scholarly journals 251 CAMELID EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT IN VITRO: EFFECT OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT IN MATURATION MEDIUM AND SUBSEQUENT CULTURE IN TWO DIFFERENT MEDIA ON FERTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 276 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Nowshari ◽  
N.A. Wani

Successful IVM/IVF can be used to produce large number of embryos cheaply for transfer and for manipulations. The technology has not previously been reported for the dromedary. The objectives of this study were to determine the effect of protein supplement [BSA vs. heat inactivated estrous camel serum (OCS)] in the maturation medium and subsequent culture of in vitro-fertilized zygotes in TCM199 or G1 and G2 medium (Vitrolife, Gothenburg, Sweden) on the rate of cleavage and development of embryos to blastocysts. Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COC) were collected by puncturing the follicles excised from the slaughterhouse ovaries (Nowshari and Wernery, A.E.T.E. 19th Scientific Meeting, September 12–13th 2003, Rostock, Germany). For IVM, TCM199 supplemented with 0.33 mM pyruvate, 10 μg/mL FSH and LH, and 1 μg/mL oestradiol (maturation medium) was used. The maturation medium was supplemented with either 5 mg/mL BSA or 10% OCS. After 30 to 32 h culture, COC were fertilized with epididymal spermatozoa which was stored at 4°C in TRIS-tes-egg yolk diluent for 1 to 8 days and consisted of not less than 50% motile spermatozoa on the day of use. The spermatozoa were swim up in fertilization medium (TALP, Parrish et al. 1985 Theriogenology 24, 537). Oocytes and spermatozoa (2–4 × 106) were incubated in the fertilization medium for 14–16 h at 38°C under 5% CO2 in air. Intact oocytes were removed from the fertilization medium and washed three times in the respective culture medium. Oocytes from two of the maturation treatments were divided into two subgroups and cultured in either medium TCM199 supplemented with 0.33 mM pyruvate and 10% OCS or medium G1 plus 10% OCS at 38°C under 5% CO2, 5% O2, 90% N2. Zygotes in medium G1 were transferred to medium G2 on Day 3. Zygotes were examined for cleavage on Day 2 and further development on Day 8. The results are presented in Table 1. The results indicate that supplementation of maturation medium with BSA or OCS does not affect the rate of cleavage and development of embryos, however, culture of zygotes in sequential medium (G1-G2) affects the cleavage rate (P < 0.01) but not the further development of in vitro-produced dromedary embryos. Further studies are needed to improve the success of IVF and development during culture in this species. Table 1.

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
M. L. Uchuari ◽  
M. Artica ◽  
J. C. Villanueva ◽  
W. F. Huanca ◽  
W. Huanca

Maturation time of oocytes from alpacas is around 38 to 40h (Huanca et al. 2009) that would induce an increase in reactive oxygen species during in vitro maturation and IVF and cause cytotoxic damage to gametes. The objective of this study was to determine the optimal concentration of methionine during in vitro maturation on cleavage rate of alpacas oocytes following IVF. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were collected from slaughterhouse ovaries and transported in a thermos flask containing a saline solution 0.9% and antibiotic, antimycotic at 35°C. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were aspirated from follicles &gt;2mm and evaluated with a stereomicroscope for selection. Only cumulus-oocyte complexes with a homogeneous cytoplasm and with 2 or more layers of cumulus cells were selected to be cultured in maturation medium TCM-199 supplemented with 10% FCS (v:v) plus 0.5μg mL−1 FSH, 10μg mL−1 hCG, 0.2mM sodium pyruvate, 50μg mL−1gentamycin and 1μg mL−1 oestradiol under mineral oil by 38h. Testes of mature males were collected from a slaughterhouse and transported to the laboratory. Caudal epididymide was isolated, and fluid, rich in spermatozoa, was aspirated in syringes containing 2mL of Tris-fructose-egg yolk extender. Motile spermatozoa were obtained by centrifugation at 700×g in a Percoll discontinuous gradient (22.5: 45.0%) for 10min. The supernatant was removed by aspiration, and the pellet was resuspended in TL stock and centrifuged again at 700×g for 5min. Spermatozoa and oocytes were co-incubated by 18h at 39°C with 5% CO2. Presumptive zygotes were culture in KSOMaa medium and evaluated at 72h. The treatments include 0, 14 and 21 μM of methionine in maturation and culture medium. Data were analysed by ANOVA, and results are presented in Table 1. The results suggest that addition of methionine in maturation and culture medium improve the cleavage rate in oocytes from alpacas. Table 1.Cleavage rate (%) following in vitro maturation at different concentrations of methionine Proyect 405-PNICP-PIAP-2014, INNOVATE-PERU, is acknowledged.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Ni Wayan Kurniani Karja ◽  
Syafri Nanda ◽  
Mohamad Agus Setiadi

