JPH02117601A - Frozen fertilized ovum of pig and freezing preservation thereof - Google Patents

Frozen fertilized ovum of pig and freezing preservation thereof

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JPH02117601A
JPH02117601A JP63269422A JP26942288A JPH02117601A JP H02117601 A JPH02117601 A JP H02117601A JP 63269422 A JP63269422 A JP 63269422A JP 26942288 A JP26942288 A JP 26942288A JP H02117601 A JPH02117601 A JP H02117601A
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Satoru Hayashi
哲 林
Masaji Mizuno
仁二 水野
Kazuhiko Kobayashi
一彦 小林
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PURPOSE:To provide the subject fertilized ovum capable of being preserved for a long period, enabling to give piglets even after the sow is died and having other characteristics by preserving the fertilized ovum at a specific temperature after the fertilized ovum is developed until the perivitelline space thereof is eliminated or in a developmental period thereafter. CONSTITUTION:A fertilized ovum preserved at a temperature of <=-35 deg.C after developed until the perivitelline space thereof is eliminated or in a developmental period thereafter. The ovum can be preserved to give an improvement in the bleeding of pigs and many and large effects on the propagation of the pigs. The fertilized ovum is placed in a culturing solution containing a freezing- protecting agent such as glycerol used in the freezing of cells, allowed to stand at 20-40 deg.C for a constant time for the equilibrium of the fertilized ovum, gradually cooled to -5 to -10 deg.C in a container for freezing preservation to form ice and subsequently preserved in a freezer, liquid nitrogen, etc. The freezing- preserved fertilized ovum may melted rapidly or slowly when used.

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【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は豚の凍結受精卵及び受精卵の凍結保存方法に関
するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to frozen fertilized pig eggs and a cryopreservation method for fertilized eggs.

〔従来の方法〕[Conventional method]

一般に、養豚業においては生産効率を高めるために遺伝
的に優秀な豚を多く生産することが望まれている。
Generally, in the pig farming industry, it is desired to produce a large number of genetically superior pigs in order to increase production efficiency.

従来の豚の繁殖は、繁殖豚に誰豚を交配せしめることに
より妊娠、分娩させることで行なわれてきた。この方法
によると、交配から分娩まで約114日の日数を要する
ことから、−繁殖雌豚が産業上可能な範囲での分娩回数
は、高々IO数回までである。
Conventional pig breeding has been carried out by mating breeding pigs with other pigs, causing them to become pregnant and give birth. According to this method, it takes about 114 days from mating to farrowing, and therefore, the number of farrowings a breeding sow can produce within an industrially possible range is at most several IO times.

このように−繁殖雌豚が次の世代に継代できる子豚の数
には限度があり、これを克服する方法として受精卵移植
が利用されてきた。しかしその方法は、受精卵を提供す
る豚から回収された受精卯を少なくとも数日以内に借り
腹となる豚に移植しなければならなかった。
Thus, there is a limit to the number of piglets that a breeding sow can pass on to the next generation, and fertilized egg transfer has been used as a way to overcome this. However, this method required that the fertilized rabbits recovered from the donor pigs be transplanted into the borrowed pigs within at least a few days.

ところで、受精卵の凍結保存技術はマウス、兎、山羊、
羊、牛などについて開発されており、凍結保存用には一
般に桑実期胚あるいは初期胚盤胞が使用されている。一
方、豚の受精卵の保存技術はまだ開発されていない。
By the way, cryopreservation technology for fertilized eggs is available in mice, rabbits, goats,
It has been developed for sheep, cattle, etc., and morula stage embryos or early blastocysts are generally used for cryopreservation. On the other hand, techniques for preserving pig fertilized eggs have not yet been developed.

〔発明が解決しようとする課題〕[Problem to be solved by the invention]

受精卵移植は家畜の育種繁殖上重要な技術であるが受精
卯は長期にわたって保存することができないためその効
果を十分に発揮することが出来なかった、受精卵を凍結
保存できればこの問題は解決することができるが、豚に
ついての成功例はまだ知られていない。
Fertilized egg transplantation is an important technique for breeding and breeding livestock, but fertilized rabbits cannot be stored for long periods of time, so it has not been able to demonstrate its full effect. This problem could be solved if fertilized eggs could be cryopreserved. However, there are no known success stories for pigs.

