1992
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137654
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Effects of 1,2-propanediol on the cytoskeletal organization of the mouse oocyte

Abstract: The effects of 1,2-propanediol, a cryoprotectant used for the freezing of embryos, were tested on the organization of microtubules and microfilaments in mouse oocytes arrested in metaphase II. At low doses (less than or equal to 1.0 M), 1,2-propanediol induced disorganization of the meiotic spindle but at 1.5 M and higher, it stabilized the spindle. Cytoplasmic asters were observed at all doses tested. An extensive network of free microtubules was observed at 1.0 M and 2.0 M 1,2-propanediol, the former having … Show more

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“…PROH has been reported to be useful in the cryopreservation of mammalian embryos (4), but it seems to be less effective with mammalian oocytes. Murayama et al (5) using PROH, has reported less than 20% of cryopreserved mouse oocytes survived after thawing, whilst Joly et al (6) reported that 1.5 M PROH caused mouse oocytes to form cytoplasmic blebs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…PROH has been reported to be useful in the cryopreservation of mammalian embryos (4), but it seems to be less effective with mammalian oocytes. Murayama et al (5) using PROH, has reported less than 20% of cryopreserved mouse oocytes survived after thawing, whilst Joly et al (6) reported that 1.5 M PROH caused mouse oocytes to form cytoplasmic blebs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It may be due to the change in nature of the zona pellucida or zona hardening by premature release of cortical granules (15)(16)(17), loss of the plasma membrane selective permeability (18), or extensive disorganization of ooplasm and damage to the spindle apparatus by disorganization of microtubules and microfilaments during freezing and thawing (6,19,20). Carroll et al (21) observed that the freezing-thawing procedure induced changes in the zona pellucida of oocytes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is well known that the visual changes in spindles and abnormal chromosomes alignment after vitrification were linked with functional effects of oocytes on fertilization and development (O'Neil et al 1998;Almeida and Bolton 1993). A sufficient restoration of cytoskeleton after incubation would be critical for fertilization events (Joly et al 1992). In our study, rates of fertilization, developing to four-cell embryos and blastocyst, were significantly higher in 2 h incubation group than those of in 1 and 3 h incubation groups.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 41%
“…Many publications on problems of mammalian oocyte cryopreservation contain information on the negative effects of low temperature including the cytoskeleton depolimerization effect of permeable cryoprotectants (Johnson and Pickering, 1987;Aigner et al, 1992;Joly et al, 1992). We believe that the negative effect of cooling on porcine oocytes may be explained by way of the effect of cooling lipids on cytoskeletal structures.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%