Yu Yang1,2,3, Yanwen Xu1,4, Chenhui Ding1,4, Rabea Youcef Khoudja1,4, Mingmei Lin1,4,5, Awoniyi O Awonuga2, Jing Dai2, Elizabeth E Puscheck2, Daniel A Rappolee2,3, Canquan Zhou6,7. 1. Center for Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China. 2. Ob/Gyn, Wayne State University Medical School, 275 East Hancock Street, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. 3. Reproductive Sciences/Physiology, Wayne State University Medical School, 540 East Canfield, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. 4. Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China. 6. Center for Reproductive Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China. zhoucanquan@hotmail.com. 7. Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China. zhoucanquan@hotmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of 2, 5, and 20 % O2 on post-thaw day 3 human embryo culture until blastocyst stage. METHODS: One hundred fifty-five day 3 human embryos were used. One hundred twenty out of 155 embryos were recovered after thawing. Surviving embryos were distributed into 2, 5, or 20 % O2 groups and cultured for 2.5 days. At the end of culture, blastocyst formation was assessed, and then, embryos were collected for RT-qPCR or immunofluorescence analysis. RESULTS: Using visible blastocoel to define blastocyst formation, 58.7 % (27/46) of surviving day 3 embryos formed blastocyst at 2 % O2, 63.6 % (28/44) at 5 % O2, and 66.7 % (20/30) at 20 % O2. The difference in blastocyst formation rates was not significant. Average blastocyst cell number was 119.44 ± 11.64 at 2 % O2, 142.55 ± 22.47 at 5 % O2, and 97.29 ± 14.87 at 20 % O2. Average apoptotic rate was 4.7 % ± 0.4 % for blastocyst formed at 2 % O2, 3.5 % ± 0.7 % at 5 % O2, and 5.8 % ± 1.1 % at 20 % O2. Apoptosis rate was significantly lower for blastocysts formed at 5 % O2 (p < 0.05). Compared with gene expression levels at 5 % O2, which were arbitrarily set as "1," 20 % O2 is associated with significantly higher expression of BAX (2.14 ± 0.47), G6PD (2.92 ± 1.06), MnSOD (2.87 ± 0.88), and HSP70.1 (8.68 ± 4.19). For all genes tested, no significant differences were found between 2 and 5 % O2. CONCLUSION: The result suggests that development of cryopreserved human embryos from day 3 to blastocyst stage benefits from culture at 5 % O2.
PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of 2, 5, and 20 % O2 on post-thaw day 3 human embryo culture until blastocyst stage. METHODS: One hundred fifty-five day 3 human embryos were used. One hundred twenty out of 155 embryos were recovered after thawing. Surviving embryos were distributed into 2, 5, or 20 % O2 groups and cultured for 2.5 days. At the end of culture, blastocyst formation was assessed, and then, embryos were collected for RT-qPCR or immunofluorescence analysis. RESULTS: Using visible blastocoel to define blastocyst formation, 58.7 % (27/46) of surviving day 3 embryos formed blastocyst at 2 % O2, 63.6 % (28/44) at 5 % O2, and 66.7 % (20/30) at 20 % O2. The difference in blastocyst formation rates was not significant. Average blastocyst cell number was 119.44 ± 11.64 at 2 % O2, 142.55 ± 22.47 at 5 % O2, and 97.29 ± 14.87 at 20 % O2. Average apoptotic rate was 4.7 % ± 0.4 % for blastocyst formed at 2 % O2, 3.5 % ± 0.7 % at 5 % O2, and 5.8 % ± 1.1 % at 20 % O2. Apoptosis rate was significantly lower for blastocysts formed at 5 % O2 (p < 0.05). Compared with gene expression levels at 5 % O2, which were arbitrarily set as "1," 20 % O2 is associated with significantly higher expression of BAX (2.14 ± 0.47), G6PD (2.92 ± 1.06), MnSOD (2.87 ± 0.88), and HSP70.1 (8.68 ± 4.19). For all genes tested, no significant differences were found between 2 and 5 % O2. CONCLUSION: The result suggests that development of cryopreserved human embryos from day 3 to blastocyst stage benefits from culture at 5 % O2.
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Apoptosis; Human embryo; Oxygen; PCR; Stress
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