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Mouse oocyte vitrification: the effects of two methods on maturing germinal vesicle breakdown oocytes
Purpose Evaluation of viability and subsequent developmental
ability of mouse germinal vesicle breakdown
oocytes vitrified in conventional straws.
Methods Oocytes with compact cumulus cells were cultured
for 3 h in TCM199 medium GVBD and vitrified by
two methods: the step-wise and single-step. After vitrification,
the oocytes were thawed, and subjected to in vitro
maturation and in vitro fertilization. Oocyte survival (postthaw)
was assessed by morphological appearance and
staining, using propidium iodide (PI)/Hoechst 33342. The
oocyte maturation and fertilization rates were examined in
vitro.
Results In the single-step method the rates of post thaw
survival, maturation to metaphase II and cleavage (2-cell
embryos) were 58.68%, 56.41% and 38.63%, respectively.
In the step-wise method, the corresponding rates were
81.75%, 68.59% and 51.80%, respectively.
Conclusion Vitrification of mouse germinal vesicle breakdown
oocytes by the step-wise method had the advantag