几种因素对牙鲆胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存的影响

鱼类胚胎冷冻保存技术还远没有成熟, 为了寻找最佳的鱼类胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存条件, 我们以牙鲆(Paralichthys olivaceus) 胚胎为例, 研究了影响鱼类胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存的几个主要因子: 玻璃化液、麦管直径、胚胎阶段、平衡时间及平衡温度、洗脱浓度和洗脱时间。发现: (1) 含有多种抗冻剂的玻璃化液PMDD(2% PVP), 玻璃化稳定, 脱玻璃化率较低, 适宜进行玻璃化冷冻; (2) 尾芽期胚胎较其他时期耐受力强, 平衡40 min就足以使玻璃化液渗透完全, 时间延长, 成活率显著降低, 各个时期的胚胎对温度都比较敏感, 0°C与4°C下平衡的成活率显著高于15°C; (3) 洗脱浓度和洗脱时间对胚胎成活率影响不大; (4) 根据优化的条件, 对牙鲆两个时期的胚胎进行超低温冷冻保存实验, 共成活4次, 获得成活胚胎8粒, 其中7粒孵化出健康的鱼苗。本文为鱼类胚胎冷冻保存技术的建立提供基础资料, 并显示了牙鲆胚胎玻璃化冷冻保存是可行的。     

牛卵母细胞玻璃化冷冻保存影响因素的研究

采用毛细玻璃管法对牛卵母细胞进行玻璃化冷冻保存,解冻后再进行体外受精（IVF）和早期胚胎的体外培养（IVC）。在此技术的基础上,分别对冷冻前平衡时间、解冻处理、卵丘细胞层数以及卵母细胞所处的减数分裂阶段等影响卵母细胞冷冻保存的因素进行研究,以期筛选出适合牛卵母细胞冷冻保存的方法。结果发现,处于MⅡ期卵母细胞在10％二甲基亚砜（DMSO）＋10％乙二醇（EG）液（VSl）中平衡1～3min,然后进行玻璃化冷冻保存。解冻时将卵母细胞先移入VS1液中处理15s,然后移入蔗糖稀释液中。另外发现,冷冻保存时部分卵丘细胞对卵母细胞有保护作用。而减数分裂阶段不影响解冻后卵母细胞形态正常率,但对胚胎发育率有严重影响。     

文昌鱼胚胎的程序化冷冻保存

文昌鱼在进化和发育生物学中有重要科学研究价值,然而由于文昌鱼实验室繁殖受产卵季节等因素的限制,以其胚胎为材料的研究工作受到局限,胚胎冷冻保存是解决这一问题的有效途径之一。本文首次对文昌鱼(Branchiostoma japonicum)胚胎的程序化冷冻保存进行了研究,通过筛选合适的程序化抗冻液、适宜的胚胎发育阶段,以及比较不同平衡处理时间、植冰温度、保存温度和洗脱时间对文昌鱼胚胎冷冻保存的影响。结果表明:几种抗冻液中,A2的效果较好,对胚胎的毒性小;原肠中期胚胎较其它时期对抗冻液的耐受力更强,适宜进行冷冻保存;胚胎在抗冻液中的最佳平衡处理时间为40-50min;冷冻降温时,适宜的植冰温度为-7.0℃--10.0℃;植冰后进行程序化冷冻,目前能稳定得到存活胚胎的最低保存温度为-15℃;此外,不同的洗脱时间对胚胎的存活率无显著影响。根据优化后的条件,对文昌鱼胚胎进行程序化冷冻保存(-196℃)实验,获得1粒存活的胚胎,并孵化出膜,发育至两鳃裂时期,幼鱼共存活了8d,但形态畸形。结果提示文昌鱼胚胎冷冻保存的可行性,但需要进一步优化包括抗冻液在内的各种条件,以提高存活率。     

赤水河四川华吸鳅的早期发育

四川华吸鳅Sinogastromyzon szechuanensis为长江上游特有鱼类.为了积累其生物学资料,为相关的保护措施提供参考,于2009年通过人工授精获得四川华吸鳅受精卵,对其胚胎和仔鱼的发育过程进行了观察和描述.四川华吸鳅的受精卵呈浅黄色,卵膜径较小(1.85 mm±0.23 mm),具粘性.在水温26.3~27.8℃下,胚体经历22 h 34 min发育成仔鱼出膜;初孵仔鱼全长4.39 mm±0.21 mm,肌节37对;日龄4 d时,卵黄囊吸收完毕,进入外营养期;日龄65 d时,鳞片长齐,进入幼鱼期.整个早期发育过程历时65 d 22 h 34 min.     

