scholarly journals Fetal bovine serum is associated with polar body degeneration after in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
B. MACÍAS-GARCÍA ◽  
S. MACEDO ◽  
A. ROCHA ◽  
L. GONZÁLEZ-FERNÁNDEZ

In vitro fertilization (IVF) in cattle is commonly used worldwide. Although extensive research has been conducted using different additives in the different IVF steps, little is known regarding how protein type may affect bovine oocytes during the fertilization period. In addition, unlike Tissue Culture Medium 199 (TCM), fertilization medium may induce oocytes’ chromatin degeneration during prolonged incubation in the horse (Modified Whitten’s medium). Thus, in the present work TCM-199 supplemented with either 7 mg/ml of Bovine Serum Albumin (TCM+BSA) or 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (v/v; TCM+FBS) was used. Bovine oocytes were matured in vitro and placed in the previously mentioned media for further 18 hours, in the absence of added sperm (sham fertilization) and their chromatin conformation was evaluated. After IVM, 78.9% of the initial oocytes had reached the MII stage. After sham fertilization, 58.6% of the oocytes in TCM+BSA while just 28.3% in TCM+FBS maintained the MII chromatin conformation (p < 0.05). Subsequent experiments run using PB extruded oocytes and incubated in TCM+BSA and TCM+FBS during sham fertilization, demonstrated that FBS was consistently associated with polar body dissolution or degeneration.

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 291 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. W. Kurniani Karja ◽  
Takeshige Otoi ◽  
Masako Murakami ◽  
Minori Yuge ◽  
Mokhamad Fahrudin ◽  
...  

The effects of protein supplementation in culture medium on development to the hatching and hatched blastocyst stages of cat in vitro-fertilized embryos were investigated. In the first experiment, presumptive zygotes derived from in vitro maturation and in vitro fertilization (IVF) were cultured in modified Earle's balanced salt solution (MK-1) supplemented with 0.4% bovine serum albumin (BSA) or 5% fetal bovine serum (FBS) for 9 days. There were no significant differences between the BSA and FBS groups with respect to the proportion of cleavage and development to the morula and blastocyst stages of zygotes. However, the presence of FBS in the medium enhanced development to the hatching blastocyst stage of zygotes compared with the BSA group (31.4% v. 7.8%). Moreover, 2.9% of zygotes cultured with FBS developed to the hatched blastocyst stage. The mean cell number of blastocysts derived from zygotes cultured with FBS was significantly higher (P&lt;0.01) than that from zygotes cultured with BSA (136.6 v.101.5). In the second experiment, embryos at the morula or blastocyst stage, which were produced by culturing in MK-1 supplemented with 0.4% BSA after IVF, were subsequently cultured in MK-1 with 0.4% BSA or 5% FBS. Significantly more morulae developed to the blastocyst (P&lt;0.05) and hatching blastocyst stages (P&lt;0.01) in the FBS group than in the BSA group (71.5% and 53.6% v. 44.9% and 6.0%, respectively). Although none of the morulae cultured with BSA developed to the hatched blastocyst stage, 11.5% of morulae cultured with FBS developed to the hatched blastocyst stage. Moreover, the proportion of development to the hatching blastocyst stage of blastocysts was significantly higher (P&lt;0.01) in the FBS group than in the BSA group (68.7% v. 9.8%). None of the blastocysts cultured with BSA developed to the hatched blastocyst stage, whereas 7.3% of blastocysts cultured with FBS developed to the hatched blastocyst stage. The results of the present study indicate that supplementation with FBS at different stages of early embryo development promotes development to the hatching and hatched blastocyst stages of cat IVF embryos.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
M. N. Islam ◽  
M. H. Alam ◽  
A. Khatun ◽  
M. A. Hashem ◽  
M. Moniruzzaman

