The effect on intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome of genotype, male germ cell stage and freeze-thawing in mice.

Autor: Narumi Ogonuki, Manami Mori, Akie Shinmen, Kimiko Inoue, Keiji Mochida, Akihiko Ohta, Atsuo Ogura
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 6, p e11062 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011062
Popis: BACKGROUND: Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has been widely used to study the mechanisms of mammalian fertilization and to rescue male-factor infertility in humans and animals. However, very few systematic analyses have been conducted to define factors affecting the efficiency of ICSI. In this study, we undertook a large-scale series of ICSI experiments in mice to define the factors that might affect outcomes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We used a 5 x 3 x 2 factorial design with the following factors: mouse genotype (ICR, C57BL/6, DBA/2, C3H/He, and 129/Sv strains), type of male germ cells (epididymal sperm, elongated or round spermatids), and their freeze-thawing treatment. The efficiencies (parameters) of each developmental step were analyzed by three-way ANOVA (significance level P
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