小鼠卵母细胞和胚胎不同冷冻方法的比较研究

探讨程序化冷冻与玻璃化冷冻对小鼠GV期卵母细胞及二细胞期胚胎的复苏率及其发育潜能的影响。通过小鼠的卵母细胞与早期胚胎的不同冷冻方法的比较,为后续阿旺绵羊的胚胎冷冻保存提供参考。采用程序化冷冻与玻璃化冷冻技术,分别冷冻小鼠GV期卵母细胞及二细胞期胚胎,复苏后培养,比较不同冷冻处理后的复苏率、成熟率与囊胚率。小鼠GV期卵母细胞程序化冷冻复苏率(48.00%±5.29%)显著低于玻璃化冷冻复苏率(65.00%±5.00%),有统计学差异(P=0.0147<0.05);而程序化冷冻后复苏卵母细胞的发育成熟率略高于玻璃化冷冻组,但无统计学意义。小鼠二细胞期胚胎程序化冷冻组复苏率(76.00%±2.00%)显著高于玻璃化冷冻组复苏率(70.00%±2.00%),有统计学差异(P=0.0213<0.05);冷冻后复苏胚胎发育的囊胚率程序化冷冻略低于玻璃化冷冻及对照组,但无统计学意义。     

OPS玻璃化冷冻对小鼠四倍体胚胎体外发育的影响

为探究开放式拉长细管(OPS)玻璃化冷冻对四倍体胚胎发育的影响,本实验利用2-细胞胚胎电融合法制备四倍体胚胎,再对四倍体胚胎进行OPS玻璃化冷冻,分别观察记录二倍体胚胎、四倍体胚胎以及冷冻解冻后四倍体胚胎的发育情况。结果表明:2-细胞胚胎电融合效率为96.1%;二倍体胚胎组与电融合后四倍体胚胎组的囊胚率和孵化囊胚率差异不显著;冷冻解冻后四倍体胚胎的囊胚率(100%)与四倍体新鲜组(93.3%)差异不显著,其孵化囊胚率(72.3%)较新鲜组(64.9%)显著增高(P<0.05);四倍体冷冻解冻组的囊胚细胞数(31.96)与新鲜组(32.54)无显著差异;冷冻解冻后的四倍体早期囊胚进行体外培养时其发育速度比对照组更快。可见,冷冻对小鼠四倍体胚胎的囊胚率和囊胚细胞数均无显著影响,但孵化囊胚率显著提高,且OPS玻璃化冷冻后使四倍体胚胎的发育速度更快。     

小鼠精子冷冻及冻融精子体外受精研究

为了探索一种高效的小鼠精子冷冻方法,试验利用棉籽糖和脱脂奶粉作为冷冻保护剂进行精子冷冻保存,然后再通过精子复苏、体外受精试验,比较冷冻保存复苏后的精子与新鲜精液中精子在受精卵率、2-细胞率、囊胚率方面的差异。结果表明:本方法冻存的精子受精率为70.3%,2-细胞率为58.3%,囊胚率为41.7%,与新鲜精液相比差异不显著(P0.05)。说明本方法适用于小鼠精子冻存。     

不同发育天数及囊胚类型对猪孤雌激活胚胎冷冻效果的研究

实验比较不同发育天数所得的早期囊胚和扩张囊胚的冷冻效果,以期找出冷冻前胚胎最佳发育时期及囊胚类型。以猪孤雌激活胚胎为材料,分别取培养到第5、6、7天所得的早期囊胚(EB)和扩张囊胚(B)进行玻璃化冷冻保存,解冻后对其复苏率和内细胞团数损伤进行观察和统计。结果表明:发育第5天所获早期囊胚和扩张囊胚复苏率(32.26%、44.78%)好于第6天(22.45%、35.09%)和第7天(8.33%、32.65%),各发育天数所获扩张囊胚复苏率差异不显著(P>0.05),发育至第5天和6天的早期囊胚复苏率显著高于第7天(P<0.05);在内细胞团损伤比例上,虽各组差异不显著(P>0.05),但第5天和第6天组损伤低于第7天组。结果提示,在孤雌激活后第5天选取扩张囊胚进行冷冻,解冻后所得冷冻效果好。     

短期培养对玻璃化冷冻小鼠2-细胞胚胎低渗抵抗力的修复作用

为研究短期培养对玻璃化冷冻小鼠2-细胞胚胎低渗抵抗力的修复作用,对玻璃化冷冻小鼠2-细胞胚胎解冻后进行短期(2～4 h)培养,然后使用20%的低渗PBS液于25℃条件下处理20 min,观察48 h发育率、囊胚率和移植后妊娠率、产仔率.获得93%的48 h发育率和48%的囊胚率,显著高于低渗处理前未培养组(47%和9%)(P＜0.05).证明解冻后的短期培养中可以有效修复玻璃化冷冻对小鼠2-细胞胚胎低渗抵抗力的损伤.     

