title: Effects of glucose concentration on in vitro fertilization in BALB/c mice.
abstract: BALB/c mice are widely used in genetic, tumour and immunological studies. However, the mice demonstrate a lower reproduction rate, low fertility and small litters, because of their highly genetic homozygoisty. Based on in vitro fertilization (IVF), a routine technique for biomedical studies, it is worth to evaluate the effects to BALB/c mice on IVF efficiency. In order to test the genetic factor affecting the IVF efficiency of BALB/c, four reciprocal IVF tests of BALB/cByJ and FVB/NCrl mice were performed. The results showed that the average fertility of IVF sponsored by FVB/NCrl spermatozoa was 69.6%, but only 12.1% was obtained from BALB/cByJ strain. Effect of glucose contained in the culture medium to the IVF efficiency of BALB/cByJ was also evaluated. The results showed that the fertility of BALB/cByJ spermatozoa incubated with 0, 2.7, 5.5, 11.1 and 22.2 mm of glucose in the TYH medium were 6.8, 9.9, 13.9, 32.7 and 22.2%, respectively. It is showed that IVF efficiency of BALB/cByJ spermatozoa could be improved depending on the concentration of glucose in the IVF medium. According to the results, it is beleived that lower IVF of BALB/cByJ mice might be due to the genetic defect in spermatozoa and increasing glucose in the IVF medium which significantly affect the IVF efficiency of BALB/cByl via activating the spermatozoa.
authors: National Laboratory Animal Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: H T
authors: HT
authors: Wu
authors: C K
authors: CK
authors: Chou
authors: C S
authors: CS
authors: Lin
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005947:Glucose