〔課題を解決するための手段〕[Means to solve the problem]

本発明者は、豚受精卵を長期に保存する方法を開発すべ
く種々検討を重ねた結果、種々の時期の豚受精卵を摂氏
マイナス35度以下に凍結保存し、その後これを凍結融
解したところ囲卵腔の無くなるまで・発育したものが生
存していることを確認して本発明を完成するに至った。
As a result of various studies aimed at developing a method for long-term preservation of pig fertilized eggs, the present inventor has found that pig fertilized eggs at various times were frozen and preserved at temperatures below -35 degrees Celsius, and then frozen and thawed. The present invention was completed after confirming that the perivitelline cavity remained until the perivitelline cavity disappeared.

すなわち本発明は、囲卵腔の無くなるまで発育し又はそ
れ以降の発育期にあって摂氏マイナス35度以下に保存
された豚の受精卵とその保存方法に関するものである。
That is, the present invention relates to a fertilized pig egg that has developed until the perivitelline cavity disappears or is in the subsequent developmental stage and is stored at -35 degrees Celsius or lower, and a method for preserving the same.

受精卵は1細胞期胚が分裂して2細胞期胚になり、さら
に分裂を繰返して4細胞期胚、8細胞期胚、桑実期胚、
初期胚盤胞、拡張期胚盤胞、透明帯脱出胚盤胞と成長し
ていって子宮に着床する。
The fertilized egg divides from a one-cell stage embryo to become a two-cell stage embryo, which then undergoes further division to become a four-cell stage embryo, an eight-cell stage embryo, a morula stage embryo, and a fertilized egg.
The blastocyst develops into an early blastocyst, a diastolic blastocyst, and a blastocyst that has escaped the zona pellucida and implants in the uterus.

一方、胚盤胞が拡張期にはいると受精卵と透明帯の間の
空隙部である囲卵腔が無くなる。本発明ではこの拡張期
胚盤胞又は透明帯脱出胚盤胞を使用する。受精後の日数
では5〜8日目に相当し、5〜7日目のものが好ましい
、受精後拡張期胚盤胞又は透明帯脱出胚盤胞になるまで
の成長は受精卵を提供する豚の体内で行なわせればよい
が、人工培養によって行なってもよい。培養液には哺乳
動物細胞を培養する公知のものを用いればよく、例えば
TCM−199、Ham’s F−10、Br1nst
er液(BMOC−3)、Menezo’s B−2、
SOF修正PBSなどを必要によりウシ胎児血清等を加
えて利用できる。培養条件も牛の受精卵等の培養条件と
同様でよい。
On the other hand, when the blastocyst enters the diastolic phase, the perivitelline space, which is the space between the fertilized egg and the zona pellucida, disappears. In the present invention, this diastolic blastocyst or blastocyst that has escaped the zona pellucida is used. The number of days after fertilization corresponds to the 5th to 8th day, preferably the 5th to 7th day, and the pig that provides the fertilized egg grows until it becomes a diastolic blastocyst or a zona prolapsed blastocyst after fertilization. It may be carried out in the body of a person, but it may also be carried out by artificial culture. The culture solution may be one known for culturing mammalian cells, such as TCM-199, Ham's F-10, Br1nst.
er fluid (BMOC-3), Menezo's B-2,
SOF-modified PBS etc. can be used with addition of fetal bovine serum etc. if necessary. The culture conditions may be the same as those for fertilized bovine eggs, etc.

