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Cryogenic preservation of embryos of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Characiforme; Prochilodontidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

Alexandre Ninhaus-Silveira ,
Fausto Foresti ,
Alexandre de Azevedo ,
Cláudio Ângelo Agostinho  and
Rosicleire Veríssimo-Silveira
Alexandre Ninhaus-Silveira*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia – Universidade Estadual Paulista/Ilha Solteira, Av. Brasil, 56 – Centro Postal Box 31, CEP: 15385 – 000 Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brasil.
Fausto Foresti
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) – Depto. de Morfologia – Botucatu – SP – Brasil.
Alexandre de Azevedo
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Núcleo de Pesquisas em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio Ambiental de Macaé (NUPEM) – Macaé – RJ – Brasil.
Cláudio Ângelo Agostinho
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) – Depto. de Produção e Exploração Animal – Botucatu – SP – Brasil.
Rosicleire Veríssimo-Silveira
Affiliation:
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) – Depto. de Biologia e Zootecnia – Ilha Solteira – SP – Brasil.
*
All correspondence to: Alexandre Ninhaus-Silveira. Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia – Universidade Estadual Paulista/Ilha Solteira, Av. Brasil, 56 – Centro Postal Box 31, CEP: 15385 – 000 Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brasil. Tel: +5518 3743 1285. Fax: +5518 3743 1186. e-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

While the freezing techniques of mammal embryos have been providing promising results, the cryopreservation of teleostean eggs and embryos have remained unsuccessful up to now. Therefore, this work aimed to develop a procedure of cryogenic preservation of embryos of Prochilodus lineatus and to observe, at both structural and ultrastructural levels, the morphological alterations that took place after the application of freezing/thawing techniques. The embryos at the morula stage could not tolerate exposure to the cryoprotectants ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, methanol, dimethyl sulphoxide and propylene glycol, presenting 100% of mortality. Embryos at the 4- to 6-somites stage tolerated exposure to propylene glycol and dimethyl sulphoxide, and the results revealed no significant differences (α = 0.05) regarding survival from both treatments. None of the freezing, thawing and hydration protocols was effective on preserving embryo viability. The ultrastructural analyses of frozen and thawed embryos showed that cells from ectoderm, somites, notochord and endoderm were structurally intact, with well preserved nuclei and mitochondria. The yolk globules were able to tolerate the freezing process, but the yolk syncytial layer was unorganized, displaying an electron-dense and compacted appearance, collapsed reticules, nuclei with modified chromatin and ruptures on the plasmatic membrane at the contact zone with endoderm. It might be concluded that the procedures tested for freezing were unable to avoid the formation of intracellular ice crystals, leading to drastic morphological modifications and making P. lineatus embryos unviable.

Keywords

CryopreservationEmbryoProchilodus lineatusToxicity
Type
Research Article
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Zygote , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 45 - 55
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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