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Burch FC, Nichi M, Mendes CM, Assumpção MEOD, Duarte JMB, Del Rio do Valle R. Cryopreservation of spermatozoa from black-and-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) using egg yolk-based or soy lecithin-based extenders. Primates 2024:10.1007/s10329-024-01136-6. [PMID: 38761269 DOI: 10.1007/s10329-024-01136-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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There are more than 200 species and subspecies of Neotropical Primates of which more than 40% are listed as threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Both in situ and ex situ conservation programs can benefit from the use of assisted reproductive technologies. The objective of this study was to evaluate, for the first time, cryopreservation techniques for Alouatta caraya semen. Semen samples were collected from five adult males, analyzed, and frozen in either Test-egg yolk or Test-soy lecithin-based extenders containing either 3 or 4% glycerol. Frozen-thawed samples were analyzed at 10, 40, and 80 min post-thaw. Egg yolk-based extenders were overall better than soy lecithin-based extenders. There was no significant difference between 3 and 4% glycerol in any of the parameters analyzed, however, 4% glycerol in egg yolk-based extender produced more favorable results for total motility, intact plasma membrane, lipid peroxidation, and DNA fragmentation index. This study brought novel information on semen characteristics and cryopreservation aspects for A. caraya, which can help shape future experiments to improve the outcome of frozen-thawed sperm for this and other species of Neotropical primates.
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- Fernanda Carvalho Burch
- College of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR, USA.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Mofadel HA, Hussein HA, Abd-Elhafee HH, El-Sherry TM. Impact of various cryo-preservation steps on sperm rheotaxis and sperm kinematics in bull. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11403. [PMID: 38762581 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-61617-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024] Open
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Semen cryopreservation is an important tool that has massively contributed to the progression of animal reproduction, especially in cattle. Nonetheless, a large part of the sperm population suffers from cryostress and loses fertility during the process. Although bovine semen cryopreservation is more advanced than any other species, there are still some missing links in the technology knowledge. The aim of the current study was to detect the effect of cryopreservation steps on sperm rheotaxis. Semen samples were collected from sex bulls and analyzed inside a microfluidic platform with CASA after each step of cryopreservation, including control, dilution with yolk citrate, cryoprotectant addition, and cooling or freezing. The results showed that positive rheotaxis % (PR) was not affected during cryopreservation. On the contrary, the sperm kinematics of the positive rheotactic sperm undergo significant changes, as velocity parameters (VCL, VSL, and VAP) were lower in both the cryoprotectant adding and cooling/freezing steps than in the control and yolk citrate dilution steps, while progression parameters (LIN and BCF) were higher in the cryoprotectant and cooling/freezing steps than in the control and yolk citrate dilution steps. Beside these results, an interesting phenomenon of sperm backward positive rheotaxis has been observed. The results of backward sperm rheotaxis samples revealed a significant decrease in PR%, while all sperm kinematics except BCF were significantly higher than normal rheotaxis samples. Based on these results, we conclude that positive rheotactic sperm cells are the elite of the sperm population; however, they still get some sublethal cryodamage, as shown by alterations in sperm kinematics. We also suggest that the sperm-positive rheotaxis mechanism is a mixture of an active and passive process rather than a passive physical one.
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- Haitham A Mofadel
- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt
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- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt
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- Department of Cell and Tissues, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
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- Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
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Sánchez-Hernández E, Cáceres-González C, Peña-Delgado V, García-Valdecasas Medina JI, Casao A, Valdez-Ayala S, Pérez-Pe R, Martín-Gil J, Martín-Ramos P. Proximate analysis and GC-MS phytochemical profiling of aqueous extracts of Doryopteris raddiana, a plant used by the Mbya-Guaraní as a contraceptive. Nat Prod Res 2024:1-8. [PMID: 38742440 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2024.2352869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Doryopteris raddiana (Presl) Fée, a traditional contraceptive in Mbya culture, lacks scientific scrutiny regarding its chemical composition and contraceptive efficacy. Employing X-ray fluorescence, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermal analysis, we explored the plant's organs. Multielemental analysis excluded toxic elements. Key phytoconstituents identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in the extracts obtained through infusion were glycerine, 1,3-dimethyl propane, and catechol in leaves; glycerine, cis-13-octadecenoic acid methyl ester, and 2-deoxy-D-erythro-pentose in stems and roots. Among these chemicals, glycerine emerged as the sole constituent with contraceptive potential, particularly intravaginally. Extract activity tests conducted on ram spermatozoa exhibited a reduction in the percentage of rapid spermatozoa but no significant impact on total motility, progressive motility, or viability. The reported data would only weakly support the advocated contraceptive action of this fern upon vaginal application, not through the oral administration of its decoction.
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- E Sánchez-Hernández
- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, ETSIIAA, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Escuela de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional de Itapúa, Encarnación, Paraguay
- Departament of Sociology and Social Work, Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Grupo BIOFITER-Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament of Sociology and Social Work, Facultad de Ciencias del Trabajo, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Grupo BIOFITER-Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro de Estudios Rurales Interdisciplinarios - CERI, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Grupo BIOFITER-Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, ETSIIAA, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, ETSIIAA, Universidad de Valladolid, Palencia, Spain
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Yadegari F, Gabler Pizarro LA, Marquez-Curtis LA, Elliott JAW. Temperature Dependence of Membrane Permeability Parameters for Five Cell Types Using Nonideal Thermodynamic Assumptions to Mathematically Model Cryopreservation Protocols. J Phys Chem B 2024; 128:1139-1160. [PMID: 38291962 PMCID: PMC10860702 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Cryopreservation is the process of preserving biological matter at subzero temperatures for long-term storage. During cryopreservation, cells are susceptible to various injuries that can be mitigated by controlling the cooling and warming profiles and cryoprotective agent (CPA) addition and removal procedures. Mathematical modeling of the changing cell volume at different temperatures can greatly reduce the experiments needed to optimize cryopreservation protocols. Such mathematical modeling requires as inputs the cell membrane permeabilities to water and CPA and the osmotically inactive fraction of the cell. Since the intra- and extracellular solutions are generally thermodynamically nonideal, our group has been incorporating the osmotic virial equation to model the solution thermodynamics that underlie the cell volume change equations, adding the second and third osmotic virial coefficients of the grouped intracellular solute to the cell osmotic parameters that must be measured. In our previous work, we reported methods to obtain cell osmotic parameters at room temperature by fitting experimental cell volume kinetic data with equations that incorporated nonideal solution thermodynamics assumptions. Since the relevant cell volume excursions occur at different temperatures, the temperature dependence of the osmotic parameters plays an important role. In this work, we present a new two-part fitting method to obtain five cell-type-specific parameters (water permeability, dimethyl sulfoxide permeability, osmotically inactive fraction, and the second and third osmotic virial coefficients of the intracellular solution) from experimental measurements of equilibrium cell volume and cell volume as a function of time at room temperature and 0 °C for five cell types, namely, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), H9c2 rat myoblasts, porcine corneal endothelial cells (PCECs), the Jurkat T-lymphocyte cell line, and human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (hCMECs/D3 cell line). The fitting method in this work is based on both equilibrium and kinetic cell volume data, enabling us to solve some technical challenges and expand our previously reported measurement technique to 0 °C. Finally, we use the measured parameters to model the cell volume changes for a HUVEC cryopreservation protocol to demonstrate the impact of the nonideal thermodynamic assumptions on predicting the changing cell volume during freezing and thawing.
