• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.251-259
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• 1998

체외생산된 소 배반포 및 탈출 배반포강 내의 유리 아미노산 농도를 측정하였다. 체외 배양은 소 혈청알부민이 함유된 합성난관배양액(synthetic oviduct fluid; SOF)에서 실시하였으며 수정 후 180시간의 배반포 및 216시간 후의 탈출 배반포를 실험에 공여하였다 아미노산 측정은 알부민 대신 Polyvinyl alcohol이 함유된 SOF 미소적에 수정란을 분주하고 미세조작기를 이용하여 배반포강 내의 액을 추출하여 20종류의 아미노산을 측정하였다. 탈출 배반포는 isoleucine, leucine 및 methionine 농도가 배반포보다 유의적(p〈0.05)으로 높게 나타났으며, glutamate, aspartate는 두 군간에 차이를 나타내지 알았다. 반면 alanine 및 threamine (p〈0.01)과 cystine을 제외한 나머지 12종류의 아미노산(p〈0.001)은 배반포가 탈출 배반포에 비해서 유의적으로 높은 측정치를 나타내었다. 비록 glutamine의 경우 배양액 내에 첨가되지 않았으나 두 군, 특히 배반포 내에서 높은 측정치를 보였다. 본 연구결과로 보아 체외생산된 배반포 및 탈출 배반포는 내강에 필수 및 비필수 아미노산을 각기 다른 농도로 함유하고 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2010

This study was conducted to find out the effects of artificial shrinkage (AS) on post-thaw development of bovine embryos. The blastocoelic cavity of blastocyst was punctured to remove its fluid contents and then incubated in the holding medium (HM) for 10 min. The punctured and non-punctured (control) blastocysts were equilibrated in vitrification solution 1 (VS1; TCM-199+20% FBS+10% EG) for 5 min and vitrification solution 2 (VS2; TCM199+20% FBS+35% EG+5% PVP+0.5 M Sucrose) for 1 min and vitrified by direct dropping into the liquid nitrogen. Vitrified blastocysts (punctured and control) were thawed and cultured in vitro (12 hr) for studying survival and hatching rates. The levels of shrinkage were measured by the volume of the blastocyst during equilibration in VS1 (at 1, 3 and 5 min of equilibration) and VS2 (at 30 and 60 sec of equilibration) that was considering the volume of non-punctured blastocyst in HM as 100%. The levels of shrinkage were higher in punctured group (62.4, 64.6, 64.3% at 1, 3 and 5 min in VS1; 50.6 and 52.7% at 30 and 60 sec in VS2) than control group (84.8, 86.6, 86.4% at 1, 3 and 5 min in VS1; 72.1 and 68.8% at 30 and 60 sec in VS2), but within each group the levels of shrinkage were similar. The survival (90.9%) and hatching (50.0%) rates of vitrified blastocysts at 12 hr post-thaw were higher in punctured group than that in control group (76.9% and 0.0% respectively). We confirmed that vitrification solutions (VS1 and VS2) have no toxic effect on the survival of blastocysts because the survival rates of blastocysts exposed to VS1 and VS2 for 24 hr were similar between punctured and control groups (94.3 vs. 96.0%; p>0.05). In conclusion, the preliminary data show that AS of blastocyst may improve survival and hatching rate after thawing.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.115-119
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• 2014

Objective: This study was designed to investigate the survival rate of vitrified mouse blastocysts depending on the presence or absence of sucrose in vitrification solution. Methods: Mouse two-cell embryos were collected and cultured to blastocysts. Two vitrification solutions were prepared. The control solution was composed of 25% glycerol, 25% ethylene glycol, and 0.5 M sucrose (G25E250.5S) containing 2.5 mL glycerol, 2.5 mL ethylene glycol, 2 mL SSS, and 0.855 g sucrose in 5 mL PB1. The experimental solution was composed of 25% glycerol and 25% ethylene glycol (G25E25) and contained 2.5 mL glycerol and 2.5 mL ethylene glycol in 5 mL PB1. Artificial shrinkage was conducted by aspirating the blastocoelic fluid using an ICSI pipette. To examine the effect of sucrose in the vitrification solution on the survival rate of mouse blastocysts, the shrunken-equilibrated blastocysts were rehydrated or vitrified after being exposed to one of the two vitrification solutions. After exposure and the vitrification-thawing process, the re-expansion rate and hatching rate were evaluated after 6 hours of in vitro culture. Results: The re-expansion rate of mouse blastocysts exposed to vitrification solution with and without sucrose were not different in the experimental solution (without sucrose) (98%) and the control solution (with sucrose) (92%) (p>0.05). The hatching rate was higher in the experimental solution (95%) than in the control solution (88%), but did not differ across two treatments (p>0.05). The re-expansion rate of mouse blastocysts vitrified in the control solution was 92% and 94%, respectively (p>0.05), and the hatching rate was higher in the experimental solution (90%) than in the control solution (74%) (p<0.05). Conclusion: Sucrose need not be added in vitrification solution for freezing of artificially shrunken mouse blastocysts.