Cryopreservation of bovine somatic cell nuclear-transferred blastocysts: Effect of developmental stage
2004
Amarnath, D. (Kinki Univ., Higashiosaka, Osaka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture) | Kato, Y. | Tsunoda, Y.
The effect of developmental stage on the survival of bovine somatic cell nuclear-transferred blastocysts after freezing and thawing was evaluated. We also investigated how freezing affects nuclear-transferred (NT) embryos and in vitro fertilized (IVF) bovine embryos. Advanced-stage bovine NT blastocysts survived freezing better than early-stage NT blastocysts (86 vs 14%). The trend was similar with IVF embryos (87 vs 30%). At the stages tested, there was no significant difference in the survivability of NT and IVF embryos from advanced (86 vs 87%) or early-stage blastocysts (14 vs 30%). The average survival rate did not differ between NT and IVF bovine embryos (50 vs 51%). The higher survival rate of advanced-stage blastocysts compared to early-stage blastocysts in NT and IVF bovine embryos might be due to their higher cell number. In NT (128 +- 25 vs 53 +- 20) and IVF (128 +29 vs 75 +- 22) groups, advanced-stage blastocysts contained a significantly higher total cell number than early-stage blastocysts. There was no difference in total cell number between advanced-stage NT and IVF blastocysts (128 +- 25 vs 128 +- 29), however, early-stage NT and IVF blastocysts (53 +- 20 vs 75 +- 22) differed significantly.
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