このような受精卵を細胞凍結に用いられる適当な凍結保
護剤を含む培養液に入れ20〜40°Cで一定時間静置
して平衡させる。培養液には例えば上記のものを使用す
ることができる。凍結保護剤にはグリセリン、ジメチル
スルホキシド、エチレングリコール、ポリビニルピロリ
ドン、シg糖等を利用すればよい、凍結保護剤は数段階
の濃度に分け、受精卵を順次濃度の高い液に浸漬してい
くのがよい。グリセリンの濃度は最終濃度で1〜2モル
濃度程度がよく、例えば0.2.0.35.0.65.
0.85.1.0の5段階の液を用いることができる。
The fertilized eggs are placed in a culture solution containing a suitable cryoprotectant used for cell freezing and allowed to stand at 20 to 40°C for a certain period of time to equilibrate. As the culture solution, for example, those mentioned above can be used. Glycerin, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, sig sugar, etc. may be used as the cryoprotectant.The cryoprotectant is divided into several concentrations, and the fertilized eggs are immersed in solutions with successively higher concentrations. It is better. The final concentration of glycerin is preferably about 1 to 2 molar, for example 0.2.0.35.0.65.
A five-stage solution of 0.85.1.0 can be used.

各々の液の浸漬時間は5〜10分間程度でよく、最終濃
度の液には15分ないし1時間程度浸漬する。DMSO
も最終濃度で1〜2モル濃度程度がよく、やはり段階濃
度に分けた液を用いることが好ましい。
The immersion time in each solution may be about 5 to 10 minutes, and the immersion time in the final concentration solution is about 15 minutes to 1 hour. DMSO
The final concentration is preferably about 1 to 2 molar, and it is also preferable to use a solution divided into graded concentrations.

凍結保護剤で平衡した受精卵は凍結保存用容器に入れて
−5〜−10″C程度まで徐冷し植木を行なう。容器に
は受精卵の凍結保存用に使用されている一般的なものを
使用すればよく、例えば小試験管、小アンプル、凍結精
液用ストロ−管などを利用できる。冷却はプログラムフ
リーザーなどを用いて一定速度で行なうことが好ましい
、植木は小氷片の投入、容器外側に液体窒素で冷却した
金属片を接触させる、冷気を吹き付ける、軽い振動を与
えるなどの手段によって行なえばよい。
The fertilized eggs equilibrated with the cryoprotectant are placed in a cryopreservation container and slowly cooled to around -5 to -10"C before planting. The container is a typical one used for cryopreservation of fertilized eggs. For example, small test tubes, small ampoules, straw tubes for frozen semen, etc. can be used. Cooling is preferably performed at a constant rate using a program freezer, etc. This can be done by bringing a metal piece cooled with liquid nitrogen into contact with the outside, blowing cold air, or applying light vibrations.

植木後−30〜−40°C程度まで更に除冷して受精卵
を凍結させる。この除冷もプログラムフリーザー等を用
いて一定速度で行なうのがよい。
After planting, the fertilized eggs are frozen by further cooling to about -30 to -40°C. This slow cooling is also preferably carried out at a constant speed using a program freezer or the like.

こうして得られた凍結受精卵はフリーザーまたは液体窒
素中等に保存する。
The frozen fertilized eggs thus obtained are stored in a freezer or liquid nitrogen.

受精卵を使用する際の融解は急速融解でもよく、緩慢融
解であってもよい。
When fertilized eggs are used, the fertilized eggs may be melted rapidly or slowly.

本発明を適用しうる豚の種類は問うところではない。There is no question as to the type of pig to which the present invention can be applied.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

ランドレース種と大ヨーク種との交配種またはハンプシ
ャ一種に雌にデュロック種誰の精液を人工授精し、受精
後5ないし6日後に外科的に受精卵を回収した。
Females of the Landrace-Great York breed or the Hampshire breed were artificially inseminated with the semen of a Duroc breed, and fertilized eggs were surgically collected 5 to 6 days after fertilization.

