S Diantina, C McGill, A C McCormick, J Millner, H W Pritchard, J Nadarajan
{"title":"Comparative seed cryopreservation of indonesian and new zealand epiphytic and terrestrial orchids.","authors":"S Diantina, C McGill, A C McCormick, J Millner, H W Pritchard, J Nadarajan","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The atypical seed storage behaviour reported in several orchid species justifies cryopreservation as a complementary conservation strategy to conventional seed banking.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to assess the seed cryopreservation potential of five orchid species; two tropical epiphytic, Indonesian species (Dendrobium strebloceras, D. lineale), one temperate epiphytic, New Zealand species (D. cunninghamii) and two temperate terrestrial, New Zealand species (Pterostylis banksii, Thelymitra nervosa).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Seeds were cryopreserved by direct immersion in liquid nitrogen (LN) and through the application of a cryoprotectant vitrification method. For the latter, seeds were exposed to Plant Vitrification Solution 2 (PVS2) for 0, 20, 50, and 70 min, at either room temperature or on ice, prior to immersion in LN.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seeds of all the studied species germinated well following direct cooling in LN. There was no difference in the seedling development capability between cryopreserved and non-cryopreserved seeds of both tropical epiphytic species and direct immersion in LN enhanced seed germination and shoot formation in both temperate terrestrials.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through a range of analyses of germination and post-germination growth, our study shows the potential for cryopreserving epiphytic or terrestrial orchids from tropical and temperate regions. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110312.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"197-207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N S Abtahi, Z Ghezelayagh, I Nemati, F Eivazkhani, P Farzaneh, A Shahverdi, G R Goudarzi, A Pedram, E Amirchaghmaghi, M R Valojerdi, S Silber, R Fathi
{"title":"Cryobiology and fertility preservation: a perspective on past, current and future studies.","authors":"N S Abtahi, Z Ghezelayagh, I Nemati, F Eivazkhani, P Farzaneh, A Shahverdi, G R Goudarzi, A Pedram, E Amirchaghmaghi, M R Valojerdi, S Silber, R Fathi","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cryopreservation has been used over many decades for the maintenance of viable biological specimens. Its expansion into the area of fertility preservation has been a natural outcome of the increased risks to human fertility from diseases, such as cancer and its treatment protocols, including radiation and chemo-therapy, and the general lifestyle trend to later marriages. The use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) in preserving fertility have benefitted significantly from new scientific approaches, such as cryostorage, in which live cells and tissues are stored at low temperatures and revived when necessary. This review focuses on \"cryopreservation science monitoring in reproductive biomedicine\" to evaluate knowledge, trends, driving forces, impetus, and emerging technologies in order to draw a future roadmap for this field. Our analysis of the field of cryobiology emphasizes the significance of strategic planning of cryobiology research to support more its extensive use in therapeutics in the future. The Royan Institute (Tehran, Iran) recognises this need and has developed a strategic plan to engage in multidisciplinary research on the application of cryobiology, including cryobioengineering, in disease mitigation. We hoped that this study can help improve the quality and quantity of public discourse and expert awareness of the role for cryopreservation in fertility preservation within ART. DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110112.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"185-196"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S V Kushnarenko, N K Rymkhanova, M M Aralbayeva, N V Romadanova
{"title":"In vitro cold acclimation is required for successful cryopreservation of Juglans regia L. shoot tips.","authors":"S V Kushnarenko, N K Rymkhanova, M M Aralbayeva, N V Romadanova","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the most economically important nut crops. In the Western Tien Shan in Kazakhstan, walnut forests are the northernmost in the natural range of this species. Shoot tip cryopreservation is an important strategy to ensure long-term clonal conservation of plant genetic resources.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the effect of cold acclimation duration (0-6 weeks) with alternating temperatures (8 h at 22 degree C, light intensity 10 μmol m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>/16 h at -1 degree C, in the dark) and of plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) exposure duration (30, 50, 80 or 100 min) on shoot tip regrowth after cryopreservation by vitrification.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In vitro-grown shoots of three wild Juglans regia accessions from a native population of Sairam-Ugam National Natural Park in the south of Kazakhstan and of cultivar Milotai 10 were used as sources of plant material. Shoot tips (1.8-2.0 mm with five to six leaf primordia) were excised from in vitro-grown shoots and cryopreserved using PVS2 vitrification technique.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips increased and was significantly higher (P < 0.05) after 4-6 weeks cold acclimation with the highest regrowth between 59.9-67.8 degree after 5 weeks for the four genotypes tested. The highest regrowth level was obtained after 80 min of PVS2 exposure, which was significantly better (P < 0.05) compared to 30, 50 or 100 min exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PVS2 vitrification protocol established is very effective for cryopreservation of both unique wild J. regia germplasm and of walnut cultivars. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110612.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 4","pages":"240-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23410110612
