Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 5, 1312-1317,
May 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
A reliable technique of nuclear transplantation for immature mammalian oocytes
The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility, The New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center, 505 East 70th Street, HT-336, New York, NY 10021, USA
Transplanting a germinal vesicle (GV) to another enucleated oocyte provides a possible way to avoid age-related aneuploidy in metaphase II (MII) oocytes from older women. This study was conducted to examine the efficiency of each step of nuclear transplantation as reflected in the survival and maturation capacity of immature mouse oocytes subjected to this procedure. GV stage oocytes were retrieved from unstimulated ovaries. A GV removed with a small amount of cytoplasm (karyoplast) was transferred subzonally into a previously enucleated oocyte, which was then exposed to direct current to promote fusion. Such reconstituted oocytes were placed in culture to allow maturation, and some that had extruded a first polar body were fixed and processed for chromosome analysis. Each step of nuclear transplantation – survival, enucleation, grafting, and reconstitution – was successful in >90%, with the overall efficiency of reconstitution being 80%. The observation of normal karyotypes confirmed that the procedure did not increase chromosomal aneuploidy. An electrolytic medium, revealed to be superior for the reconstitution procedure, also allowed haploidization of the transplanted nucleus. These findings suggest that this technique can be applied to study the effects of a `younger' woman's ooplasm on the disjunction of an `older' woman's chromosomes during meiosis I.
Key words: aneuploidy/cell fusion/in-vitro maturation/nuclear transplantation/oocyte
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