猪孤雌激活4-细胞胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存效果的研究

本实验旨在研究猪孤雌激活4-细胞胚胎的冷冻保存效果。胚胎采用Cryotop法进行玻璃化冷冻保存,解冻后分析其存活率、胞内活性氧(ROS)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)水平、囊胚发育率及囊胚质量。结果表明:冷冻胚胎体外恢复2 h的存活率与新鲜胚胎无明显差异(100%vs.96.8%,P0.05),但当其培养时间达到24 h时,存活率显著下降至88.3%(P0.05)。另外,玻璃化冷冻导致胚胎内ROS水平显著升高(P0.05),GSH水平显著下降(P0.05)。与新鲜胚胎相比,冷冻胚胎获得的囊胚发育率明显降低(59.8%vs.26.4%,P0.05),但囊胚的凋亡细胞率、内细胞团数、滋养层细胞数及总细胞数均无明显差异(P0.05)。结果显示,玻璃化冷冻猪孤雌激活4-细胞胚胎导致其存活、氧化还原能力和囊胚发育下降,但仍能获得较高质量的囊胚。     

F1代和ICR小鼠体外、体内受精后8-细胞胚胎玻璃化冷冻的比较

探讨了F1代(♀ICR×♂BALB/C6J)和ICR小鼠体外受精及体内受精两种不同来源获得的8-细胞胚胎玻璃化冷冻效果。不同来源的小鼠胚胎在预热到37℃1MDMSO溶液中处理后,转移到冷冻管中5min然后加入DAP213,并在0℃平衡5min后冷冻。体外受精及体内受精两种方法获得的F1代小鼠8-细胞胚胎解冻后的存活率分别为92.5%和93.33%;ICR代小鼠8-细胞胚胎解冻后的存活率分别为65.83%和67.50%。同一品系体外受精与体内受精来源的8-细胞胚胎冷冻复苏后胚胎存活率差异不显著(P>0.05),但不同品系体外受精及体内受精来源的8-细胞胚胎复苏率差异均显著(P<0.05),表明8-细胞胚胎冷冻复苏率的高低与胚胎获得的方法无关,但与品系的不同有关。     

牛孤雌激活囊胚冷冻复苏后胚胎存活率和胚胎质量

使用2种不同的冷冻载体冷冻保存牛孤雌囊胚,并且使用差异染色的方法计数囊胚细胞数。结果显示,开放式毛细玻璃管(GMP)和冻精管(Straws)冷冻牛孤雌囊胚复苏后囊胚孵出率存在显著性差异(GMP法为70.29%,冻精管法为27.31%,P0.05)。差异染色结果显示,牛囊胚冷冻复苏后囊胚细胞数目为91.37,而对照组(正常孤雌囊胚)囊胚细胞数目为93.70,两者差异不显著(P0.05),并且前者内细胞团数(ICM)与滋养层细胞数(TE)比例为0.23,而后者为0.24,差异不显著(P0.05)。结果表明,GMP法更适合冷冻保存牛孤雌囊胚,并且其冷冻复苏后囊胚的孵出率达到70.29%。同时使用GMP冷冻囊胚对囊胚细胞的损伤较小。     

影响猪胚胎玻璃化冷冻的若干因素

以广西巴马小型猪为供体,采用超数排卵技术,采集5～6日龄的胚胎(囊胚/桑椹胚),比较2种冷冻方法、胚胎承载工具、透明带处理和冷冻胚胎移植受体对猪胚胎冷冻效果的影响.结果表明,2种冷冻方法的冷冻效果没有显著差异;GMP法能显著提高冷冻胚胎存活率(83.8%vs 77.6%,P＜0.05)和囊胚细胞数(47.5 vs 53.1,P＜0.05);以0.5%链蛋白酶10 s处理透明带,虽然对猪胚胎存活率没有显著影响,但能显著提高囊胚细胞数(60.1vs 46.6,P＜0.01);以地方猪种(枫泾母猪)为冷冻胚胎移植受体能显著提高妊娠率和胚胎效率(P＜0.01).     

