Strain Preservation of Rats: Vitrification of Two-Cell Stage Embryos for Multiple Inbred Strains
RESULTS: The average numbers of two-cell stage embryos collected per female for F344/Jcl, ACI/N, BUF/N, and WKY/N strains were 7.0 to 12.0, and survival rates of the embryos after vitrification were 94.2 to 96.3%. The in vitro development rates of vitrified embryos transferred were 47.1 to 60.8%.
CONCLUSION: At least two offspring produced from the embryos collected from one female are required for strain preservation of inbred strain. Taken together, the results of the experiment indicated expected numbers of surviving fetuses for embryos collected from one female were 3.2 to 6.7, and all were usable for strain preservation. The results suggest that this vitrification method is suitable for strain preservation of multiple inbred rat strains.
Keywords: CRYOPRESERVARION; P10 AND PEPES; RAT 2-CELL STAGE EMBRYOS; RAT INBRED; STRAIN PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 2015
CryoLetters is a bimonthly international journal for low temperature sciences, including cryobiology, cryopreservation or vitrification of cells and tissues, chemical and physical aspects of freezing and drying, and studies involving ecology of cold environments, and cold adaptation
The journal publishes original research reports, authoritative reviews, technical developments and commissioned book reviews of studies of the effects produced by low temperatures on a wide variety of scientific and technical processes, or those involving low temperature techniques in the investigation of physical, chemical, biological and ecological problems.
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