title: Maturation of rhesus monkey oocytes in chemically defined culture media and their functional assessment by IVF and embryo development.
abstract: This study compared success of in-vitro maturation of rhesus monkey oocytes in protein-free versus serum-containing culture systems, assessed by embryo development subsequent to IVF. Four media were tested: (i) modified Connaught Medical Research Laboratories medium (mCMRL-1066); (ii) hamster embryo culture medium-10 (HECM-10); (iii) control: mCMRL-1066 + 20% bovine calf serum (BCS); (iv) HECM-10 + 20% BCS. Immature oocytes from FSH-stimulated rhesus monkeys were allocated among the media containing ovine FSH (5 microg/ml) and LH (10 microg/ml) and cultured for 36-40 h. Metaphase II ova were inseminated and putative zygotes were cultured in mCMRL-1066 + 20% BCS until development arrested. Ova matured in all four media had similar (P> 0.05) potential to initiate (66, 67, 82 and 69% respectively) and complete meiotic maturation (60, 50, 76 and 57% respectively). Inseminated ova in all groups had similar potential to be fertilized (86, 83, 84 and 90% respectively), cleave (71, 83, 76 and 90% respectively) and develop to the blastocyst stage (19, 17, 16 and 30% respectively). These results indicate for the first time that primate oocytes can be successfully matured in protein-free medium, with subsequent blastocyst development, comparable to responses in complex medium with serum. This finding will facilitate studies on mechanisms regulating primate oocyte maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Biology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bavister
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000166:cytology; D002417:Cattle; D003470:Culture Media; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D008540:Meiosis; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free