ISSN:
1059-910X
Schlagwort(e):
Cryopreservation
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Mammalian oocyte
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Cytogenetics
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Fertilization
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Embryogenesis
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Life and Medical Sciences
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Cell & Developmental Biology
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
Notizen:
This study examined the effects of cryopreservation on cellular organization, chromosomal complement, and developmental potential of immature and mature mouse and human oocytes. Chromosomal analyses were performed by DNA fluorescence microscopy and karyotyping on the same metaphase II-stage oocytes before and after freezing. Cellular analyses involved electron microscopy, time-lapse video recording, and fluorescent-probe microscopy of cortical granules. The findings demonstrate that while profound cytoplasmic, nuclear, and nucleolar alterations occur in the immature oocyte during cryopreservation, an apparently normal nucleus and cytoplasm is re-established progressively after thawing and culture. The resulting oocytes mature at high frequency and for the mouse, are fertilizable and capable of normal preimplantation of embryogenesis. Cryopreservation of mature mouse and human oocytes is not accompanied by a significant increase in the frequency of aneuploidy. However, cryopreserved human oocytes, while fertilizable, arrest development during the early cleavage stages and display aberrant patterns of cytokinesis. The possible etiologies of developmental failure in the human embryo that may be related to oocyte cryopreservation, as well as the potential benefits of cryopreservation of the immature oocyte, are discussed with respect to clinical and commercial applications. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Zusätzliches Material:
118 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.1070270209
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