S. Kushnarenko, Nazgul K. Rymkhanova, Moldir Aralbayeva, N. Romadanova
{"title":"In vitro cold acclimation is required for successful cryopreservation of Juglans regia L. shoot tips.","authors":"S. Kushnarenko, Nazgul K. Rymkhanova, Moldir Aralbayeva, N. Romadanova","doi":"10.54680/fr23410110612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23410110612","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) is one of the most economically important nut crops. In the Western Tien Shan in Kazakhstan, walnut forests are the northernmost in the natural range of this species. Shoot tip cryopreservation is an important strategy to ensure long-term clonal conservation of plant genetic resources.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To determine the effect of cold acclimation duration (0-6 weeks) with alternating temperatures (8 h at 22 degree C, light intensity 10 μmol m-2 s-1/16 h at -1 degree C, in the dark) and of plant vitrification solution 2 (PVS2) exposure duration (30, 50, 80 or 100 min) on shoot tip regrowth after cryopreservation by vitrification.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000In vitro-grown shoots of three wild Juglans regia accessions from a native population of Sairam-Ugam National Natural Park in the south of Kazakhstan and of cultivar Milotai 10 were used as sources of plant material. Shoot tips (1.8-2.0 mm with five to six leaf primordia) were excised from in vitro-grown shoots and cryopreserved using PVS2 vitrification technique.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Regrowth of cryopreserved shoot tips increased and was significantly higher (P < 0.05) after 4-6 weeks cold acclimation with the highest regrowth between 59.9-67.8 degree after 5 weeks for the four genotypes tested. The highest regrowth level was obtained after 80 min of PVS2 exposure, which was significantly better (P < 0.05) compared to 30, 50 or 100 min exposure.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000The PVS2 vitrification protocol established is very effective for cryopreservation of both unique wild J. regia germplasm and of walnut cultivars. Doi: 10.54680/fr23410110612.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"159 1","pages":"240-248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76970132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110512
S. K. Malik, S. Kaur, R. Choudhary, R. Chaudhury, H. Pritchard
{"title":"Comparative cryopreservation of indian wild orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) embryonic axes.","authors":"S. K. Malik, S. Kaur, R. Choudhary, R. Chaudhury, H. Pritchard","doi":"10.54680/fr23310110512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23310110512","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Indian Wild Orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) is an endangered and endemic species from northeast India for which effective ex situ conservation strategies, including embryo cryopreservation, are urgently needed.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000Desiccation tolerance and cryopreservation ability for embryonic axes of Citrus indica was determined using three techniques (air desiccation-freezing, PVS2 vitrification-freezing and encapsulation-dehydration-freezing). Success was assessed as survival and recovery in vitro.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Successful cryopreservation of embryonic axes was achieved using all three methods, with the highest survival achieved when using air desiccation-freezing (90%) followed by encapsulation-dehydration (85%) and PVS2 vitrification cryopreservation (80%). Regeneration levels were lower than survival levels for all three proceedures. Post-cryo regeneration success was: encapsulation-dehydration (64%) > air desiccation-freezing (55%) > PVS2 vitrification (52%).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000Although there was relatively high post-cryopreservation recovery growth obtained using all the three techniques, the air desiccation-freezing technique is preferred, as it is a simple, practical and reproducible technique for the long-term cryobanking of this important wild species. Doi: 10.54680/fr23310110512.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"24 1","pages":"142-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78980826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110712
Desirée Coelho de Mello Seal, M. M. Monteiro, L. Arruda, Jerônimo Hugo de Souza, Robson Raion de Vasconcelos Alves, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, T. Napoleão, P. M. Guedes Paiva, Lucas Eduardo Bezerra de Lima, Regina C. Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo, M. Guerra
