Effects of gaseous atmosphere and antioxidants on the development and cryotolerance of bovine embryos at different periods of in vitro culture
Effects of gaseous atmosphere and antioxidants on the development and cryotolerance of bovine embryos at different periods of in vitro culture
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DOI:
10.1017/s0967199413000361
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发表时间:
2015-04-01
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1.7
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Mingoti, Gisele Zoccal
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de Souza Rocha-Frigoni, Nathalia Alves;da Silva Leao, Beatriz Caetano;Mingoti, Gisele Zoccal
This study examined the effects of antioxidant supplementation and O-2 tension on embryo development, cryotolerance and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. The antioxidant supplementation consisted of 0.6 mM cysteine (CYST); 0.6 mM cysteine + 100 mu M cysteamine (C+C); 100 IU catalase (CAT) or 100 mu M beta-mercaptoethanol (beta-ME) for 3 or 7 days of in vitro culture (IVC). Two O-2 tensions (20% O-2 [5% CO2 in air] or 7% O-2, 5% CO2 and 88% N-2 [gaseous mixture]) were examined. After 7 days of antioxidant supplementation, the blastocyst frequencies were adversely affected (P 0.05) by the treatments (range, 66-100%). After 3 days of antioxidant supplementation, the blastocyst frequencies were not affected (P > 0.05) by any of the antioxidants (range, 43.6-48.5%), but they were reduced by low O-2 tension (P 0.05) by antioxidant treatment (range, 0.78 to 0.95) or by O-2 tension (0.86 and 0.88 for 20% and 7% O-2, respectively). The re-expansion rates were not affected (P > 0.05) by any of the treatments (range, 63.6-93.3%). In conclusion, intracellular antioxidant supplementation and low O-2 tension throughout the entire IVC period were deleterious to embryo development. However, antioxidant supplementation up to day 3 of IVC did not affect the blastocyst frequencies or intracellular ROS levels.