Comparison of Developmental Efficiency Following Cryopreservation of Hanwoo Embryos
2008
Cho, S.R. (Animal Genetic Resources Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Namwon, Republic of Korea) | Choe, C.Y. (Animal Genetic Resources Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Namwon, Republic of Korea) | Kim, H.J. (Animal Genetic Resources Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Namwon, Republic of Korea) | Choi, S.H. (Animal Genetic Resources Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Namwon, Republic of Korea) | Son, D.S. (Animal Genetic Resources Station, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Namwon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected]
The cryopreservation of Hanwoo embryos has become an integral part of assisted reproduction in animal. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of The objectives of this study were: (1) to evaluate the influence of bovine embryo developmental stage on in vitro embryo development after freezing, (2) to study the efficiency compared with conventional freezed embryos at different embryo source. For conventional slow-freezing, day 7 or 8 expanded blastocysts were collected. The standard freezing medium was 1.8 M ethylene glycol (EG). Embryos were equilibrated in 1.8 M ethylene glycol(EG) with 0.1 M sucrose in Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline (D-PBS) supplemented with 0.5% bovine serum albumin. Embryos were then loaded individually into 0.25 ml-straw and placed directly into cooling chamber of programmable freezer precooled to -7℃, after 2 min, the straw was seeded, maintained at -7℃ for 8 min, and then cooled to -35℃ at 0.3℃/min, plunged and stored in liquid nitrogen for at least 3 days. For thawing, the straw containing embryos were warmed in air for 10 sec and exposed to 37℃ water for 20 sec. Straws were then removed from 37℃ water. Rates of blastocyst survive and hatched were evaluated at 12 to 48h post-warming. The re-expansion and hatched rates of morula embryos were significantly lower than those obtained for blastocysts and expansion blastocysts (31.6%, 10.5% vs, 68.9%, 22.2% vs, 73.7%, 53.6%, respectively). No differences in re-expansion rates were found between in vivo and in vitro blastocysts. whereas hatched rates was significantly higher (51.2%) in vivo compared with in vitro embryos (18.6%). in conclusion, demonstrate that conventional freezing can be used successfully in cryopreservation of in vitro and in vivo bovine embryos, and that it might be considered for use in commercial programs and embryo preservation.
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