{"title":"Aqueous extract OF Moringa oleifera Lam leaves added to freezing extenders damages goat sperm membranes.","authors":"Desirée Coelho de Mello Seal, M. M. Monteiro, L. Arruda, Jerônimo Hugo de Souza, Robson Raion de Vasconcelos Alves, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, T. Napoleão, P. M. Guedes Paiva, Lucas Eduardo Bezerra de Lima, Regina C. Bressan Queiroz de Figueiredo, M. Guerra","doi":"10.54680/fr23310110712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23310110712","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Semen cryopreservation is a biotechnology used frequently in animal production; however, there are some obstacles, such as those caused by high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Moringa oleifera (MO) is known as a potent source of antioxidants and might be an important adjuvant.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000The objective of this study was to determine the effect of different concentrations of MO extract supplementation on goat semen cryopreservation efficiency.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u0000Ejaculates (n=6) from four goat breeders were pooled and diluted in skimmed milk (SM) or Tris-egg yolk (TEY)-based extenders and supplemented with different concentrations of MO extract (0, 1, 2 and 5 mg/mL). After the freeze-thaw cycle, sperm kinetics and viability were assessed.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000With the SM extender, straightness, wobble and plasma membrane integrity were lower than in the control group (P < 0.05). With the TEY extender, wobble was lower in with 5 mg/mL MO extract than in the control group (P < 0.05). As regards sperm ultrastructure, evaluated by SEM, the MO extract, regardless of the diluent used, damaged the membrane of sperm cells in a dose-dependent manner.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000The addition of aqueous extract of MO leaves in both diluents at all concentrations tested affects the parameters of sperm progressivity and damages the plasma membrane in a dose-dependent manner. DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110712.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"1 1","pages":"151-159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86558628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N Nurlaili, K Eriani, I Salma, S Maulida, S R Rahayu, L S Handayani, F K Kocabas, M N Siti-Azizah, M Wilkes, Z A Muchlisin
{"title":"Motility, viability and fertility of goldfish Carassius auratus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) post short-term cryopreservation.","authors":"N Nurlaili, K Eriani, I Salma, S Maulida, S R Rahayu, L S Handayani, F K Kocabas, M N Siti-Azizah, M Wilkes, Z A Muchlisin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Backgrund: </strong>Goldfish Carassius auratus is a popular ornamental fish extensively cultured worldwide. Sperm cryopreservation is a common fish breeding method that ensures sperm availability around the year. Studies on cryopreservation of goldfish sperm, especially on the suitability of cryoprotectant types and pre-freezing time, are scarcely available.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the most suitable type of cryoprotectant and pre-freezing for the successful cryopreservation of goldfish sperm.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A completely randomized design with two factors was utilized in this study. The first factor is the type of cryoprotectants, which included methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and DMSO. The second is pre-freezing times of 10, 20, 30, and 40 min at each of the pre-freezing temperatures of 4 degree C, -10 degree C, and -79 degree C, meaning that the total times for the ramping down of temperature were 30, 60, 90 and 120 min, respectively. The Ringer solution and 10% egg yolk were used as extender and extracellular cryoprotectant. The sperm was stored at -179 degree C for 7 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ANOVA test showed that cryoprotectants and pre-freezing significantly affected the motility, viability, and fertility of goldfish sperm after freezing in liquid nitrogen for 7 days (P<0.05). Furthermore, 10% DMSO combined with 15% egg yolk with an pre-freezing time of 20 min can maintain sperm motility, viability, and fertility higher than other treatments, by 79%, 80%, and 33%, respectively. The agarose gel electrophoresis showed no DNA fragmentation in all samples, including fresh sperm.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We conclude that 10% DMSO combined with 15% egg yolk and 20 min pre-freezing is the best treatment for goldfish sperm cryopreservation. DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110412.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 3","pages":"169-177"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S K Malik, S Kaur, R Choudhary, R Chaudhury, H W Pritchard
{"title":"Comparative cryopreservation of indian wild orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) embryonic axes.","authors":"S K Malik, S Kaur, R Choudhary, R Chaudhury, H W Pritchard","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Indian Wild Orange (Citrus indica Tanaka) is an endangered and endemic species from northeast India for which effective ex situ conservation strategies, including embryo cryopreservation, are urgently needed.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>Desiccation tolerance and cryopreservation ability for embryonic axes of Citrus indica was determined using three techniques (air desiccation-freezing, PVS2 vitrification-freezing and encapsulation-dehydration-freezing). Success was assessed as survival and recovery in vitro.