Effect of taurine on in vitro fertilization and embryo development of BALB/c mouse strain
1998
Choi, Y.H. (Obihiro Univ. of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido (Japan)) | Seng, S. | Toyoda, Y.
Inbred BALB/c strain mouse was characterized by a low in vitro fertilization (IVF) rate. However,this strain has been used broadly for various researches, especially for researches in immunology. For improving the fertilization rate in this strains, we sued taurine, a sulfur-containing beta-amino acid that had been reported to be effective in improving fertilization in several species. Taurine (1 or 10 mM) did not change the proportion of capacitated spermatozoa in vitro. However, 1 mM taurine significantly (P0.05) improved the fertilization rate compared to that of the control. The highest fertilization rate (78%) was obtained by addition of 1 mM taurine to TYH medium. The taurine effect on the early embryonic development was also examined in a simple culture medium (KSOM) for 4 days culture. There was no effect of taurine on embryo development. More than 50% of fertilized embryos developed to the blastocyst stage without taurine. The viability of fertilized embryos was proved by embryo transfer to ICR recipient mice. A total of 13 offsprings were born from two recipient mice. The present results indicate that taurine has a supporting effect on the improvement of IVF in inbred BALB/c mouse strain. Fertilized embryos developed to the blastocyst stage in in vitro culture and normal offspring after embryo transfer
Show more [+] Less [-]AGROVOC Keywords
Bibliographic information
This bibliographic record has been provided by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Information Technology Center