Development of a modified straw method for vitrification of in vitro-produced bovine blastocysts and various genes expression in between the methods
- Authors
- Ha, A-Na; Lee, Sang-Ryeul; Jeon, Jeong-Seon; Park, Han-Seul; Lee, Sang-Ho; Jin, Jong-In; Sessions, Benjamin R.; Wang, Zhongde; White, Kenneth L.; Kong, Il-Keun
- Issue Date
- Feb-2014
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- Vitrification; Modified plastic straw loading method; IVP blastocysts; Post-thaw viability; Bovine
- Citation
- CRYOBIOLOGY, v.68, no.1, pp.57 - 64
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- CRYOBIOLOGY
- Volume
- 68
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 57
- End Page
- 64
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gnu/handle/sw.gnu/19173
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.11.007
- ISSN
- 0011-2240
- Abstract
- This study evaluated a modified plastic straw loading method for vitrification of in vitro-produced bovine blastocysts. A modified straw was used with a depressed area on its inner surface to which embryos attach. In vitro-produced blastocysts were randomly assigned into three groups: (i) blastocysts attached to the inner surface of a plastic straw (aV), (ii) blastocysts attached to the inner surface of a modified plastic straw (may), and (iii) non-vitrified blastocysts (control). The recovery rates were not significantly different between aV and may groups (95.8% vs. 94.3%). The post-thaw survival rate did not significantly differ between aV and may groups (86.4% vs. 88.2%). The total cell numbers of blastocyst was higher in control than in aV and may groups (142 +/- 21.8 vs. 117 +/- 29.7 and 120 +/- 25.2; P < 0.05), but not significantly differ between aV and maV groups. The mRNA levels of pro-apoptosis related genes Box and Caspase-3 were higher in aV and maV than in control (P < 0.05). By contrast, the mRNA levels of anti-apoptotic genes Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 and of antioxidant-related genes MnSOD and Prdx5 were lower in aV and may than in control (P < 0.05). Confocal microscopy analysis of Golgi apparatus and mitochondria showed that the fluorescence intensity of Golgi apparatus and mitochondria was higher in control than in aV and maV groups. In conclusion, both aV and maV methods can be used to successfully vitrify IVP blastocysts, with may method to be preferable because of its easiness in embryo loading. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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