Infertility Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Prospective Study to Determine if Mitochondrial Activity of Cumulus Cells From the Cumulus-oocyte Complex is Associated With Maternal Age and Oocyte Competence to Blastocyst
The need for non-invasive biomarkers of oocyte competency has become urgent as women increasingly delay attempts at childbearing. The aging process is complex and includes impaired mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, diminished metabolic activity, and activity of several cell-signaling systems. Cumulus cells form an intimate association with the oocyte in the follicle, and they can have a significant impact on oocyte meiotic and developmental competence. In the IVF lab, the clump of cumulus cells is typically cut away from the oocyte immediately after an oocyte retrieval procedure, and then the cumulus cells are discarded. Measuring the mitochondrial respiratory activity of cumulus cells may serve as a non-invasive biomarker for oocyte competency and a predictor of reproductive success in IVF patients in the future.
Background The number of couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) is rapidly growing
worldwide. However, only approximately 5% of aspirated human oocytes have the competence to
implant and develop into a child (Ziebe, 2013). Reasons for this low percentage of competence
include genetic abnormalities and metabolic problems.
Moreover, this oocyte developmental competence decreases as a woman ages, and therefore
maternal age is the single best predictor of reproductive outcome in women (Keefe et al,
2015). In general, the aging process is complex and includes impaired mitochondrial
dysfunction, oxidative stress, diminished metabolic activity, and activity of several
cell-signaling systems (Bentov, 2011).
Oocyte Competency is the Key to Embryo Potential The oocyte is the major determinant of
embryo developmental competence in women. The oocyte transmits not only the mother's nuclear
but also her mitochondrial genome to the embryo. The maternal and paternal genomes are
neither symmetrical nor equal in their contributions to embryo fate.
Oxygen Consumption and Oocyte/Embryo Competence Clinically useful biomarkers of oocyte
competency are needed (Keefe et al, 2015). Oxygen consumption is a quality marker for human
oocyte competence conditioned by ovarian stimulation regimens (Tejera et al., 2011).
Furthermore, oxygen consumption rates of embryos have been found to be associated with
successful implantation and can be used to select the embryo with the best developmental
potential (Tejera et al., 2012).
Rationale of Studying Cumulus Cells Ovarian follicles are highly specialized structures that
support the growth and development of oocytes during controlled ovarian stimulation for IVF.
Cumulus cells are somatic cells that form an intimate association with the oocyte in the
follicle. Cumulus cells possess specialized cytoplasmic projections that penetrate through
the zona pellucida [shell] and form gap junctions at their tips with the oocyte, generating
an elaborate structure called the cumulus-oocyte complex (COC) (Albertini et al., 2001;
Gilchrist et al., 2008). Cumulus cells metabolize the bulk of the glucose consumed by the COC
to supply metabolic intermediates to the oocyte, and COC glucose metabolism is pivotal in
determining oocyte developmental competence (Sutton-McDowall et al., 2010). It is well known
that cumulus cells support oocyte development through the provision of essential nutrients,
information molecules, metabolic precursors and signaling molecules (Hutt et al., 2007).
Because of the metabolic and communication link between the cumulus and the oocyte, glucose
availability and metabolism within the cumulus can have a significant impact on oocyte
meiotic and developmental competence (Thompson JG, 2007).
If the coordinated somatic cell-oocyte interactions are perturbed by metabolic disease and/or
maternal aging, molecular damage of the oocyte can alter macromolecules, induce mitochondrial
mutations, all of which can harm the oocyte (Dumesic et al, 2015). For example, in 2015 Hsu
et al. reported that endometriosis may be associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in pooled
cumulus cells, and subjects with endometriosis may have a defect in cumulus cell
mitochondrial function, which may contribute to decreased fertilization and implantation
rates (Barnhart et al., 2002). The purpose of this study is to determine if the mitochondrial
respiratory activity of cumulus cells is associated with maternal age and reproductive
outcomes (oocyte competence).
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