达氏鳇不同发育期胚胎对低温的耐受研究

研究了达氏鳇12个发育期胚胎经过不同低温（2 ℃、3 ℃、5 ℃、7 ℃和8 ℃）处理12 h、24 h、2 d、3 d、6 d、10 d、15 d、20 d和30 d后的孵化率和仔鱼成活率.结果表明,卵黄栓期、隙状胚孔期、神经管闭合期胚胎在2～8 ℃水温下,处理24 h后孵化率为0;卵裂期、囊胚早期、原肠中期胚胎在2～8 ℃水温下,处理3 d后孵化率低于30%;囊胚晚期、原肠早期、眼基期、尾芽期、心跳期和尾达头部期胚胎在5～8 ℃水温下,处理3 d后孵化率、仔鱼成活率超过70%;随低温处理时间延长,胚胎和仔鱼的死亡率增加,处理时间与孵化率、仔鱼成活率呈负相关;囊胚晚期、原肠早期、眼基期胚胎在5 ℃水温下耐受力较强,处理10 d后孵化率、仔鱼成活率超过70%.本研究表明,达氏鳇胚胎发育过程中囊胚晚期、原肠早期和眼基期胚胎可以在某一低温下进行短期保存,其孵化率、仔鱼成活率与常温（16～17 ℃）下没有显著差异.这对于达氏鳇胚胎（受精卵）的长途运输有重要意义.     

斜带石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎差异表达基因的筛选及克隆

以斜带石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎分别作为检验组和驱动组，构建了石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎的抑制性差减杂交cDNA文库。以α-tubulin作为检测指标，显示差减效率分别高达2 ⁸和2 ⁷。分别取囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎各192和960个PCR阳性克隆进行斑点杂交，得到15个囊胚期和131个尾芽期的斑点杂交阳性克隆。测序和数据库比对分析表明，囊胚期15个阳性克隆中有11个已知基因的cDNA片段和没有同源性的4个cDNA片段；而在尾芽期的131个阳性克隆中，有123个已知基因的cDNA片段和8个没有同源性的cDNA片段。用半定量RT-PCR技术分析了部分基因片段在胚胎发育过程中的表达规律和和组织分布情况。这些差异表达片段的呈现为进一步揭示石斑鱼胚胎发育、早期性别决定和性腺分化的分子机制奠定了基础。     

斜带石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎差异表达基因的筛选及克隆

以斜带石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎分别作为检验组和驱动组,构建了石斑鱼囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎的抑制性差减杂交cDNA文库。以α-tubulin作为检测指标,显示差减效率分别高达28和27。分别取囊胚期胚胎和尾芽期胚胎各192和960个PCR阳性克隆进行斑点杂交,得到15个囊胚期和131个尾芽期的斑点杂交阳性克隆。测序和数据库比对分析表明,囊胚期15个阳性克隆中有11个已知基因的cDNA片段和没有同源性的4个cDNA片段;而在尾芽期的131个阳性克隆中,有123个已知基因的cDNA片段和8个没有同源性的cD-NA片段。用半定量RT-PCR技术分析了部分基因片段在胚胎发育过程中的表达规律和和组织分布情况。这些差异表达片段的呈现为进一步揭示石斑鱼胚胎发育、早期性别决定和性腺分化的分子机制奠定了基础。     

