In vitro Growth and Maturation of Oocytes in Human and Non-Human Primates

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-21

  Smitz, J E J ^a   Cortvrindt, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OOCYTES; OVARY; PRIMATES;

EID: 0442324711     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Gougeon A: Regulation of ovarian follicular development in primates: facts and hypotheses. Endocr Rev 1996;17:121-155.
2. McGee EA and Hsueh AJW: Initial and cyclic recruitment of ovarian follicles. Endocrine Rev 2000;21:200-214.
3. Nilsson EE, Skinner MK: Growth and differentiation factor-9 stimulates progression of early primary but not primordial rat ovarian follicle development. Biol Reprod 2002;67:1018-1024.
4. Richards JS: Perspective: the ovarian follicle - a perspective in 2001. Endocrinology 2001;142:2184-2193.
5. Albertini DF, Combelles CM, Benecchi E, Carabatsos MJ: Cellular basis for paracrine regulation of ovarian follicle development. Reproduction 2001;121:647-653.
6. Eppig JJ, Wigglesworth K: Development of mouse and rat oocytes in chimeric reaggregated ovaries after interspecific exchange of somatic and germ cell components. Biol Reprod 2000;63:1014-1023.
7. Newton H, Aubard Y, Rutherford A, Sharma V and Gosden R: Low temperature storage and grafting of human ovarian tissue. Hum Reprod 1996;11:1487-1491.
8. Oktay K, Nugent D, Newton H, Salha O, Chatterjee P, Gosden RG: Isolation and characterisation of primordial follicles from fresh and cryopreserved human ovarian tissue. Fertil Steril 1997;67:481-486.
9. Gook DA, Edgar DH, Stern C: Effect of cooling rate and dehydration regimen on the histological appearance of human ovarian cortex following cryopreservation in 1,2-propanediol. Hum Reprod 1999;14:2061-2068.
10. Gosden RG, Baird DT, Wade JC and Webb R: Restoration of fertility to oophorectomized sheep by ovarian autografts stored at -196°C. Hum Reprod 1994;99:597-603.
11. Gosden RG, Mullan J, Picton HM, Yin H, Tan SL: Current perspective on primordial follicle cryopreservation and culture and culture for reproductive medicine. Hum Reprod Update 2002;8:105-110.
12. Oktay K, Karlikaya G: Ovarian function after transplantation of frozen, banked autologous ovarian tissue. N Engl J Med 2000;342:1919.
13. Radford JA, Lieberman BA, Brison DR, Smith AR, Critchlow JD, Russell SA, Watson AJ, Clayton JA, Harris M, Gosden RG, Shalet SM: Orthotopic reimplantation of cryopreserved ovarian cortical strips after high-dose chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma. Lancet 2001;357:1172-1175.
14. Smitz J, Cortvrindt R: The earliest stages of folliculogenesis in vitro. Reproduction 2002;123:185-202.
15. Picton HM: Oocyte maturation in vitro. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2002;14:295-302.
16. Wandji SA, Srsen V, Voss AK, Eppig JJ, Fortune JE: Initiation in vitro of growth of bovine primordial follicles. Biol Reprod 1996;55:942-948.
17. Jewgenow K: Role of media, protein and energy supplements on maintenance of morphology and DNA-synthesis of small preantral domestic cat follicles during short-term culture. Theriogenology 1998;49:1567-1577.
18. Hirao Y, Nagai T, Kubo M, Miyano T, Miyake M, Kato S: In vitro growth and maturation of pig oocytes. J Reprod Fertil 1994;100:333-339.
19. Hovatta O, Silye R, Abir R, Krausz T, Winston RM: Extracellular matrix improves survival of both stored and fresh human primordial and primary ovarian follicles in long-term culture. Hum Reprod 1997;12:1032-1036.
