WO1998056246A1 - Perfectionnement aux procedes de preparation d'embryons d'equides en vu de leur cryoconservation - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
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- the present invention relates to the field of cold storage of embryos; it relates more particularly to an improvement to the processes for preparing equine embryos for their cryopreservation (freezing or vitrification), in particular with a view to subsequent transplantation.
- Embryo freezing during embryo transfers has many advantages. It allows, among other things, to remove the obligation to synchronize the oestrus cycles between the donor and the recipient; it facilitates the transport of embryos over long distances and it also makes it possible to create embryo banks, in particular for exceptional or endangered animals. After the first successes in the 1970s, freezing embryos has now become a routine technique in domestic ruminants, especially cattle.
- fertilization of the equine embryo occurs in the oviduct, at the junction between the bulb and the isthmus, generally 12 hours after ovulation.
- the embryo then develops in the oviduct; it goes from the unicellular zygote stage, from 100 to 160 ⁇ m in size, to the “morula” stage from 16 to 32 cells (150 to 200 ⁇ m). Mitotic divisions are first performed simultaneously in the different blastomers, then increasingly asynchronously.
- the development phase of the equine embryo in the oviduct lasts approximately 5 days.
- the “blastocyst” stage follows the “morula” stage approximately when the embryo passes into the uterus.
- the differentiation takes place between two cell populations: the trophoblast and the internal cell mass (MCI) which will give the fetus.
- the embryo consists of a liquid cavity (the blastocoele), surrounded by a cell layer (the trophoblast), near which the internal cell mass (MCI) is located.
- the pellucid zone the pellucid zone and the capsule.
- the pellucid zone has a thickness of the order of 15 to 30 ⁇ m; it consists of a dense inner layer with a small number of fine channels, and an outer layer with large gaps.
- the zona pellucida is present on the oocyte and it disappears towards the 7 th or 8 th day.
- the capsule is characteristic of equine embryos. It forms approximately within 8 hours after the embryo enters the uterus, between the trophoblast and the pellucid area. This capsule is glycoprotein in nature; its thickness increases steadily to a peak around the 18 th day; it then declines until disappearance around the 22 nd day, around the time when the embryo settles in the uterus.
- Harvesting of embryos for freezing should be done before they settle in the uterus.
- the appropriate time is evaluated, after the covering or insemination, by transrectal palpation and according to the data of an echotomography examination.
- This probe allows the introduction of a collection medium into the uterus (for example Dubelcco's phosphate buffered saline (PBS) medium + 2 g / l of bovine serum albumin, available from IMV (Instrument of Veterinary Medicine) BP 81, 61 L'AIGLE (France)), then its recovery with the possible embryo (s).
- PBS Dubelcco's phosphate buffered saline
- bovine serum albumin available from IMV (Instrument of Veterinary Medicine)
- the harvesting medium is observed with a binocular microscope and, in the event of the discovery of an embryo (s), this or these are isolated in a well containing the same medium (PBS + albumin).
- the embryo is then "prepared" to support the subsequent freezing operation.
- This preparation consists in subjecting it to the action of cryoprotective agents intended in particular to avoid the formation of intracellular crystals during the descent in temperature.
- the cryoprotective agents used can be chosen from glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol, or alternatively 1,2 propanediol; they are used at concentrations of the order of 1 to 2M, for times of the order of 10 min to 30 min (these times and concentrations are adapted according to the desired protection efficacy while taking into account the possible toxicity some products).
- the embryo is subjected to different baths of cryoprotectants in increasing concentration.
- the embryo is then packaged in a plastic straw with a small amount of the medium corresponding to the last bath of cryoprotective agent and this straw is deposited in the tank of a programmable freezer at a temperature of the order of -7 ° C.
- the crystallization of the content is induced by contact with a metal rod previously cooled in liquid nitrogen (-196 ° C).
- the freezer programmer brings it down to a temperature of the order of -30 ° C / -35 ° C, at a rate of -0.1 to 1 ° C per minute; at this temperature, the straw is immersed in liquid nitrogen, then stored in a tank.
- Defrosting before transfer, is obtained by immersing the straw for 1 min in a water bath at 37 ° C; the embryo is removed and the operation of removing the cryoprotective agent is carried out by a succession of dilutions in baths of decreasing concentration. The embryo is then ready for transfer to the recipient mare.
- two techniques can be used: the first, surgical, consists in implanting the embryo in the oviduct; the second, non-surgical and better suited to the transfer objectives commercial, involves depositing the embryo in the uterus by passing the cervix using a probe.
- the technique which has just been described is derived from those used for many years in cattle, and which allow, in them, the obtaining of pregnancy rate from frozen embryos, greater than 50%.
- the pregnancy rates obtained are very low, only of the order of 20 to 30%.
- the objective of the present invention is to propose an improved technique for preparing embryos for their cryopreservation, which makes it possible to reduce the rates of necrosis linked to these operations and which consequently makes it possible to promote subsequent gestation, during the transfer of the embryo.
- the process according to the present invention is based on the presence of the capsule which surrounds the embryo during most of the time when the latter is in the uterus of the donor, and on the assumption that the presence of this capsule interferes with operations to prepare the embryo before freezing.
- the embryos will be harvested quite late; they will usually be at the blastocyst stage and surrounded by a capsule.
- the method according to the invention provides, before subjecting said embryo to the action of cryoprotective agents, to subject it to an appropriate treatment. to remove the embryonic capsule or to increase the permeability of this capsule, with a view to reinforcing the subsequent action of said cryoprotective agent (s).
- the capsule is destroyed or simply made more permeable by an appropriate chemical or enzymatic treatment, for example based on collagenase or trypsin.
