Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the growth and survival rate of preantral follicles isolated from vitrified ovarian tissue by Cryotop and conventional methods. The ovaries of 14-day-old mice were separated and divided into four groups as following: Cryotop group, vitrified by Cryotop; CV (Conventional; CV) group, vitrified by conventional straw; toxicity test group and control group. After warming the vitrified ovaries, isolated preantral follicles from four groups were cultured for 4 days to compare survival rate and follicular growth between above-mentioned groups. Survival rate (97.3) in toxicity test group alike the control group (98.7) were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than the Cryotop (92.7) and CV (47.7) groups. Increase in follicle diameters after 4 days in Cryotop and CV groups was significantly lower (P < 0.05) than the control and toxicity test groups, but growth and survival rate of follicles in Cryotop group was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than the CV group. These results demonstrated that ovarian tissue vitrification by Cryotop highly preserves the viability rate of preantral follicles.