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Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells restore chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian failure by inhibiting ferroptosis in vitro ovarian culture system. 人脐带间充质干细胞通过抑制体外卵巢培养系统中的铁变态反应,恢复化疗引起的卵巢早衰。
IF 5.4 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01310-x
Jiaqi Chen, Zhuoying He, Wenjuan Xu, Yumiao Kang, Fengyu Zhu, Heng Tang, Jianye Wang, Fei Zhong

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have shown potential in repairing chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian failure (POF). However, challenges such as stem cell loss and immune phagocytosis post-transplantation hinder their application. Due to easy and safe handling, in vitro ovarian culture is widely available for drug screening, pathophysiological research, and in vitro fertilization. MSCs could exhibit therapeutic capacity for ovarian injury, and avoid stem cell loss and immune phagocytosis in vitro tissue culture system. Therefore, this study utilizes an in vitro ovarian culture system to investigate the reparative potential of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) and their mechanism.

Methods: In this study, a chemotherapy-induced POF model was established by introducing cisplatin in vitro ovarian culture system. The reparative effects of hUCMSCs on damaged ovarian tissue were validated through Transwell chambers. Tissue histology examination, immunohistochemical staining, Western blotting, and RT-PCR were employed to evaluate the expression effects of hUCMSCs on ferroptosis and fibrosis-related genes during the process of repairing cisplatin-induced POF.

Results: Cisplatin was found to activate ovarian follicles in vitro POF model. Transcriptomic sequencing analysis revealed that cisplatin could activate genes associated with ferroptosis. hUCMSCs alleviated cisplatin-induced POF by suppressing the expression of ferroptosis. Moreover, inhibiting ferroptosis by hUCMSCs also ameliorated ovarian hormone levels and reduced the expression of fibrosis-related factors α-SMA and COL-I in the ovaries.

Conclusions: This study confirms that cisplatin-induced ovarian damage via ferroptosis in vitro POF model, and hUCMSCs repair ovarian injury by inhibiting the ferroptosis pathway and suppressing fibrosis. This research contributes to evaluating the effectiveness of hUCMSCs in treating chemotherapy-induced POF by inhibiting ferroptosis in an in vitro ovarian culture system and provides a potential therapeutic strategy for chemotherapy-induced POF.

背景:间充质干细胞(MSCs)已显示出修复化疗引起的卵巢早衰(POF)的潜力。然而,移植后干细胞丢失和免疫吞噬等挑战阻碍了它们的应用。由于操作简便、安全,体外卵巢培养可广泛用于药物筛选、病理生理学研究和体外受精。间充质干细胞可显示出对卵巢损伤的治疗能力,并在体外组织培养系统中避免干细胞损失和免疫吞噬。因此,本研究利用体外卵巢培养系统研究人脐带间充质干细胞(hUCMSCs)的修复潜力及其机制:本研究通过在体外卵巢培养系统中引入顺铂,建立了化疗诱导的 POF 模型。通过 Transwell 细胞室验证了 hUCMSCs 对受损卵巢组织的修复作用。采用组织学检查、免疫组化染色、Western 印迹和 RT-PCR 等方法,评估 hUCMSCs 在顺铂诱导的 POF 修复过程中对铁变态反应和纤维化相关基因的表达影响:结果:在体外 POF 模型中,顺铂可激活卵巢滤泡。转录组测序分析表明,顺铂可激活与铁突变相关的基因。hUCMSCs 可通过抑制铁突变的表达来缓解顺铂诱导的 POF。此外,通过 hUCMSCs 抑制铁突变还能改善卵巢激素水平,减少卵巢纤维化相关因子 α-SMA 和 COL-I 的表达:本研究证实,在体外 POF 模型中,顺铂通过铁蛋白沉积诱导卵巢损伤,而 hUCMSCs 可通过抑制铁蛋白沉积途径和抑制纤维化来修复卵巢损伤。这项研究有助于评估 hUCMSCs 在体外卵巢培养系统中通过抑制铁凋亡治疗化疗诱导的 POF 的有效性,并为化疗诱导的 POF 提供了一种潜在的治疗策略。
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Correction: Predictive models of recurrent implantation failure in patients receiving ART treatment based on clinical features and routine laboratory data. 更正:基于临床特征和常规实验室数据的抗逆转录病毒疗法患者复发植入失败预测模型。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01308-5
Qunying Fang, Zonghui Qiao, Lei Luo, Shun Bai, Min Chen, Xiangjun Zhang, Lu Zong, Xian-Hong Tong, Li-Min Wu
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17α-Ethynylestradiol alters testicular epigenetic profiles and histone-to-protamine exchange in mice. 17α-乙炔基雌二醇会改变小鼠睾丸的表观遗传学特征和组蛋白与组胺的交换。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01307-6
L Ded, E Zatecka-Lanska, E Vaculikova, M Frolikova, O Sanovec, V Palenikova, O Simonik, A Dorosh, H Margaryan, F Elzeinova, A Kubatova, J Peknicova, A Paradowska-Dogan, K Steger, K Komrskova

