Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 1494-1507.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.04.003

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The Research Status and Application Prospect of 3D Culture in Livestock Oocytes and Embryos Culture

YAN Rui2(), JIA Chaoyang2, MA Jing2, YANG Juan2, LIU Xinfeng1,2,*(), CHEN Qiang1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Special Biological Resources in Western China of Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
    2. College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Received:2024-08-26 Online:2025-04-23 Published:2025-04-28
  • Contact: LIU Xinfeng, CHEN Qiang E-mail:17795404746@163.com;liu2019074@nxu.edu.cn;chenqiang@nxu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture technology can accurately simulate the actual microenvironment of cells and reproduce the interactions between cells, so that the behavior characteristics of cells are more similar to the living state in vivo. Therefore, 3D cell culture technology has been widely used in the research of oocyte and embryo development in domestic animals, which has greatly improved the quality of oocyte and embryo development in vitro, and thus promoted the consistency and reliability of research results. This paper discusses the development of 3D in vitro culture from three aspects: materials, substrates and methods, and summarizes new classification methods based on the biological characteristics of cells, culture conditions, scaffold materials used, interactions between cells and the design of culture systems, namely: cell aggregation system, construction of structural scaffolds, construction of bionic scaffolds, and multidisciplinary intersections (extension). In the future, through the improvement and optimization of 3D model cell culture technology, it will provide important technical support and new possibilities for the research of in vitro culture of different domestic oocytes and embryonic development.

Key words: three-dimensional culture system, oocytes, in vitro embryos

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