CRYOMICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF CATTLE EMBRYOS DURING FREEZING AND THAWING
CRYOMICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF CATTLE EMBRYOS DURING FREEZING AND THAWING
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DOI:
10.1016/0093-691x(83)90013-4
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
RALL, WF
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作者:
LEHNJENSEN, H;RALL, WF
A cryomicroscope was used to observe changes in the appearance of day 6.5-7.5 cattle embryos during cooling and warming in 1.4 M glycerol/PBS [phosphate-buffered saline]. Embryos were cooled at various rates between 0.2.degree. and 25.degree. C/min to temperatures between -25.degree. and -60.degree. C, and then cooled rapidly (.apprx. 250.degree. C/min) to temperatures below -140.degree. C. The volume of the embryos calculated from the cross-sectional area during slow cooling decreased at -25.degree. C to about 50% of the isotonic volume. Fracture planes could be observed in the extracellular ice matrix surrounding the embryos after rapid cooling to .apprx. -140.degree. C. Fracture planes often touched the zona pellucida and sometimes caused cracks in the zona. Cracks in the zona pellucida were observed more often after rapid cooling from temperatures between -20.degree. to -35.degree. C (9/13) than from temperatures between -36.degree. to -60.degree. C (2/7). When embryos were warmed rapidly (.apprx. 250.degree. C/min) from temperatures below -140.degree. C, no change was observed in the appearance of the embryo or its surroundings except the melting of the extracellular ice. When embryos were warmed slowly (2.degree. or 5.degree. C/min), a series of events was observed; 1st, at .apprx. -70.degree. C the cytoplasm and the extracellular space gradually darkened and reached maximum darkness at .apprx. -55.degree. C; then, on continued slow warming, the dark material gradually disappeared; and finally the large extracellular ice crystals melted.