Spermatogenesis starts with the onset of puberty within the seminiferous epithelium of the testes. It is a complex process under intricate control of the endocrine system. Physiological regulations by steroid hormones in general and by estrogens in particular are due to their chemical nature prone to be disrupted by exogenous factors acting as endocrine disruptors (EDs). 17α-Ethynylestradiol (EE2) is an environmental pollutant with a confirmed ED activity and a well-known effect on spermatogenesis and chromatin remodeling in haploid germ cells. The aim of our study was to assess possible effects of two doses (2.5ng/ml; 2.5 μg/ml) of EE2 on both histone-to-protamine exchange and epigenetic profiles during spermatogenesis performing a multi/transgenerational study in mice. Our results demonstrated an impaired histone-to-protamine exchange with a significantly higher histone retention in sperm nuclei of exposed animals, when this process was accompanied by the changes of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) abundancies with a prominent effect on H3K9Ac and partial changes in protamine 1 promoter methylation status. Furthermore, individual changes in molecular phenotypes were partially transmitted to subsequent generations, when no direct trans-generational effect was observed. Finally, the uncovered specific localization of the histone retention in sperm nuclei and their specific PTMs profile after EE2 exposure may indicate an estrogenic effect on sperm motility and early embryonic development via epigenetic mechanisms.

精子发生始于青春期开始时的睾丸生精上皮细胞内。这是一个由内分泌系统控制的复杂过程。一般来说,类固醇激素,特别是雌激素的生理调节作用因其化学性质容易受到作为内分泌干扰物(EDs)的外源因素的干扰。17α-乙炔雌二醇(EE2)是一种环境污染物,已被证实具有内分泌干扰活性,对精子发生和单倍体生殖细胞的染色质重塑具有众所周知的影响。我们的研究旨在评估两种剂量(2.5ng/ml;2.5 μg/ml)的 EE2 对小鼠精子发生过程中组蛋白与丙胺的交换和表观遗传学特征可能产生的影响。我们的研究结果表明,组蛋白与胺的交换受阻,组蛋白在暴露动物精子细胞核中的保留率明显升高,与此同时,组蛋白翻译后修饰(PTMs)的丰度也发生了变化,对H3K9Ac的影响突出,原胺1启动子甲基化状态也发生了部分变化。此外,在没有观察到直接的跨代效应的情况下,分子表型的个体变化会部分传递给后代。最后,EE2暴露后,精子细胞核中组蛋白保留的特异性定位及其特异性PTMs特征可能表明,雌激素通过表观遗传机制对精子活力和早期胚胎发育产生了影响。
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Retraction Note: The proto-oncogene c-src is involved in primordial follicle activation through the PI3K, PKC and MAPK signaling pathways. 撤稿说明:原癌基因 c-src 通过 PI3K、PKC 和 MAPK 信号通路参与原始卵泡的激活。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01305-8
Xiao-Yu Du, Jian Huang, Liang-Quan Xu, Dan-Feng Tang, Lei Wu, Li-Xia Zhang, Xiao-Ling Pan, Wei-Yun Chen, Li-Ping Zheng, Yue-Hui Zheng
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MTHFR C677T、MTHFR A1298C、MTRR A66G and MTR A2756G polymorphisms and male infertility risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. MTHFR C677T、MTHFR A1298C、MTRR A66G 和 MTR A2756G 多态性与男性不育风险:系统综述和荟萃分析。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01306-7
Feng Li, Ju-Ju Qi, Li-Xin Li, Teng-Fei Yan

