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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2021;43(2):119-125
To investigate whether follicular fluid (FF) from infertile women with mild endometriosis (ME) alters in vitro bovine embryo development, and whether the antioxidants N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and/or L-carnitine (LC) could prevent such damages.
Follicular fluid was obtained from infertile women (11 with ME and 11 control). Bovine oocytes were matured in vitro divided in: No-FF, with 1% of FF from control women (CFF) or ME women (MEFF); with 1.5mM NAC (CFF + NAC, MEFF + NAC), with 0.6mg/mL LC (CFF + LC, MEFF + LC), or both antioxidants (CFF + NAC + LC, MEFF + NAC + LC). After in vitro fertilization, in vitro embryo culture was performed for 9 days.
A total of 883 presumptive zygotes were cultured in vitro. No differences were observed in cleavage rate (p = 0.5376) and blastocyst formation rate (p = 0.4249). However, the MEFF group (12.5%) had lower hatching rate than the No-FF (42.1%, p = 0.029) and CFF (42.9%, p = 0.036) groups. Addition of antioxidants in the group with CFF did not alter hatching rate (p ≥ 0.56), and in groups with MEFF, just NAC increased the hatching rate [(MEFF: 12.5% versus MEFF + NAC: 44.4% (p = 0.02); vs MEFF + LC: 18.8% (p = 0.79); versus MEFF + NAC + LC: 30.8% (p = 0.22)].
Therefore, FF from infertile women with ME added to medium of in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes impairs hatching rate, and NAC prevented these damages, suggesting involvement of oxidative stress in worst of oocyte and embryo quality of women with ME.
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Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia. 2016;38(9):465-470
Infertility has a high prevalence in the general population, affecting 5 to 15% of couples in reproductive age. The assisted reproduction techniques ( ART ) include in vitro manipulation of gametes and embryos and are an important treatment indicated to these couples. It is well accepted that the implantation rate is positively influenced by the morphology of transferred embryos. However, we question if, apart from the assessment of embryo morphology, the number of produced embryos per cycle is also related to pregnancy rates in the first fresh transfer cycle.
To evaluate the clinical pregnancy rate according to the number of formed embryos and the transfer of top quality embryos ( TQEs ).
In a retrospective cohort study, between January 2011 and December 2012 , we evaluated women who underwent intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), aged < 40 years, andwith at least 1 formed embryo fresh transferred in cleavagestage. These women were stratified into 3 groups according to the number of formed embryos (1 embryo, 2-3 and ≥ 4 embryos). Each group was divided into 2 subgroups according to the presence or not of at least 1 transferred TQE (1 with TQE; 1 without TQE; 2-3 with TQE, 2-3 without TQE; ≥4with TQE; ≥4withoutTQE). The clinicalpregnancy rateswerecomparedineach subgroup based on the presence or absence of at least one transferred TQE.
During the study period, 636 women had at least one embryo to be transferred in thefirst fresh cycle (17.8% had 1 formed embryo [32.7% with TQEversus 67.3% without TQE], 42.1% of women had 2-3 formed embryos [55.6% with TQE versus 44.4% without TQE], and 40.1%ofpatientshad ≥4 formedembryos[73.7%withTQEversus26.3%withoutTQE]).The clinical pregnancy rate was significantly higher in the subgroup with ≥4 formed embryos with at least 1 transfered TQE (45.2%) compared with the subgroup without TQE (28.4%).
Having at least two available embryos and at least one TQE for embryo transfer are predictors of the pregnancy rates.