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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
Volume 65, Issue 5, Pages 1518-1521Publisher
SOC STUDY REPRODUCTION
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.5.1518
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conceptus; implantation; in vitro fertilization
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The thermostability of the mammalian sperm genome was previously reported, but no live offspring after conception with heated spermatozoa had yet been obtained. In the present study, mouse spermatozoa were heated at 56 degreesC for 30 min and microinjected into mouse oocytes. Fertilization did not occur unless activation was induced by incubation in a calcium-free medium containing strontium. Under these conditions fertilization and cleavage rates were comparable to those obtained after microinjection of control spermatozoa, but the developmental rate to the blastocyst stage was lower. When transferred to foster mothers, embryos derived from heated sperm developed into phenotypically normal offspring, which grew and reproduced normally. In the mouse, heated spermatozoa can therefore support full embryonic development after microinjection into oocytes.
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