Background: Epidemiological studies have reported that polymorphisms of folate-metabolizing genes have a significant impact on male infertility. However, the results of published studies have come to different conclusions.

Objective: To determine an association between folate-metabolizing gene polymorphisms and the risk of male infertility.

Methods: The meta-analysis was conducted according to the PRISMA 2020 statement. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42023412251). Studies were searched from PubMed, Google Scholar, Embase, Scopus, and the Cochrane Library up to 24st October2023. Articles that satisfied the inclusion criteria were evaluated for their quality using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Data were extracted from the eligible studies and were analyzed for pooled up odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Meta-analysis was conducted using STATA 12.

Results: Forty-six case-control studies were included in the meta-analysis which comprised 20,639 participants. The pooled analysis revealed that the MTHFR C677T polymorphism was significantly associated with male infertility and abnormospermia.Three-fifths of the model showed there was a significant association between the MTR A2756G polymorphism and male infertility. Both MTHFR A1298C and MTRR A66G polymorphisms were not significantly associated with male fertility. Furthermore, subgroup analysis revealed a significant association between the MTHFR C677T polymorphism and male fertility in Asian countries.

Conclusion: This meta-analysis suggests that the MTHFR C677T and MTR A2756G polymorphisms may be a potential risk factor for male infertility.

背景:流行病学研究表明,叶酸代谢基因的多态性对男性不育症有重要影响。然而,已发表的研究结果却得出了不同的结论:确定叶酸代谢基因多态性与男性不育风险之间的关联:荟萃分析根据PRISMA 2020声明进行。研究方案已在 PROSPERO(CRD42023412251)注册。截至 2023 年 10 月 24 日,在 PubMed、Google Scholar、Embase、Scopus 和 Cochrane 图书馆检索了相关研究。采用纽卡斯尔-渥太华量表对符合纳入标准的文章进行质量评估。从符合条件的研究中提取数据,分析汇集起来的几率比(OR)和 95% 的置信区间(CI)。使用 STATA 12 进行 Meta 分析:荟萃分析纳入了 46 项病例对照研究,共有 20639 名参与者。汇总分析结果显示,MTHFR C677T 多态性与男性不育和精子异常显著相关。MTHFR A1298C 和 MTRR A66G 多态性与男性不育无明显关联。此外,亚组分析显示,在亚洲国家,MTHFR C677T 多态性与男性生育力之间存在显著关联:这项荟萃分析表明,MTHFR C677T 和 MTR A2756G 多态性可能是导致男性不育的潜在风险因素。
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Awareness and acceptability of assisted reproductive technology among non-medical tertiary students in a low-resource setting. 在资源匮乏的环境中,非医学专业大专学生对辅助生殖技术的认识和接受程度。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01292-w
Abigail Charity Johnson-Ekeleba, Promise Emmanuel Sefogah, Alim Swarray-Deen, Kareem Mumuni

