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Wigger, Magdalena ORCID: 0000-0002-5777-7967, Schneider, Marco, Feldmann, Anni, Assenmacher, Sonja, Zevnik, Branko ORCID: 0000-0001-7845-9522 and Tröder, Simon Erwin ORCID: 0000-0003-1156-2976 (2023). Successful use of HTF as a basal fertilization medium during SEcuRe mouse in vitro fertilization. BMC Research Notes. p. 184. Springer Nature. ISSN 1756-0500

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Abstract

Objective The ever-increasing number of genetically engineered mouse models highlights the need for efficient archiving and distribution of these lines. Sperm cryopreservation has become the preferred technique for the majority of these models due to its low requirement of costs, time, and experimental animals. Yet, current in vitro fertilization (IVF) protocols either exhibit decreased fertilization efficiency for the most popular C57BL/6 strain, as recently demonstrated by us, or require costly and difficult-to-prepare media, respectively. As a result, we previously developed SEcuRe, a modified IVF protocol with low costs and high fertilization efficiency. The popular basal fertilization medium, Cook’s® proprietary “Research vitro fert” (RVF), used in this protocol has recently been discontinued. As a result, the application of the SEcuRe approach and other IVF protocols employing this medium has been severely limited. Results Here we show that human tubal fluid (HTF), a popular and widely available medium with a known composition, can be used as a basal fertilization medium instead of RVF. Comparison of RVF and HTF during 58 independent SEcuRe IVFs with cryopreserved C57BL/6 sperm revealed equal fertilization and live birth rates. In addition, we demonstrate that HTF has a substantially extended shelf-life by utilizing commercial HTF that was six months past its expiration date, yet did not affect fertilization during IVF or subsequent embryo development. This finding not only increases the economic value of our modified method, but also validates it once more. Our results demonstrate that common, shelf-life extended HTF can be used in SEcuRe IVF in place of now-discontinued RVF medium and ensure the applicability of the method, which we since termed SEcuRe 2.0. Our modified SEcuRe 2.0 strategy will assist researchers to efficiently archive and distribute genetically engineered mouse models in a cost-effective, easily adaptable, and 3R-compliant manner with minimal animal use.

Item Type:	Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wigger, Magdalena UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5777-7967 UNSPECIFIED Schneider, Marco UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Feldmann, Anni UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Assenmacher, Sonja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zevnik, Branko UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7845-9522 UNSPECIFIED Tröder, Simon Erwin simon.troeder@uni-koeln.de https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-2976 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-718526
Identification Number:	10.1186/s13104-023-06452-6
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Research Notes
Page Range:	p. 184
Date:	2023
Publisher:	Springer Nature
ISSN:	1756-0500
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine
Divisions:	CECAD - Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases
Subjects:	Life sciences
['eprint_fieldname_oa_funders' not defined]:	OAPK DFG 2022-2024
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/71852