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- Faranak Yadegari
- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
- Department
of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
- Department
of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada
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- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1H9, Canada
- Department
of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1C9, Canada
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Klbik I, Čechová K, Milovská S, Švajdlenková H, Maťko I, Lakota J, Šauša O. Polyethylene glycol 400 enables plunge-freezing cryopreservation of human keratinocytes. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Amini M, Benson JD. Technologies for Vitrification Based Cryopreservation. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:bioengineering10050508. [PMID: 37237578 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10050508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Cryopreservation is a unique and practical method to facilitate extended access to biological materials. Because of this, cryopreservation of cells, tissues, and organs is essential to modern medical science, including cancer cell therapy, tissue engineering, transplantation, reproductive technologies, and bio-banking. Among diverse cryopreservation methods, significant focus has been placed on vitrification due to low cost and reduced protocol time. However, several factors, including the intracellular ice formation that is suppressed in the conventional cryopreservation method, restrict the achievement of this method. To enhance the viability and functionality of biological samples after storage, a large number of cryoprotocols and cryodevices have been developed and studied. Recently, new technologies have been investigated by considering the physical and thermodynamic aspects of cryopreservation in heat and mass transfer. In this review, we first present an overview of the physiochemical aspects of freezing in cryopreservation. Secondly, we present and catalog classical and novel approaches that seek to capitalize on these physicochemical effects. We conclude with the perspective that interdisciplinary studies provide pieces of the cryopreservation puzzle to achieve sustainability in the biospecimen supply chain.
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- Mohammad Amini
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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Málková A, Savvulidi FG, Ptáček M, Machová K, Janošíková M, Nagy S, Stádník L. Glycerol-Free Equilibration with the Addition of Glycerol Shortly before the Freezing Procedure: A Perspective Strategy for Cryopreservation of Wallachian Ram Sperm. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13071200. [PMID: 37048456 PMCID: PMC10093609 DOI: 10.3390/ani13071200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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This study investigated the effect of glycerol added in different phases of sperm equilibration on CASA and flow cytometry parameters of thawed ram spermatozoa. Sperm was collected from adult Wallachian rams. The freezing extender was glycerol-free ANDROMED® (Minitub GmbH, Tiefenbach, Germany) supplied by 6% exogenous glycerol at different stages of the cryopreservation process. The purpose of this study was to compare two strategies of glycerol addition for sperm cryopreservation. The first strategy included the use of a glycerol-free extender for the procedure of glycerol-free equilibration and chilling, with the glycerolation of the extender by 6% glycerol shortly before sperm slow freezing (GFA). The second strategy included the use of a freezing extender already glycerolated by 6% glycerol before the equilibration and chilling of sperm and following slow freezing (GA). Sperm samples were analyzed after equilibration (but before freezing) and after thawing (at T0, T1 h, and T2 h time points). iSperm® mCASA (Aidmics Biotechnology Co., LTD., Taipei, Taiwan) was used for the evaluation of sperm kinematics. Flow cytometry was used to measure sperm viability (plasma membrane/acrosome intactness) and mitochondrial membrane potential. The obtained results significantly demonstrated that the glycerol-free equilibration with the addition of glycerol shortly before freezing is a perspective strategy for cryopreservation of Wallachian ram sperm.
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- Anežka Málková
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (A.M.)
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (A.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-223-383-069
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (A.M.)
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (A.M.)
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- Institute of Animal Sciences, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, H8360 Keszthely, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (A.M.)
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Gholami D, Sharafi M, Esmaeili V, Nadri T, Alaei L, Riazi G, Shahverdi A. Beneficial effects of trehalose and gentiobiose on human sperm cryopreservation. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0271210. [PMID: 37053285 PMCID: PMC10101468 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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The protection of human sperm during cryopreservation is of great importance to infertility. Recent studies have shown that this area is still a long way from its ultimate aim of maintaining the maximum viability of sperm in cryopreservation. The present study used trehalose and gentiobiose to prepare the human sperm freezing medium during the freezing-thawing. The freezing medium of sperm was prepared with these sugars, and the sperm were then cryopreserved. The viable cells, sperm motility parameters, sperm morphology, membrane integrity, apoptosis, acrosome integrity, DNA fragmentation, mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen radicals, and malondialdehyde concentration was evaluated using standard protocols. A higher percentage of the total and progressive motility, rate of viable sperm, cell membrane integrity, DNA and acrosome integrity, and mitochondrial membrane potential were observed in the two frozen treatment groups compared to the frozen control. The cells had less abnormal morphology due to treatment with the new freezing medium than the frozen control. The higher malondialdehyde and DNA fragmentation were significantly observed in the two frozen treatment groups than in the frozen control. According to the results of this study, the use of trehalose and gentiobiose in the sperm freezing medium is a suitable strategy for sperm freezing to improve its motion and cellular parameters.
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- Dariush Gholami
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Faculty of Biotechnology, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran
- Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology at Reproduction Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACER, Tehran, Iran
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Gao B, Shu Z, Ren S, Gao D. Biobanking: A foundation of life-science research and advancement. BIOSAFETY AND HEALTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Traversari G, Delogu F, Aparicio S, Cincotti A. hMSCs in contact with DMSO for cryopreservation: experiments and modelling of osmotic injury and cytotoxic effect. Biotechnol Bioeng 2022; 119:2890-2907. [PMID: 35799310 PMCID: PMC9546233 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In this work a combined analysis of osmotic injury and cytotoxic effect useful for the optimization of the cryopreservation process of a cell suspension is carried out. The case of human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hMSCs) from Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) in contact with DiMethyl SulfOxide (DMSO) acting as Cryo-Protectant Agent (CPA) is investigated from the experimental as well as the theoretical perspective. The experimental runs are conducted by suspending the cells in hypertonic solutions of DMSO at varying osmolality, system temperature and contact times; then, at room temperature, cells are pelleted by centrifugation and suspended back to isotonic conditions. Eventually cell count and viability are measured by means of a Coulter counter and flow-cytometer, respectively. Overall, a decrease of cell count and viability results when DMSO concentration, temperature and contact time increase. A novel mathematical model is developed and proposed to interpret measured data by dividing the cell population between viable and non-viable cells. The decrease of cell count is ascribed exclusively to the osmotic injury caused by expansion lysis: excessive swelling causes the burst of both viable as well as non-viable cells. On the other hand, the reduction of cell viability is ascribed only to cytotoxicity which gradually transforms viable cells into non-viable ones. A chemical reaction engineering approach is adopted to describe the dynamics of both phenomena: by following the kinetics of two chemical reactions during cell osmosis inside a closed system it is shown that the simultaneous reduction of cell count and viability may be successfully interpreted. The use of the Surface Area Regulation (SAR) model recently proposed by the authors allows one to avoid the setting in advance of fixed cell Osmotic Tolerance Limits (OTLs), as traditionally done in cryopreservation literature to circumvent the mathematical simulation of osmotic injury. Comparisons between experimental data and theoretical simulations are provided: first, a non-linear regression analysis is performed to evaluate unknown model parameters through a best-fitting procedure carried out in a sequential fashion; then, the proposed model is validated by full predictions of system behavior measured at operating conditions different from those used during the best-fit procedure. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Gabriele Traversari
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09100, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09100, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Chimica e dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09100, Cagliari, Italy
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Huanhuan Hu, Ji G, Shi X, Zhang J, Li M. Current Status of Male Fertility Preservation in Humans. Russ J Dev Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062360422020060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jimoh OA, Nwachukwu CU. Efficacy of soursop juice extender on rooster semen quality, oxidative activity and spermatozoa kinematics. Transl Anim Sci 2022; 6:txac046. [PMID: 35599843 PMCID: PMC9119429 DOI: 10.1093/tas/txac046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
African medicinal plant like soursop (Annona muricate L.) within annonaceae are known for their biological, therapeutic, and pharmacological properties with little or no toxicity. The use of such plant requires good knowledge of the toxicity dosage, purity, suitable extraction solvent and adverse effects. The leaves, seeds, fruits, barks, and roots of African medicinal plants have been used for various nutraceuticals and functional effects according to African folk medicine. The aim of this study is to evaluate the semen quality, oxidative activity and spermatozoa kinematics of rooster semen in soursop juice extender. About 30 roosters were used for the in vitro analysis. Semen was collected twice a week for 2 weeks through dorsal-abdominal massage technique. The evaluation was done hourly until semen quality declined at the 5th-hour. The pooled semen was allotted to seven treatments of semen extenders as undiluted semen, dextrose saline, 10% soursop juice extender, 20% soursop juice extender, 30% soursop juice extender, 40% soursop juice extender, and 50% soursop juice extender for the study. The percentage motility, progressive motility, nonprogressive motility, curvilinear velocity, average path velocity, straight line velocity, linearity, straightness, amplitude of lateral head, beat cross frequency and wobble were analyzed using computer aided sperm analysis. Oxidative status (antioxidant activity and lipid peroxidation) was determined by assay. Result of rooster semen at room temperature and after 1-hour dilution showed that percentage motility, nonprogressive motility, and average path velocity were significantly (P < 0.05) reduced by different soursop juice extenders compared to undiluted semen. After 2-hour dilution of rooster semen, nonprogressive motility, average path velocity, curvilinear velocity, straight line velocity, wobble, liveability and amplitude of lateral head parameters were significantly (P < 0.05) increased by different soursop juice extenders compared to undiluted semen. Antioxidant activity and lipid peroxidation in both room temperature and after 5-hour dilution were affected by different soursop juice extenders in rooster semen. In conclusion, supplementation of soursop juices as an extender to rooster undiluted semen played an improvement role on spermatozoa fertility and oxidative status during processing or preserving ejaculates for insemination.