Background: Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) have significantly advanced infertility treatment worldwide. However their availability and use in sub-Saharan Africa, remains limited although infertility is highly prevalent, with significant psycho-social challenges including stigma. This study assessed the awareness, attitudes, and perceptions of ART among non-medical tertiary students in Ghana.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among non-medical students in tertiary institutions in Ghana. Pre-tested questionnaires were administered to both post-graduate and undergraduate students after obtaining informed consent. Ethical approval was obtained from the Review Board at Community Health Department of the University of Ghana Medical School. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS (version-27) and the results presented using frequency tables, graphs, and charts. significance was P-value below 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: Overall, 196 participants from the two largest universities and other tertiary institutions in Ghana took part in this study. Majority (63.5%) of respondents demonstrated awareness on ART services, but 60.3% showed poor knowledge of the types of ART. Males generally exhibited lower knowledge of ART services compared to females, and knowledge of ART services showed an inverse relationship with age. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) was the most widely recognized and recommended ART technique, known by 65.1% of respondents who were aware of the types of ART. Most participants expressed reluctance to accept or recommend gamete donation due to religious reasons, fear of complications, and a preference for conventional means of procreation.

Conclusion: The majority of tertiary students in Ghana are aware of ART for infertility treatment however, many are hesitant toward donor-gamete treatment protocols. Fear of complications and related costs pose major barriers to considering ART among the respondents. Participants unanimously suggested government subsidies and the inclusion of ART under the national health insurance coverage package.

背景:辅助生殖技术(ART)大大推动了全球不孕症治疗的发展。然而,尽管不孕症在撒哈拉以南非洲地区非常普遍,而且面临着包括耻辱感在内的重大社会心理挑战,但这些技术在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的可用性和使用仍然有限。本研究评估了加纳非医学专业大专学生对 ART 的认识、态度和看法:在加纳高等院校的非医学专业学生中开展了一项横断面研究。在获得知情同意后,对研究生和本科生进行了预先测试的问卷调查。调查获得了加纳大学医学院社区卫生系审查委员会的伦理批准。收集到的数据使用 SPSS(27 版)进行了分析,并使用频数表、图表和图形对结果进行了展示:共有来自加纳最大的两所大学和其他高等院校的 196 人参加了此次研究。大多数受访者(63.5%)对抗病毒疗法服务有所了解,但 60.3% 的受访者对抗病毒疗法的类型知之甚少。与女性相比,男性对抗逆疗法服务的了解程度普遍较低,而对抗逆疗法服务的了解程度与年龄呈反比关系。体外受精(IVF)是最广为认可和推荐的抗逆转录病毒疗法,65.1% 的受访者了解抗逆转录病毒疗法的类型。由于宗教原因、对并发症的恐惧以及对传统生育方式的偏好,大多数参与者表示不愿接受或推荐配子捐赠:结论:加纳的大多数大专学生都知道抗逆转录病毒疗法可以治疗不孕症,但许多人对捐献配子治疗方案犹豫不决。担心并发症和相关费用是受访者考虑 ART 的主要障碍。受访者一致建议政府提供补贴,并将抗逆转录病毒疗法纳入国家医疗保险范围。
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Non-invasively predicting euploidy in human blastocysts via quantitative 3D morphology measurement: a retrospective cohort study. 通过定量三维形态测量无创预测人类囊胚的非整倍体:一项回顾性队列研究。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-28 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01302-x
Guanqiao Shan, Khaled Abdalla, Hang Liu, Changsheng Dai, Justin Tan, Junhui Law, Carolyn Steinberg, Ang Li, Iryna Kuznyetsova, Zhuoran Zhang, Clifford Librach, Yu Sun

Background: Blastocyst morphology has been demonstrated to be associated with ploidy status. Existing artificial intelligence models use manual grading or 2D images as the input for euploidy prediction, which suffer from subjectivity from observers and information loss due to incomplete features from 2D images. Here we aim to predict euploidy in human blastocysts using quantitative morphological parameters obtained by 3D morphology measurement.

Methods: Multi-view images of 226 blastocysts on Day 6 were captured by manually rotating blastocysts during the preparation stage of trophectoderm biopsy. Quantitative morphological parameters were obtained by 3D morphology measurement. Six machine learning models were trained using 3D morphological parameters as the input and PGT-A results as the ground truth outcome. Model performance, including sensitivity, specificity, precision, accuracy and AUC, was evaluated on an additional test dataset. Model interpretation was conducted on the best-performing model.