This study aimed to investigate the effect of Kit ligand (KL), a growth factor that regulates folliculogenesis in mammalian ovaries, on growth of buffalo oocytes in early antral follicles in vitro. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were dissected from early antral follicles (1mm) of slaughtered buffaloes and cultured in Dulbecco’s minimum essential medium supplemented with fetal bovine serum, sodium pyruvate, gentamycin, hypoxanthine, dexamethasone, cysteine, polyvinylpyrolidione, l-ascorbic acid, oestradiol-17β, and androstenedione in a 96-well culture plate at 38.5°C under an atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air for 6 days. The culture medium was supplemented with 0, 50, and 100 ng/mL KL (recombinant human SCF, Cat. No. H8416, R&amp;D Systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA). Sixty oocytes were cultured in each group with 6 replications. In vitro-grown oocytes were cultured for maturation in tissue culture medium-199 supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, sodium pyruvate, gentamycin, and 100 ng/mL FSH at 38.5°C for 24h under an atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air. The oocytes were then stained with aceto-orcein and examined under a differential interference contrast microscope. Data were analysed using SAS/STAT version 9.1.3 for Windows (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) by one-way ANOVA and means compared with Tukey’s HSD test. The mean diameter of oocytes measured at the time of seeding on the culture substrate was 100.6±0.4μm (n=180). After 6 days of culture, the diameters of oocytes increased to 110.8±0.5, 114.0±0.5, and 115.0±0.6µm in 0, 50, and 100 ng/mL KL-treated groups, respectively. The survival rates were 60.0±6, 81.2±1.2, and 92.0±4.9% in 0, 50, and 100 ng/mL KL-supplemented oocytes at Day 6. Moreover, KL pretreatment enhanced maturation of buffalo oocytes dose dependently. A small proportion of oocytes (8.4%) treated with 50 ng/mL KL reached the MII stage. This number increased to 25% when oocytes were treated with 100 ng/mL KL. These results show that KL enhances growth, viability, and meiotic progression of buffalo oocytes in vitro.


2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.O. Brandão ◽  
G. Vajta ◽  
P. Maddox-Hyttel ◽  
D. Stringfellow ◽  
P. Lövendahl ◽  
...  

Although high blastocyst rates can be achieved in somatic cell nuclear transfer, abortions and developmental abnormalities still hamper advancement. Reliable and practical methods to evaluate early embryonic development and differentiation are required to understand and overcome the problem. Our aim was to establish an in vitro culture system for monitoring posthatching development (PHD). Slaughterhouse-derived bovine oocytes were matured in vitro, fertilized (Day 0) and cultured (Holm et al., 1999, Theriogenology, 52, 683–700). On Day 8, degenerated embryos were removed from each well and 400L of modified culture medium (SOFaaci plus 0.5% glucose and 10% fetal bovine serum) were added. At Day 11, hatched blastocysts were selected by scoring them as Quality 1 (Q1: &gt;1.0mm, clear trophoblast, compact inner cell mass), Quality 2 (Q2: 0.5mm, dark spots in the trophoblast, less compact inner cell mass), or Quality 3 (Q3: &lt;0.5mm, many dark spots in the trophoblast, spread inner cell mass). The resulting 304 blastocysts in 12 replicates were then loaded into 15mm×1.2 gel tunnels of 2.4% agarose in PBS, supplemented with either 5% (Agar5) or 10% (Agar10) fetal bovine serum, covered with the modified culture medium, and then incubated at 38.5°C in 5% CO2, 5% O2, 90% N2. Embryo morphology and length were evaluated using a stereomicroscope on Days 12, 13, 14 and 15. On Day 14, 75 embryos were removed, biopsed (1mm) for sex determination of each embryo, and processed for light and transmission electron microscopy. Qualitative and quantitative data were analyzed by χ2 test and GLM procedure of SAS, respectively, with P level of 0.05. A total of 170 embryos (56% of total) initiated elongation. This percentage was higher (LSmeansSD, n=12; P&lt;0.05) in Agar10 v. Agar5 in both Q1 (889 v. 637), Q2 (667 v. 485) and Q3 embryos (529 v. 278). Mean embryo length (mm; LSmeansSEM) on Day 13 was higher (P&lt;0.05) in Q1 (2.10.2, n=49) and Q2 (1.71.4, n=98) than Q3 (1.20.3, n=23). On Day 14, Q1 embryos (3.50.2) were longer (P&lt;0.01) than Q2 and Q3 embryos (2.70.1 and 2.00.3). On Day 15, Q1, Q2 and Q3 embryos (4.40.5, n=24, 4.00.3, n=45 and 2.90.6, n=14, respectively) had similar length, probably influenced by the low number of Q3 embryos. The percentage of males was higher (P&lt;0.001) in Q1 (95%; n=40), but similar in Q2 (39%; n=26) and Q3 (71%; n=7). Light microscopy confirmed hypoblast and epiblast formation. Ultrastructural analysis revealed that the latter had penetrated the trophoblast (Rauber’s layer), forming an embryonic disc including many degenerative cells. In conclusion, this culture system represents the first model for rapid growth, elongation, and initial differentiation of bovine posthatching embryos.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2187-2191
Author(s):  
Dipannita Baishya ◽  
Arundhati Bora ◽  
J Goswami ◽  
Aunbha Baruah ◽  
DJ Dutta ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herry Sonjaya ◽  
M. Yusuf ◽  
A. Hamdana ◽  
Renny Fatmyah Utamy ◽  
Sri Gustina ◽  
...  