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- Olatunji Abubakar Jimoh
- Agricultural Technology Department, Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, P. M. B. 5351, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
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- Department of Agricultural Science Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
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De Andrade A, Grossfeld R, Knox RV. In vitro effects of two different commercial freezing and thawing extenders on boar sperm quality. Anim Reprod Sci 2021; 236:106906. [PMID: 34915236 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study was conducted to evaluate whether there were differences in viability of cryopreserved semen when using two different freezing (Minitube Cryoguard - F1 or Androstar® CryoPlus - F2) and thawing (Minitube Cryoguard Thawing solution - T1 or Androstar® Plus - T2) extenders. Ejaculates were collected, diluted (1:1), and cooled before shipping at 17 °C overnight. Samples were aliquoted in cryopreservation extender F1 or F2. Four straws from each treatment sample were thawed and diluted in T1 or T2, resulting in four treatments (F1-T1, F1-T2, F2-T1, and F2-T2). The sperm in diluted semen were evaluated for motility kinetics at 30, 180, and 360 min after thawing. The integrity assessments of the plasma and acrosomal membranes were performed at 30 and 360 min after thawing. There was no interaction between F × T × Time (P > 0.05), and no interaction between F × T (P > 0.05). The sperm progressive motility (PMOT) as time post-thawing increased was greater (P = 0.015) when dilutions occurred using F1 compared with F2 extender. Sperm thawed in T1 had a greater TMOT (P = 0.008) and PMOT (P = 0.033) at all times evaluated. The sperm plasma and acrosomal membrane integrity (AIMI) were greater (P = 0.009) when samples were preserved in F1 compared to F2 extender. The use of T2, as compared with T1 thawing extender, resulted in an enhanced integrity of the plasma and acrosomal membranes (P = 0.008). It is concluded different combinations of commercial freezing extenders and thawing solutions have effects on the quality of cryopreserved boar semen in vitro.
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- Afc De Andrade
- Department of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.
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- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
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Zamecnik J, Faltus M, Bilavcik A. Vitrification Solutions for Plant Cryopreservation: Modification and Properties. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:2623. [PMID: 34961099 PMCID: PMC8707230 DOI: 10.3390/plants10122623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Many plants cannot vitrify themselves because they lack glassy state-inducing substances and/or have high water content. Therefore, cryoprotectants are used to induce vitrification. A cryoprotectant must have at least the following primary abilities: high glass-forming property, dehydration strength on a colligative basis to dehydrate plant cells to induce the vitrification state, and must not be toxic for plants. This review introduces the compounds used for vitrification solutions (VSs), their properties indicating a modification of different plant vitrification solutions, their modifications in the compounds, and/or their concentration. An experimental comparison is listed based on the survival or regeneration rate of one particular species after using more than three different VSs or their modifications. A brief overview of various cryopreservation methods using the Plant Vitrification Solution (PVS) is also included. This review can help in alert researchers to newly introduced PVSs for plant vitrification cryoprotocols, their properties, and the choice of their modifications in the compounds and/or their concentration.
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- Jiri Zamecnik
- Crop Research Institute, Drnovska 507, 16106 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.F.); (A.B.)
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Warner RM, Shuttleworth R, Benson JD, Eroglu A, Higgins AZ. General tissue mass transfer model for cryopreservation applications. Biophys J 2021; 120:4980-4991. [PMID: 34662558 PMCID: PMC8633834 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Successful cryopreservation of complex specimens, such as tissues and organs, would greatly benefit both the medical and scientific research fields. Vitrification is one of the most promising techniques for complex specimen cryopreservation, but toxicity remains a major challenge because of the high concentration of cryoprotectants (CPAs) needed to vitrify. Our group has approached this problem using mathematical optimization to design less toxic CPA equilibration methods for cells. To extend this approach to tissues, an appropriate mass transfer model is required. Fick's law is commonly used, but this simple modeling framework does not account for the complexity of mass transfer in tissues, such as the effects of fixed charges, tissue size changes, and the interplay between cell membrane transport and transport through the extracellular fluid. Here, we propose a general model for mass transfer in tissues that accounts for all of these phenomena. To create this model, we augmented a previously published acellular model of mass transfer in articular cartilage to account for the effects of cells. We show that the model can accurately predict changes in CPA concentration and tissue size for both articular cartilage and pancreatic islets, tissue types with vastly different properties.
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- Ross M Warner
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia - Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
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Initial Characterization of Male Southern Stingray ( Hypanus americanus) Reproductive Parameters and Preliminary Investigation of Sperm Cryopreservation. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11092716. [PMID: 34573681 PMCID: PMC8468634 DOI: 10.3390/ani11092716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Understanding the reproductive biology of a species is critical for the development of biobanks and assisted reproductive techniques to aid in the genetic management of isolated populations. Male southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) reproductive examinations were opportunistically conducted in March and June. Semen and plasma were collected to characterize ejaculate parameters and to investigate the effect of plasma total testosterone on semen quality. Semen was used for preliminary sperm cryopreservation studies. Changes in semen quality were observed with changes in plasma testosterone concentrations and body conditions. Southern stingray spermatozoa were highly sensitive to cooling rates with slower rates, producing a higher post-thaw survival. Abstract This study investigated the reproductive biology and sperm cryopreservation of ex situ southern stingrays (Hypanus americanus) by semen collection and characterization and the development and validation of an enzyme-linked immunoassay for plasma total testosterone. Semen was collected in March and June using a manual massage technique, and the ejaculates were assessed for volume, pH, osmolarity, motility, status (0–5 scale: 0 = no forward progression, 5 = rapid linear progression) and total sperm count. Semen was extended in Hank’s elasmobranch ringer solution containing 10% DMSO, 10% glycerol or 5% glycerol with 5% N-methylformamide and cryopreserved using a conventional freezing method (~−50 °C/min) or a modified slow freezing method (~−3 °C/min). Body condition was scored from 1–5 and was noted to be low in March (1.93 ± 0.07) due to feeding practices and increased by June (2.93 ± 0.05) after dietary corrections were made. A concomitant increase (p < 0.05) in plasma total testosterone concentration and sperm motility was noted between March (8.0 ± 7.2 ng/mL, 5.71 ± 2.77%) and June (97.3 ± 11.3 ng/mL, 51.4 ± 14.3%). Samples cryopreserved using a modified slow freeze method (~−3 °C/min) had higher post-thaw motility and plasma membrane integrity than conventionally cryopreserved samples. Data indicate that southern stingray sperm morphometrics adheres to those of other elasmobranch species and that a slow cooling rate may be an avenue of research to improve southern stingray sperm survival during cryopreservation.
