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Cavilla, J. L., Kennedy, C. R., Byskov, A. V. and Hartshorne, Geraldine M. (2007) Immature oocytes grow during in vitro maturation culture. Human Reproduction, Vol.23 (No.1). pp. 37-45. doi:10.1093/humrep/dem178 ISSN 0268-1161.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dem178
Abstract
BACKGROUND. Oocyte competence for maturation and embryogenesis is associated with oocyte diameter in many mammals. This study aimed to test whether such a relationship exists in humans and to quantify its impact upon in vitro maturation (IVM). METHODS. We used computer-assisted image analysis daily to measure average diameter, zona thickness and other parameters in oocytes. Immature oocytes originated from unstimulated patients with polycystic ovaries, and from stimulated patients undergoing ICSI. They were cultured with or without meiosis activating sterol (FF-MAS). Oocytes maturing in vitro were inseminated using ICSI and embryo development was monitored. A sample of freshly collected in vivo matured oocytes from ICSI patients were also measured. RESULTS. Immature oocytes were usually smaller at collection than in vivo matured oocytes. Capacity for maturation was related to oocyte diameter and many oocytes grew in culture. FF-MAS stimulated growth in ICSI derived oocytes, but only stimulated growth in PCO derived oocytes if they eventually matured in vitro. Oocytes degenerating showed cytoplasmic shrinkage. Neither zona thickness, perivitelline space, nor the total diameter of the oocyte including the zona were informative regarding oocyte maturation capacity. CONCLUSIONS. Immature oocytes continue growing during maturation culture. FF-MAS promotes oocyte growth in vitro. Oocytes from different sources have different growth profiles in vitro. Measuring diameters of oocytes used in clinical IVM may provide additional non-invasive information that could potentially identify and avoid the use of oocytes that remain in the growth phase.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Alternative Title: | Human immature oocytes grow during culture for in vitro maturation | ||||
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Oocytin | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Human Reproduction | ||||
| Publisher: | OUP | ||||
| ISSN: | 0268-1161 | ||||
| Official Date: | 11 October 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.23 | ||||
| Number: | No.1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 37-45 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/humrep/dem178 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
| Description: | Version accepted by publisher (post-print, after peer review, before copy-editing). |
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| Adapted As: | Published version: Cavilla, J.L., et al. (2008). Human immature oocytes grow during culture for IVM. Human Reproduction, 23(1), pp.37-45. |
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