Bovine oviductal and uterine fluid support in vitro embryo development
Meriem Hamdi A , Ricaurte Lopera-Vasquez A , Veronica Maillo A , Maria Jesus Sanchez-Calabuig A , Carolina Núnez A , Alfonso Gutierrez-Adan A and Dimitrios Rizos A B
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A Departamento de Reproduccion Animal, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. de la Coruna KM 5.9 – 28040 Madrid, Spain.
B Corresponding author. Email: drizos@inia.es
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 30(7) 935-945 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD17286
Submitted: 21 July 2017 Accepted: 20 October 2017 Published: 23 November 2017
Abstract
In order to mimic the maternal oviductal environment, we evaluated the effect of oviductal fluid (OF) and/or uterine fluid (UF) supplementation on in vitro embryo development and quality. In vitro-produced zygotes were cultured with 1.25% OF from Day 1 to Day 4 after insemination (OF group), 1.25% OF from Day 1 to Day 4 followed by 1.25% UF from Day 4 to Day 9 (OF+UF group) or 1.25% UF only from Day 4 to Day 9 (UF group). Control groups were cultured in the presence of synthetic oviduct fluid (SOF) supplemented with 3 mg mL−1 bovine serum albumin (BSA) or 5% fetal calf serum (FCS). Supplementation of the culture medium with OF and/or UF (both at 1.25%) supported embryo development (Day 9 blastocyst rate 28.2–30.6%). At 72 h after vitrification–warming, the survival of blastocysts from the OF and OF+UF groups was similar to that of blastocysts in the SOF+BSA group (61.0 ± 5.7% and 62.8 ± 6.4% vs 64.8 ± 6.4% respectively), but significantly higher than that of blastocysts from the SOF+FCS group (31.6 ± 4.9%; P < 0.001). Blastocysts from the OF group exhibited upregulation of epigenetic genes (i.e. DNA methyltransferase 3α (DNMT3A) and insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF2R)), compared with expression in the SOF+FCS group (P < 0.05). Whereas those from OF+UF and UF groups exhibited downregulation of oxidative stress genes compared to SOF+BSA and OF groups for glutathione peroxidase (GPX1) and to SOF+FCS, SOF+BSA and OF groups for chloride intracellular channel 1 (CLIC1) (P < 0.05). In addition, accumulation of reactive oxygen species was lower in blastocysts from the OF, OF+UF and UF groups. In conclusion, the use of low concentrations of OF and UF in in vitro serum-free culture supports embryo development, with OF providing a better control of embryo methylation, whereas UF may have antioxidant activity.
Additional keywords: culture medium, gene expression, in vitro fertilisation.
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