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Sanchez-Partida, L. Gabriel, Kelly, Richard D. W., Sumer, Huseyin, Lo, Camden Y., Aharon, Rotem, Holland, Michael K., O'Bryan, Moira K. and St. John, Justin C.. (2011) The generation of live offspring from vitrified oocytes. PLoS One, Vol.6 (No.6). e21597. ISSN 1932-6203

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021597

Abstract

Oocyte cryopreservation is extremely beneficial for assisted reproductive technologies, the treatment of infertility and biotechnology and offers a viable alternative to embryo freezing and ovarian grafting approaches for the generation of embryonic stem cells and live offspring. It also offers the potential to store oocytes to rescue endangered species by somatic cell nuclear transfer and for the generation of embryonic stem cells to study development in these species. We vitrified mouse oocytes using a range of concentrations of trehalose (0 to 0.3 M) and demonstrated that 0.1 and 0.3 M trehalose had similar developmental rates, which were significantly different to the 0.2 M cohort (P < 0.05). As mitochondria are important for fertilisation outcome, we observed that the clustering and distribution of mitochondria of the 0.2 M cohort were more affected by vitifrication than the other groups. Nevertheless, all 3 cohorts were able to develop to blastocyst, following in vitro fertilisation, although developmental rates were better for the 0.1 and 0.3 M cohorts than the 0.2 M cohort (P < 0.05). Whilst blastocysts gave rise to embryonic stem-like cells, it was apparent from immunocytochemistry and RT-PCR that these cells did not demonstrate true pluripotency and exhibited abnormal karyotypes. However, they gave rise to teratomas following injection into SCID mice and differentiated into cells of each of the germinal layers following in vitro differentiation. The transfer of 2-cell embryos from the 0.1 and 0.3 M cohorts resulted in the birth of live offspring that had normal karyotypes (9/10). When 2-cell embryos from vitrified oocytes underwent vitrification, and were thawed and transferred, live offspring were obtained that exhibited normal karyotypes, with the exception of one offspring who was larger and died at 7 months. We conclude that these studies highlight the importance of the endometrial environment for the maintenance of genetic stability and thus the propagation of specific genetic traits.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Sciences Research Institute (CSRI) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Ovum -- Cryopreservation, Mice -- Reproduction
Journal or Publication Title:	PLoS One
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	1932-6203
Date:	27 June 2011
Volume:	Vol.6
Number:	No.6
Page Range:	e21597
Identification Number:	10.1371/journal.pone.0021597
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), Australian Phenomics Network, Australia. Dept. of Education, Science, and Training, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) (NHMRC)
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/38798