ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-24DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000540
Yan Zhu, Zhen Zhang, Guang-Li Zhang, Man-Xi Jiang
{"title":"Effects of multi-gradient equilibration during vitrification on oocyte survival and embryo development in mice.","authors":"Yan Zhu, Zhen Zhang, Guang-Li Zhang, Man-Xi Jiang","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000540","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vitrification has been widely used for oocyte cryopreservation, but there is still a need for optimization to improve clinical outcomes. In this study, we compared the routine droplet merge protocol with modified multi-gradient equilibration vitrification for cryopreservation of mouse oocytes at metaphase II. Subsequently, the oocytes were thawed and subjected to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Oocyte survival and spindle status were evaluated by morphology and immunofluorescence staining. Moreover, the fertilization rates and blastocyst development were examined <i>in vitro</i>. The results showed that multi-gradient equilibration vitrification outperformed droplet merge vitrification in terms of oocyte survival, spindle morphology, blastocyst formation, and embryo quality. In contrast, droplet merge vitrification exhibited decreasing survival rates, a reduced proportion of oocytes with normal spindle morphology, and lower blastocyst rates as the number of loaded oocytes increased. Notably, when more than six oocytes were loaded, reduced oocyte survival rates, abnormal oocyte spindle morphology, and poor embryo quality were observed. These findings highlight that the vitrification of mouse metaphase II oocytes by the modified multi-gradient equilibration vitrification has the advantage of maintaining oocyte survival, spindle morphology, and subsequent embryonic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"612-619"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138300162","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000400
Ming Liang, Huailiang Yang, Lanyong Xu, Longqiao Cao
{"title":"Obeticholic acid treatment of mice to promote fertilization and reproduction.","authors":"Ming Liang, Huailiang Yang, Lanyong Xu, Longqiao Cao","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000400","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000400","url":null,"abstract":"Obeticholic acid (OCA), a farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonist, has been demonstrated to ameliorate the histopathological characteristics of liver damage. Nonetheless, the systemic safety profile of OCA with regard to reproduction and development remains poorly understood. In the present study, we conducted a dose-response experiment by administering OCA at doses of 5 mg/kg, 10 mg/kg, or 20 mg/kg through tube feeding to investigate its effect on reproductive development and fertilization rate in both male and female mice. Furthermore, we evaluated the levels of protein and mitochondrial function in the placenta through western blot, qPCR, and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg OCA doses significantly reduced the rate of placental implantation (P < 0.05). Also, OCA increased maternal body weight. In addition, OCA increased levels of FXR and TGR5 and produced changes in oxidative stress levels (P < 0.05). Mitochondrial activity result found that 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg of OCA significantly reduced the mitophagy autosomes/nucleus compared with the normal control group (P < 0.05). What is more, there was no significant difference in sperm count after OCA intervention in either C57BL/10 mice or BALB/c mice. Overall, we demonstrated that OCA treatment protected against placental implantation by suppressing placental oxidative stress and mitochondrial activity.","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"527-536"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10132556","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-10-31DOI: 10.1017/S096719942300045X
Eun Pyo Kim, Do Yon Kim, Changhoon Park, Seung-Min Yoo, Myung-Shin Lee, Geon A Kim
{"title":"Effects of klotho protein or klotho knockdown in porcine oocytes at different stages.","authors":"Eun Pyo Kim, Do Yon Kim, Changhoon Park, Seung-Min Yoo, Myung-Shin Lee, Geon A Kim","doi":"10.1017/S096719942300045X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S096719942300045X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Klotho is a protein that plays different functions in female fertility. We have previously reported that klotho protein supplementation during <i>in vitro</i> maturation improves porcine embryo development, while klotho knockout for somatic cell cloning completely blocks full-term pregnancy <i>in vivo</i>. However, the effects of the microinjection of klotho protein or klotho knockdown dual vector in porcine embryos at different time points and the specific molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this study, we injected the preassembled cas9 + sgRNA dual vector, for klotho knockdown, into the cytoplasm of the germinal vesicle stage of oocytes and into porcine embryos after 6-h parthenogenetic activation. Similarly, the klotho protein was inserted into the cytoplasm of germinal vesicle stage oocytes and porcine embryos after 6-h parthenogenetic activation. Compared with the controls, the microinjection of klotho dual vector markedly decreased the blastocyst formation rates in germinal vesicle stage oocytes and activated embryos. However, the efficiency of blastocyst formation when klotho protein was inserted before <i>in vitro</i> maturation was significantly higher than that after klotho protein insertion into parthenogenetically activated embryos. These results indicated that klotho knockdown may impair embryo development into blastocyst irrespective of injection timing. In addition, klotho protein injection timing in pig embryos may be an important factor for regulating embryo development.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"577-581"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71414349","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-13DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000485
