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Blastocyst Development After Cryopreservation and Subcutaneous Transplantation of Mouse Ovarian Tissue

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Purpose To investigate follicle survival and developmental potential with IVF of cryopreserved, subcutaneously transplanted mouse ovarian tissue.

Methods Fresh and frozen mouse ovarian tissue was autologously transplanted into subcutaneous tissue. Two weeks after the transplantation, the morphology and histology of the fresh and frozen grafts were compared. Superovulation and IVF was performed to evaluate the fertility potential of the frozen ovarian graft.

Results Both fresh and frozen grafts of ovarian tissue survived in 14 of 16 mice (88%). Morphologically, both types of grafts resembled fresh ovarian tissue and contained follicles at all stages of folliculogenesis. A total of 73% of follicles in fresh grafts and 62% in frozen grafts survived after transplantation compared with fresh ovarian tissue. Sixteen ICR mice underwent superovulation. A total of 56 oocytes from antral follicles were recovered from the subcutaneously transplanted cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Fourteen (25%) oocytes were in metaphase II stage, 6 were fertilized by IVF, and 2 progressed to the blastocyst stage.

Conclusions Cryopreservation and subcutaneous transplantation of ovarian tissue provides a possible means of fertility preservation. The main loss of follicles occurred during grafting rather than during freezing and thawing.

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  1. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, 10449, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee, Hsin-Yi Ho & San-Li Yu

  2. Division of Reproduction and Endocrinology, Department of Medical Research, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui, 25115, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Robert Kuo-Kuang Lee & Chung-Hao Lu

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Lee, R.KK., Ho, HY., Yu, SL. et al. Blastocyst Development After Cryopreservation and Subcutaneous Transplantation of Mouse Ovarian Tissue. J Assist Reprod Genet 22, 95–101 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-005-1499-z

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