Fragmentation and development of preimplantation porcine embryos derived by parthenogenetic activation and nuclear transfer.

Abstract:

:Fragmentation occurs during early developmental stages of electrically activated oocytes and nuclear transfer (NT) embryos. It might contribute to the low developmental rate of porcine NT embryos. The present study was conducted to investigate whether the addition of sugars such as sorbitol or sucrose suppresses fragmentation and supports the development of electrically activated oocytes and NT embryos. The activated oocytes were cultured in Porcine Zygote Medium-3 (PZM-3) supplemented with sorbitol or sucrose for 2 days after electric activation, and then cultured in the PZM-3 for the remaining 4 days. The osmolarities of PZM-3, PZM-3 supplemented with 0.05 or 0.1 M sorbitol, and PZM-3 with 0.05 M sucrose were 269 +/- 6.31, 316 +/- 3.13, 362 +/- 4.37, and 315 +/- 5.03 mOsm, respectively. When parthenogentically activated oocytes were cultured in PZM-3 supplemented with 0.05 M sorbitol or sucrose for the first 2 days and then cultured in PZM-3 without sugar, a significantly higher (P < 0.05) cleavage rate and blastocyst rate were observed. Interestingly, addition of sugar to PZM-3 for 2 days reduced the fragmentation rate compared to PZM-3 without sugar. In NT embryos, sugar addition into PZM-3 increased the fusion rate (84.2% +/- 6.07 vs. 95.1% +/- 2.52), cleavage rate (67.6% +/- 5.80 vs. 77.3% +/- 3.03), and developmental rate to the blastocyst stage (10.2% +/- 0.79 vs. 19.4% +/- 1.77). There was no significant difference between treatments for the number of the blastocysts. In addition the fragmentation rate was reduced compared to PZM-3 without sorbitol (26.1 +/- 4.30 vs. 14.5 +/- 1.74). In conclusion, increasing the osmolarity of PZM-3 through addition of either sorbitol or sucrose for 48 hr increased the cleavage and developmental rate to the blastocyst stage by reducing the fragmentation rate through increasing osmolarity.

journal_name

Mol Reprod Dev

authors

Im GS,Yang BS,Lai L,Liu Z,Hao Y,Prather RS

doi

10.1002/mrd.20258

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-06-01 00:00:00

pages

159-65

issue

2

eissn

1040-452X

issn

1098-2795

journal_volume

71

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