Andrea Abdala, Ibrahim Elkhatib, Aşina Bayram, Ahmed El-Damen, Laura Melado, Daniela Nogueira, Barbara Lawrenz, Human M Fatemi
{"title":"Reproductive outcomes with delayed blastocyst development: the clinical value of day 7 euploid blastocysts in frozen embryo transfer cycles.","authors":"Andrea Abdala, Ibrahim Elkhatib, Aşina Bayram, Ahmed El-Damen, Laura Melado, Daniela Nogueira, Barbara Lawrenz, Human M Fatemi","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000485","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Embryos of optimal development reach blastocyst stage 116 ± 2 h after insemination. Usable D7 blastocysts represent nearly 5% of embryos in IVF with acceptable pregnancy and live birth rates, however data are still limited. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the ongoing pregnancy rate (OPR) of D7 blastocysts in single euploid frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles. An observational study was performed including 1527 FET cycles with blastocysts biopsied on D5 (<i>N</i> = 855), D6 (<i>N</i> = 636) and D7 (<i>N</i> = 36). Blastocysts were classified as good (AA/AB/BA), fair (BB) or poor (AC/BC/CC/CA/CB) (Gardner scoring). FETs were performed in natural cycles (NC) or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cycles. Patient's age differed significantly between D5, D6 and D7 blastocysts FET cycles (33.2 ± 5.6, 34.4 ± 5.3 and 35.9 ± 5.2, <i>P</i> < 0.001). OPRs were higher when D5 euploid blastocysts were transferred compared with D6 and D7 (56.0% vs. 45.3% and 11.1%, <i>P</i> < 0.001). Poor quality blastocysts were predominant in D7 blastocyst FET cycles (good quality: 35.4%, 27.2%, 5.6%; fair quality: 52.1%, 38.5%, 11.1%; poor quality: 12.5%, 34.3%, 83.3%, <i>P</i> < 0.001 for D5, D6 and D7 blastocysts; respectively). OPR was significantly reduced by D7 blastocyst FETs (OR = 0.23 [0.08;0.62], <i>P</i> = 0.004), patient's BMI (OR = 0.96 [0.94;0.98], <i>P</i> < 0.001), HRT cycles (OR = 0.70 [0.56;0.88], <i>P</i> = 0.002) and poor quality blastocysts (OR = 0.33 [0.24;0.45], <i>P</i> < 0.001). OPR is significantly reduced with D7 compared with D5/D6 euploid blastocysts in FET cycles. The older the patient, the more likely they are to have an FET cycle with blastocysts biopsied on D7, therefore culturing embryos until D7 can be a strategy to increase OPR outcomes in patients ≥38 years.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"588-595"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89719718","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000503
Xiang Li, Youman Zeng, Juan He, Bowen Luo, Xiongcai Lu, Lingling Zhu, Zengyu Yang, Fuman Cai, Sheng-Ao Chen, Yudi Luo
{"title":"The optimal frozen embryo transfer strategy for the recurrent implantation failure patient without blastocyst freezing: thawing day 3 embryos and culturing to day 5 blastocysts.","authors":"Xiang Li, Youman Zeng, Juan He, Bowen Luo, Xiongcai Lu, Lingling Zhu, Zengyu Yang, Fuman Cai, Sheng-Ao Chen, Yudi Luo","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000503","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000503","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to investigate the optimal frozen embryo transfer (FET) strategy for recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients with three consecutive failed cleaved embryo implantations and no blastocyst preservation. This retrospective analysis was divided into three groups based on the FET strategy: thawed day 3 embryo transfer (D3 FET group); and extended culture of frozen-thawed day 3 embryos to day 5 blastocysts transfer (D3-D5 FET group); thawed blastocyst transfer (D5 FET group). Transplant cycle data were compared between the three groups. In total, 43.8% of vitrified-thawed cleavage embryos developed into blastocysts. Analysis of the three transplantation strategies showed that, compared with the D3 FET group, D3-D5 had a significantly better hCG-positivity rate and live-birth rate (<i>P <</i> 0.05). Pregnancy outcomes in the D3-D5 FET group and D5 FET group were similar regarding hCG-positivity rate, implantation rate, clinical pregnancy rate, and live-birth rate. Our findings propose two potentially valuable transfer strategies for patients experiencing repeated implantation failures. The D3-D5 FET approach presents a greater potential for selecting promising embryos in cases without blastocyst preservation; however, this strategy does entail the risk of cycle cancellation. Conversely, in instances where blastocyst preservation is an option, prioritizing consideration of the D5 FET strategy is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"596-604"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650007","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-13DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000473