20. Wandji SA, Srsen V, Nathanielsz PW, Eppig JJ, Fortune JE: Initiation of growth of baboon primordial follicles in vitro. Hum Reprod 1997;12:1993-2001.
21. Figueiredo JR, Hulshof SCJ, Van den Hurk R, Ectors FJ, Fontes RS, Nusgens B, Bevers MM, Beckers JF: Development of a new mechanical and enzymatical method for the isolation of intact preantral follicles from fetal, calf and adult bovine ovaries. Theriogenology 1993;40:789-799.
22. Van den Hurk R, Spek ER, Hage WJ, Fair T, Ralph JH, Schotanus K: Ultrastructure and viability of isolated bovine preantral follicles. Hum Reprod Update 1998;4:833-841.
23. Fortune JE, Cushman RA, Wahl CM, Kito S: The primordial to primary follicle transition. Mol Cell Endocrin 2000;163:53-60.
24. Faddy MJ, Gosden RG: A model conforming the decline in follicle numbers to the age of menopause in women. Hum Reprod 1996;11:1484-1486.
25. Lass A, Silye R, Abrams DC, Krausz T, Hovatta O, Margara R, Winston RM: Follicular density in ovarian biopsy of infertile women: a novel method to assess ovarian reserve. Hum Reprod 1997;12:1028-1031.
26. Cortvrindt R and Smitz J: Fluorescent probes allow rapid and precise recording of follicle density and staging in human ovarian cortical biopsies. Fertil Steril 2001;75:588-593.
27. cdc2 in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes and expression mapping of genes involved in the cell cycle by complementary DNA macroarrays. Biol Reprod 2002;67:1456-1464.
28. Yamashita M, Mita K, Yoshida N, Kondo T: Molecular mechanisms of the initiation of oocyte maturation: general and species-specific aspects. Prog Cell Cycle Res 2000;4:115-129.
29. Gougeon A: Dynamics of follicular growth in the human: a model from preliminary results. Hum Reprod 1986;1:81-87.
30. Schramm RD, Bavister BD: A macaque model for studying mechanisms controlling oocyte development and maturation in primates. Hum Reprod 1999;14:2544-2555.
31. Eppig JJ, Schroeder AC, O'Brien MJ: Developmental capacity of mouse oocytes matured in vitro: effects of gonadotrophic stimulation, follicular origin and oocyte size. J Reprod Fertil 1992;95:119-127.
32. Driancourt MA, Reynaud K, Smitz J: Differences in follicular function of 3-month-old calves and mature cows. Reproduction 2001;121:463-474.
33. Zheng P, Si W, Wang H, Zou R, Bavister BD, Ji W: Effect of age and breeding season on the developmental capacity of oocytes from unstimulated and follicle-stimulating hormone-stimulated rhesus monkeys. Biol Reprod 2001;64:1417-1421.
34. Chikazawa K, Araki S, Tamada T: Morphological and endocrinological studies on follicular development during the human menstrual cycle. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1986;62:305-313.
35. Smitz J, Nogueira D, Cortvrindt R, de Matos DG: Oocyte in vitro maturation: state of the ART and basic requirements; in Gardner, Weissman, Howles, Shoham (eds.): Textbook of Assisted Reproductive Technology, London, Martin Dunitz LTD, 2001, Chapter 9, pp 107-137.
36. Bevers MM, Dieleman SJ, van der Hurk R, Izadyar F: Regulation and modulation of oocyte maturation in the bovine. Theriogenology 1997;47:13-22.
37. Trounson A, Anderiesz C, Jones G: Maturation of human oocytes in vitro and their developmental competence. Reproduction 2001;121:51-75.
38. Schramm RD, Paprocki AM, Bavister BD: Features associated with reproductive ageing in female rhesus monkeys. Hum Reprod 2002;17:1597-1603.
39. Schramm RD, Paprocki AM: Birth of rhesus monkey infant after transfer of embryos derived from in vitro matured oocytes: short communication. Hum Reprod 2000;15:2411-2414.