Results: All the 3D morphological parameters were significantly different between euploid and non-euploid blastocysts. Multivariate analysis revealed that three of the five parameters including trophectoderm cell number, trophectoderm cell size variance and inner cell mass area maintained statistical significance (P < 0.001, aOR = 1.054, 95% CI 1.034-1.073; P = 0.003, aOR = 0.994, 95% CI 0.991-0.998; P = 0.010, aOR = 1.003, 95% CI 1.001-1.006). The accuracy of euploidy prediction by the six machine learning models ranged from 80 to 95.6%, and the AUCs ranged from 0.881 to 0.984. Particularly, the decision tree model achieved the highest accuracy of 95.6% (95% CI 84.9-99.5%) with the AUC of 0.978 (95% CI 0.882-0.999), and the extreme gradient boosting model achieved the highest AUC of 0.984 (95% CI 0.892-1.000) with the accuracy of 93.3% (95% CI 81.7-98.6%). No significant difference was found between different age groups using either decision tree or extreme gradient boosting to predict euploid blastocysts. The quantitative criteria extracted from the decision tree imply that euploid blastocysts have a higher number of trophectoderm cells, larger inner cell mass area, and smaller trophectoderm cell size variance compared to non-euploid blastocysts.

Conclusions: Using quantitative morphological parameters obtained by 3D morphology measurement, the decision tree-based machine learning model achieved an accuracy of 95.6% and AUC of 0.978 for predicting euploidy in Day 6 human blastocysts.

Trial registration: N/A.