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Successful cryopreservation of embryonic axes was achieved using all three methods, with the highest survival achieved when using air desiccation-freezing (90%) followed by encapsulation-dehydration (85%) and PVS2 vitrification cryopreservation (80%). Regeneration levels were lower than survival levels for all three proceedures. Post-cryo regeneration success was: encapsulation-dehydration (64%) > air desiccation-freezing (55%) > PVS2 vitrification (52%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although there was relatively high post-cryopreservation recovery growth obtained using all the three techniques, the air desiccation-freezing technique is preferred, as it is a simple, practical and reproducible technique for the long-term cryobanking of this important wild species. Doi: 10.54680/fr23310110512.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 3","pages":"142-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50161062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The safety of human embryos following long-term cryopreservation ( >6 years) on vitrification.","authors":"H He, R Jiang, X Ren, L Jin, Y Jiang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Vitrification of embryos has become the basic means of assisted reproductive technology (ART) therapy in recent years. Concerns have also been raised about the safety of vitrification and the effect of cryopreservation time. Most of the previous studies were on the data within 6 years of cryopreservation.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>In this study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of long-term cryopreservation (>6 years) on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This research was a single-center, retrospective analysis, including 426 frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. Patients who participated in IVF-FET cycles between January 2013 to December 2020 were analyzed. Preferentially matched participants were divided into three groups according to storage time: group A (>72 months), group B (0-3 months, propensity score matching [PSM] according to the age of oocyte retrieval), and group C (0-3 months, PSM according to the age of embryo transfer).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our results revealed that there were no significant differences in human chorionic gonadotropin [HCG] positive rate, clinical pregnancy rate, miscarriage rate, live birth rate, and neonatal outcomes when the embryo storage duration >72 months. But the proportion of high birth weight was higher in group A (>72 months) when matched according to age at embryo transfer.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of our study showed that long-term cryopreservation had no effect on the pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of vitrification. The results offer evidence for the safety of using long-term cryopreservation embryos after vitrification. DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110612.</p>","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"44 3","pages":"178-184"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50160977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cryo lettersPub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110212
José Avila-Peltroche, Boo Yeon Won, Tae Oh Cho
{"title":"Assessing the benefits of antioxidant and antibiotics treatments for cryopreservation of the model alga Ectocarpus siliculosus and the endemic alga Acinetospora asiatica.","authors":"José Avila-Peltroche, Boo Yeon Won, Tae Oh Cho","doi":"10.54680/fr23310110212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54680/fr23310110212","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND\u0000Cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen is a suitable technique for preserving seaweeds, a group of photosynthetic organisms with many applications. Although there are some standard protocols for seaweed cryopreservation, most rely on expensive controlled-rate coolers. Moreover, several factors, such as the use of antioxidants or antibiotics, remain unexplored.\u0000\u0000\u0000OBJECTIVE\u0000To test the effect of 2-mercapthoethanol (antioxidant) and antibiotic mixtures on the cryopreservation of the model alga Ectocarpus siliculosus and the endemic brown seaweed Acinetospora asiatica using a low-tech passive rate cooler.\u0000\u0000\u0000MATERIALS AND METHODS\u00002-mercaptoethanol was added to the cryoprotectant (CPA) solution, while antibiotic mixtures were included in the culture medium during the recovery process. In addition, two CPA solutions were tested on E. siliculosus.\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000After two weeks of recovery, the treatment comprising PSC antibiotic mixture (Penicillin G, streptomycin, and chloramphenicol) showed a significant increase in post-thaw viability. Antioxidant treatment did not improve viability. The highest viabilities for E. siliculosus and A. asiatica were 64-83%, and 83-87%, respectively, using 10% glycerol + 10% proline as CPA solution.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000E. siliculosus and A. asiatica were successfully cryopreserved using a low-tech passive rate cooler, 10% glycerol + 10% proline solution, and antibiotic treatment. The highest post-thaw viabilities (64-87%) reported for PSC antibiotic mixture suggest the potential benefits of using antibiotics during post-thaw recovery of marine macroalgae. This study is the first report on the cryopreservation of A. asiatica. DOI: 10.54680/fr23310110212.","PeriodicalId":10937,"journal":{"name":"Cryo letters","volume":"19 1","pages":"160-168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82522047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}