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Comparison of Vitrification and Slow Freezing for the Cryopreservation of Mouse Pronuclear Stage Embryos

생쥐 전핵기 배아 냉동보존에서 완만동결과 유리화동결의 비교

  • Kim, Mi-Young (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Lee, Yu-Il (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
  • 김미영 (전남대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실) ;
  • 이여일 (전남대학교 의과대학 산부인과학교실)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of slow freezing with vitrification method for cryopreservation of mouse pronuclear stage embryos. Methods: Mouse pronuclear embryos obtained from superovulated mice and classified into 2 groups of slow freezing and vitrification. Slow freezing solution consisted of 1.5 M PROH, 0.1 M sucrose, while vitrification solution consisted of 40% ethylene glycol, 18% Ficoll and 0.5 M sucrose diluted in Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 10% SSS. Recovery and survival rates after thawing and development rates to hatching balstocyst stage were compared between two groups. Results: After freezing and thawing, recovery rate of slow freezing group was 93.8%, whereas vitrification group was 66.5% (p<0.01). Survival rate of recovered embryos were similar between two groups as 83.2% in slow freezing and 87.6% in vitrification. Embryo development rates to 2-cell stage after 24 hrs (77.0% vs 59.1%), 4-cell after 48 hrs (72.6% vs 53.3%), blastocyst after 96 hrs (53.1% vs 40.1%) of thawing were significantly higher in vitrification group than those of slow freezing group, respectively. Conclusion: The vitrification method may provide better developmental competence of frozen-thawed embryos than that of slow freezing method for cryopreservation of mouse pronuclear stage embryos.

목 적: 본 연구는 생쥐 전핵시기 배아를 완만동결법과 유리화동결법으로 동결-융해 후 배아의 생존율과 성장률을 비교하고자 시행하였다. 연구방법: 과배란을 유도한 생쥐로부터 전핵시기 배아를 획득하여 10% SSS가 첨가된 HTF 배양액으로 약 1시간 동안 배양한 후 두 개의 전핵이 관찰되는 정상적인 형태의 배아만 선별하여 동결하였다. 동결방법으로는 1.5 M PROH에 0.1 M sucrose가 함유된 완만동결법과 40% ethylene glycol, 18% Ficoll, 0.5 M sucrose가 혼합된 EFS40 용액과 EM grid를 이용하여 이용한 유리화동결법을 실시하였다. 동결-융해 후 전핵시기 배아의 회수율, 생존을 및 부화 포배기로의 성장률과 부화율을 비교하였다. 결 과: 각각의 방법으로 동결-융해 후 24시간 동안 배양하였을 때 2-세포기까지의 성장률은 완만동결군이 59.1%이었고 유리화동결군이 77.0%로 두 군간에 유의한 차이를 보였고 (p<0.003), 48시간 동안의 배양에서도 완만동결군이 53.3%이고 유리동결군이 72.6%로 유의하게 유리화동결군에서 높은 수세포기까지의 성장률을 보였으며 (p<0.003), 72시간 배양하였을 때의 상실배로의 성장률 역시 완만동결군이 46.7%이고 유리화동결군이 67.3%로 유리화동결군에서 유의하게 높은 성장률을 보였다 (p<0.001). 융해 후 144시간 동안 배양하였을 때의 부화포배기로의 성장률은 완만동결군이 26.3%이고 유리화동결군이 43.4%로 유리화동결군에서 유의하게 높은 성장률을 보였다 (p<0.005). 결 론: 생쥐 전핵시기 배아의 동결보존에서 유리화동결법은 완만동결법 보다 시간이 단축되고 비싼 장비가 필요없어 경제적이고 간단했을 뿐 아니라 동결-응해 후 전반적으로 높은 생존율과 성장률을 나타내었다.

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