[Objective] The research aimed to enhance culture efficiencies of oocyte and embryo of goat in vitro and to explore serum-free culture system in vitro.[Method] At present,the conventional solutions of oocyte maturation and embryo development in vitro were always added into 1% ITS(Insulin-transferrin-selenium) or using 1% ITS to replace FBS in 2 kinds culture solutions for conducting in vitro cultures of goat oocyte and parthenogenetic embryo.The influences of ITS on their developments were detected.[Result] ITS in maturation liquid of oocytes could not increase oocytes maturation rate but significantly increased blastocyst rate (58.06% vs. 48.19%)of parthenogenetic embryo.If FBS in maturation liquid of oocytes was replaced by ITS, the maturation rate, cleavage rate and blastocyst rate were basically unchanged.Adding ITS into embryo medium could increase blastocyst rate (68.30% vs. 56.82%)of parthenogenetic embryo of goat.If FBS in embryo medium was replaced by ITS,the cleavage rate didn’t change basically,while the blastocyst rate in ITS was obviously lower than that in FBS group(42.33% vs.56.82%).[Conclusion] ITS could promote maturation of oocyte in vitro and early embryonic development, in addition,ITS could replace serum in maturation medium of oocyte as serum-free culture system for conducting relevant researches.
[Objective] The aim of this study is to understand the effects of donor cell type,embryo stage,number and transfer position on the efficiency of goat transgenic clone.[Method] Using somatic cell nuclear transfer technology,the single goat fetal fibroblasts(GFF)and mammary gland epithelial cells(GMGE)harboring human lactoferrin(hLF)gene were transferred to the enucleated oocyte.Reconstructed karyoplast-cytoplast couplets were fused,activated,and cultured in vitro.Embryos at 2-8 cell stage were transferred into oviduct of synchronized recipients,and blastocysts were transferred into uterine horn.[Result] The pregnancy rate was similar between GFF and GMGE(oviduct transfer:26.47% vs.20.00%),and between oviduct transfer and uterine horn transfer(26.47% vs.25.00%)for GFF group;pregnancy rate in the group with the mean number of embryo transferred per recipient of 21.2 was significantly higher than in those the 5.93 group and 9.64 group(40.00% vs.26.67% and 21.43%).[Conclusion] These results indicate that pregnancy rate of goat transgenic clone couldn't be affected by donor cell type,embryo stage and transfer position but be done by the number of embryo transferred per recipient.In addition,the study also suggests the feasibility of making transgenic goat using GMGE as donor cells.
