Desenvolvimento de protocolo para criopreservação de folículos ovarianos de peixes usando vitrificação / Development of cryopreservation protocol for fish ovarian follicles using vitrification

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

Cryopreservation of fish embryos has been under investigation for over two decades; however every protocol tested so far has failed. The use of oocytes has more recently been reported as an alternative, nevertheless most of the studies were carried out using a single technique - controlled slow cooling - and success also remains elusive. Vitrification is an ice-free cryopreservation method which offers several advantages that may contribute to overcome some of the difficulties involved with fish oocytes cryopreservation. In the present study we developed a vitrification protocol for stage III zebrafish ovarian follicles in ovarian tissue fragments. A series of cryo-solutions were designed and tested for their vitrifying ability using different devices (plastic straw, vitrification block and fibreplugTM). Toxicity of vitrification solutions was evaluated by assessing membrane integrity with trypan blue staining. In addition, we investigated the effect of vitrification protocol on the follicles at sub-cellular level by measuring the cytoplasmic ATP content and the mitochondrial distribution and activity using JC-1 probe and confocal microscopy. After vitrification, ovarian follicles showed membrane integrity of 59.9 ± 18.4% when fibreplug and V16 (1.5 M methanol + 4.5 M propylene glycol) solution were employed. When vitrified in V2 (1.5 M methanol + 5.5 M DMSO) the membrane integrity decreased to 42.0 ± 21.0%. We observed that follicles located in the middle of the fragments were more protected from injuries and some of them showed satisfactory morphological appearance even two hours post-warming. Mitochondria integrity of granulosa cells layer was clearly damaged by the vitrification protocol and ATP level in the follicles declined significantly (P <0.05) after warming. Vitrification of stage III zebrafish follicles in ovarian tissue fragments and its effect at sub-cellular level is reported here for the first time. Information gained from this study will be very useful to guide development of a successful protocol for cryopreservation of fish oocytes in the future.

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produção animal fish gamete piscicultura maternal genome cryobanking gameta mitochondria peixe genoma

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