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Gloria A, Henning H, Di Francesco L, Contri A. Osmotic tolerance of rabbit spermatozoa is affected by extender composition and temperature. Anim Reprod Sci 2021; 229:106763. [PMID: 33975265 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2021.106763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sperm osmotic adaptability to anisosmotic conditions is important for sperm epididymal maturation, motility activation at ejaculation, and female tract colonization, or for conducting technological procedures such as cryopreservation. Several factors affect this adaptability, including the fluid composition that contributes to water flow dynamics, and the temperature at which osmotic stress is initiated. This study was designed to investigate the effect of medium composition (electrolyte- or sugar-based extender) and temperature (25 and 5 °C) on rabbit sperm adaptability to anisosmotic conditions. Rabbit spermatozoa, therefore, were diluted at both temperatures (25 and 5 °C) in electrolyte- or sugar-based media at increasing osmotic conditions (100 to 1,000 mOsm/kg), and values for sperm variables (sperm kinetics, membrane integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential) were estimated as endpoints. Sperm kinetics seemed to be more sensitive to osmotic stress than membrane integrity or mitochondrial function. The effect of moderate hypoosmotic stress did not differ when there was use of sugar- and electrolyte-based extenders at 25 °C (P > 0.05). In hyper-tonic conditions at 25 °C, the sugar-based extender was more effective in protecting sperm membrane integrity and mitochondrial function (P < 0.05). The lesser temperature made the differences more relevant because of the detrimental effect of hyperosmotic stress was more evident in the electrolyte-based extender at 5 °C (P < 0.05). The results from this study indicated rabbit spermatozoa have different adaptability to anisosmotic conditions induced by sugar- and electrolyte-based media and that the temperature at which the osmotic stress is initiated affects the cellular response.
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- Alessia Gloria
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano d'Accio, Teramo, 64100, Italy
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Höltystrasse 10, Neustadt am Rübenberge, 31535, Germany
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano d'Accio, Teramo, 64100, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technologies for Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Teramo, via Balzarini 1, Teramo, 64100, Italy.
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Mass transfer of protectant chemicals is a fundamental aspect of cryopreservation and freeze-drying protocols. As such, mass transfer modeling is useful for design of preservation methods. Cell membrane transport modeling has been successfully used to guide design of preservation methods for isolated cells. For tissues, though, there are several mass transfer modeling challenges that arise from phenomena associated with cells being embedded in a tissue matrix. Both cells and the tissue matrix form a barrier to the free diffusion of water and protective chemicals. Notably, the extracellular space becomes important to model. The response of cells embedded in the tissue is dependent on the state of the extracellular space which varies both spatially and temporally. Transport in the extracellular space can also lead to changes in tissue size. In this chapter, we describe various mass transfer models that can be used to describe transport phenomena occurring during loading of tissues with protective molecules for cryopreservation applications. Assumptions and simplifications that limit the applicability of each of these models are discussed.
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- Ross M Warner
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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Zhou D, Wang XM, Li RX, Wang YZ, Chao YC, Liu ZZ, Huang ZH, Nie HC, Zhu WB, Tan YQ, Fan LQ. Improving native human sperm freezing protection by using a modified vitrification method. Asian J Androl 2021; 23:91-96. [PMID: 32567578 PMCID: PMC7831840 DOI: 10.4103/aja.aja_29_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Slow freezing is the most commonly used technique for the cryopreservation of spermatozoa in clinical practice. However, it has been shown to have a negative impact on sperm function and structure. Vitrification as a successful alternative method has been proved to have better protective effects on human embryos, but vitrification of spermatozoa is still subject to low recovery rates. In this study, a modified vitrification method for native spermatozoa was developed. A total of 28 semen samples were included; each sample was divided into three equal parts and assigned to fresh, slow freezing, and vitrification groups. Sperm vitality, motility, morphology, DNA integrity, and acrosome reaction were assessed for each of the groups. The results showed that vitrification achieves better results for several sperm protection parameters than slow freezing; vitrification achieves a higher recovery rate (P < 0.05), motility (P < 0.05), morphology (P < 0.05), and curve line velocity (P < 0.05) than slow freezing. Furthermore, DNA fragmentation was decreased (P < 0.05) and better acrosome protection (P < 0.05) was exhibited in the spermatozoa after vitrification. Principal component analysis of all sperm parameters revealed that the vitrification cluster was closer to the fresh cluster, indicating that spermatozoa are better preserved through vitrification. In conclusion, while both slow freezing and vitrification have negative effects on sperm function and structure, the vitrification protocol described here had a relatively better recovery rate (65.8%) and showed improved preservation of several sperm quality parameters compared with slow freezing.
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- Dai Zhou
- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Department of Urology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medicine Science, Central South University, Changsha 410000, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha 410000, China
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Cryobiology is a multiscale and interdisciplinary field. The scope and scale of interactions limit the gains that can be made by one theory or experiment alone. Because of this, modeling has played a critical role in both explaining cryobiological phenomena and predicting improved protocols. Modeling facilitates understanding of the biophysical and some of the biochemical mechanisms of damage during all phases of cryopreservation including CPA equilibration and cooling and warming. Moreover, as a tool for optimization of cryopreservation protocols, modeling has yielded many successes. Modern cryobiological modeling includes very detailed descriptions of the physical phenomena that occur during freezing, including ice growth kinetics and spatial gradients that define heat and mass transport models. Here we reduce the complexity and approach only a small but classic subset of these problems. Namely, here we describe the process of building and using a mathematical model of a cell in suspension where spatial homogeneity is assumed for all quantities. We define the models that describe the critical cell quantities used to describe optimal and suboptimal protocols and then give an overview of classical methods of how to determine optimal protocols using these models. We include practical considerations of modeling in cryobiology, including fitting transport models to cell volume data, performing optimization with cell volume constraints, and a look at expanding cost functions to cooling regimes.
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- James D Benson
- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
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Gao F, Tao L, Ma X, Lewandowski D, Shu Z. A Study of Policies and Guidelines for Collecting, Processing, and Storing Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patient Biospecimens for Biobanking and Research. Biopreserv Biobank 2020; 18:511-516. [PMID: 33290126 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2020.0099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Biobanking has been playing a crucial role in the development of new vaccines, drugs, biotechnology, and therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of a wide range of human diseases. This puts biobanks at the forefront of responding to the ongoing worldwide outbreak of the severe pandemic, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The leading public health institutions around the world have developed and established interim policies and guidelines for researchers and biobank staff to handle the infectious biospecimens safely and adequately from COVID-19 patients. A study of these important and complementary policies and guidelines is conducted in this study. It should be emphasized that the COVID-19 biospecimens must be collected, processed, and preserved by trained personnel equipped with right personal protective equipment to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus and ensure the specimen quality for testing and research. Six of the leading global public health organizations or institutions included in this study are the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health England, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Office of Research at the University of California, San Francisco. In conclusion, following the recommended guidance and policies with extreme precautions is essential to ensure the quality of the collected COVID-19 biospecimens and accuracy of the conducted research or treatment, and prevent any possible transmission. Efforts from cryobiologist and biobanking engineers to optimize the protocol of COVID-19 biospecimen cryopreservation and develop the user-friendly and cost-effective devices are urgently required to meet the urgent and increased needs in the specimen biobanking and transportation.
