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Effects of oxygen tension and humidity on the preimplantation development of mouse embryos produced by in vitro fertilization: analysis using a non- humidifying incubator with time-lapse cinematography

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EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS
Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages 338-346

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INT PRESS EDITING CENTRE INC
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.21-0136

Keywords

embryo; in vitro fertilization; mice; preimplantation development; time-lapse cinematography

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This study examined the effects of oxygen tension and humidity on early embryonic development in mice. The results showed that lower oxygen tension and non-humidified culture conditions better supported preimplantation development of mouse embryos fertilized in vitro, leading to more synchronized development.
To examine the effects of oxygen tension and humidity on early embryonic development, the preimplantation development of mouse embryos produced by in vitro fertilization was assessed by time-lapse cinematography to evaluate morphokinetic development with higher precision. Zygotes were produced from spermatozoa and oocytes from ICR mice and cultured in KSOM under low or high oxygen tension in a non-humidified incubator with timelapse cinematography (CCM-iBIS). The developmental rates of embryos to the 4-cell and blastocyst stages under lower oxygen tension in CCM-iBIS were significantly higher than those under higher oxygen tension in CCM-iBIS. Ninety-six hours after insemination, a large number of embryos cultured under low oxygen tension developed to the hatching blastocyst stage. Embryonic development was more synchronized under lower oxygen tension. Nonhumidified cultures did not affect embryonic development. On average, mouse embryos cultured at lower oxygen tension reached 2-cell at 18 h, 3-cell at 39 h, 4-cell at 40 h, initiation of compaction at 58 h, morula at 69 h, and blastocyst at 82 h after insemination. In conclusion, lower oxygen tension better supports preimplantation development of mouse embryos fertilized in vitro, and non- humidified culture conditions do not influence the embryonic development in vitro.

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