以乙二醇为基础的玻璃化溶液对小鼠扩张囊胚的超低温保存

在家畜胚胎发育中，扩张囊胚是一个非常重要的阶段。其中在牛羊方面第一例成功的胚胎冷冻即是在这个阶段完成的。同时人们已发现在猪囊胚扩张后、胚胎的抗冻力也上升。近年来．通过体外成熟、受精和发育的方法来生产牛的扩张囊胚。然而牛胚胎不论是用各种玻璃化冷冻法还是传统的冷冻方法．效果一直不佳。在超低温冷冻保存的小鼠囊胚的发育率比８细胞胚胎直到桑椹胚阶段的胚胎都低。本研究的目的是利用乙二醇为主的玻璃化溶液探索小鼠扩张囊胚冷冻所需的最适条件。１材料和方法１，１扩张囊胚的收集将６～１２周龄的雌性ＩＣＲ小鼠饲养在明暗…     

Comparison of Different Cryopreservation Techniques: Higher Survival and Implantation Rate of Frozen–Thawed Mouse Pronuclear Embryos in the Presence of Beta‐Mercaptoethanol in Post‐Thaw Culture

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of beta‐mercaptoethanol (β‐ME) on post‐thaw embryo developmental competence and implantation rate of mouse pronuclear (PN) embryos that were cryopreserved after slow freezing, solid surface vitrification (SSV) or open‐pulled straw (OPS) vitrification methods. Mouse PN embryos were cryopreserved by using slow freezing, SSV and OPS methods. After cryopreservation, freeze–thawed PN embryos were cultured up to blastocyst stage in a defined medium supplemented without or with 50 μm β‐ME. The blastocyst formation rate of embryos that were cryopreserved by slow freezing method (40.0%) or vitrified by OPS method (18.3%) were lower than those vitrified by SSV method (55.6%) and fresh embryos (61.9%) in the absence of 50 β‐ME in the culture media (p < 0.05). The blastocyst formation rate of embryos that were cryopreserved by slow freezing method (53.1%) or by OPS method (41.9%) were lower than those vitrified by SSV method (79.5%) and that of fresh (85.7%) in the presence of β‐ME in the culture media (p < 0.05). The embryos transfer results revealed that the implantation rate of blastocyst derived from mouse PN embryos vitrified by SSV method (31.9% vs 51.2%) was similar to that of the control (39.0% vs 52.5%), but higher than those cryopreserved by slow freezing (28.2% vs 52.0%) and by OPS method (0.0% vs 51.2%) (p < 0.05). In conclusion, supplementation of β‐ME in an in vitro culture medium was shown to increase survival of embryo development and implantation rate of frozen–thawed mouse PN embryos after different cryopreservation protocols.     

牛胚胎冷冻与移植受胎技术研究

本文进行了牛胚胎冷冻与移植受胎技术研究。摸索出了提高牛冷冻胚胎成活率和移植受胎率的综合配套技术。牛冷冻胚胎解冻成活率达８４．４％（５７／１２２）。其中１９９６年移植受胎率达到５５．６％（２０／３６）。Ａ级胚胎达以７７．８％（２１／２７），并在我国首次获得中国荷斯坦牛冷冻胚胎的二分胚的同孵孪生牛犊。且达到４２．９％（３／７）移植受胎率。     

供体细胞的不同处理方法对牛核移植重构胚发育能力的影响

为了研究供体细胞不同的处理方法对核移植重构胚的作用，比较了用于保种的冻存和新鲜的成纤维细胞做供体细胞、供体细胞不同的离心转数、供体细胞不同的血清饥饿时间及用本实验室冻存的成纤维细胞，解冻复苏后，不同传代次数对重构胚的影响。结果表明分别用冷冻保存的和新鲜的成纤维细胞作为核供体，所得重构胚卵裂率、囊胚率无显著差（P>0.05）；供体细胞离心800 r/min时所得重构胚效果较好，离心1500 r/min所得重构胚的卵裂率、囊胚率与其他3组相比较低；血清饥饿3～5 d组所得重构胚比其他3组好；用解冻复苏后再传2、5代的细胞进行核移植，所得重构胚的卵裂率、囊胚率无明显差异(P>0.05)，显著高于传8代的细胞所得重构胚。说明供体细胞的不同处理方法对核移植重构胚发育有很重要的影响。     