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- Frank Gao
- School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Global Business Development, Brooks Life Sciences, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,School of Engineering and Technology, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, USA
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Measurement of grouped intracellular solute osmotic virial coefficients. Cryobiology 2020; 97:198-216. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Warner RM, Ampo E, Nelson D, Benson JD, Eroglu A, Higgins AZ. Rapid quantification of multi-cryoprotectant toxicity using an automated liquid handling method. Cryobiology 2020; 98:219-232. [PMID: 33157080 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2020.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Cryopreservation in a vitrified state has vast potential for long-term storage of tissues and organs that may be damaged by ice formation. However, the toxicity imparted by the high concentration of cryoprotectants (CPAs) required to vitrify these specimens remains a hurdle. To address this challenge, we previously developed a mathematical approach to design less toxic CPA equilibration methods based on the minimization of a toxicity cost function. This approach was used to design improved methods for equilibration of bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC) with glycerol. To fully capitalize on the toxicity cost function approach, it is critical to describe the toxicity kinetics of additional CPAs, including multi-CPA mixtures that are commonly used for vitrification. In this work, we used automated liquid handling to characterize the toxicity kinetics of five of the most common CPAs (glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and formamide), along with their binary and ternary mixtures for BPAEC. In doing so, we developed experimental methods that can be used to determine toxicity kinetics more quickly and accurately. Our results highlight some common CPA toxicity trends, including the relatively low toxicity of ethylene glycol and a general increase in toxicity as the CPA concentration increases. Our results also suggest potential new approaches to reduce toxicity, including a surprising toxicity neutralization effect of glycerol on formamide. In the future, this dataset will serve as the basis to expand our CPA toxicity model, enabling application of the toxicity cost function approach to vitrification solutions containing multiple CPAs.
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- Ross M Warner
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.
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Comparison of rapid freezing versus vitrification for human sperm cryopreservation using sucrose in closed straw systems. Cell Tissue Bank 2020; 21:667-673. [PMID: 32870439 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-020-09860-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rapid freezing and vitrification using sucrose are two simple and cost-effective sperm cryopreservation methods. However, it is still unclear which method is better and what the optimal concentration of sucrose is. This study aimed to determine the optimal sucrose concentration for human sperm cryopreservation and compare the cryoprotective effects of rapid freezing versus vitrification using different closed straw systems in terms of sperm motility and DNA integrity. Our data showed that: (1) The optimal sucrose concentration for vitrification was 0.25 mol/l among the tested 0, 0.125, 0.25 and 0.5 mol/l concentrations; (2) Sperm total motility and progressive motility were cryopreserved significantly better by rapid freezing than vitrification in standard 0.5 ml cryostraws (P < 0.05); and (3) Sperm total motility and progressive motility were cryopreserved significantly better by vitrification in the straw-in-straw system than rapid freezing in the standard 0.5 cryostraw (P < 0.05), but no difference was found in sperm nuclear DNA fragmentation level between the two cryopreservation methods (P > 0.05). It was concluded that sucrose at 0.25 mol/l concentration is suitable for human sperm rapid freezing and vitrification, and sperm cryopreservation can be achieved by rapid freezing using closed standard 0.5 ml straws or by vitrification using the novel straw-in-straw system made of standard 0.25 and 0.5 ml straws.
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Yazdinejad F, Heydari L, Motamed zadeh L, Seifati SM, Agha‐Rahimi A. Application of erythrocyte lysing buffer (ELB) has detrimental effects on human sperm quality parameters, DNA fragmentation and chromatin structure. Andrologia 2020; 52:e13702. [DOI: 10.1111/and.13702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Fatemeh Yazdinejad
- Medical biotechnology research center, Ashkezar Branch Islamic Azad University Yazd Iran
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- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran
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- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran
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- Medical biotechnology research center, Ashkezar Branch Islamic Azad University Yazd Iran
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- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Yazd Iran
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Belenky M, Itzhakov D, Freger V, Roseman O, Abehsera S, Miller N, Berkovitz A. Optimizing the protocol for vitrification of individual spermatozoa by adjusting equilibration time. Syst Biol Reprod Med 2020; 66:223-228. [PMID: 32208003 DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2020.1737271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Efficient cryopreservation of small numbers of human spermatozoa is essential in cases of severe male infertility, especially those requiring surgical sperm retrieval. Although vitrifying individual spermatozoa on sperm vitrification devices (SpermVD®) provided optimal cell retrieval upon warming, motility rates tended to be lower than with bulk-freezing. Post-warming motility is directly affected by cryoprotectant exposure; however, optimal cryoprotectant equilibration time is unknown. We evaluated several timeframes exposing individual spermatozoa to cryoprotectant before freezing and different cryoprotectants. A total of 2,925 spermatozoa from 20 patients ranging from normozoospermic to moderate oligoteratoasthenozoospermic were vitrified in small groups, on 60 SpermVD®, in 1 µl droplets of 1:1 v/v cryoprotectant/washing medium mixture. Each group was vitrified after 2-60 minutes equilibration time. Motility of each group was evaluated after warming. Leftover pellets were frozen in cryotubes in a mixture of 1:1 v/v cryoprotectant/washing medium after 10 minutes equilibration at room temperature and 10 minutes on liquid nitrogen vapors. Post-thaw motility correlated negatively with cryoprotectant exposure time. The highest post-warming motility rate (32.1%) was observed with 8-minutes equilibration. After 10 minutes, motility rate of vitrified sperm was lower than that of bulk-freezing (31.7% vs. 37.0%, p < 0.0001). Different cryoprotectants did not affect the results. Therefore, for vitrifying small numbers of spermatozoa, we suggest maximum equilibration time of 8-minutes to achieve maximum motility after warming.
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- MFC Male Fertility Center , Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- MFC Male Fertility Center , Rishon Lezion, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center , Kfar Saba, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Meir Medical Center , Kfar Saba, Israel.,Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv, Israel.,IVF, Assuta Medical Center , Rishon Lezion, Israel
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Isachenko V, Morgenstern B, Todorov P, Isachenko E, Mallmann P, Hanstein B, Rahimi G. Long-term (24h) cooling of ovarian fragments in the presence of permeable cryoprotectants prior to freezing: Two unsuccesful IVF-cycles and spontaneous pregnancy with baby born after re-transplantation. Cryobiology 2020; 93:115-120. [PMID: 32014535 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2020.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Cancer is the second major cause of death in the world. The problem of post-cancer infertility plays a significant role, because chemotherapy can be gonadotoxic. Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue before cancer therapy with re-implantation after convalescence is the potential key solution to this problem. The aim of this study was to test the viability of cryopreserved human ovarian cortex after long-term cooling in culture medium composed of permeable cryoprotectants. Ovarian fragments from sixteen patients were randomly divided into two groups. After the operation, tissue pieces assigned to both groups were cooled to 5 °C for 22-24 h, frozen and thawed. Group 1 pieces (n = 32) were cooled before cryopreservation in the standard culture medium, and Group 2 pieces (n = 32) were cooled in the freezing medium (culture medium+6% ethylene glycol+6% dimethyl sulfoxide+0.15 M sucrose). Freezing was performed in standard 5 ml cryo-vials with ice formation at -9 °C, cooling from -9 to -34 °C at a rate of -0.3 °C/min and plunging at -34 °C into liquid nitrogen. After thawing in a 100 °C (boiling) water bath, the removal of cryoprotectants was performed in 0.5 M sucrose with 20 min exposure in sucrose and 30 min stepping rehydration. The effectiveness of the pre-freezing cooling of tissue was evaluated by the development of follicles (histology). Six months after the autotransplantation, oocytes from the twenty-seven-year old, hormonally stimulated patient were retrieved and fertilized with her partner sperm through the intracytoplasmic spermatozoa injection (ICSI). For groups 1 and 2, 93.5 ± 1.9% and 96.4 ± 2.0% of the preantral follicles, respectively, were morphologically normal (P > 0.1) (with a tendency toward increasing in quality in Group 2). Six months after the auto-transplantation, two ICSI cycles resulted in the gathering and transplantation of high quality embryos, but no pregnancy had been established. Thirteen months after the auto-transplantation, the patient became spontaneously pregnant and delivered a healthy baby girl at term. Long-term (24 h) cooling of ovarian tissue to 5 °C before cryopreservation in the presence of permeable cryoprotectants simplifies the protocol of cryopreservation and has a tendency of increasing of the cells viability after thawing.
