Embryo development of porcine oocytes after injection with miniature pig sperm and their extracts

Anim Sci J. 2009 Dec;80(6):644-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2009.00691.x.

Abstract

This study examined embryo development of porcine oocytes after microinjection of sperm extracts (SE) in porcine intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). SE was prepared from miniature pig sperm by a nonionic surfactant, and various concentrations (0.02, 0.04 and 0.08 mg/mL) of SE were injected into the matured oocytes with a first polar body. In the pronuclear stage, the rate of oocytes with two pronuclei and a second polar body (21.4%) in the sperm and SE (0.04 mg/mL) injection group was significantly higher (P < 0.05) compared to other groups. The rate of 2-4-cell stage in sperm and SE (0.04 mg/mL) injection group was 38.1%, and it was significantly higher than that in the sperm injection group (22.9%). The rate of blastocyst stage in sperm and SE (0.04 mg/mL) injection group was 21.4%, the value was significantly higher than those in SE (0.08 mg/mL) injection group (0%), sperm injection group (5.7%), and sperm and SE (0.08 mg/mL) injection group (2.6%). These results suggest that SE induces activation of porcine oocytes and their further embryonic development, and that SE is effective for porcine ICSI.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Embryonic Development
  • Female
  • Male
  • Microinjections
  • Oocytes / physiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / methods
  • Spermatozoa / physiology*
  • Swine / embryology*
  • Swine, Miniature