Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (1): 36-44.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.01.004

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Strategies for Alleviating Cryoinjury of Porcine Vitrified-Oocytes

SUN Yawen(), CHEN Siying, LI Kang, LENG Xuan, WANG Dong*(), PANG Yunwei*()   

  1. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2024-05-28 Online:2025-01-23 Published:2025-01-18
  • Contact: WANG Dong, PANG Yunwei E-mail:sunyw0917@163.com;dwangcn2002@vip.sina.com;pangyunwei@caas.cn

Abstract:

Cryopreservation of oocytes is one of the important strategies for long-term storage of genetic resources in both humans and animal-assisted reproduction. However, due to the low surface-volume ratio and poor cell permeability, oocytes are more susceptible to cryoinjuries during vitrification, including ice crystals formation, osmotic shock, oxidative stress, and cryoprotectants toxicity, which seriously decreases their developmental ability after thawing. In contrast to other animals, porcine oocyte cryopreservation is more challenging owing to its abundant lipid droplets and poor hypothermia tolerance. Although live piglets have been produced from vitrified immature oocytes, the developmental competence of vitrified-oocytes remains to be further promoted compared with fresh oocytes. This paper mainly reviews the injury types, the mechanisms of damage, as well as the alleviating strategies of porcine vitrified-oocytes. It will provide further reference for establishing and improving the vitrification protocol of porcine oocytes.

Key words: porcine, oocytes, vitrification, cryoinjury

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