This study was aimed to determine the effect of insulin supplementation in maturation and/or culture medium on nuclear maturation rate and the early bovine embryo development in vitro. Oocytes were collected and matured in maturation media without (IVM I-) or with (IVM I+) 10 ug/µL insulin at incubator 5% CO2 and the temperature of 39 °C, for early embryonic development evaluation, oocytes were divided into 4 groups, without the supplementation of insulin to the maturation medium and culture (IVM I-/IVC I-), insulin supplementation only the maturation medium (IVM I+/IVC I-), insulin supplementation only in the culture medium (IVM I-/IVC I+), and the combination of insulin supplementation to the maturation medium and culture (IVM I+/IVC I+). The result showed that supplementation of insulin to the maturation medium increased number nuclear maturation was higher 87.7% (P<0.05) compared to treatment without supplementation of insulin (70.1%). Cleavage rate in treatment IVM was higher IVM I-/IVC I- (55.8%), IVM I+/IVC I- (64.1%), IVM I-/IVC I+ (59.9%) (P<0.05). Result of the other were showed that early bovine embryo on day-4 cultured (IVC) reached 16 cell on treatment IVM I-/IVC I+(31,9%) and IVM I+/IVC I+ (27,1%) were higher compared to treatment IVM I-/IVC I-(2.9%) and IVM I+/IVC I- (2.5%) (P<0.05). In conclusion, supplementation of insulin to maturation medium and culture medium can increase nuclear maturation rate and improved early embryo cleavage rate.


2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Anand ◽  
D. Kumar ◽  
M. S. Chauhan ◽  
R. S. Manik ◽  
P. Palta

The effects of supplementation of in vitro maturation (IVM) or in vitro culture (IVC) or both IVM and IVC media with cysteamine on the yield, hatching rate (HR) and total cell number (TCN) of buffalo blastocysts were examined. Oocytes obtained from slaughterhouse buffalo ovaries were subjected to IVM and IVF. The IVM or IVC media were supplemented with 0, 50, 100 or 200 µm cysteamine. Supplementation of IVM medium with 50 µm cysteamine increased (P < 0.01) the cleavage rate and blastocyst yield without affecting the HR and TCN whereas a higher concentration of 200 µm significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the blastocyst yield but not TCN. Similar increases in blastocyst yield, without any effect on HR and TCN were observed after supplementation of the IVC medium with 100 (P < 0.01) or 50 µm (P < 0.05) cysteamine, whereas 200 µm cysteamine was ineffective. Supplementation of both IVM medium with 50 µm cysteamine and of IVC medium with 100 µm cysteamine increased the yield of blastocysts and hatched blastocyst by over 100% (P < 0.01) compared with the controls without any adverse effects on HR or TCN. The results of the present study suggest that supplementation of both IVM and IVC media improves the yield of blastocysts without compromising their health.


1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 261 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Boediono ◽  
M Takagi ◽  
S Saha ◽  
T Suzuki

Oocytes were matured in medium supplemented with 5% serum collected from superovulated cows at oestrus (Day-0 SCS) or at the time of embryo collection (Day-7 SCS), or in medium supplemented with fetal calf serum (FCS). After insemination using frozen-thawed sperm, oocytes were cultured in vitro with medium supplemented with 5% Day-0 SCS or 5% Day-7 SCS or 5% FCS. The proportions of embryos that cleaved were not significantly different among treatments, whereas development of the embryo to a blastocyst was significantly higher in the presence of SCS than FCS. When the four possible combinations of Day-0 SCS and Day-7 SCS were used in the maturation and culture media, there were no differences among treatments, except that the cleavage rate was significantly higher (P < 0.05) with Day-0 SCS in the maturation medium and Day-7 SCS in the culture medium than with Day-7 SCS in the maturation medium and Day-0 SCS in the culture medium. The proportions of embryos that cleaved and developed to blastocysts were not related with the level of progesterone and luteinizing hormone in the serum added to the maturation and culture media. However, the use of serum with low concentrations of glucose, fatty acids and cholesterol in the maturation medium and the culture medium tended to be associated with a higher rate of cleavage and blastocyst development.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanuar Achadri ◽  
Sigit Bintara ◽  
Diah Tri Widayati

