Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application

J 2019

Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application

HOLUBCOVÁ, Zuzana, Drahomira KYJOVSKA, Martina MARTONOVA, Dana PARALOVA, Tereza KLENKOVA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application

Authors

HOLUBCOVÁ, Zuzana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Drahomira KYJOVSKA (203 Czech Republic), Martina MARTONOVA (203 Czech Republic), Dana PARALOVA (203 Czech Republic), Tereza KLENKOVA (203 Czech Republic) and Sona KLOUDOVA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS, CAMBRIDGE, JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS, 2019, 1940-087X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10604 Reproductive biology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.163

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/19:00112956

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60058

UT WoS

000486589800122

Keywords in English

Developmental Biology; Issue 150; in vitro fertilization; assisted reproduction; human oocyte maturation; immature oocytes; timing of ICSI; polarized light microscopy; meiotic spindle

Abstract

V originále

The optimal timing of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is of a serious concern for fertility programs because untimely sperm entry diminishes the egg's developmental competence. Presence of the first polar body (PB) together with the meiotic spindle indicates completion of the oocyte maturation and the egg's readiness for fertilization. In clinical practice, it is customary to assume that all oocytes displaying a PB are mature metaphase (MII) oocytes. However, PB extrusion precedes the formation of the bipolar MII spindle. This asynchrony makes the mere presence of PB an unreliable marker of oocyte maturity. Noninvasive spindle imaging using polarized light microscopy (PLM) allows quick and easy inspection of whether the PB-displaying oocyte actually reassembled a meiotic spindle prior to ICSI. Here, we present a standard protocol to perform human egg maturity assessment in the clinical laboratory. We also show how to optimize the time of ICSI with respect to the oocyte's developmental stage in order to prevent premature sperm injection of late-maturing oocytes. Using this approach, even immature oocytes extruding PB in vitro can be clinically utilized. Affirmation that MII spindle is present prior to sperm injection and individual adjustment of the time of ICSI is particularly important in poor prognosis in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles with a low number of oocytes available for fertilization.

Links

LM2015062, research and development project

Name: Národní infrastruktura pro biologické a medicínské zobrazování

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

HOLUBCOVÁ, Zuzana, Drahomira KYJOVSKA, Martina MARTONOVA, Dana PARALOVA, Tereza KLENKOVA and Sona KLOUDOVA. Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application. JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. CAMBRIDGE: JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS, 2019, AUG 2019, No 150, p. 1-8. ISSN 1940-087X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60058.

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HOLUBCOVÁ, Zuzana, Drahomira KYJOVSKA, Martina MARTONOVA, Dana PARALOVA, Tereza KLENKOVA and Sona KLOUDOVA. Human Egg Maturity Assessment and Its Clinical Application. \textit{JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS}. CAMBRIDGE: JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS, 2019, AUG 2019, No~150, p.~1-8. ISSN~1940-087X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/60058.

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