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Live rats resulting from injection of oocytes with spermatozoa freeze‐dried and stored for one year
Author(s) -
Hochi Shinichi,
Watanabe Kaori,
Kato Megumi,
Hirabayashi Masumi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
molecular reproduction and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.745
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1098-2795
pISSN - 1040-452X
DOI - 10.1002/mrd.20825
Subject(s) - sperm , andrology , intracytoplasmic sperm injection , biology , human fertilization , semen , oocyte , cryopreservation , embryo , anatomy , in vitro fertilisation , genetics , medicine
This study was designed to examine whether rat spermatozoa after freeze‐drying and 1‐year storage can participate in full‐term development following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Cauda epididymal spermatozoa from Crlj:Wistar rats were frozen in liquid nitrogen (LN 2 ), first dried for 14 hr at 0.37 hPa and then for 3 hr at 0.001 hPa. The dried spermatozoa were stored for 1 year in a desiccator at +25°C, or in a refrigerator at +4°C, or in LN 2 at −196°C. Controls consisted of sperm that had only been frozen and stored in LN 2 . After being stored, spermatozoa were sonicated to dissociate the sperm tail and were injected into oocytes from superovulated Slc:SD rats. The respective fertilization rates of oocytes injected with frozen sperm, or with freeze‐dried sperm stored at +25, +4, and −196°C were 79%, 75%, 70%, and 73%. However, the corresponding cleavage rates of injected oocytes were 63%, 1%, 38%, and 36%. After transfer of >80 zygotes of each group into recipients, the respective percentages of full‐term normal offspring resulting from frozen sperm or from freeze‐dried sperm stored at +25, +4, and −196°C were 36%, 0%, 7%, and 14%. These results demonstrate that the storage temperature significantly influenced the likelihood of term development of rats produced by injection of oocytes with freeze‐dried spermatozoa. Chromosomal analysis of the rat spermatozoa in the ICSI oocytes indicated that chromosomal aberration in freeze‐dried spermatozoa stored at +25°C (100%) occurred more frequently than in frozen control spermatozoa (41%) and freeze‐dried spermatozoa stored at −196°C (35%), and the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in freeze‐dried spermatozoa stored at +4°C (65%) was the intermediate. In conclusion, rat spermatozoa freeze‐dried and stored at +4°C for 1 year are capable of participating in full‐term development after ICSI. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 75: 890–894, 2008. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.