Vitrification of mouse embryos using the thin plastic strip method.
10.5653/cerm.2012.39.4.153
- Author:
Eun Kyung RYU
1
;
Yong Soo HUR
;
Ji Young ANN
;
Ja Young MAENG
;
Miji PARK
;
Jeong Hyun PARK
;
Jung YOON
;
San Hyun YOON
;
Chang Young HUR
;
Won Don LEE
;
Jin Ho LIM
Author Information
1. Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, Korea. ekryu@mariababy.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Container;
Apoptosis;
Vitrification;
Mice;
Embryos
- MeSH:
Animals;
Apoptosis;
Blastocyst;
Dimethyl Sulfoxide;
Embryonic Structures;
Ethylene Glycol;
Ethylenes;
Ficoll;
Mental Competency;
Mice;
Microscopy, Electron;
Plastics;
Sucrose;
Vitrification
- From:Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
2012;39(4):153-160
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare vitrification optimization of mouse embryos using electron microscopy (EM) grid, cryotop, and thin plastic strip (TPS) containers by evaluating developmental competence and apoptosis rates. METHODS: Mouse embryos were obtained from superovulated mice. Mouse cleavage-stage, expanded, hatching-stage, and hatched-stage embryos were cryopreserved in EM grid, cryotop, and TPS containers by vitrification in 15% ethylene glycol, 15% dimethylsulfoxide, 10 microg/mL Ficoll, and 0.65 M sucrose, and 20% serum substitute supplement (SSS) with basal medium, respectively. For the three groups in which the embryos were thawed in the EM grid, cryotop, and TPS containers, the thawing solution consisted of 0.25 M sucrose, 0.125 M sucrose, and 20% SSS with basal medium, respectively. Rates of survival, re-expansion, reaching the hatched stage, and apoptosis after thawing were compared among the three groups. RESULTS: Developmental competence after thawing of vitrified expanded and hatching-stage blastocysts using cryotop and TPS methods were significantly higher than survival using the EM grid (p<0.05). Also, apoptosis positive nuclei rates after thawing of vitrified expanded blastocysts using cryotop and TPS were significantly lower than when using the EM grid (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: The TPS vitrification method has the advantages of achieving a high developmental ability and effective preservation.