The study was carried out to investigate the effect of follicle stimulating hormon (FSH) into in vitro maturation medium to increase oocytes maturation and 4 cell stadium embryo development of Bligon goat. Goat ovaries were obtained from a slaughterhouse and transported to the laboratory in a flask of NaCl at temperature of 31 – 34°C. Oocytes were aspirated from 2 – 6 mm of follicles into a 3 mL syringe (23G needle) that contained Dulbecco’s Phosphate-Buffered Saline. Oocytes were divided into three groups, i.e tissue culture medium (TCM) with FSH supplementation 0, 50, and 100 IU/mL. Oocytes were put into those medium and incubated on 39°C, 5% CO2, and 95% humidity for 24 hours. Matured oocytes were fertilized with capacitated frozen thawed-semen and incubated on 39°C, 5% CO2, and 95% humidity for 5 hours. Fertilized oocytes were washed for 3 times in TCM and incubated in the same condition for embryo culture. The data of FSH supplementation and embryo development were analyzed using randomized completely one way classification. The results showed that the percentages of mature oocytes from FSH supplementation 0, 50, and 100 IU/mL were 70,48±23,22, 78,48±15,80, and 80,29±12,86%, respectively. Cleavage rate of the two cells stage were 36,00±14,22, 44,00±33,94, and 57,45±31,78%, respectively, and for the 4 cells stage were 27,33±22,04, 35,33±40,73, and 39,45±20,38%. It is concluded that supplementation of FSH in the maturation medium could not increase the percentages of in vitro maturation and embryo development.


Development ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-414
Author(s):  
R. Christy Armstrong ◽  
Joel J. Elias

Abnormalities of the ocular system which appear in organ culture in Waymouth's medium with freshly added glutamine (Armstrong & Elias, 1968) resemble those caused by transitory pteryolglutamic acid (PGA or folic acid) deficiency in vivo (Armstrong & Monie, 1966). The configurations of such malformations as lens herniations, retinal diverticula, and rosette-like formations of the retina are remarkably similar in both cases. The experiments reported in this paper were undertaken in an effort to understand the mechanisms involved in the production of similar abnormalities by two very different experimental conditions: the addition of glutamine in vitro and the transitory deficiency of PGA in vivo. One series of experiments involved the effects of manipulation of the PGA and glutamine content of the culture medium on eye development in vitro. Parallel studies on PGA-deficiency in vivo were undertaken in conjunction with organ-culture experiments in order to compare the effects on abnormal eye morphogenesis.


2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Daniaux ◽  
B. Verhaeghe ◽  
I. Donnay

Serum in embryo culture medium may be a potential cause of abnormal accumulation of lipid droplets, which is correlated to a higher sensitivity to cryopreservation. Moreover, serum may introduce pathogens. With the aim of developing a serum-free culture medium, we first (Experiment 1) investigated the effect of adding ITS (5 μg/mL insulin, 5 μg/mL transferrin, 5 ng/mL selenium) as a serum substitute in SOF medium on embryos cultured in large groups (20 embryos per culture drop of 20 μL) and we then (Experiment 2) analyzed the effect of adding BSA. In this second experiment, our serum-free culture media were also tested on embryos cultured in small numbers (5 embryos per drop of 20 μL) in order to mimic ovum pickup (OPU) conditions. Embryos were obtained from slaughterhouse oocytes, matured in vitro for 24 h in a serum-free enriched 199 medium (Donnay et al. 2004 Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 16, 274) containing ITS, and fertilized for 18 h. In experiment 1, embryos were cultured in SOF (Holm et al. 1999 Theriogenology 52, 683–700) supplemented with 0.1 mg/mL polyvinylpyrrolidane (PVP) without (SOF) or with ITS (SOF-ITS), or with 5% FCS (SOF-FCS). Cavitation occurred earlier in presence of serum (Table). Adding ITS to SOF increased blastocyst rates at Day 7 and Day 8 post-insemination (p.i.) and also the hatching rate. In experiment 2, embryos were cultured in SOF-FCS, SOF-ITS, or SOF-ITS supplemented with 4 mg/mL fatty acid free BSA (SOF-ITS-BSA). Within each condition, no differences were observed for blastocyst and hatching rates between embryos cultured in large or in small groups. Adding BSA to SOF-ITS increased blastocyst rate at Day 6 p.i. and also the hatching rate. At Days 7 and 8 p.i., blastocyst rates were higher in SOF-FCS than in SOF-ITS and tended to be higher than in SOF-ITS-BSA, especially for embryos cultured in small groups. Cell numbers of the resulting embryos were unaffected. These results indicate that: (1) ITS as supplement to SOF medium promotes embryo development in vitro. (2) BSA as protein supplement to SOF-ITS medium accelerates blastulation and improves hatching rate. (3) SOF-ITS and SOF-ITS-BSA are two serum-free culture media that can sustain development of embryos, also when cultured in small number, even though SOF-FCS tended to afford better rates of development. Further studies will include evaluation of other quality parameters including resistance to cryopreservation. This work was supported by the Ministery of Agriculture of the Region wallonne de Belgique.


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