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Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.

Assisted hatching (AH), which is known to improve the hatching potential of mammalian embryos, has been used to increase the pregnancy rate in in vitro fertilization cycles. However, the effect of AH on a trypsin-like protease, which is known to be associated with the hatching process, has not been...

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Autores principales: Hwang, S., Lee, E., Chung, Y., Yoon, B. K., Lee, J. H., Choi, D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3054675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11068989
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author Hwang, S.
Lee, E.
Chung, Y.
Yoon, B. K.
Lee, J. H.
Choi, D.
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Lee, E.
Chung, Y.
Yoon, B. K.
Lee, J. H.
Choi, D.
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description Assisted hatching (AH), which is known to improve the hatching potential of mammalian embryos, has been used to increase the pregnancy rate in in vitro fertilization cycles. However, the effect of AH on a trypsin-like protease, which is known to be associated with the hatching process, has not been studied. In this study, we evaluate whether the intactness of zona pellucida affects the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst. Four- to 8-cell stage mouse embryos were collected at 66- to 68 hr after hCG injection and divided into 3 groups according to the manipulation of zona pellucida. The groups are no treatment (control), drilling of zona pellucida (ZD) and thinning of zona pellucida (ZT). The activity of a trypsin-like protease, blastocyst development and hatching rate were compared among the three groups at 110 and 135 hr after hCG injection, respectively. The protease activity and blastocyst development were not significantly different among control, ZD and ZT groups at 110 and 135 hr after hCG injection, respectively. However, the hatching rate of ZD and ZT groups was significantly higher than that of control group at each time, respectively (p<0.001). Even in the zona pellucida removed embryos, the protease activity did not differ from the control group. In conclusion, the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst does not seem to be affected by the intactness of zona pellucida.
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spelling pubmed-30546752011-03-15 Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst. Hwang, S. Lee, E. Chung, Y. Yoon, B. K. Lee, J. H. Choi, D. J Korean Med Sci Research Article Assisted hatching (AH), which is known to improve the hatching potential of mammalian embryos, has been used to increase the pregnancy rate in in vitro fertilization cycles. However, the effect of AH on a trypsin-like protease, which is known to be associated with the hatching process, has not been studied. In this study, we evaluate whether the intactness of zona pellucida affects the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst. Four- to 8-cell stage mouse embryos were collected at 66- to 68 hr after hCG injection and divided into 3 groups according to the manipulation of zona pellucida. The groups are no treatment (control), drilling of zona pellucida (ZD) and thinning of zona pellucida (ZT). The activity of a trypsin-like protease, blastocyst development and hatching rate were compared among the three groups at 110 and 135 hr after hCG injection, respectively. The protease activity and blastocyst development were not significantly different among control, ZD and ZT groups at 110 and 135 hr after hCG injection, respectively. However, the hatching rate of ZD and ZT groups was significantly higher than that of control group at each time, respectively (p<0.001). Even in the zona pellucida removed embryos, the protease activity did not differ from the control group. In conclusion, the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst does not seem to be affected by the intactness of zona pellucida. Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2000-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3054675/ /pubmed/11068989 Text en
spellingShingle Research Article
Hwang, S.
Lee, E.
Chung, Y.
Yoon, B. K.
Lee, J. H.
Choi, D.
Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title_full Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title_fullStr Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title_full_unstemmed Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title_short Intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
title_sort intactness of zona pellucida does not affect the secretion of a trypsin-like protease from mouse blastocyst.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3054675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11068989
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