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- Vladimir Isachenko
- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany.
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- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
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- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
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- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
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- University Maternal Hospital, Research Group for Reproductive Medicine and IVF-Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Genecology, Cologne University, Cologne, Germany
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Gloria A, Zambelli D, Carluccio A, Cunto M, Ponzio P, Contri A. Is the protective effect of egg yolk against osmotic and cryogenic damage on dog spermatozoa dose-dependent? Anim Reprod Sci 2019; 213:106259. [PMID: 31987317 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Revised: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Egg yolk (EY) is conventionally used to reduce sperm cryodamage, however, there has not be evaluation of whether there is a dose-dependent effect with inclusion of EY in semen extender. To enhance the knowledge about the protective effect of EY during cryopreservation of dog semen, a specific study was designed to evaluate the dose-dependent protection of the EY against osmotic and cryogenic damage of dog sperm. In the first experiment, sperm stored in an extender that contained graded EY concentrations (0 %, 5 %, 10 %, and 20 %) were diluted with hypo- or hyper-osmotic solutions (final osmolality of 75, 150, 300, 500, 1000 mOsm/kg). Results from sperm kinetic, membrane integrity (MI), mitochondrial activity, and normal morphology evaluations indicated osmotic stress has especially marked effects on the kinetic capacity of spermatozoa, however, there were no direct effects on mitochondrial activity. In both hypo- and hyper-osmotic conditions, EY had a protective effect regardless of concentration. In the second experiment, semen samples were diluted in extenders at increasing EY concentrations (0 %, 5 %, 10 %, and 20 %) and cryopreserved. Effects on sperm kinetics, membrane and acrosome integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential indicated there was improved sperm viability after thawing when the EY concentration was 5 % and 10 %, and lesser viability when it was 20 %. These results indicate, for the first time, that EY reduces osmotic and cryogenic damage when used at 5 % or 10 % concentrations, and that these concentrations can be used to protect dog spermatozoa more effectively than the conventionally used concentration (20 %).
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- Alessia Gloria
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Loc. Piano d'Accio, 64100 Teramo, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Turin, Italy
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- Faculty of Biosciences and Technologies for Agriculture Food and Environment, University of Teramo, via Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
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Erdmann RH, Blank MH, Ribeiro RN, José de Oliveira M, Cubas ZS, Pradiee J, Goularte KL, Moreira N. Cryopreservation of margay (Leopardus wiedii) spermatozoa: Effects of different extenders and frozen protocols. Theriogenology 2019; 143:27-34. [PMID: 31830687 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Sperm cryopreservation offers many benefits to wild felids conservation programs. However, the implementation of these programs is limited by the different responses of each species to the cryopreservation protocols and extenders used, requiring the formulation of species-specific protocols. For this purpose, semen samples from 6 margays (Leopardus wiedii) were submitted to 2 cryopreservation protocols: 1) manual freezing (cooling rate of - 0.33 °C/min at 5 °C/180 min and freezing rate with two steps - 9 °C/min for 2 min and -19.1 °C/min for 2 min) and 2) automatic freezing machine (cooling rate of - 0.25 °C/min at 5 °C/120 min and freezing rate with one step -20 °C/min for 8.3 min) using 2 commercial extenders, an egg yolk-based (Test Yolk Buffer; TYB) and an egg yolk-free extender (AndroMed; MED). Post-thawed sperm quality was assessed at 3 time points (immediately after thawing and 1 and 2 h post-thawed) by sperm motility index (SMI), plasma membrane and acrosomal integrity, and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Regarding SMI, TYB yielded superior results (29.4 ± 3.5%) compared to MED (11.2 ± 2.8%; p < 0.002) immediately after thawing until 2 h after thawing (TYB 3.9 ± 1.7% and MED 0.0 ± 0.0%; p < 0.05). Furthermore, the automated freezing method provided higher motility compared to the manual freezing procedure immediately post-thaw (25.08 ± 3.66% and 15.78 ± 3.29%, respectively) and 1 h post-thaw (13.71 ± 2.56% and 6.03 ± 1.97%, respectively; p < 0.05). The percentage of intact acrosomes and plasma membranes and the percentage of sperm with high MMP were superior for TYB when compared to MED regardless of cryopreservation protocol (p < 0.05). Conversely, the interaction between cryopreservation protocols and extenders was observed for MMP where TYB exhibits better results compared to MED (p < 0.05) in both procedures, but it was higher in automated procedures. For MED, no changes were found in MMP between procedures. Considering only TYB, samples showed higher MMP when submitted to an automated procedure (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the slow cooling rates with shorter time of exposure to glycerol contributed to minimize cryodamage in the Margays' sperm. Moreover, results indicated that association between TYB and automatic freezing machine ensured the minimal quality of spermatozoa after thawing required for further use in in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
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- Renato Herdina Erdmann
- Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, School of Life Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Toledo, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, School of Life Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Toledo, Paraná, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Federal University of Pelotas, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Federal University of Paraná, Department of Biosciences, Palotina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Human sperm vitrification is a novel method of sperm freezing which achieves cryopreservation due to ultra-rapid cooling rates that prevent ice-crystal formation. However, sperm vitrification protocols are still largely not standardized for routine clinical use and seldom achieve a post warm sperm survival of 25-35%. The study aim was to validate and optimize a simple method of sperm vitrification that yields a high survival rate of spermatozoa for clinical use. Semen samples from 10 normozoospermic patients were subject to a simple swim-up into pre-warmed gamete handling media. Swim-up specimens were mixed in a 1:1 ratio with 0.5 M sucrose. Swim up specimens were then directly dropped in liquid N2. After a week of storage samples where warmed at 42 degree Celsius and sperm motility and viability was estimated. The mean sperm total motility of the fresh sample after the swim up preparation was 94.3 ± 3.06 %. Upon, vitrification followed by warming the mean percentage of total motile sperm fraction recovered was 74.70 ± 5.60 %. The mean sperm progressive motility of vitrified-warmed spermatozoa was 68 ± 8.47 %. The overall mean percentage of motile sperm recovery was 70.05% of the fresh swim up sample in this study. The overall mean sperm viability as assessed using the HOST vitality test was 77.21 ± 7.52%. •This study presents a simple protocol on the 'droplet method' of sperm vitrification.•Sperm cells vitrified using our modified method show a >70% motility and viability rates compared to the routine 25% to 35% of reported survival with the original sperm vitrification/freezing methodologies. This survival is attributed to a crucial change in the warming step.•This method has the advantage of using no toxic cell permeating cryoprotectant or expensive programmable freezing devices.
