Effect of timing of oocyte denudation and micro-injection on survival, fertilization and embryo quality after intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
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Authors: | Van de Velde H; De Vos A; Joris H; Nagy ZP; Van Steirteghem AC |
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Institution: | Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University, Belgium. |
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Abstract: | In human in-vitro fertilization (IVF), the oocytes are surrounded by
cumulus and corona cells at the time of insemination so that their maturity
cannot easily be evaluated. The best IVF results are obtained if the
oocytes are inseminated 2-6 h after retrieval. In the intracytoplasmic
sperm injection (ICSI) procedure, the oocytes are denuded by enzymatic and
mechanical treatment in order to be able to perform the injection. As a
consequence, the nuclear maturity of the oocytes can be evaluated and only
those that have extruded the first polar body are injected. However,
metaphase-II oocytes that have not yet reached cytoplasmic maturity cannot
be recognized. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of
different timing of cumulus- corona cell removal and injection on the
outcome of ICSI. For this we allowed the oocytes to complete in-vitro
cytoplasmic maturation in two different culture conditions: (i) surrounded
by their cumulus and corona cells or (ii) totally denuded. We performed
three different studies on sibling oocytes obtained after a standardized
buserelin/human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) protocol. We investigated
the effect of early (1-2 h after retrieval) and late (5-6 h after
retrieval) oocyte denudation and injection on the survival and
fertilization of the injected oocytes and on embryo cleavage after
fertilization. We found no statistically significant differences between
early and late injection, indicating that after a standardized
buserelin/HMG protocol the metaphase-II oocytes do not need time for
further cytoplasmic maturation. Furthermore, a different timing of
cumulus-corona cell removal has no effect on the outcome of ICSI,
suggesting that the surrounding cells are not necessary for survival,
fertilization and cleavage after ICSI.
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