Sheep ovarian tissue vitrification by two different dehydration protocols and needle immersing methods |
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Authors: | Fathi Rouhollah Valojerdi Mojtaba Rezazadeh Eimani Hussein Hasani Fatemeh Yazdi Poopak Eftekhari Ajdari Zahra Tahaei Leila Sadat |
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Institution: | Department of Embryology, Infertility and IVF Unit, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran. |
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Abstract: | The present research investigated the effects of two vitrification methods on sheep ovarian tissue. The base medium (BM) of the vitrification solutions contains 60% HEPES tissue culture medium (HTCM), 15% ethylene glycol (EG) and 15% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Ovarian cortex pieces were dehydrated by two different regimens, the 2-step which consisted of 50% BM and a 90% solution of 0.25 mol/L sucrose in BM for 10 minutes each at 4 degree C and the 4-step method which utilized: a) 25% BM, b) 50% BM, c) 75% BM and d) a 90% solution of 0.25 mol/L sucrose in BM for 5 minutes each at 4 degree C. After warming, the proportion of intact antral follicles in the control (non-vitrified) and 2-step vitrification groups was significantly higher than in the 4-step vitrification group. The number of apoptotic follicles in the ovarian pieces was significantly different between the control and 4-step vitrification groups. These results indicated that sheep ovarian tissue vitrification by the 2-step method was simpler and more effective than the 4-step method. |
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