小鼠原核胚玻璃化冷冻保存技术的研究

目的　原核胚是转基因等生物技术所必需的主要材料 ,其冷冻保存使操作不受时间和空间的限制。另外 ,冷冻保存还可以避免体外培养过程中的细胞发育阻断期。方法　在室温 (2 0℃或 2 5℃ )条件下 ,以乙二醇、DMSO为主体抗冻保护剂配制成的玻璃化溶液 (EFS、EDT、EDFS) ,不借助冷冻仪 ,对小鼠原核胚进行一步法和二步法玻璃化冷冻保存。结果　 2 0℃室温条件下 ,用EDFS4 0平衡 1min一步法冷冻解冻后的原核胚 ,经培养后囊胚发育率最高仅为 4 7% ,与新鲜原核体外培养的对照组 (75 % )的差异极显著 (P <0 0 1) ;当原核在 10 %E +10 %D溶液中预处理 5min ,移入EDFS30中平衡 30s二步法冷冻保存 ,解冻后的囊胚发育率达 6 8%。而室温升至 2 5℃ ,二步法冷冻保存后原核胚的囊胚发育率高达 77% ,与对照组差异无显著性 (P >0 0 5 )。用最佳冷冻组的原核胚或解冻后培养到囊胚移植给受体母鼠均获得产仔。结论　本研究对小鼠原核胚实施玻璃化冷冻保存 ,经体外培养和移植结果与对照组无显著性差异 ,证明了本方法的可行性     

鲈鱼胚胎的玻璃化冷冻保存

本文对鲈鱼(Lateolabrax japonicus)胚胎进行了玻璃化冷冻保存研究,筛选出了浓度较低、玻璃化程度较稳定的5种玻璃化液,冷冻时形成玻璃化的概率在48．1％～100％,在35～43℃的水浴中解冻时保持玻璃化的概率在44．4％～63．0％;玻璃化液VSD2在解冻时保持玻璃化的概率最高。对鲈鱼神经胚、20对肌节胚、尾芽胚、心跳胚、出膜前胚在玻璃化液VSD2中的适应能力及适合于玻璃化冷冻的胚胎时期进行了比较,结果显示：不同时期胚胎对玻璃化液的耐受能力不同,鲈鱼神经胚耐受能力最低,心跳胚耐受能力最强,出膜前期胚次之,心跳胚和出膜前胚适合于进行玻璃化冷冻。对0．5mol/L蔗糖的洗脱时间进行了选择,结果显示,洗脱10～20min效果较好。利用玻璃化程度较好的VSD2对鲈鱼不同时期胚胎进行超低温(-196℃)冷冻,获得了2．1％～27．9％的透明胚。将鲈鱼心跳胚冷冻解冻后获2粒复活胚,培养至出膜期,成活42～50h;出膜前期胚在冷冻解冻后有1粒胚复活,并且孵化出鱼苗[动物学报49(6)：843～850,2003]。     

激光照射对中华大蟾蜍早期胚胎染色体的影响

应用YAG倍频激光器对中华大蟾蜍四细胞期胚胎进行照射,观察胚胎的生长、发育,并对激光照射致畸的胚胎在尾芽期用压片法进行染色体分析。实验结果表明：激光照射后正常的胚胎其染色体无变化,激光照射致畸的胚胎其染色体有丢失和加倍等变化。     

Cryopreservation of flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) embryos by vitrification

