• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 1999

The genetic defects in human gametes and embryos can cause adverse effects on overall reproductive events. Biopsy of embryos for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers a new possibility of having children free of the genetic disease. In addition, advanced embryo culture method may enhance the effectiveness of embryo biopsy for the practical application of PGD. This experimental study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of coculture on the development in vitro of biopsied mouse embryos as a preclinical model for PGD of human embryos. Embryos were obtained after in vitro fertilization (IVF) from F1 hybrid mice (C57BLfemale/CBAmale). Using micromanipulation, 1, 2, 3 or 4 blastomeres of 8-cell stage embryos were aspirated through a hole made in the zona pellucida by zona drilling (ZD) with acidic Tyrode's solution (ATS). After biopsy of blastomeres, embryos were cultured in vitro for 110 hours in Ham's F-10 supplemented with 0.4% BSA or cocultured on the monolayer of Vero cells in the same medium. The frequence of blastocyst formation were recorded, and the embryos beyond blastocyst stage were stained with 10% Giemsa to count the total number of nuclei in each embryo. There was no significant difference in the blastocyst formation between the zona intact control group and the zona drilling (ZD) only, or biopsied groups. The hatching rate of all the treatment groups except 4/8 group was significantly higher than that of control group. In all the treatment groups, there was a significant reduction in the mean cell number of embryos beyond blastocyst stage ($50.2{\pm}14.0$ in control group vs. $41.2{\pm}7.9$ in ZD, $39.3{\pm}8.8$ in 7/8, $29.7{\pm}6.4$ in 6/8, $25.1{\pm}5.7$ in 5/8, and $22.1{\pm}4.3$ in 4/8 groups, p<0.05). When the same treatments were followed by coculture with Vero cells, a similar pattern was seen in the blastocyst formation and the hatching rate. However, in all the treatment groups, there was a significant increase in the mean cell number of embryos beyond blastocyst stage with coculture, compared with the parallel groups without coculture. In the cleavage rate of biopsied blastomeres cultured for 110 hours after IVF, there was no significant difference between coculture and non-coculture groups (87.2% vs. 78.7%). However, the mean cell number of embryos developed from the biopsied blastomeres was significantly higher in coculture group ($11.5{\pm}4.7\;vs.\;5.9{\pm}1.9$, p<0.05). In conclusion, biopsy of mouse embryos after ZD with ATS is a safe and highly efficient method for PGD, and coculture with Vero cells showed a positive effect on the development in vitro of biopsied mouse embryos and blastomeres as a preclinical model for PGD of human embryos.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2003

본 연구는 미성숙, 성숙 단계의 돼지 난포란이 유리화 동결에 의한 동결보존이 가능한지를 조사 하고자 실시하였다. 난포란은 세포질 내 지방구를 분극시키기 위해 원심분리를 실시하였고, 미세조작기를 이용하여 지방구를 제거하였다. 돼지 난포란을 CB 처리하여 원심분리 후 지방구를 제거한 지방제거구(Delipated), CB 처리 후 원심분리만 하여 지방구를 분극시킨 원심분리구(Centrifuged), 아무처리도 하지 않은 대조구(Control)를 EM grid를 이용한 유리화 동결, 융해 한 후 생존율과 체 외 발생율을 조사하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 미성숙 시기에 지방제거, 원심분리, 무처리 후 유리화 동결을 실시한 돼지 난포란의 생존율은 각각 15.1%, 0%, 0%로 지 방제 거구에서만 유의적으로 높은 생존율을 나타내었다(p<.01). 2. 성숙 시기에 지방제거, 원심분리, 무처리 후 유리화 동결을 실시한 돼지 난포란의 생존율은 각각 12.2%, 0%, 0%로 지방제거구에서만 유의적으로 높은 생존율을 나타내었다(P<.01). 3. 미성숙 시기에 지방제거 후 유리화 동결을 실시하여 생존한 난자치 핵 성숙율은 37.5%로 동결하지 않은 난포란의 성숙율 68.9%보다 유의적으로 낮은 것이었다(P<.01). 4. 미성숙 시기에 지방제거, 원심분리, 무처리 후 유리화 동결을 실시하여 생존한 난자의수정 후 배 발달율은 12.5%, 0%, 0%로 지방 제거구에서만 배 발달을 나타었으나, 세 처리간의 유의차는 없었고, 이것은 동결하지 않은 난포란의 배 발달율 56.1%보다는 유의 적으로 낮은 것이었다(P<.05). 5. 성숙 시기에 지방제거, 원심분리, 무처리 후 유리화 동결을 실시하여 생존한 난자의 수정 후 배 발달율은 25.0%, 0%, 0%로 지방제거구에서만 배 발달을 나타내었으나 세 처리간의 유의차는 없었고, 이것은 동결하지 않은 난포란의 배 발달율 67.9%보다는 유의적으로 낮은 것이었다(P<.05).