Clin Exp Reprod Med.  2014 Jun;41(2):68-74. 10.5653/cerm.2014.41.2.68.

The effect of various assisted hatching techniques on the mouse early embryo development

Affiliations
  • 1Fertility Clinic, Mirae Ladies Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chungnam National Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
  • 3Department of Animal Resources, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Korea. bbseosd@daegu.ac.kr

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
In search of an ideal method of assisted hatching (AH), we compared the effects of conventional micropipette-AH and laser-AH on the blastocyst formation rate (BFR) and blastocyst cell numbers.
METHODS
Four- to five-week-old ICR female mice were paired with male mice after superovulation using Pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and hCG. The two-cell embryos were flushed from the oviducts of female mice. The retrieved two-cell embryos underwent one of five AH procedures: single mechanical assisted hatching (sMAH); cross mechanical assisted hatching (cMAH); single laser assisted hatching (sLAH); quarter laser assisted hatching (qLAH); and quarter laser zona thinning assisted hatching (qLZT-AH). After 72 hours incubation, double immunofluorescence staining was performed.
RESULTS
Following a 72 hours incubation, a higher hatching BFR was observed in the control, sMAH, cMAH, and sLAH groups, compared to those in the qLAH and qLZT-AH groups (p<0.05). The hatched BFR was significantly higher in the qLAH and qLZT-AH groups than in the others (p<0.05 for each group). The inner cell mass (ICM) was higher in the control and sMAH group (p<0.05). The trophectoderm cell number was higher in the cMAH and qLAH groups (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
Our results showed that the hatched BFR was higher in groups exposed the the qLAH and qLZT-AH methods compared to groups exposed to other AH methods. In the qLAH group, although the total cell number was significantly higher than in controls, the ICM ratio was significantly lower in than controls.

Keyword

Assisted hatching; Cell number; Laser assisted hatching; Mechanical assisted hatching; Mouse embryo

MeSH Terms

Animals
Blastocyst
Cell Count
Embryonic Development*
Embryonic Structures
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Gonadotropins
Herpes Zoster
Humans
Male
Mice*
Oviducts
Pregnancy
Superovulation
Gonadotropins
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