title: Efficient cryopreservation of bovine blastocysts derived from nuclear transfer with somatic cells using partial dehydration and vitrification.
abstract: Preservation by vitrification of Day 7 and Day 8 bovine blastocysts derived from nuclear transfer with cumulus cells was compared with preservation of in vitro fertilized blastocysts. In Experiment 1, embryos were vitrified in PBS containing 60% ethylene glycol. In Experiment 2, they were vitrified in combination with partial dehydration using a solution of 39% ethylene glycol + 0.7 M sucrose and 8.6% Ficoll. In Experiment 1, survival and hatching rates were 44 and 95% for nuclear transferred embryos, and 78 and 55% for in vitro fertilized embryos, respectively. In Experiment 2, survival and hatching rates were 93 and 95% for nuclear transfer embryos, and 77 and 85% for in vitro fertilized embryos, respectively. It is concluded that Day 7 and Day 8 bovine blastocysts derived from cumulus cells could be cryopreserved without the loss of viability by a simple and efficient method using a combination of partial dehydration and vitrification.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, College of Agriculture Kinki University, Nara, Japan. saola@netnam.vn
authors.forename: B X
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sotomaru
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D003681:Dehydration; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000662:veterinary*