Conventional cryopreservation of complex teleost embryos has been unsuccessful, possibly because their large size (1-7 mm diameter), multi-compartmental structure and low water permeability lead to intracellular ice formation and chilling injury. To overcome these obstacles, we have developed a vitrification procedure for cryopreservation of flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) embryos. In initial toxicity tests, propylene glycol (PG) and methanol (MeOH) were less toxic to embryos than dimethylformamide (DMF) or dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), whereas ethylene glycol (EG) and glycerol (Gly) were toxic to all tested embryos. Embryos between four-somite and tail bud stages were more tolerant to vitrifying solutions than embryos in other developmental stages. Four vitrifying solutions (FVS1-FVS4) were prepared by combining a basic saline solution (BS2) and cryoprotectants PG and MeOH in different proportions (FVS1: 67, 20 and 13%; FVS2: 60, 24 and 16%; FVS3: 55, 27 and 18%; FVS4: 50, 30 and 20% of BS2, PG and MeOH, respectively). Their impact on flounder embryos was then compared. FVS1 produced the highest survival rate; whereas deformation rate was highest for FVS4. Five-step equilibration of embryos in FVS2 resulted in higher survival rates than equilibration in 4, 3, 2 or 1 steps. Flounder embryos varying from the 14-somite to the pre-hatching stage were cryopreserved in the four vitrifying solutions in liquid nitrogen for 1-7 h. From eight experiments, 20 viable thawed embryos were recovered from 292 cryopreserved embryos. Fourteen larvae with normal morphology hatched successfully from the 20 surviving frozen-thawed embryos from five experiments. Embryos at the tail bud stage exhibited greater tolerance to vitrification than embryos at other stages. These results establish that cryopreservation of flounder embryos by vitrification is possible. The technology has many potential applications in teleost germplasm resource conservation.     

Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) embryos are difficult to cryopreserve by vitrification

The first successful cryopreservation of fish embryos was reported in the Japanese flounder by vitrification [Chen and Tian, Theriogenology, 63, 1207-1219, 2005]. Since very high concentrations of cryoprotectants are needed for vitrification and fish embryos have a large volume, Japanese flounder embryos must have low sensitivity to cryoprotectant toxicity and high permeability to water and cryoprotectants. So, we investigated the sensitivity and the permeability of Japanese flounder embryos. In addition, we assessed the survival of flounder embryos after vitrification with solutions containing methanol and propylene glycol, following Chen and Tian's report. The embryos were relatively insensitive to the toxicity of individual cryoprotectants at lower concentrations, especially methanol and propylene glycol as their report. Although their permeability to water and cryoprotectants could not be measured from volume changes in cryoprotectant solutions, the embryos appeared to be permeable to methanol but less permeable to DMSO, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol. Although vitrification solutions containing methanol and propylene glycol, which were used in Chen and Tian's report, were toxic to embryos, a small proportion of embryos did survived. However, when vitrified with the vitrification solutions, no embryos survived after warming. The embryos became opaque during cooling with liquid nitrogen, indicating the formation of intracellular ice during cooling. When embryos had been kept in vitrification solutions for 60 min after being treated with the vitrification solution, some remained transparent during cooling, but became opaque during warming. This suggests that dehydration and/or permeation by cryoprotectants were insufficient for vitrification of the embryos even after they had been over-treated with the vitrification solutions. Thus, Chen and Tian's cryopreservation method lacks general application to Japanese flounder embryos.     

Cryopreservation of porcine embryos by vitrification: A study of in vitro development

Until recently, attempts to preserve porcine embryos have been unsuccessful. Vitrification has been developed as a method of cryopreserving mammalian embryos by avoiding ice crystal formation, assuring a cryopreserved glass state during storage in liquid nitrogen. Vitrification may be a useful method of overcoming the deleterious effects of chilling injury when pig embryos are cryopreserved using conventional slow freezing procedures. In this study, we applied vitrification procedures for rodent and/or bovine embryos to cryopreserve porcine embryos. Following warming, survival was defined as normal development of embryos in culture, namely the formation or reexpansion of the blastocoelic cavity. Experiment 1 tested the relative toxicity of 3 vitrification procedures on Day-5, 6 and 7 porcine embryos. Embryos equilibrated in vitrification solution (VS3a) continued to develop in vitro at rates comparable to that of untreated control embryos. Experiment 2 was designed to evaluate embryonic development following cryopreservation by vitrification in VS3a. Day-5 porcine embryos did not survive cryopreservation while Day-6 and Day-7 embryos survived and continued development in vitro. In Experiment 3, we evaluated a period of culture prior to vitrification and its effect on cryosurvivability of porcine embryos. A 3-h culture period prior to vitrification had no effect on cryosurvivability over that of freshly recovered, immediately vitrified embryos. These studies indicate, for the first time, that porcine embryos can be successfully cryopreserved by vitrification based on morphology and subsequent development in vitro. However, survival following cryopreservation appears to depend upon embryonic age or stage of development.     

