Protective Effect of Bio-Scaffold Against Vitrification Damage in Mouse Ovarian Tissue.

Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is regarded as useful method for fertility preservation. This study aimed to preserve most of the follicular reserve from the destructive effects of cryoprotectant solutions and liquid nitrogen. For this purpose, 48 female NMRI mice (8 weeks old) were randomly divided into six groups: Fresh (not vitrified), Vitrification (not encapsulated), Alginate 1 (encapsulated in 1% alginate hydrogel before placing in vitrification solutions), Alginate 2 (encapsulated in 1% alginate hydrogel before placing in liquid nitrogen), Aloe vera 1 (encapsulated in Aloe vera pieces before placing in vitrification solutions), Aloe vera 2 (encapsulated in Aloe vera pieces before placing in liquid nitrogen).

Applicability of Hyaluronic Acid-Alginate Hydrogel and Ovarian Cells for In Vitro Development of Mouse Preantral Follicles.

Objective: In the present study, the applicability of hyaluronic acid-alginate (HAA) hydrogel and ovarian cells (OCs) for the culture of mouse ovarian follicles were investigated and compared with those of alginate (ALG) and fibrin-alginate (FA) hydrogels.

Materials And Methods: In the first step of this experimental study, mechanically isolated preantral follicles from the ovaries of two-week-old mice were encapsulated in the absence or presence of OCs in ALG, HAA, and FA hydrogels and cultured for 14 days. The morphology, diameter, survival and antrum formation rates of the follicles and the maturation and quality of the oocytes were evaluated during culture.

Effects of Alginate Concentration and Ovarian Cells on In Vitro Development of Mouse Preantral Follicles: A Factorial Study.

Background: In the present study, the effects of alginate (ALG) concentration and ovarian cells (OCs) on the development and function of follicles were simultaneously evaluated.

Materials And Methods: In the first step of this experimental study, preantral follicles were isolated from the ovaries of 2-week-old mice, encapsulated in the absence or presence of OCs in 0.5, 0.

Oocyte maturation and expression pattern of follicular genes during in-vitro culture of vitrified mouse pre-antral follicles.

Our aim was to evaluate the oocyte maturation rate and follicular genes expression pattern during in-vitro culture of vitrified mouse pre-antral follicles. Middle sized pre-antral follicles were isolated mechanically from the ovaries of pre-pubertal mice and distributed in vitrification and control groups. In the vitrification group, follicles were washed in equilibration and vitrification solutions and then were immersed in liquid nitrogen after loading on cryotop tips.