背景囊胚形态已被证明与倍性状态有关。现有的人工智能模型使用人工分级或二维图像作为非整倍体预测的输入,这受到观察者主观性和二维图像特征不完整导致的信息损失的影响。在此,我们旨在利用三维形态测量获得的定量形态参数来预测人类囊胚的非整倍体:方法:在滋养层活检的准备阶段,通过手动旋转囊胚采集了第 6 天 226 个囊胚的多视角图像。通过三维形态测量获得定量形态参数。使用三维形态参数作为输入,PGT-A 结果作为基本结果,训练了六个机器学习模型。在额外的测试数据集上评估了模型的性能,包括灵敏度、特异性、精确度、准确度和 AUC。根据表现最佳的模型进行模型解释:结果:所有三维形态参数在优倍囊胚和非优倍囊胚之间都有明显差异。多变量分析表明,在五个参数中,有三个参数(包括滋养层细胞数、滋养层细胞大小方差和内细胞团面积)保持了统计学意义(P 结论):通过三维形态测量获得的定量形态参数,基于决策树的机器学习模型预测第 6 天人类囊胚的非整倍体的准确率达到 95.6%,AUC 达到 0.978:不适用。
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Identify high-risk DOR women ≤ 35 years old following assisted reproduction technology through cutoffs of anti-mullerian hormone and antral follicle counts. 通过抗苗勒氏管激素和前卵泡计数的临界值,识别年龄小于 35 岁、采用辅助生殖技术的高风险 DOR 妇女。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01298-4
Yili Teng, Peipei Pan, Chang Liu, Yue Lin, Xiaozhu Zhu, Suichun Wu, Haiyan Yang, Xuefeng Huang, Fang Lian
<p><strong>Background: </strong>Females with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) have significantly lower cumulative live birth rates (CLBRs) than females with normal ovarian reserve. A subset of young infertile patients, whose ovarian reserve is declining but has not yet met the POSEIDON criteria for DOR, has not received the attention it merited. These individuals have not been identified in a timely manner prior to the initiation of assisted reproductive technology (ART), leading to suboptimal clinical pregnancy outcomes. We categorized this overlooked cohort as the "high-risk DOR" group.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The primary aim of this study was to identify high-risk DOR patients through anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) and antral follicle counts (AFCs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 10037 young women (≤ 35 years old) who underwent their first initial oocyte aspiration cycle at a single reproductive medicine center were included and further classified into three groups, based on the thresholds for AMH and AFC established through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and in alignment with the POSEIDON criteria. Two ROC analyses were performed to identify the cutoff values of AMH and AFC to obtain one viable embryo (one top-quality embryo or one viable blastocyst). The cutoffs of ROC were measured by sensitivity and specificity. The primary outcome was the cumulative live birth rate (CLBR) per oocyte aspiration cycle. The secondary outcomes included the number of oocytes retrieved and the number of viable embryos formed. Pearson's chi-square tests were conducted to compare the clinical outcomes among the three groups. Furthermore, univariate logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the associations between ovarian reserve and clinical outcomes. All of the above comparisons between the high-risk DOR and NOR were further confirmed by propensity score matching (PSM) (1:1 nearest-neighbor matching, with a caliper width of 0.02).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>According to the ROC analyses and POSEIDON criteria, the present study identified a population of high-risk DOR patients (1.20 ng/mL < AMH values < 2.50 ng/mL, with 6 ≤ AFC ≤ 10; n = 682), and their outcomes were further compared to those of DOR patients (positive control, AMH values ≤ 1.2 ng/mL, and/or AFC ≤ 5; n = 1153) and of NOR patients (negative control, 2.5 ng/mL ≤ AMH values ≤ 5.5 ng/mL, and 11 ≤ AFC ≤ 20; n = 2649). Patients in the high-risk DOR group had significantly lower CLBRs than those in the NOR group (p < 0.001) but higher CLBRs than those in the DOR group (p < 0.001). Logistic regression further demonstrated that high-risk DOR was associated with a lower likelihood of cumulative live birth chance (OR 0.401, 95% CI: 0.332-0.486, p < 0.001) than NOR was, with a greater likelihood of cumulative live birth chance (OR 1.911, 95% CI:1.558-2.344, p < 0.001) than DOR was. To investigate the effects of embryo development stage, the outcomes
背景:卵巢储备功能减退(DOR)女性的累积活产率(CLBR)明显低于卵巢储备功能正常的女性。年轻不孕患者中,有一部分人的卵巢储备功能正在下降,但尚未达到 POSEIDON DOR 标准,这部分人没有得到应有的重视。这些患者在开始使用辅助生殖技术(ART)之前没有被及时发现,导致临床妊娠结果不理想。我们将这一被忽视的群体归类为 "高风险 DOR "群体:本研究的主要目的是通过抗穆勒氏管激素(AMH)和前卵泡计数(AFCs)来识别高风险 DOR 患者:方法:共纳入 10037 名在一家生殖医学中心接受首次初次卵母细胞抽吸周期的年轻女性(≤ 35 岁),并根据接收者操作特征(ROC)分析确定的 AMH 和 AFC 临界值以及 POSEIDON 标准进一步将其分为三组。为确定获得一个存活胚胎(一个优质胚胎或一个存活囊胚)所需的 AMH 和 AFC 临界值,进行了两次 ROC 分析。ROC 的临界值以灵敏度和特异性来衡量。主要结果是每个卵母细胞抽吸周期的累积活产率(CLBR)。次要结果包括取回的卵母细胞数和形成的存活胚胎数。对三组患者的临床结果进行了皮尔逊卡方检验(Pearson's chi-square tests)。此外,还进行了单变量逻辑回归分析,以研究卵巢储备与临床结果之间的关联。通过倾向得分匹配(PSM)(1:1 近邻匹配,卡尺宽度为 0.02)进一步确认了高风险 DOR 和 NOR 之间的上述所有比较:根据 ROC 分析和 POSEIDON 标准,本研究确定了高风险 DOR 患者群体(1.20 ng/mL 0.05)。PSM 后,高危 DOR 组和 NOR 组在卵巢反应和妊娠结局方面的差异与 PSM 前的结果一致:我们的研究显示,高危 DOR 患者的 CLBR 明显低于卵巢储备功能正常的女性,高于 DOR 女性。AMH值在1.2至2.5之间,AFC值在6至10之间,这些数值似乎构成了轻度卵巢储备功能减退女性的有意义阈值。
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A method for determining potential parental contamination: linkage disequilibrium-based log-likelihood ratio analysis for IVF-PGT. 确定潜在亲本污染的方法:基于关联不平衡的试管婴儿-PGT 对数似然比分析。
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01300-z
Le Bo, Fangfang Dong, Zhinan Wu, Anwen Zhou, Yulan Zhang, Lingyin Kong, Lei Zhan, Naru Lu, Lina Qi, Tingting Sun, Bo Liang, Caiping Mao

