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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection into oocytes matured in vitro and early embryonic development in the owl monkey (Aotus lemurinus)

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Abstract

Purpose

We explored the possibility of employing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), involving oocytes and sperm of owl monkeys, to increase the availability of this species for investigations relating to malaria, etc., by increasing the number of animals in our laboratory.

Methods

Two owl monkeys (a female and a male), raised at the Amami Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, were used. Follicular oocytes surrounded with cumulus cells were cultured in vitro for approximately 25 h and cumulus cells were removed with 0.1 % hyaluronidase. Because of the poor motility of caudal epididymal sperm, sperm were injected without adding polyvinylpyrrolidone to immobilize them. The ICSI procedure was performed by an individual with considerable experience of human ICSI.

Results

We were able to produce two owl monkey embryos using ICSI of oocytes that matured to MII stage. Both embryos reached the 10-cell stage at 98 h after ICSI and showed signs of compaction, but failed to cleave further.

Conclusions

Although we successfully produced owl monkey embryos after ICSI, the embryos did not develop to the blastocyst stage. Many parameters need to be studied further, including superovulation, selection of culture media, and selection of good quality sperm in order to achieve successful ICSI in the owl monkey.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Emeritus Professor Lynn R. Fraser of King’s College London for reading this manuscript. This study was supported partly by the Grant for Joint Research Project (2013-328) of the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo.

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  1. United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu-shi, 183-8509, Japan

    Hideaki Watanabe, Hiromichi Matsumoto, Emiko Fukui & Midori Yoshizawa

  2. Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Utsunomiya University, Tochigi, 321-8505, Japan

    Hideaki Watanabe, Takuya Matsumoto, Moeka Nishi, Hiromichi Matsumoto, Emiko Fukui & Midori Yoshizawa

  3. Joint Faculty of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan

    Ken Takeshi Kusakabe & Yasuo Kiso

  4. Amami Laboratory, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Kagoshima, 894-1531, Japan

    Takeshi Kuraishi & Shosaku Hattori

  5. Ochi Yume Clinic, Nagoya, Aichi, 460-0002, Japan

    Akiko Kuwahata & Masanori Ochi

  6. Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan

    Chieko Kai

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Watanabe, H., Matsumoto, T., Nishi, M. et al. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection into oocytes matured in vitro and early embryonic development in the owl monkey (Aotus lemurinus). Reprod Med Biol 15, 183–186 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12522-015-0229-1

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