Cryopreservation of the sperm of the Japanese bitterling |
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Authors: | H Ohta K Kawamura T Unuma Y Takegoshi |
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Institution: | National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Nansei, Mie 516-0193, Japan;Faculty of Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University, Obama, Fukui 917-0003, Japan |
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Abstract: | Sperm of the Japanese bitterling Tanakia limbata that had been cryopreserved with 5 or 10% methanol plus 95 or 90% foetal bovine serum (FBS) showed higher percentage and longer duration of motility than those that had been cryopreserved with 90% FBS and 10% DMSO, glycerol, N,N-dimethylacetamide or N, N-dimethylformamide. Foetal bovine serum, used as extender, had some cryoprotective effects when spermatozoa were cooled either with 10% methanol or without methanol. Spermatozoa, cooled to −40° C and then immersed in liquid nitrogen, had greater post-thaw motility than those cooled to −20, −60, or −80° C. The post-thaw percentage of motile spermatozoa increased significantly ( P < 0·001) with decreases in the freezing rate from 60 to 5°C min−1. These results indicate that 10% methanol plus 90% foetal bovine serum is a suitable diluent for cryopreservation of bitterling spermatozoa and that samples should be cooled to -40°C at a low freezing rate for effective storage. |
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Keywords: | endangered fish cryoprotectant cooling rate cooled temperature |
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