Timing of oocyte activation, pronucleus formation and cleavage in humans after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) with testicular spermatozoa and after ICSI or in-vitro fertilization on sibling oocytes with ejaculated spermatozoa

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1606-1612

  Nagy, Zsolt P ^a,b   Janssenswillen, Cecile ^a   Janssens, Ronny ^a   De Vos, Anick ^a   Staessen, Cathérine ^a   Van de Velde, Hilde ^a   Van Steirteghem, André C ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ejaculated spermatozoa; ICSI; IVF; Pronucleus; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; METAPHASE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRONUCLEUS; SIBLING; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0031833824     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.6.1606     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Balakier, H., MacLusky, N.J. and Casper, R.F. (1993) Characterization of the first cell cycle in human zygotes: implications for cryopreservation. Fertil. Steril., 59, 359-365.
2. Dadoune, J.P. (1995) The nuclear status of human sperm cells. Micron, 26, 323-345.
3. Ding, J., Clarke, N., Nagai, T. and Moor, R.M. (1992) Protein and nuclear changes in pig eggs at fertilization. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 31, 287-296.
4. Edwards, R.G., Bavister, B.D. and Steptoe, P.C. (1969) Early stages of fertilization in vitro of human oocytes matured in vitro. Nature, 221, 632-635.
5. Hewlett, S.K. and Bolton, N.B. (1985) Sequence and regulation of morphological and molecular events during the first cell cycle of mouse embryogenesis. J. Embryol. Exp. Morph., 87, 175-206.
6. Krishna, M. and Generoso, W.M. (1977) Timing of sperm penetration, pronuclear formation, pronuclear DNA synthesis, and first cleavage in naturally ovulated mouse eggs. J. Exp. Zool., 202, 245-252.
7. Kruger, T.F., Menkveld, R., Stander, F.S.H. et al. (1986) Sperm morphologic features as a prognostic factor in in vitro fertilization. Fertil. Steril., 46, 1118-1123.
8. Martin-Ponthieu, A., Wouters-Tyrou, D., Pudlo, B. et al. (1994) Isolation and characterization of a small putative zinc finger protein from cuttlefish epididymal sperm cells. Eur. J. Biochem., 220, 463-468.
9. McMaster, R., Yanagimachi, R. and Lopata, A. (1978) Penetration of human eggs by human spermatozoa in vitro. Biol. Reprod., 19, 212-216.
10. Nagy, Z.P, Liu, J., Joris, H. et al. (1994) Time course of oocyte activation, pronucleus formation and cleavage in human oocytes fertilized by intracytopiasmic sperm injection. Hum. Reprod., 9, 1743-1748.
11. Nagy, Z.P, Liu, J., Joris, H. et al. (1995a) The result of intracytoplasmic sperm injection is not related to any of the three basic sperm parameters. Hum. Reprod., 10, 1123-1129.
12. Nagy, Z.P, Liu, J., Joris, H. et al. (1995b) The influence of the site of sperm deposition and mode of oolemma breakage at intracytoplasmic sperm injection on fertilization and embryo development rates. Hum. Reprod., 10, 3171-3177.
13. Ohsumi, K., Katagiri, C. and Yanagimachi, R. (1988) Human sperm nuclei can transform into condensed chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts. Gamete Res., 20, 1-9.
14. Palermo, G., Joris, H., Devroey, P. and Van Steirteghem, A. (1992) Pregnancies after intracytoplasmic injection of single spermatozoon into an oocyte. Lancet, 340, 17-18.
15. Payne, D., Flaherty, S.P., Barry, M.F. and Matthews, C.D. (1997) Preliminary observations on polar body extrusion and pronuclear formation in human oocytes using time-lapse video cinematography. Hum Reprod., 12, 532-541.
16. Perreault, S.D., Naish, S.J. and Zirkin, B.R. (1987) The timing of hamster sperm nuclear decondensation and male pronucleus formation is related to sperm nuclear disulfide bond content. Biol. Reprod., 36, 239-244.
17. Plachot, M., Junca, A-M, Mandelbaum, J. et al. (1986) Timing of in-vitro fertilization of cumulus-free and cumulus-enclosed human oocytes. Hum, Reprod., 4, 237-242.
18. Royère, D., Hamamah, S., Miron, P. et al. (1990) Relations entre altérations chromatiniennes lors de la congélation du sperme humain et les évènements precoces de la fécondation in vitro. Contracept.-fertil.-Sex., 18, 532-535.
19. Smitz, J., Devroey, P., Camus, M. et al. (1988) The luteal phase and early pregnancy after combined GnRH-agonist/HMG treatment for superovulation in IVF or GIFT. Hum. Reprod., 3, 585-590.
20. Smitz, J., Devroey, P., Faguer, B. et al. (1992) A prospective randomized comparison of intramuscular or intravaginal natural progesterone as a luteal phase and early pregnancy supplement. Hum. Reprod., 7, 168-175.
21. Staessen, C., Camus, M., Khan, I. et al. (1989) An 18-month survey of infertility treatment by in vitro fertilization, gamete and zygote intrafallopian transfer, and replacement of frozen-thawed embryos. J. In Vitro Fertil. Embryo Transfer, 6, 22-29.
22. Slice, S.L. and Robl, J.M. (1990) Activation of mammalian oocytes by a factor obtained from rabbit sperm. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 25, 272-80.
23. Tesarik, J., Sousa, M. and Testart, J. (1994) Human oocyte activation after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Hum. Reprod., 9, 968.
24. Ubaldi, F., Camus, M., Smitz, J. et al. (1996) Premature luteinization in in vitro fertilization cycles using gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) and recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and GnRH-a and urinary FSH. Fertil. Steril., 66, 275-280.
25. Van Steirteghem, A.C., Nagy, Z., Joris, H. et al. (1993) High fertilization and implantation rates after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Hum. Reprod., 8, 1061-1066.
26. Van Steirteghem, A.C., Joris, H., Liu, J. et al. (1995) Protocol for intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Hum. Reprod. Update, 1, No. 3, CD-ROM.
27. van Wissen, B., Wolf, J.P., Bomsel-Helmreich, O. et al. (1995) Timing of pronuclear development and first cleavages in human embryos after subzonal insemination: influence of sperm phenotype. Hum. Reprod., 10, 642-648.
28. World Health Organization (1992) Laboratory Manual for the Examination of Human Semen and Sperm-Cervical Mucus Interaction, 3rd edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
29. Yanagimachi, R. (1994) Mammalian fertilization. In Knobil, E., Neill, J.D. and Greenwatd, G.S. (eds), The Physiology of Reproduction. Raven Press, New York, pp. 189-318.