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Lv C, Wu G, Hong Q, Quan G. Spermatozoa Cryopreservation: State of Art and Future in Small Ruminants. Biopreserv Biobank 2019; 17:171-182. [DOI: 10.1089/bio.2018.0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Chunrong Lv
- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Meat Caprine Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Meat Caprine Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Meat Caprine Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resource Conservation and Germplasm Enhancement, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Provincial Meat Caprine Engineering Research Center, Kunming, China
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Effects of different concentration and combinations of cryoprotectants on sperm quality, functional integrity in three Indian horse breeds. Cryobiology 2019; 86:52-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Revised: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Isachenko V, Sanchez R, Rahimi G, Mallmann P, Isachenko E, Merzenich M. Cryoprotectant-free vitrification of spermatozoa: Fish as a model of human. Andrologia 2018; 51:e13166. [DOI: 10.1111/and.13166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Vladimir Isachenko
- Research Group for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Center of Reproductive Biotechnology - Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (CEBIOR - BIOREN); Universidad de La Frontera; Temuco Chile
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- Research Group for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Research Group for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Research Group for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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Ojaghi M, Johnson C, Rizzoto G, Kastelic J, Thundathil JC. Content and activity of the testis-specific isoform of angiotensin-converting enzyme are reduced in frozen-thawed bull spermatozoa. Reprod Fertil Dev 2018; 30:1575-1583. [PMID: 29898818 DOI: 10.1071/rd17219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sperm cryopreservation and thawing reduces fertility and alters the content and function of various sperm proteins. Previously, we reported that a testes-specific isoform of angiotensin-converting enzyme (tACE) was required for capacitation of bovine spermatozoa. The aim of the present study was to determine effects of sperm cryopreservation and thawing on the content, activity and localisation of tACE in bovine spermatozoa. Relative median fluorescence intensity (flow cytometry) was greater (P<0.01), tACE content (110 kDa protein) in sperm proteins was higher (P<0.01) and there was greater tACE enzyme activity (mean (±s.e.m.) 0.16±0.01 vs 0.06±0.02UmL-1; P<0.01) in fresh versus frozen-thawed spermatozoa (n=6 bulls). In fresh spermatozoa, tACE was immunolocalised in the acrosomal and principal piece regions of the sperm head and tail respectively. However, in frozen-thawed spermatozoa, there were four patterns of localisation: most frozen-thawed spermatozoa (64%) had fluorescence in the acrosomal ridge, whereas in 17% and 9% of spermatozoa the signal was limited to the post-acrosomal region and the equatorial segment respectively; in the remainder (10%), there was no signal. We conclude that cryopreservation and thawing decrease the content and activity of tACE and cause it to be translocated to other parts of the sperm head.
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- Mina Ojaghi
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, TRW 2D13, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, TRW 2D13, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, TRW 2D13, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, TRW 2D13, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW T2N 4Z6, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Production Animal Health, University of Calgary, TRW 2D13, 3280 Hospital Dr, NW T2N 4Z6, Canada
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Advances in the slow freezing cryopreservation of microencapsulated cells. J Control Release 2018; 281:119-138. [PMID: 29782945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 05/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Over the past few decades, the use of cell microencapsulation technology has been promoted for a wide range of applications as sustained drug delivery systems or as cells containing biosystems for regenerative medicine. However, difficulty in their preservation and storage has limited their availability to healthcare centers. Because the preservation in cryogenic temperatures poses many biological and biophysical challenges and that the technology has not been well understood, the slow cooling cryopreservation, which is the most used technique worldwide, has not given full measure of its full potential application yet. This review will discuss the different steps that should be understood and taken into account to preserve microencapsulated cells by slow freezing in a successful and simple manner. Moreover, it will review the slow freezing preservation of alginate-based microencapsulated cells and discuss some recommendations that the research community may pursue to optimize the preservation of microencapsulated cells, enabling the therapy translate from bench to the clinic.
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Liu J, Ding W, Zhou X, Kang Y, Zou L, Li C, Zhu X, Gao D. Deglycerolization of red blood cells: A new dilution-filtration system. Cryobiology 2018; 81:160-167. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Liu SW, Li Y, Zou LL, Guan YT, Peng S, Zheng LX, Deng SM, Zhu LY, Wang LW, Chen LX. Chloride channels are involved in sperm motility and are downregulated in spermatozoa from patients with asthenozoospermia. Asian J Androl 2018; 19:418-424. [PMID: 27270342 PMCID: PMC5507086 DOI: 10.4103/1008-682x.181816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Human spermatozoa encounter an osmotic decrease from 330 to 290 mOsm l−1 when passing through the female reproductive tract. We aimed to evaluate the role of chloride channels in volume regulation and sperm motility from patients with asthenozoospermia. Spermatozoa were purified using Percoll density gradients. Sperm volume was measured as the forward scatter signal using flow cytometry. Sperm motility was analyzed using computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA). When transferred from an isotonic solution (330 mOsm l−1) to a hypotonic solution (290 mOsm l−1), cell volume was not changed in spermatozoa from normozoospermic men; but increased in those from asthenozoospermic samples. The addition of the chloride channel blockers, 4,4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2′- isulfonic acid (DIDS) or 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB) to the hypotonic solution caused the normal spermatozoa to swell but did not increase the volume of those from the asthenozoospermic semen. DIDS and NPPB decreased sperm motility in both sets of semen samples. The inhibitory effect of NPPB on normal sperm motility was much stronger than on spermatozoa from the asthenozoospermic samples. Both sperm types expressed ClC-3 chloride channels, but the expression levels in the asthenozoospermic samples were much lower, especially in the neck and mid-piece areas. Spermatozoa from men with asthenozoospermia demonstrated lower volume regulating capacity, mobility, and ClC-3 expression levels (especially in the neck) than did normal spermatozoa. Thus, chloride channels play important roles in the regulation of sperm volume and motility and are downregulated in cases of asthenozoospermia.
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- Shan-Wen Liu
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Physiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Male Reproductive Center, Family Planning Special Hospital of Guangdong, Guangzhou, China
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- Male Reproductive Center, Family Planning Special Hospital of Guangdong, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Grein TA, Freimark D, Weber C, Hudel K, Wallrapp C, Czermak P. Alternatives to Dimethylsulfoxide for Serum-Free Cryopreservation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139881003300605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have some favorable characteristics like high plasticity, multilineage differentiation potential, and comparably easy handling in vitro, making them of interest for many clinical and therapeutic approaches including cell therapy. For routine applications, these cells have to be stored over a certain period of time without loss of cell vitality and function. An easy way to preserve cells is to store them at temperatures between -80°C and -196°C (liquid nitrogen). To prevent cells from the damage caused by the cryopreservation process and to achieve high cell recovery and vitality, cryoprotectants are used. Typically dimethylsulfoxide, often in combination with serum, is used as a cryoprotectant. However, for clinical approaches, the use of dimethylsulfoxide and serum in patients is problematic for several reasons. Therefore, the cryopreservation of human mesenchymal stem cells for cell therapeutic applications without dimethylsulfoxide and serum demands investigation. In this work, non-toxic alternatives to dimethylsulfoxide such as glycerol or the compatible solutes, proline and ectoin, were analyzed in a serum-free cryomedium with respect to their cryoprotective properties. Different concentrations of the cryoprotectants (1–10% (w/v) ectoin or proline, respectively, or 5–20% (v/v) glycerol) and certain incubation times (0–60 minutes) were investigated with regard to post-thaw cell vitality and cell growth. Our results showed that, in general, cryopreservation with ectoin led to high post-thaw cell survival of up to 72% whereas after cryopreservation with glycerol and proline, the hMSC cells were completely dead (glycerol) or had only poor cell survival (proline, 22%). Moreover, the morphology of the hMSC cells changed to a large and flat phenotype after cryopreservation with proline. These results indicate that glycerol and proline are not suitable for cryopreservation of hMSC. In contrast, ectoin has the potential to replace dimethylsulfoxide as a cryoprotectant in a serum-free cryomedium.
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- Tanja A. Grein
- University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Giessen - Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Giessen - Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Giessen - Germany
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- Martin Christ Gefriertrocknungsanlagen GmbH, Osterode am Harz - Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Giessen - Germany
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas - USA
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Gurgul A, Romanek J, Pawlina-Tyszko K, Szmatoła T, Opiela J. Evaluation of changes arising in the pig mesenchymal stromal cells transcriptome following cryopreservation and Trichostatin A treatment. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0192147. [PMID: 29390033 PMCID: PMC5794156 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cryopreservation is an important procedure in maintenance and clinical applications of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs). Although the methods of cell freezing using various cryoprotectants are well developed and allow preserving structurally intact living cells, the freezing process can be considered as a severe cellular stress associated with ice formation, osmotic damage, cryoprotectants migration/cytotoxicity or rapid cell shrinkage. The cellular response to freezing stress is aimed at the restoring of homeostasis and repair of cell damage and is crucial for cell viability. In this study we evaluated the changes arising in the pig mesenchymal stromal cell transcriptome following cryopreservation and showed the vast alterations in cell transcriptional activity (5,575 genes with altered expression) suggesting the engagement in post-thawing cell recovery of processes connected with cell membrane tension regulation, membrane damage repair, cell shape maintenance, mitochondria-connected energy homeostasis and apoptosis mediation. We also evaluated the effect of known gene expression stimulator—Trichostain A (TSA) on the frozen/thawed cells transcriptome and showed that TSA is able to counteract to a certain extent transcriptome alterations, however, its specificity and advantages for cell recovery after cryopreservation require further studies.
