Çağlar, KübraKocabay, A.Taşkın, Ali CihanArat, Sezen2022-05-112022-05-1120200143-2044https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/5390BACKGROUND: Melatonin is an endocrine hormone secreted from the pineal gland located outside the blood-brain barrier. OBJECTIVE: In this study, in vitro propagated eight-cell mouse embryos were vitrified by the Solid Surface Vitrification (SSV) method and after thawing, their in vitro development and embryo qualities in melatonin added media were investigated. METHODS: Pronuclear stage embryos obtained from super ovulated B6CBAF1/J strain mice, were cultured until the eight-cell stage. Then these eight-cell embryos were vitrified by the SSV method and after thawing, cultured in melatonin added media at 37°C and 5 %CO2 conditions until the blastocyst stage. RESULT: In the experimental period, in vitro embryo development rates of the control, SSV and +10-12 M melatonin groups were observed as 97%, 86% and 93%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our results indicated that melatonin addition slightly increased the development rates and total cell numbers of embryos vitrified by the SSV method.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessmelatoninanimalblastocystcryopreservationmammalian embryomousevitrificationAnimalsBlastocystCryopreservationEmbryo, MammalianMelatoninMiceVitrificationArticle41262672-s2.0-8510655405733988655Q3