Adriano Felipe Mendes, Raquel Zaneti Puelker, Lilian Francisco Arantes de Souza, Andréa Renesto Coimbra Jacintho, Priscila Helena Dos Santos, Ines Cristina Giometti, Sheila Merlo Firetti, Anthony César de Souza Castilho, Marilice Zundt, Claudia Maria Bertan Membrive, Caliê Castilho
{"title":"<i>In vitro</i> maturation in synthetic oviductal fluid increases gene expression associated with quality and lipid metabolism in bovine oocytes.","authors":"Adriano Felipe Mendes, Raquel Zaneti Puelker, Lilian Francisco Arantes de Souza, Andréa Renesto Coimbra Jacintho, Priscila Helena Dos Santos, Ines Cristina Giometti, Sheila Merlo Firetti, Anthony César de Souza Castilho, Marilice Zundt, Claudia Maria Bertan Membrive, Caliê Castilho","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000473","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000473","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traditionally, <i>in vitro</i> oocyte and embryo culture progresses through a series of varying culture medium. To investigate simplifying the <i>in vitro</i> production of bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs), this study used synthetic oviductal fluid (SOF) supplemented with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Special interest was placed on gene expression linked to lipid metabolism and oocyte maturation. COCs were matured in different media: Medium 199 (M199 group), M199 with 100 μM CLA (M199 + CLA group), SOF (SOF group), and SOF with 100 μM CLA (SOF + CLA group). COCs matured with SOF showed a higher relative abundance of mRNA of quality indicators gremlin 1 (<i>GREM1</i>) and prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 (<i>PTGS2</i>) in oocytes, and <i>GREM1</i> in cumulus cells compared with in the M199 group. SOF medium COCs had a higher relative abundance of fatty acid desaturase 2 (<i>FADS2</i>) compared with the M199 group, which is essential for lipid metabolism in oocytes. Furthermore, the abundance of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase 1 (<i>SCD1</i>) in oocytes matured with SOF was not influenced by the addition of CLA, whereas the relative abundance of <i>SCD1</i> was reduced in M199 medium with CLA. We concluded that maturation in SOF medium results in a greater abundance of genes linked to quality and lipidic metabolism in oocytes, regardless of the addition of CLA.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"582-587"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89719717","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000539
M Ahmed, H Aytacoglu, O Coban, P Tulay
{"title":"Investigation of <i>BAK</i>, <i>BAX</i> and <i>MAD2L1 g</i>ene expression in human aneuploid blastocysts.","authors":"M Ahmed, H Aytacoglu, O Coban, P Tulay","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000539","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000539","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Maintaining genomic stability is crucial for normal development. At earlier stages of preimplantation development, as the embryonic genome activation is not fully completed, the embryos may be more prone to abnormalities. Aneuploidies are one of the most common genetic causes of implantation failure or first-trimester miscarriages. Apoptosis is a crucial mechanism to eliminate damaged or abnormal cells from the organism to enable healthy growth. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the relationship between the expression levels of genes involved in apoptosis in human aneuploid and euploid blastocysts. In total, 32 human embryos obtained from 21 patients were used for this study. Trophectoderm biopsies were performed and next-generation screening was carried out for aneuploidy screening. Total RNA was extracted from each blastocyst separately and cDNA was synthesized. Gene expression levels were evaluated using RT-PCR. The statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the gene expression level variations in the euploid and aneuploid embryos, respectively. The expression level of the <i>BAX</i> gene was significantly different between the aneuploid and euploid samples. BAX expression levels were found to be 1.5-fold lower in aneuploid cells. However, the expression levels of <i>BAK</i> and <i>MAD2L1</i> genes were similar in each group. This study aimed to investigate the possible role of genes involved in apoptosis and aneuploidy mechanisms. The findings of this investigation revealed that the <i>BAX</i> gene was expressed significantly differently between aneuploid and euploid embryos. Therefore, it is possible that the genes involved in the apoptotic pathway have a role in the aneuploidy mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"605-611"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296161","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":"Kisspeptin decreases the adverse effects of human ovarian vitrification by regulating ROS-related apoptotic occurrences.","authors":"Anahita Tavakoli, Fereshteh Aliakbari, Malek Soleimani Mehranjani","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000412","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000412","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Kisspeptin is characterized as a neuropeptide with a pivotal function in female and male infertility, and its antioxidant properties have been demonstrated. In this study, the effects of kisspeptin on the improvement of the vitrification and thawing results of human ovarian tissues were investigated. In this work, 12 ovaries from patients who underwent hysterectomy were collected laparoscopically, and then 32 samples from each of their tissues were taken. Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was performed to check the normality of the ovarian tissue and, subsequently, the samples were allocated randomly into four groups, including: (1) fresh (control), (2) vitrification, (3) vitrified + 1 μM kisspeptin, and (4) vitrified + 10 μM kisspeptin groups. After vitrification, thawing, and tissue culture processes, H&E staining for tissue quality assessment, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labelling assay for apoptosis evaluation, and malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and ferric reducing ability of plasma tests for oxidative stress appraisal were carried out. Our histological results showed incoherency of ovarian tissue morphology in the vitrification group compared with other groups. Other findings implicated increased apoptosis rate and MDA concentration and reduced SOD activity and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in the vitrification group compared with the control group (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Moreover, decreased apoptosis rate and MDA concentration, and increased TAC and SOD function were observed in the vitrification with kisspeptin groups (1 μM and 10 μM) compared with the vitrified group (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Our reports express that kisspeptin is an effective agent to overcome the negative effects of vitrification by regulating reactive oxygen species-related apoptotic processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"537-543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10502524","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":"Evaluative effectiveness of follicular output rate, ovarian sensitivity index, and ovarian response prediction index for the ovarian reserve and response of low-prognosis patients according to the POSEIDON criteria: a retrospective study.","authors":"Zhilan Chen, Wei Li, Shufang Ma, Yanmin Li, Liqun Lv, Kecheng Huang, Aidong Gong","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000382","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim was to explore the implications of follicular output rate (FORT), ovarian sensitivity index (OSI), ovarian response prediction index (ORPI), and follicle-to-oocyte index (FOI) in low-prognosis patients defined by POSEIDON criteria. In total, 4030 fresh <i>in vitro</i> fertilization (IVF) cycles from January 2013 to October 2021 were included in this retrospective cohort analysis and were categorized into four groups based on the POSEIDON criteria. The FORT between Groups 1 and 2 (0.61 ± 0.34 vs. 0.65 ± 0.35, <i>P</i> = 0.081) and Groups 3 and 4 (1.08 ± 0.82 vs. 1.09 ± 0.94, <i>P</i> = 0.899) were similar. The OSI in the order from the highest to the lowest were 3.01 ± 1.46 in Group 1, 2.28 ± 1.09 in Group 2, 1.54 ± 1.04 in Group 3, and 1.34 ± 0.96 in Group 4 (<i>P</i> < 0.001). The trend in the ORPI values was consistent with that in the OSI. FORT, OSI, ORPI, and FOI complemented each other and offered excellent effectiveness in reflecting ovarian reserve and response, but they were not good predictors of clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) from IVF.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"557-569"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41136874","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}
ZygotePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-09-25DOI: 10.1017/S0967199423000370
Amanda Souza Setti, Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga, Patricia Guilherme, Assumpto Iaconelli, Edson Borges
{"title":"Serum anti-Müllerian hormone concentrations are related to embryo development: lessons from time-lapse imaging.","authors":"Amanda Souza Setti, Daniela Paes de Almeida Ferreira Braga, Patricia Guilherme, Assumpto Iaconelli, Edson Borges","doi":"10.1017/S0967199423000370","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S0967199423000370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our objective was to study whether serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations were associated with embryo morphokinetic events. This retrospective cohort study was performed in a private university-affiliated <i>in vitro</i> fertilization centre between March 2019 and December 2020 and included 902 oocytes cultured in a time-lapse imaging incubator, obtained from 114 intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles performed. The relationship between AMH concentrations and morphokinetic events was investigated by considering the clustering of data (multiple embryos/patient). Evaluated kinetic markers were time to pronuclei appearance (tPNa) and fading (tPNf), time to two (t2), three (t3), four (t4), five (t5), six (t6), seven (t7), and eight cells (t8), (tSB) and time to the start of blastulation (tSB) and to blastulation (tB). Significant inverse relationships were observed between serum AMH concentrations and tPNf, t3, t4, t5, t6, t7, t8, and tB. The AMH was positively correlated with the KIDScore and implantation rate. Increased serum AMH concentrations correlated with faster embryo development. The clinical implications of this effect on embryo development warrant further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":24075,"journal":{"name":"Zygote","volume":" ","pages":"570-576"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41171690","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}