Post-thaw viability of in vivo-produced canine blastocysts cryopreserved by slow freezing

• Autor(a) principal: Guaitolini, C. Renato de Freitas [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Taffarel, M. Onghero [UNESP], Teixeira, N. Soares, Sudano, M. Jose [UNESP], Freitas, P. Maria Coletto, Lopes, Maria Denise [UNESP], Landim-Alvarenga, Fernanda da Cruz [UNESP], Oliveira, C. Alvarenga de, Luz, M. Rezende
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.03.003; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/14702
• topic: Cryopreservation; Embryo viability; Blastocoele reexpansion; Glycerol; Ethylene glycol; Dog

The objectives were to evaluate the reexpansion blastocoele rate, post-thaw viability, and in vitro development of canine blastocysts cryopreserved by slow freezing in 1.0 m glycerol (GLY) or 1.5 m ethylene glycol (EG). Fifty-one in vivo-produced canine blastocysts were randomly allocated in two groups: GLY (n = 26) and EG (n = 25). After thawing, embryos from MO were immediately stained with the fluorescent probes propidium iodide and Hoechst 33 342 to evaluate cellular viability. Frozen-thawed embryos from M3 and M6 were cultured in SOFaa medium + 10% FCS at 38.5 degrees C under an atmosphere of 5% CO2 with maximum humidity, for 3 and 6 days, respectively, and similarly stained. The blastocoele reexpansion rate (24 h after in vitro culture) did not differ between GLY (76.5%) and EG (68.8%). Post-thaw viable cells rate were not significantly different between GLY and EG (66.5 +/- 4.8 and 57.3 +/- 4.8, respectively, mean +/- SEM), or among MO (62.3 +/- 5.7%), M3 (56.9 +/- 6.0%), and M6 (66.5 +/- 6.0%). In conclusion, canine blastocysts cryopreserved by slow freezing in 1.0 m glycerol or 1.5 m ethylene glycol, had satisfactory blastocoele reexpansion rates, similar post-thawing viability, and remained viable for up to 6 days of in vitro culture. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.