Optimization of a protocol for cryopreservation of mouse spermatozoa using cryotubes

The rapid increase in the number of genetically modified mouse strains has produced a high demand for their frozen spermatozoa from laboratories and mouse banking facilities. Historically, plastic straws have been used preferentially as containers for frozen mammalian spermatozoa because spermatozoa frozen in plastic straws have a high survival rate after thawing. However, plastic straws are more fragile and are used less often than the cryotubes used for conventional cell freezing. In this study, we sought to develop a new protocol for sperm freezing using cryotubes as the container to increase the accessibility of mouse sperm cryopreservation. Epididymal spermatozoa were collected from mature ICR or C57BL/6J (B6) males and were suspended in 18% raffinose and 3% skim milk solution. We then optimized the following conditions using the sperm survival rate as an index: 1) distance of cryotubes from the surface of the liquid nitrogen at freezing, 2) volume of the sperm suspension in the cryotube and 3) temperature of warming sperm during thawing. The best result was obtained when cryotubes containing 10 μl of sperm suspension were immersed 1 cm below the surface of the liquid nitrogen and then thawed at 50 C. The fertilization rates using spermatozoa frozen and thawed using this method were 63.1% in ICR mice and 28.2% in B6 mice. The latter rate was increased to 62.3% by adding reduced glutathione to the fertilization medium. After embryo transfer, 68% and 62% of the fertilized oocytes developed into normal offspring in the ICR and B6 strains, respectively. These results show that cryotubes can be used for cryopreservation of mouse spermatozoa under optimized conditions. This protocol is easy and reproducible, and it may be used in laboratories that do not specialize in sperm cryopreservation.     

Cryopreservation and In Vitro culture of Preimplantation Embryos in Djungarian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

Although embryo cryobanking was applied to Syrian golden and to Campbell's hamsters, no attempt has been made at freezing embryos in Djungarian hamsters. Four‐cell stage embryos were flushed from the reproductive ducts of pregnant females before noon of the third‐day post coitum and frozen in 0.25‐ml straws according to standard procedures of slow cooling. A mixture of permeating (ethylene glycol) and non‐permeating (sucrose) cryoprotectants was used. The thawing was performed by incubating at RT for 40 s followed by 40 s in a water bath at 30.0°C. Most (66.7%) of the non‐frozen four‐cell embryos developed up to the morula stage in rat one‐cell embryo culture medium (R1ECM). The use of hamster embryo culture medium (HECM) yielded fewer morulas (18.2%) during the same 24‐h period of culture. The rate of embryo's surviving the freezing–thawing procedures, as estimated by light microscopy, was 60.7–68.8%. After 24‐h culturing in R1ECM, 64.7% of frozen–thawed four‐cell embryos developed and all of them reached the morula stage. Supplementation of R1ECM with GM‐CSF (2 ng/ml) improved the rate of Djungarian hamster frozen–thawed embryo development: 100% of the four‐cell stage embryos developed, 50% of them achieved the morula stage, and 50% developed even further and reached the blastocyst stage within 24 h of culturing. This study reports the world's first successful transfer of frozen–thawed Djungarian hamster embryos yielding term pups. Taken together, the results of this study demonstrate the possibility of applying some key reproductive technologies, that is, embryo freezing/cryopreservation and in vitro culture, to Djungarian hamsters.     

Japanese Society for Animal Reproduction: award for outstanding research 2002. The development and prevalence of the transfer technique for frozen-thawed embryos of Japanese black beef cattle in Tochigi Prefecture

