Mitochondrial behaviors in the vitrified mouse oocyte and its parthenogenetic embryo: effect of Taxol pretreatment and relationship to competence

Changes in mitochondrial function in porcine vitrified MII-stage oocytes and their impacts on apoptosis and developmental ability

“…When the mitochondrial membrane potential is low, the efficiency of energy supply by oxidative phosphorylation will drop [45,51]. Cryopreservation compromises mitochondrial activity and decreases ATP concentration in mouse, bovine and human oocytes [22,49,52,53]. This present study showed the ATP concentration of vitrified porcine oocytes after 1 h thawing decreased greatly compared with that of fresh oocytes.…”

Effect of cyclosporine pretreatment on mitochondrial function in vitrified bovine mature oocytes

“…Vitrification decreased ΔJm in bovine oocytes, which was similar to mouse oocytes (2). The ratio of red to green fluorescence…”

Antioxidant properties of coenzyme Q10‐pretreated mouse pre‐antral follicles derived from vitrified ovaries

“…Furthermore, vitrification solution containing EG induces OS in pig ovaries, but this condition can be reduced by antioxidant treatment . Previous investigations on the effects of cryopreservation on the ultrastructural properties of vitrified ovaries showed that oocytes derived from vitrified ovaries have numerous swollen and fragmented mitochondria . Thus, these mitochondrial disorders possibly speed up ROS generation in vitrified samples, consequently leading to OS .…”