Comparison Between Two Cryopreservation Techniques of Human Ovarian Cortex: Morphological Aspects and the Heat Shock Response (HSR)

Overview

Journal Cell Stress Chaperones

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2022 Jan 19

PMID 35043289

Authors

Sergio Galbinski

Lucas Stahlhofer Kowalewski

Gisele Bettu Grigolo

Larissa Ramos da Silva

Mirela Foresti Jimenez

Mauricio Krause

Nilo Frantz

Adriana Bos-Mikich

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Abstract

This study was tailored to compare the cryopreservation of the human ovarian cortex using closed metal container vitrification or the slow-freezing technique. Superficial ovarian cortical tissue biopsies were collected from 12 participants who underwent gynaecological videolaparoscopy. The fragmented samples were allocated to three experimental conditions: (a) fresh ovarian tissue, (b) slow-freezing, and (c) vitrification with a metal closed container. After thawing or rewarming, cellular morphological analyses were performed to determine tissue viability. The cellular response to thermal stress was measured by a putative increase in the immune quantification of the heat shock protein 70 kDa (heat shock protein 70 kDa response - HSR) after a heat challenge (2 h exposure at 42 °C). Both the total number of intact follicles and the frequency of primordial follicles were higher in fresh ovarian tissue than in the preserved samples, regardless of the technique employed. There was a trend towards an increase in the absolute number of intact follicles in the tissue preserved by vitrification. After cryopreservation, a higher HSR was obtained after slow-freezing. These results indicate that both cryopreservation techniques present advantages and may be used as alternatives to ovarian tissue cryopreservation.

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