STUDY QUESTION Does heparin ablate the advantageous effects of cyclic adenosine mono-phosphate (cAMP) modulators during pre-in vitro maturation (IVM) and have a deleterious effect in standard oocyte IVM? SUMMARY ANSWER Heparin interrupts energy metabolism and meiotic progression and adversely affects subsequent development of oocytes under conditions of elevated cAMP levels in cumulus-oocyte ...

BACKGROUND Approximately 20% of recovered oocytes are immature and discarded in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedures. These oocytes represent a potential resource for both clinical and basic science application. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the ultrastructure architecture of in vitro matured human oocytes using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). MATERIA...

In vitro maturation (IVM) is an advanced embryology laboratory technique whereby immature oocytes, which are removed from ovarian follicles prior to completing their growth in vivo, are cultured from the germinal vesicle (GV) to the metaphase II (MII) stage. Upon reaching maturity in vitro, these eggs can then be fertilized and the resulting embryos can be cultured using conventional in vitro f...

BACKGROUND Leptin, as a 16 kDa adipokine, is a pleiotropic cytokine-like hormone that primarily secreted from adipose tissue. It also involves in the regulation of energy homeostasis, neuroendocrine function, immunity, lipid and glucose homeostasis, fatty acid oxidation, angiogenesis, puberty and reproduction. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of in vitro addition of leptin t...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to evaluate whether extending the interval between human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) priming and immature oocyte retrieval increases the oocyte maturation rate following in vitro maturation (IVM). METHODS This study was performed retrospectively. IVM was performed on 113 polycystic ovary syndrome patients (n = 120 cycles). Oocyte collection was performed either 35 h (...

introduction: superovulation produces complications in some patients, so invitro maturation of oocytes is used to decrease or eliminate these complications and improve ivf. moreover, ivm is used for different aspects of reproductive researches. slaughterhouse ovaries are the main source of oocytes for ivm and ivf studies. different media has been introduced and experimented for in vitro maturat...

Background: Physiological effects of obesity are increasingly common in women of reproductive age and are associated with infertility. Obese women have dysfunction in hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis, menstrual cycle and are up to three times more likely to have decreased oligo-/anovulation. The purpose of present study was to evaluate the high fat diet on IVM and IVF outcomes in mouse. Mate...

BACKGROUND Oocyte cryopreservation is an important part of modern fertility treatment. The effect of vitrification on the fertilization and developmental rates of embryo is still a matter of debate. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the effect of vitrification on the success of mouse oocyte maturation, fertilization, and preimplantation development in vitro. MATERIALS AND METHODS I...

Bovine oocytes cultured in control medium or in medium containing dibutyrylcyclic adenosine monophosphate (dbcAMP) or an inhibitor of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, IBMX) undergo germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD). On the other hand, mouse oocytes remain arrested at the germinal vesicle (GV) stage when dbcAMP or IBMX is present. When 1 bovine GV stage oocyte is...