- concentrations of the products used and the contact times (bath treatments) will be adapted to at least partially lyse the capsule while taking into account the possible toxicity of the products so as not to damage the embryo.
- the capsule is mechanically treated: it is removed partially or completely, or else it undergoes a simple drilling operation.
- This mechanical treatment is advantageously preceded by a chemical or enzymatic treatment suitable for weakening said capsule.
- the embryo is harvested 5 to 8 days after ovulation. After isolation, it is placed in a waiting bath (PBS medium + 2 g / l of bovine serum albumin ultrafiltered on a 0.2 ⁇ m filter to avoid bacterial contamination). The embryo is then placed in a 2 ml cup containing 1 to
- the embryo is placed in the first bath of cryoprotective agent (0.5 M glycerol for 15 min), then in the second bath (1 M glycerol for 15 min) and finally in the third bath (1.5 M glycerol for 15 min).
- the embryo is then mounted in straw, then it undergoes the usual operations to obtain its freezing, in the manner described above.
- Thawing is obtained by immersing the straw for 1 min in a water bath at 37 ° C and then the operations of removing the cryoprotective agent are carried out: the embryo is placed in a first bath of 1 M glycerol + sucrose 0 25 M for 15 min, then in a second bath of 0.5 M glycerol + 0.25 M sucrose for 15 min, then in a third bath (0.25 M sucrose for 15 min) and finally in PBS + medium albumin (15 minutes). The embryo is then ready for transfer.
- Cellular necrosis refers to the structural changes that follow the death of a cell; it results from the progressive degradation of the cell by its own enzymes contained in the lysosomes.
- the percentage of necrotic cells is representative of the cellular damage caused by the manipulations and it reflects the viability of the embryo. This histological examination is carried out according to the technique described by
- necrotic cells were as follows: a) embryos treated with trypsin (in accordance with example 1): 11% (one embryo analyzed) b) embryos treated with collagenase (in accordance with example 2): 10.3% (one embryo analyzed)
- the sizes of the embryos harvested are as follows.
- Embryos 1 and 2 underwent mechanical decapsulation after the enzymatic treatment and the capsule of embryos 6 and 7 was completely lysed during the enzymation bath.
- n ° 2 with embryos comprising a capsule only partially lysed (embryos n ° 3, n ° 4, n ° 5 and n ° 8).
- the gestation rates according to the size are as follows
- the treatment of the embryonic capsule makes it possible not to worry about the time of harvest of the embryo.
- the harvest can be carried out quite late; we thus benefit from a high collection rate and the freezing operation is carried out on embryos at the “blastocyst” stage which allows them to better resist the aggressions of the different treatments.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE69805298T DE69805298T2 (de) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Verbessertes verfahren zur kryopreservierung von pferdeembryonen |
| US09/445,740 US6524852B1 (en) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Removing or increasing permeability of embryonic capsule to prepare equine embryos for cryopreservation |
| BR9809996-5A BR9809996A (pt) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Processo de preparação de embrião de equinos em vista de sua crioconservação |
| AU79256/98A AU7925698A (en) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Improvements to methods for preparing equine embryos for cryopreservation |
| CA002293620A CA2293620A1 (fr) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Perfectionnement aux procedes de preparation d'embryons d'equides en vu de leur cryoconservation |
| DK98929539T DK0987941T3 (da) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Forbedring af fremgangsmåder til fremstilling af hesteembryoer til kryokonservering |
| AT98929539T ATE217145T1 (de) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Verbessertes verfahren zur kryopreservierung von pferdeembryonen |
| EP98929539A EP0987941B1 (fr) | 1997-06-10 | 1998-06-10 | Perfectionnement aux procedes de preparation d'embryons d'equides en vue de leur cryoconservation |
| NO996011A NO996011L (no) | 1997-06-10 | 1999-12-07 | Forbedringer ved fremgangsmåter for preparering av equine embryoer for kryopreservering |
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| FR9707311A FR2764168B1 (fr) | 1997-06-10 | 1997-06-10 | Perfectionnement aux procedes de preparation d'embryons d'equides en vue de leur cryoconservation |
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| EP (1) | EP0987941B1 (fr) |
| AR (1) | AR015872A1 (fr) |
| AT (1) | ATE217145T1 (fr) |
| AU (1) | AU7925698A (fr) |
| BR (1) | BR9809996A (fr) |
| CA (1) | CA2293620A1 (fr) |
| DE (1) | DE69805298T2 (fr) |
| DK (1) | DK0987941T3 (fr) |
| ES (1) | ES2173592T3 (fr) |
| FR (1) | FR2764168B1 (fr) |
| NO (1) | NO996011L (fr) |
| PT (1) | PT987941E (fr) |
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| US6524852B1 (en) | 2003-02-25 |
| ES2173592T3 (es) | 2002-10-16 |
| EP0987941B1 (fr) | 2002-05-08 |
| FR2764168A1 (fr) | 1998-12-11 |
| DK0987941T3 (da) | 2002-08-19 |
| FR2764168B1 (fr) | 1999-08-20 |
| NO996011D0 (no) | 1999-12-07 |
| AU7925698A (en) | 1998-12-30 |
| CA2293620A1 (fr) | 1998-12-17 |
| PT987941E (pt) | 2002-08-30 |
| AR015872A1 (es) | 2001-05-30 |
| ATE217145T1 (de) | 2002-05-15 |
| BR9809996A (pt) | 2000-08-01 |
| DE69805298T2 (de) | 2002-11-21 |
| DE69805298D1 (de) | 2002-06-13 |
| NO996011L (no) | 1999-12-07 |
| EP0987941A1 (fr) | 2000-03-29 |
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