Conventional slow freezing, vitrification and open pulled straw (OPS) vitrification of rabbit embryos

Three different methods of cryopreservation viz., conventional slow freezing, vitrification and open pulled straw vitrification were compared for their ability to support post thaw in vitro and in vivo development of rabbit embryos. Morula stage rabbit embryos were collected from super-ovulated donor does. They were randomly allocated to different freezing methods and stored up to 3 months in liquid nitrogen. After thawing and removal of cryoprotectants, embryos exhibiting intact zona pellucida and uniform blastomeres were considered suitable for in vitro culture and/or transfer. Three to five cryopreserved embryos placed in approximately 1 ml of culture medium (TCM 199 supplemented with foetal calf serum and antibiotics) were incubated for up to 72 h under humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air at 39 degrees C. Development to hatched blastocyst stage was considered the initial indicator of success of cryopreservation of embryos. Of the embryos cryopreserved by programmed freezing, open pulled straw vitrification, vitrification-55 h pc and vitrification-72 h pc 55, 71, 17 and 48%, respectively, developed into hatched blastocysts. Similarly 19, 29, and 4% of embryos cryopreserved by programmed freezing, open pulled straw vitrification and vitrification -72 h pc developed into live offspring on transfer to recipient does. This is the first report on open pulled straw vitrification of rabbit embryos. Present results, suggest that (a) open pulled straw vitrification supports better in vitro survival of frozen thawed rabbit morulae; (b) both programmed freezing and OPS are similar but superior to vitirification in supporting in vivo survival of frozen thawed rabbit embryos.     

Cryopreservation of mammalian embryos

As an innovative method for embryo cryopreservation, vitrification not only reduced the cooling stage duration to a minimum, but also eliminated any injuries cased by extracellular ice, which is a major cause of cell injury. Therefore, if embryos are treated adequately, high survival can be obtained. As a component of a vitrification solution, a permeating cryoprotective agent is essential, and additional inclusion of a macromolecule and a small saccharide makes the solution more effective. The author’s group composed a solution, designated EFS40, with ethylene glycol. Ficoll, and sucrose. This solution proved effective for the cryopreservation of various stages of embryos in many species. In this article, the author describes the detailed procedure for the vitrification of mouse morulae; related information is also described.     

The survival of whole and bisected rabbit morulae after cryopreservation by the vitrification method

The survival of whole and bisected rabbit morulae cryopreserved by the vitrification method was investigated. The embryos were loaded in a column of vitrification solution (VS, a mixture of 25% glycerol and 25% 1, 2-propanediol in PBS+16% calf serum), which was located between two columns of 1 M sucrose solution in a plastic straw. The embryos were frozen by being plunged into liquid nitrogen and thawed in a water bath at 20 degrees C. Two methods of loading embryos into straws were used: the single and double column vitrification solution methods. The embryonic survival rates between these two methods were compared. Seventy-one (86.6%) out of 82 morulae vitrified in double column straws developed into the blastocyst stage in vitro. Eleven (18.3%) live fetuses were obtained after the transfer of 60 frozen-thawed morulae to four recipients. By contrast, the survival rate (36.5%, 27 74 ) of embryos vitrified in the single column straws was significantly lower (P<0.05). The vitrification solution of the single column straws became opaque, indicating ice-crystal formation, upon thawing in 5 of 11 straws, which was assumed to have damaged the embryos. More than 80% (29 36 ) of the bisected morulae frozen and thawed in the double column straws developed to the blastocyst stage in vitro when cryoprotectant was diluted stepwise with 1 M and 0.25 M sucrose solution. When the cryoprotectant was removed by one-step dilution with 1 M sucrose solution, swelling in blastomeres was observed and the development rate of the recovered embryos decreased (45.8%, 11 24 ). These results indicate that the vitrification method employed in our experiment is not only efficient for the cryopreservation of rabbit morulae, but it can also be used for the preservation of bisected rabbit morulae, which had not been successful using previous methods.     