The conditions of embryo transfer by the stepwise method, in which frozen-thawed embryos are transferred on day 7 (day 0=onset of estrus), were investigated with the aim of increasing pregnancy rates in frozen-thawed embryo transfer. The use of a vaginal speculum to prevent bacterial infection when passing an embryo transfer gun through the vagina yielded a pregnancy rate equal to or higher than that with application of a sheath cover to the transfer gun. Administration of a sedative, xylazine, to recipient cattle for preventing movement at the time of embryo transfer improved the pregnancy rate. The influence of the time from thawing of frozen embryos to transfer and of the transportation of the recipient by truck upon pregnancy rate was investigated. Embryo transfer within 60 minutes after aspiration into a straw or transportation of the bovine recipient, 1.5 hours each way before and after transfer, had no influence on pregnancy rate. Relations of the embryonic developmental stage and morphological quality after thawing of frozen embryos to pregnancy rate were investigated in recipients of nulliparous Holstein heifers. The pregnancy rate increased as the embryonic developmental stage advanced from compacted morula, early blastocyst, and blastocyst in that order. The pregnancy rate obtained with blastocyst stage embryos was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that with compacted morula stage embryos, and there was no significant difference in pregnancy rates between excellent morphological quality and good morphological quality for compacted morula stage embryos. When correlation of luteal function and pregnancy rate was investigated in bovine recipients, pregnancy rate showed a tendency to increase with increasing blood progesterone (P) concentration on the day before (on day 6 after estrus) and the day of embryo transfer. The pregnancy rate in bovine recipients, which showed a blood P concentration of > or =2.5 ng/ml on the day before embryo transfer, was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that in those with a blood P concentration of <2.5 ng/ml. Pregnancy rate showed a tendency to increase with decreasing blood estradiol-17beta (E2) concentration on the day of embryo transfer. Activation of luteal function by administration of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in cycling cattle was investigated for its effect on increasing pregnancy rate in bovine recipients. A follicle coexisting with cyclic CL ovulated and induced CL formed after injection of hCG 1,500 IU 5 days after ovulation. The blood P concentration was significantly (P<0.05) higher in the administration group than in the control group, and the blood E2 concentration rapidly decreased, showing a lower concentration than in the control group. These results suggest the possibility that the pregnancy rate could be improved by administration of hCG. Pregnancy rate following intramuscular injection hCG 1,500 IU was comparatively investigated in parous Japanese Black beef cattle receiving frozen-thawed embryos 7 days after estrus. Pregnancy rate was 67.5% in the group in which hCG was administered on day 6 after estrus, and was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that in the control group (45.0%) and the group in which hCG was administered on day 1 after estrus (42.5%), revealing that hCG administration facilitated pregnancy. Transfer of frozen-thawed embryos in the blastocyst stage within 60 minutes after the aspiration into a straw, with a vaginal speculum after administration of xylazine is suggested as a way of improving pregnancy rate in bovine recipients with favorable luteal function and in those with luteal function activated by administration of hCG on the day before embryo transfer.     

牛胚胎性别鉴定与取样胚胎移植应用技术的研究

本研究应用ＰＣＲ技术扩增牛ＳＲＹ序列进行奶牛胚胎性别鉴定。经１０９枚鲜、冻胚的移植，获鲜胚移值妊娠率５８．６％（３４／５８），常规冷冻胚胎移植妊娠率４４．４％（１２／２７），一步细管冷冻解冻胚胎移值妊娠率１６．７％（４／２４）。犊牛性别验证与ＳＲＹ鉴定结果均相符合。实验中对胚胎发育时期的划分，胚胎质量评定和胚龄的确定，胚龄与受体发情时间在移植中的关系，胚胎的切割取样，取样胚胎的冷冻进行了研究。     

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。     

Effects of reduced glutathione supplementation in semen freezing extender on frozen-thawed bull semen and in vitro fertilization

During cryopreservation, spermatozoa may suffer cold and cryo-induced injuries ―associated with alterations in cell defense systems― that are detrimental to their function and subsequent fertility. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of supplementing the semen freezing extender with the antioxidant reduced glutathione (GSH) in cattle. Semen was collected from four bulls and diluted in a freezing extender supplemented with or without GSH (0, 1, 5, and 10 mM) before the cooling step of the cryopreservation process. After thawing, the quality of the frozen-thawed semen was investigated for motility, viability, acrosomal and DNA integrity, and subsequent embryo development after in vitro fertilization of bovine oocytes. Additionally, semen from one of the bulls was used to analyze semen antioxidative potential, sperm penetration into oocytes, male pronucleus formation rate, and embryo DNA integrity. The sperm quality varied among bulls after GSH supplementation. One bull had decreased sperm total motility, and two bulls had decreased sperm DNA integrity. GSH supplementation had positive effects on embryo development for three bulls. Two of them showed both improved cleavage and blastocyst formation rates, while the other one only showed an improved cleavage rate. We observed positive effects on early male pronucleus formation and no negative effects on DNA integrity and cell number in blastocyst stage embryos. Although the effect varies depending on individual bulls and GSH concentration, GSH supplementation in semen may improve in vitro embryo production from frozen semen.