1. Developmental potential of embryos produced by in-vitro fertilization from gonadotrophin-releasing hormone antagonist-treated macaques stimulated with recombinant human follicle stimulating hormone alone or in combination with luteinizing hormone.
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Weston AM, Zelinski-Wooten MB, Hutchison JS, Stouffer RL, and Wolf DP
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- Animals, Cell Culture Techniques, Cryopreservation, Embryo Transfer, Female, Hormone Antagonists pharmacology, Humans, Luteinizing Hormone deficiency, Macaca mulatta, Male, Oligopeptides pharmacology, Ovulation Induction methods, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Rats, Embryonic and Fetal Development drug effects, Fertilization in Vitro, Follicle Stimulating Hormone administration & dosage, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone antagonists & inhibitors, Luteinizing Hormone administration & dosage
- Abstract
We previously demonstrated, in luteinizing hormone (LH)-deficient macaques, that follicular growth and maturation occurred with administration of exogenous (recombinant human) follicle stimulating hormone (r-hFSH) alone, and that the oocytes recovered fertilized at a notably higher rate than their counterparts from animals receiving both r-hFSH and r-hLH (Zelinski-Wooten et al., 1995). Here, the developmental potential of embryos produced from animals treated with r-hFSH alone or in combination with r-hLH was evaluated. Embryos (n = 127) were cryopreserved, thawed and either co-cultured on buffalo rat liver cells until the hatched blastocyst stage or transferred to synchronized recipients. Although embryos from each treatment group demonstrated a similar ability to develop to hatched blastocysts with a definitive inner cell mass, a significant difference was seen in cryosurvival (56 versus 78%) and in developmental rate to the hatched blastocyst (12 versus 10 days) between embryos from the r-hFSH alone and the combination group respectively. Pregnancies resulted following oviductal embryo transfers in both groups, with corpus luteum rescue occurring on days 12-16 of the luteal phase. In summary, r-hFSH alone during the pre-ovulatory interval is adequate for the gametogenic events required to produce embryos that develop either in vitro or in vivo; however, exposure to r-hLH may improve embryo viability and the rate of development.
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- 1996
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