含有蔗糖的玻璃化溶液保存的囊胚的卵裂细胞数明显高于单独使用25％乙醇保存的囊胚（P＜0.05）。染色体异常发生率无明显变化。     

Cell Counts and Survival to Vitrification of Bovine In Vitro Produced Blastocysts Subjected to Sublethal High Hydrostatic Pressure

This work analyses the effects of a high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment on in vitro survival of in vitro produced (IVP) bovine embryos vitrified with the Cryologic Vitrification Method (CVM). Consequences on embryo quality in terms of cell proliferation and differentiation, and levels of embryonic Heat Shock Protein 70 (Hsp‐70) were also examined. Day 7 and 8 bovine in vitro‐produced blastocysts were submitted to an HHP treatment (60 MPa, at 32°C for 1 h) and allowed to recover for 1 or 2 h in culture medium. The HHP treatment did not improve blastocyst survival rates after vitrification/warming. Survival (24 h post‐warming) and hatching (48 h post‐warming) rates were 79.3 ± 4.9 and 51.8 ± 4.2 vs 73.9 ± 4.2 and 44.7 ± 4.1 for untreated controls and HHP‐treated embryos, respectively. Total cell numbers measured in fresh embryos were reduced after 1 h at 32°C, with or without HHP treatment, indicating that cell proliferation was stopped as a result of stress. Vitrified HHP‐treated embryos that hatched at 48 h after warming showed increased cell numbers in their ICM compared with untreated controls (50.2 ± 3.1 vs 38.8 ± 2.7), indicating higher embryo quality. Treatment of blastocysts with HHP did not alter the level of the Hsp‐70 protein. In our conditions, HHP treatment did not affect the cryoresistance of these embryos. However, combination of HHP treatment and vitrification in fibreplugs resulted in an increase in the ICM cell number of hatched embryos 48 h post‐warming.     

Comparative IFN-τ Secretion after Hatching by Bovine Blastocysts Derived Ex Vivo and Completely Produced In Vitro

The interferon-tau (IFN-tau) secretion levels after hatching by bovine blastocysts derived from in vitro maturated oocytes (Group A) and from in vivo (Group B) were investigated considering embryo quality. Only very homogeneous blastocysts of excellent or good quality were considered from day 7 of culture (Group A) and day 7 after artificial insemination with frozen-thawed from the same bull used for in vitro fertilization (Group B). All embryos were individually cultured into a 50 microl droplet of synthetic oviduct fluid medium with 10% fetal calf serum. After 24-h culture both Group A (n=44) and B (n=40) secreted <54 pm IFN-tau. After 48-, 72-, 96- and 120-h culture, Group A daily secreted 143 +/- 24 pm IFN-tau (n=19) vs 85 +/- 12 pm IFN-tau (n=21) for Group B (p < 0.01), 491 +/- 128 pm IFN-tau (n=29) vs 216 +/- 37 pm IFN-tau (n=23) (NS), 499 +/- 135 pm IFN-tau (n=26) vs 353 +/- 93 pm IFN-tau (n=21) (NS), 559 +/- 136 pm IFN-tau (n=22) vs 333 +/- 75 pm IFN-tau (n=20) (NS), respectively. Taken all together during 5 days, Group A produced per embryo 1690 +/- 290 pm IFN-tau (n=22) vs 982 +/- 182 pm IFN-tau (n=20) for Group B (p < 0.05). For all culture time there were sizable percentages of embryos that did not produce concentrations of IFN-tau above a certain cut-off level, and as such were not used to compute the means. In respect of the embryo quality whatever the groups after days 7-12 of culture, IFN-tau secretions were 1815 +/- 453 pm (n=10) for the embryos of excellent quality vs 1356 +/- 200 pm (n=28) for those of good quality (NS) and 360 +/- 188 pm (n=4) (p < 0.05) for embryos of fair quality. A positive relationship between IFN-tau production and in vitro development of quality I embryos was observed, whatever the embryos origins and, the embryos completely produced in vitro secreted more IFN-tau than the embryos produced in vivo.     

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.     

牛早期胚胎体外培养的研究进展

本文就目前牛早期胚胎体外培养的常用基础培养液、牛早期胚胎的体外培养方法以及影响牛早期胚胎发育的一些常规添加成分的发展现状作了比较全面的概括，并指出了体外培养体系的研究价值和意义。     

Effects of Serum-Free In Vitro Maturation of Bovine Oocytes on Subsequent Embryo Development and Cell Allocation in Two Developmental Stages of Day 7 Blastocysts

Maturation of oocytes and the subsequent outcome of the in vitro production (IVP) are affected by the composition of in vitro maturation (IVM) medium. To determine the use of serum interfering with effects of single molecules, we aimed at developing simplified IVM medium. The experimental IVM media were: (1) M199-medium supplemented with hormones and serum (control), (2) as 1 but serum was substituted with fatty acid-free serum albumin (FAFBSA) and (3) M199-medium without hormonal and serum supplementation (M199). The quality of embryos was assessed on day 7 by morphology and cryotolerance, as well as by Terminal deoxynucleotidyl Transferase Biotin-dUTP Nick End Labeling (TUNEL) and differential staining. Results showed that the nuclear maturation was suppressed in M199 group alone. Embryo cleavage and development rates, and the proportion of quality 1 blastocysts were lower in the FAFBSA and M199 groups compared to the control. Differences in the cell allocation of fresh embryos were observed at the blastocyst stage, but not at the expanded blastocyst stage. The control group blastocysts had larger number of cells allocated to the inner cell mass (ICM), and the FAFBSA group blastocysts larger apoptotic cell proportion compared to the blastocysts derived from other groups. After cryopreservation, the reduction of ICM proportion and increase of apoptotic cell proportion of embryos were equal between the experimental groups. In conclusion, exclusion of serum from the IVM media reduces embryo development and may cause perturbations in blastocyst development. Differences in the cell allocation of blastocysts between IVM media may appear only when the developmental stages are taken into account.     

