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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The effect of energy substrate concentration and amino acids on the in vitro development of preimplantation porcine embryos |
Author: | Beebe, L. McIlfatrick, S. Nottle, M. |
Citation: | Cellular Reprogramming, 2007; 9(2):206-215 |
Publisher: | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
ISSN: | 1536-2302 1557-7457 |
Statement of Responsibility: | L.F.S. Beebe, S. McIlfactrick, M.B. Nottle. |
Abstract: | As the pig becomes increasingly used for biomedical research, an effective and efficient in vitro culture system is essential. This study aimed to improve the commonly used porcine embryo culture medium, NCSU23, by altering the energy substrates and adding amino acids, using electrically activated diploid parthenotes from oocytes obtained from the ovaries of prepubertal and adult animals. Morphological development to day 6 and blastocyst cell number were examined. Glucose (5.56 mM) was replaced by pyruvate and lactate (0.2 mM and 5.7 mM, respectively) for either the entire culture period or for the first 48 h only. Blastocyst rates were not different between any of the treatments, and were similar for prepubertal and adult oocytes. When the embryos were cultured with pyruvate and lactate for the first 48 h and then glucose, there was a significant increase in blastocyst cell number compared to glucose only. Blastocysts produced using pyruvate and lactate for the entire time tended to have more cells than those exposed to glucose only and less than those who were cultured in pyruvate and lactate for the first 48 h and then glucose. Nonessential amino acids added for the first 48 h and nonessential and essential amino acids added for the remaining time significantly increased blastocyst cell number only when the embryos were grown in pyruvate and lactate followed by glucose. Blastocyst rates were not different between any of the treatments, and this result was the same when using sow or gilt oocytes. The modified medium was then tested using in vitro matured and fertilized embryos from sow oocytes. Blastocyst rates and cell number were significantly increased in the modified medium compared to those grown in unmodified NCSU23. This shows that altering energy substrates and adding amino acids can increase the quantity and cell number of IVP blastocysts compared with NCSU23. |
Keywords: | Cells, Cultured Blastocyst Animals Sus scrofa Lactates Pyruvates Glucose Amino Acids Culture Media Fertilization in Vitro Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1089/clo.2006.0060 |
Published version: | http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/clo.2006.0060 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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