Cryopreservation of porcine embryos derived from in vitro-matured oocytes

This study describes a cryopreservation method for porcine in vitro-produced (IVP) embryos using as a model parthenogenetic embryos derived from in vitro-matured (IVM) oocytes. IVP embryos at the expanded blastocyst stage were cryopreserved by vitrification using the minimum volume cooling (MVC) method and exhibited an embryo survival rate of 41.2%. Survival was then significantly improved (83.3%, P < 0.05) by decreasing the amount of cytoplasmic lipid droplets (delipation) prior to vitrification. IVP embryos at the 4-cell stage also survived cryopreservation when vitrified after delipation (survival rate, 36.0%), whereas post-thaw survival of nondelipated embryos was quite low (9.7%). Furthermore, it was demonstrated that porcine IVP morulae can be cryopreserved by vitrification following delipation by a noninvasive method (survival rate, 82.5%). These results clearly confirm that porcine embryos derived from IVM oocytes can be effectively cryopreserved with high embryo survival using the MVC method in conjunction with delipation.     

食蟹猴和恒河猴卵母细胞及早期胚胎玻璃化冻存

为了节省经费和使转基因模型动物品种资源得到妥善保存,该研究利用自制的梯度浓度冷冻液和解冻液结合玻璃化方式分别冷冻和解冻了非人灵长类动物的183个卵母细胞（GV期、MI期和MII期）、114个卵裂期胚胎（2-细胞期、4-细胞期和8-细胞期）及25个桑椹期胚胎。其中食蟹猴卵母细胞67个,卵裂期胚胎45个,桑椹期胚胎11个;恒河猴卵母细胞116个,卵裂期胚胎69个,桑椹期胚胎14个。复苏后存活率分别为56/67（83.58%）、36/45（80.00%）、9/11（81.82%）、102/116（87.93%）、55/69（79.71%）和11/14（78.57%）。结果表明,快速玻璃化冷冻法简便且胚胎存活率高,是一种较好的冷冻食蟹猴和恒河猴卵母细胞及胚胎的方法。     

Cryopreservation of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) embryos

Prior studies on cryopreserving embryos of several non-drosophilid flies established that two Drosophila melanogaster embryo cryopreservation protocols were not directly suitable for use with these species. This paper describes our work on developing a protocol for cryopreservation of embryos of the housefly, Musca domestica. Significant progress was made when permeabilization of the vitelline membrane was optimized, a vitrification solution containing ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, and trehalose was formulated, and when cooling and recovery of the cryopreservation protocol included a step which passed the embryos through liquid nitrogen vapor. More than 70% of housefly embryos withstand treatments of dechorionation, permeabilization, loading with cryoprotectant, and dehydration in vitrification solution, but the cooling, warming, and poststorage rearing steps still cause a considerable reduction in survival. About 53% of the vitrified M. domestica embryos hatched into larvae. Relative to the percentage of the control adult emergence, about 13% of the embryos stored in liquid nitrogen developed into fertile adults. Hatching of the F(1) progeny of adults having been cryopreserved as embryos was similar to control levels.     

A study on cryoprotectant solution suitable for vitrification of rat two-cell stage embryos

The present study was performed to develop a suitable cryoprotectant solution for cryopreservation of rat two-cell stage embryos. First, we examined the cell permeability of several cryoprotectants; propylene glycol had the fastest permeability compared to dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene glycol, and glycerol. Embryos were then exposed to a solution containing propylene glycol to evaluate its effects on fetal development. As the development was similar to that of fresh embryos, P10 (10% v/v propylene glycol in PB1) was used as a pretreatment solution. Next, the effects of the vitrification solution components (sucrose, propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and Percoll) were examined by observing the vitrification status; 10% v/v propylene glycol, 30% v/v ethylene glycol, 0.3 mol sucrose, and 20% v/v Percoll in PB1 (PEPeS) was the minimum essential concentration for effective vitrification without the formation of ice crystals or freeze fractures.