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KMID : 1005220080230010001
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Journal of Embryo Transfer
2008 Volume.23 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.4
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Effect of Making a Hole in Zona Pellucida by Laser on Hatching of Frozen-thawed ICR Mouse Embryos
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Yong Hwan-Yul
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Abstract
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This study was performed to investigate the effect of laser-assisted hole in the zona pellucida (ZP) of frozen-thawed ICR mouse embryos on the process of hatching that is critical for expanded blastocysts to implant into endometrium, Vitrification medium, composed of ethylene glycol and sucrose supplemented with 7.5% (w/v) PVP, was used to freeze cell stage embryos recovered from oviducts of superovulated and mated female mice before storing them in . Right after thawing them, a laser beam was shot to make a hole in ZP followed by culturing in KSOM for and examining development to blastocyst and hatching every 12 hr. Laser-treated embryos showed significantly higher hatching rate compared to control (92.9% vs. 22.1%, p<0.05). From around Day 4, blastocysts developed from laser-treated embryos started hatching while the blastocysts of control group failed to hatch showing a lot of shrinkage. This study shows that a laser-assisted hole in ZP improves the hatching rate of blastocysts developed from frozen-thawed, in vitro cultured ICR mouse embryos.
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KEYWORD
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mouse, embryo, cryopreservation, laser, hatching
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