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In vitro fertilisation of mouse oocytes reconstructed by transfer of metaphase II chromosomes results in live births

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2001

Min-Kang Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China. Department of Life Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China.
Da-Yuan Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China.
Ji-Long Lui
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China.
Guang-Peng Li
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China.
Qing-Yuan Sun
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100080, China.

Abstract

The interaction between nucleus and cytoplasm can be explored throughnuclear transfer. We describe here another tool to investigate thisinteraction: MII meiotic apparatus transfer (MAT) between mouse oocytes. Inthis study, the MII oocyte meiotic apparatus or spindle from C57BL/6 mice, ablack strain, was transferred into an enucleated metaphase oocyte fromKunming mouse, a white strain. The results showed that the enucleation rateby treating oocytes with 3% sucrose was 100%, but the electrofusionefficiency was very low, with only 17.6% of reconstructed karyoplast-recipientcytoplasm pairs fused. When the fused oocytes were exposed to spermatozoafrom C57BL/6 mice, 9 of 11 (82%) were fertilised. Eight reconstructedembryos at 1- to 4-cell stages were transferred into the oviducts of twosynchronously pregnant Kunming strain fosters and one delivered two normalC57BL/6 offspring. This study indicates that MII meiotic apparatus orspindle sustains normal structure and function after micromanipulationand electrofusion. MAT provides a model for further research on theapplication of this technique to assisted human reproduction.

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Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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