<p>The aim of this study was to investigate whether the reproductive status influences the nuclear maturation and fertilization rates of bali cattle oocytes in vitro. Several pairs of ovary were classified into four groups: 1) ovaries with Corpus Luteum (CL) and Dominant Follicle (DF), 2) ovaries without CL and with DF, 3) ovaries with CL and without DF, 4) ovaries without both CL and DF. In the first experiment, oocytes were collected by slicing method in Phosphate Buffer Saline (PBS) medium supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) and 100 IU/ml penicillin streptomycin. Oocytes were matured in tissue culture medium (TCM)-199 supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), 10 IU/ml Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), 10 IU/ml Luteinizing Hormone (LH), and 50 μg/ml gentamycin. Oocytes were matured in 5% CO2 incubator, 38oC for 24 h. In the second experiment, oocytes were matured and then fertilized in vitro to observe pronuclear formation. The first experiment showed that the percentage of oocytes reached methaphase-II (MII) stage on ovaries with CL and without DF (89.47%) were higher (P&lt;0,01) compared to ovaries without both CL and DF (75,47%), ovaries without CL and with DF (74.,41%), or ovaries with CL and DF (65,52%). The result of second experiment showed that the ovarian reproductive status was not significantly different (P&gt;0.05) on fertilization rate.</p>


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
L. B. Ferré ◽  
Y. S. Bogliotti ◽  
J. L. Chitwood ◽  
P. J. Ross

High demand exists for in vitro-derived bovine embryos fertilized with female sex-sorted sperm by seedstock and commercial cattle producers. The aim of this study was to evaluate different fertilization media on in vitro fertilization performance using female sex-sorted semen. Ovaries were collected from a slaughterhouse and oocytes aspirated from 2- to 6-mm follicles. Cumulus-oocyte complexes containing compact and complete cumulus cell layers were selected and matured in groups of 50 cumulus-oocyte complexes in 400 μL of M199 medium supplemented with ALA-glutamine (0.1 mM), Na pyruvate (0.2 mM), gentamicin (5 μg mL–1), epidermal growth factor (50 ng mL–1), oFSH (50 ng mL–1), bLH (3 μg mL–1), cysteamine (0.1 mM), and 10% fetal bovine serum for 22 to 24 h. Fertilization (Day 0) was carried out using female sex-sorted semen selected with a discontinuous density gradient and diluted to a final concentration of 1 × 106 sperm mL–1. Three different fertilization media, M199 (Gibco 11043–023, Grand Island, NY, USA), SOF (Tervit et al. 1972 J. Reprod. Fertil. 30, 493–497), and TALP (Parrish et al. 1988 Biol. Reprod. 38, 1171–1180), were assayed along with 3 female sex-sorted bulls. All fertilization media were supplemented with fructose (90 μg mL–1), penicillamine (3 μg mL–1), hypotaurine (11 μg mL–1), and heparin (20 μg mL–1). After 18 h, presumptive zygotes were denuded and cultured in groups of 15 to 20 in 50-μL drops of KSOM-BSA for 9 days. On Day 3, 3% fetal bovine serum was added. Low oxygen tension (5% O2) was used for the entire culture period. On Days 7 and 9 blastocysts and hatched embryos, respectively, were morphologically evaluated according to IETS standards and recorded. Results are shown in Table 1. Data was compared by chi-squared analysis. Fertilization media affected cleavage rate and subsequent embryo development, quality, and hatching ability. The SOF and TALP fertilization media produced significantly more and higher quality embryos than M199. Table 1.In vitro fertilization performance after oocyte fertilization using sex-sorted sperm


2004 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 540-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Morikawa ◽  
T Kimura ◽  
M Murakami ◽  
K Katayama ◽  
S Terada ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
M. Toishibekov ◽  
Y. Toishibekov ◽  
M. Yermekova