牛卵母细胞体外成熟、体外受精及胚胎培养的研究

以牛卵母细胞为试验材料,研究了不同温度、不同运送时间对牛卵母细胞成熟的影响,比较自配成熟培养液与IVMD101成熟培养液对牛卵母细胞发育的影响,也进行了孤雌激活和体外受精在相同培养条件下对牛卵母细胞胚胎发育的影响比较.结果表明:卵巢在37～42℃运输后的成熟率(11.3%)明显低于20～30℃、30～37℃(79.3%、85.1%),20～30℃、30～37℃组间差异不显著(P>0.05);运送6 h后的卵母细胞成熟率(53.2%)明显低于4 h内、4～6 h(85.6%、77.8%),4 h内、4～6 h组间差异不显著(P>0.05);自配成熟液与IVMD成熟液相比,体外成熟率(89.03%、88.89%)、卵裂率(71.73%、74.53%)、8细胞率(62.35%、72.05%)和囊胚率(22.94%、21.18%)均无显著差异(P0.05).     

几种冷冻条件对牛体外受精卵发育率的影响

试验比较了乙二醇 (EG)、丙二醇 (PG)、二甲基亚砜 (DMSO)、甘油 (G)和不同的投液氮温度 (- 33℃或 - 4 0℃ )对牛体外受精卵冷冻后发育率的影响。结果 :投液氮温度无论是 - 33℃或 - 4 0℃ ,均以 1.5 mol/ L EG的冷冻效果为最好 ,与 1.5 mol/ L PG相比 ,受精卵的发育率差异显著 (39.7% vs19.2 % ;4 7.8% vs2 4 .7% ,P <0 .0 5 ) ;同 1.5mol/ L DMSO和 1.5 mol/ L G相比 ,受精卵的发育率差异极显著 (39.7% vs 16 .1% or 13.3% ;4 7.8% vs 19.2 % or17.3% ,P <0 .0 1)。 - 4 0℃投液氮 ,受精卵冷冻后的发育率略高于 - 33℃ ,但差异不显著 (P >0 .0 5 )。以 2 5 % EG 2 5 % PG作为细胞外玻璃化溶液对牛体外受精卵进行冷冻 ,冷冻后受精卵的发育率达 5 8.9% ,高于用 1.5 mol/ L EG冷冻在 - 4 0℃投液氮这一处理 (47.8% ) ,但无统计学上差异 (P >0 .0 5 )。然而 ,试验组冷冻后受精卵的发育率均极显著低于对照组 (80 .6 8% ,P <0 .0 1)。结果表明 ,投液氮温度以 - 4 0℃为较好 ,防冻剂以 EG的冷冻效果为最佳。玻璃化冷冻法完全可以应用于冷冻牛体外受精卵     

Ghrelin Accelerates In Vitro Maturation of Bovine Oocytes

Ghrelin, apart from its metabolic role, is nowadays considered as a basic regulator of reproductive functions of mammals, acting at central and gonadal levels. Here, we investigated for possible direct actions of ghrelin on in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes and for its effects on blastocyst yield and quality. In experiment 1, cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) were matured in the presence of four different concentrations of ghrelin (0, 200, 800 and 2000 pg/ml). In vitro fertilization and embryo culture were carried out in the absence of ghrelin, and blastocyst formation rates were examined on days 7, 8 and 9. In experiment 2, only the 800 pg/ml dose of ghrelin was used. Four groups of COCs were matured for 18 or 24 h (C18, Ghr18, C24 and Ghr24), and subsequently, they were examined for oocyte nuclear maturation and cumulus layer expansion; blastocysts were produced as in experiment 1. The relative mRNA abundance of various genes related to metabolism, oxidation, developmental competence and apoptosis was examined in snap‐frozen cumulus cells, oocytes and day‐7 blastocysts. In experiment 1, ghrelin significantly suppressed blastocyst formation rates. In experiment 2, more ghrelin‐treated oocytes matured for 18 h reached MII compared with controls, while no difference was observed when maturation lasted for 24 h. At 18 and 24 h, the cumulus layer was more expanded in ghrelin‐treated COCs than in the controls. The blastocyst formation rate was higher in Ghr18 (27.7 ± 2.4%) compared with Ghr24 (17.5 ± 2.4%). Differences were detected in various genes’ expression, indicating that in the presence of ghrelin, incubation of COCs for 24 h caused over‐maturation (induced ageing) of oocytes, but formed blastocysts had a higher hatching rate compared with the controls. We infer that ghrelin exerts a specific and direct role on the oocyte, accelerating its maturational process.     

牛乳腺上皮细胞体外分离和培养

从健康奶牛乳房无菌采取乳腺组织,通过添加两种不同的培养液来分离、培养、纯化牛乳腺上皮细胞,研究乳腺上皮细胞的体外培养效果。结果表明,使用组织块接种可以得到大量细胞用于体外培养。在以DMEM/F12为基础的普通培养液中进行乳腺上皮细胞体外培养,原代细胞生长较慢,细胞形态不典型。而添加表皮生长因子、胰岛素、氢化可的松所组成的完全培养液中,奶牛乳腺上皮细胞生长良好。并通过细胞形态学观察,细胞染色体核型分析,荧光免疫细胞染色方法鉴定了培养的细胞表达上皮细胞特异的角蛋白K14,K15。结果表明,分离培养的细胞是牛乳腺上皮细胞。