回収された受精卵は20%ウシ胎児血清を添加した燐酸
緩衝液に凍結保護剤としてグリセリンを加えた液に浸漬
した。グリセリン濃度は5段階とし、濃度の薄いものか
ら順次濃い濃度の液に浸漬した(グリセリン平衡)。グ
リセリン平衡した後受精卵を0.25d容量のプラスチ
ックスドロー内に吸引封入した。封入されたストロ−は
プログラムフリーザーに入れ摂氏35度から摂氏マイナ
ス6.8度まで1分間摂氏1度の速度で冷却し摂氏マイ
ナス6.8度で植木をおこない10分間保持した。その
後摂氏マイナス35度まで1分間に摂氏0.3度の速度
で、さらに摂氏マイナス36度まで1分間に摂氏0.1
度の速度で冷却し、液体窒素(摂氏マイナス196度)
中に投入して保存した。このようにして凍結保存された
受精卵を摂氏37度の温湯中に直接投入して溶解後グリ
セリン平衡と逆の手順によりグリセリンを除去した。こ
のようにした受精卵を摂氏37度、炭酸ガス濃度5%の
培養器内で培養した。
The recovered fertilized eggs were immersed in a phosphate buffer solution containing 20% fetal bovine serum and glycerin as a cryoprotectant. The glycerin concentration was set to 5 levels, and the samples were immersed in solutions from the lowest concentration to the highest concentration (glycerin equilibrium). After glycerin equilibration, the fertilized eggs were suction-sealed into a 0.25 d capacity plastic suction drawer. The encapsulated straw was placed in a program freezer and cooled from 35 degrees Celsius to -6.8 degrees Celsius at a rate of 1 degree Celsius for 1 minute, and the plants were planted at -6.8 degrees Celsius and held for 10 minutes. Thereafter, the temperature is reduced to -35 degrees Celsius at a rate of 0.3 degrees Celsius per minute, and further to -36 degrees Celsius at a rate of 0.1 degrees Celsius per minute.
liquid nitrogen (minus 196 degrees Celsius)
I put it inside and saved it. The thus cryopreserved fertilized eggs were directly poured into hot water at 37 degrees Celsius, and after dissolution, the glycerin was removed by the reverse procedure of glycerin equilibration. The fertilized eggs thus obtained were cultured in an incubator at 37 degrees Celsius and a carbon dioxide gas concentration of 5%.

その結果、凍結時に受精卵の発育段階が初期胚盤胞(胚
盤胞腔は形成されてまもなく囲卵腔の認められる受精卵
)より若いものでは28個凍結保存するも凍結後に生存
していたものは1個のみであったのに対し、拡張期胚盤
胞以降の受精卵では134個凍結し49個が生存してい
た。
As a result, 28 fertilized eggs whose developmental stage was younger than early blastocysts (fertilized eggs with a perivitelline cavity recognized shortly after the blastocyst cavity was formed) survived after freezing. In contrast, 134 fertilized eggs after diastolic blastocyst were frozen, and 49 survived.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

豚受精卵を凍結することにより長期にわたる保存が可能
となった。従来の豚の受精卵移植では、受精卵の保存が
出来なかったため遺伝子の保存には役立たなかったが、
本発明により保存が可能となった。例えば受精卵を産出
した雌豚が死亡した後においても産子を得ることができ
豚の育種改良、繁殖上多大な効果をもたらすことができ
る。
Freezing fertilized pig eggs has made it possible to preserve them for a long period of time. Conventional pig fertilized egg transplantation was not useful for preserving genes because the fertilized eggs could not be preserved.
The present invention has made preservation possible. For example, even after the sow that produced the fertilized egg dies, it is possible to obtain offspring, which can have a great effect on the breeding improvement and reproduction of pigs.

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)囲卵腔の無くなるまで発育し又はそれ以降の発育
期にあって摂氏マイナス35度以下に保存された豚の受
精卵
(1) Fertilized pig eggs that have developed until the perivitelline cavity disappears or are in the subsequent developmental stage and are stored at -35 degrees Celsius or below.
(2)囲卵腔の無くなるまで発育し又はそれ以降の発育
期にある豚の受精卵を摂氏マイナス35度以下に保存す
ることを特徴とする豚の受精卵の保存方法
(2) A method for preserving fertilized pig eggs, which comprises storing fertilized pig eggs that have developed until the perivitelline cavity is exhausted or are in the subsequent developmental period at -35 degrees Celsius or below.
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