Advances in reproduction technologies, such as in vitro maturation, IVF, and in vitro culture, have stimulated research for efficient cryopreservation techniques for mammalian oocytes. It is well known that the oocyte is the largest cell of an animal’s body and as such, is full of water and, in many species, fat, making it difficult to cryopreserve. The objective of this work was to study the effect of vitrification for cryopreservation of the metaphase II plate (MPII) of sheep oocytes. In our experiment, we used the Vit-Master™ (MTG, Bruckberg, Germany). Ovaries from 19 ewes of Kazakh Arkharo-Merino breed were acquired after slaughter and maintained at 37°C in TCM-199. The maturation medium was TCM-199, containing 1 mM of glutamine, 10% fetal bovine serum, 5 μg mL−1 FSH, 5 μg mL−1 LH, 1 μg mL−1 oestradiol, 0.3 mM sodium pyruvate, and 100 mM cysteamine. The oocytes were incubated in 400 μL of medium in 4-well dishes covered with mineral oil. The IVM conditions were 5% CO2 in humidified air at 39°C for 24 h. Then, oocytes were placed for 10 min in medium with Hoechst 33342 (3 μg mL−1) and cytochalasin B (7 μg mL−1) to facilitate enucleation of the MPII with a minimum volume of ooplasm. The MPII plates were divided into 2 groups: the vitrification group was exposed to vitrification media containing 1.12 M ethylene glycol (ET) + 0.87 M ME2SO for 5 min and was exposed in vitrification media containing 2.24 M ET + 1.75 M ME2SO for 5 min, and then in vitrification solution containing 4.48 M ET + 40% ME2SO + 0.25 M sucrose for 30 s. Oocytes were loaded into a cryoloop and using negative pressure of liquid nitrogen in the chamber for freezing with the VIT-Master. Oocytes were thawed in a 25°C water bath and then placed in TCM-199 at 20% fetal bovine serum. After 15 min of incubation, the oocytes were activated for extrusion of the second polar body in 1 mg mL−1 Ca ionophore for 5 min and washed for 5 min followed by 4 h in 6-DMAP (0.12 mM) + cycloheximide (0.6 μg mL−1). After activation, the MPII were washed and cultured for 20 h. The control group received the same treatment but were not vitrified. Differences between the experimental groups were tested using Chi-squared test. Our research showed that expulsion of the second polar body after activation was observed in more than 59.7% of the MPII that were not vitrified (control group), whereas 37.7% of vitrified plates had expulsion of polar bodies (P < 0.05). These preliminary studies showed that it is possible to vitrify MPII plates. On the other hand, the drastic reduction of the volume of the sheep oocytes might make cryopreservation possible with greater efficiency.


Author(s):  
Mohamad Agus Setiadi ◽  
Ni Wayan Kurniani Karja

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui kemampuan perkembangan awal embrio sapi in vitro menggunakan media tunggal untuk maturasi, fertilisasi, dan kultur berbahan dasar tissue culture medium (TCM) 199. Oosit sapi dikumpulkan dari rumah potong hewan dengan teknik aspirasi dan diklasifikasikan berdasarkan kekompakan sel kumulus dan sitoplasma yang homogen. Oosit dimaturasi pada medium TCM 199 yang disuplementasi dengan 10 IU/ml pregnant mare’s serum gonadotropin (PMSG), 10 IU/ml human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), dan 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), dilakukan selama 24 jam pada inkubator 5% CO2, 39 C. Fertilisasi dilakukan pada dua media yang berbeda yaitu media rutin fertilisasi dan media berbahan dasar TCM 199 dengan suplemen bovine serum albumin (BSA) dan heparin. Setelah fertilisasi, kumulus sel dihilangkan (denudasi), kemudian dikultur pada media TCM 199 yang disuplementasi dengan asam amino esensial dan non-esensial serta 10% FBS selama 3 hari. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan tingkat maturasi oosit pada sistem yang digunakan mampu mendukung 81,5% oosit mencapai tahap metafase II (M-II). Tingkat pembelahan embrio lebih tinggi pada media rutin dibandingkan dengan media TCM 199 yakni masing-masing 44,4 dan 23,2%. Jumlah embrio tahap 4-8 sel pada kedua perlakuan tidak berbeda nyata. Dapat disimpulkan media tunggal berbasis TCM dapat digunakan untuk produksi embrio in vitro.


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