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- Artur Gurgul
- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Balice, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology, Balice, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Balice, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Balice, Poland
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- National Research Institute of Animal Production, Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology, Balice, Poland
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Cryopreservation: Extending the viability of biological material from sea urchin (Echinometra lucunter) in ecotoxicity tests. Cryobiology 2018; 80:139-143. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zielinski MW, McGann LE, Nychka JA, Elliott JAW. Nonideal Solute Chemical Potential Equation and the Validity of the Grouped Solute Approach for Intracellular Solution Thermodynamics. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10443-10456. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Michal W. Zielinski
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1H9
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7
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Isachenko V, Rahimi G, Mallmann P, Sanchez R, Isachenko E. Technologies of cryoprotectant-free vitrification of human spermatozoa: asepticity as criterion of effectiveness. Andrology 2017; 5:1055-1063. [DOI: 10.1111/andr.12414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- V. Isachenko
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University Maternal Hospital; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University Maternal Hospital; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University Maternal Hospital; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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- Center of Translational Medicine; Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (CEMT- BIOREN); Department of Preclinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University de La Frontera; Temuco Chile
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; University Maternal Hospital; Cologne University; Cologne Germany
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Schulz M, Risopatrón J, Matus G, Pineda E, Rojas C, Isachenko V, Isachenko E, Sánchez R. Trehalose sustains a higher post-thaw sperm motility than sucrose in vitrified human sperm. Andrologia 2017; 49. [PMID: 28543267 DOI: 10.1111/and.12757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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One of the cryopreservation methods that best preserves sperm function is vitrification. However, comparative studies have not been performed to evaluate the effect of nonpermeable cryoprotectors on sperm function for prolonged periods of time post-devitrification. These times are necessary, especially in in vitro fertilisation and intrauterine insemination, for gamete interaction and then fertilisation to occur, while maintaining motility to arrive at the fertilisation site. In this study, sucrose (.25 m) and trehalose (.1 and .05 m) were compared in essential parameters like motility and plasma membrane integrity for 12 hr. Post-devitrification sperm motility using .1 m trehalose was 68.9%, higher than that obtained with .05 m trehalose (59.9%, p < .0081) and .25 m sucrose (57.9%, p < .0002). Similar results were obtained at 6 and 12 hr with .1 m trehalose (58.0% and 42.3% respectively) compared to .05 m trehalose (p < .0184 and p < .033) and .25 m sucrose (p < .0001 and p < .0012).There was no difference between .25 m sucrose and .05 m trehalose. Membrane integrity was best preserved at time 0 by .1 m trehalose (p < .05), but there was no significance at 6 and 12 hr compared to sucrose. Our results suggest that for assisted reproduction techniques that require motile spermatozoa for a longer period of time, use of .1 m trehalose is recommended in the sperm vitrification technique.
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- M Schulz
- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.,Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.,Doctorate in Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.,Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.,Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany
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- Center for Reproductive Biotechnology (CEBIOR-BIOREN), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.,Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Chatterjee A, Saha D, Niemann H, Gryshkov O, Glasmacher B, Hofmann N. Effects of cryopreservation on the epigenetic profile of cells. Cryobiology 2017; 74:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Liu X, Zhao G, Shu Z, Niu D, Zhang Z, Zhou P, Cao Y, Gao D. Quantification of Intracellular Ice Formation and Recrystallization During Freeze–Thaw Cycles and Their Relationship with the Viability of Pig Iliac Endothelium Cells. Biopreserv Biobank 2016; 14:511-519. [PMID: 27532801 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2015.0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Xiaoli Liu
- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs, Hefei, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Electronic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Anhui Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Biopreservation and Artificial Organs, Hefei, China
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Wojtusik J, Pennington P, Songsasen N, Padilla LR, Citino SB, Pukazhenthi BS. Pretreatment of Addra gazelle (Nanger dama ruficollis) spermatozoa with cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins improves cryosurvival. Cryobiology 2016; 73:388-395. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2016.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Agha-Rahimi A, Khalili MA, Nottola SA, Miglietta S, Moradi A. Cryoprotectant-free vitrification of human spermatozoa in new artificial seminal fluid. Andrology 2016; 4:1037-1044. [DOI: 10.1111/andr.12212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Agha-Rahimi
- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility; Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences; Yazd Iran
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- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility; Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences; Yazd Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics; La Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics; La Sapienza University of Rome; Rome Italy
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry; Faculty of Pharmacy; Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences; Yazd Iran
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Slow Cooling Cryopreservation Optimized to Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 951:57-65. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45457-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Davidson AF, Glasscock C, McClanahan DR, Benson JD, Higgins AZ. Toxicity Minimized Cryoprotectant Addition and Removal Procedures for Adherent Endothelial Cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142828. [PMID: 26605546 PMCID: PMC4659675 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ice-free cryopreservation, known as vitrification, is an appealing approach for banking of adherent cells and tissues because it prevents dissociation and morphological damage that may result from ice crystal formation. However, current vitrification methods are often limited by the cytotoxicity of the concentrated cryoprotective agent (CPA) solutions that are required to suppress ice formation. Recently, we described a mathematical strategy for identifying minimally toxic CPA equilibration procedures based on the minimization of a toxicity cost function. Here we provide direct experimental support for the feasibility of these methods when applied to adherent endothelial cells. We first developed a concentration- and temperature-dependent toxicity cost function by exposing the cells to a range of glycerol concentrations at 21°C and 37°C, and fitting the resulting viability data to a first order cell death model. This cost function was then numerically minimized in our state constrained optimization routine to determine addition and removal procedures for 17 molal (mol/kg water) glycerol solutions. Using these predicted optimal procedures, we obtained 81% recovery after exposure to vitrification solutions, as well as successful vitrification with the relatively slow cooling and warming rates of 50°C/min and 130°C/min. In comparison, conventional multistep CPA equilibration procedures resulted in much lower cell yields of about 10%. Our results demonstrate the potential for rational design of minimally toxic vitrification procedures and pave the way for extension of our optimization approach to other adherent cell types as well as more complex systems such as tissues and organs.
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- Allyson Fry Davidson
- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States of America
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- School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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Yeste M. Sperm cryopreservation update: Cryodamage, markers, and factors affecting the sperm freezability in pigs. Theriogenology 2015; 85:47-64. [PMID: 26506124 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 09/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cryopreservation is the most efficient method for long-term preservation of mammalian sperm. However, freeze-thawing procedures may strongly impair the sperm function and survival and thus decrease the reproductive performance. In addition, the sperm resilience to withstand cryopreservation, also known as freezability, presents a high individual variability. The present work summarizes the principles of cryoinjury and the relevance of permeating and nonpermeating cryoprotective agents. Descriptions about sperm cryodamage are mainly focused on boar sperm, but reference to other mammalian species is also made when relevant. Main cryoinjuries not only regard to sperm motility and membrane integrity, but also to the degradation effect exerted by freeze-thawing on other important components for sperm fertilizing ability, such as mRNAs. After delving into the main differences between good and poor freezability boar ejaculates, those protein markers predicting the sperm ability to sustain cryopreservation are also mentioned. Moreover, factors that may influence sperm freezability, such as season, diet, breed, or ejaculate fractions are discussed, together with the effects of different additives, like seminal plasma and antioxidants. After briefly referring to the effects of long-term sperm preservation in frozen state and the reproductive performance of frozen-thawed boar sperm, this work speculates with new research horizons on the preservation of boar sperm, such as vitrification and freeze-drying.
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- Marc Yeste
- Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Level 3, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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