Background: At present, embryologists are attempting to use conventional in vitro fertilization (cIVF) as an alternative to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). However, the potential parental contamination origin of sperm cells and cumulus cells is considered the main limiting factor in the inability of cIVF embryos to undergo PGT.

Methods: In this study, we established an IVF-PGTA assay for parental contamination tests with a contamination prediction model based on allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium (LD) to compute the log-likelihood ratio (LLR) under competing ploidy hypotheses, and then verified its sensitivity and accuracy. Finally, comparisons of the effectiveness of SNP-based analysis and LLR-based IVF-PGTA among 40 cIVF embryos was performed, based on both statistical analysis of the parental contamination rate and chromosomal ploidy concordance rate between TE biopsy and ICM isolations.

Results: With IVF-PGTA assay, biopsies with 10% maternal contamination could be detected accurately, and contamination caused by sperm cells could be eliminated completely. Utilizing LLR-based or single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) -based analyses, our comprehensive examination of 40 clinically discarded fresh cIVF embryos revealed an absence of paternal contamination. Strikingly, the LLR-based analysis uniquely revealed a mere instance of 24% maternal contamination within the trophectoderm cell (TE) biopsy of 5* embryo. Furthermore, it was solely through this analysis that embryo (9-F) was identified as a triploid of paternal origin.

Conclusions: In this study, we developed a new bioinformatics analysis method for identifying parental contamination during IVF-PGT, especially for couples with nonmale factor infertility.

背景:目前,胚胎学家正试图使用常规体外受精(cIVF)替代卵胞浆内单精子注射(ICSI)进行胚胎植入前遗传学检测(PGT)。然而,精子细胞和积聚细胞的潜在亲本污染来源被认为是 cIVF 胚胎无法进行 PGT 的主要限制因素:在这项研究中,我们建立了一种用于亲本污染检测的 IVF-PGTA 检测方法,该方法采用了基于等位基因频率和连锁不平衡(LD)的污染预测模型,以计算竞争倍性假设下的对数似然比(LLR),然后验证了其灵敏度和准确性。最后,根据对TE活检和ICM分离的亲本污染率和染色体倍性一致率的统计分析,在40个cIVF胚胎中比较了基于SNP的分析和基于LLR的IVF-PGTA的有效性:结果:利用 IVF-PGTA 检测法,可准确检测出 10% 的母体污染活检样本,并可完全消除精子细胞造成的污染。利用基于 LLR 或单核苷酸多态性(SNP)的分析,我们对 40 个临床废弃的新鲜 cIVF 胚胎进行了全面检查,结果显示没有父源污染。引人注目的是,基于 LLR 的分析独特地发现,在 5* 胚胎的滋养层外胚层细胞(TE)活检中,母源污染仅占 24%。此外,只有通过这项分析,胚胎(9-F)才被确定为父源三倍体:在这项研究中,我们开发了一种新的生物信息学分析方法,用于识别体外受精-胚胎移植过程中的父源污染,尤其适用于非男性因素不孕的夫妇。
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Does hCG-trigger in the mild stimulation protocol for endometrial preparation have any effect on pregnancy outcome in frozen-thawed embryo transfer? 子宫内膜准备温和刺激方案中的 hCG 触发器对冷冻解冻胚胎移植的妊娠结果有影响吗?
IF 4.2 2区 医学 Q1 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-024-01301-y
Samaneh Kashi, Arezoo Arabipoor, Zahra Zolfaghari, Bahar Movaghar, Hanieh Rostami, Maryam Hafezi

Background: Recent literature has explored the role of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) triggering in frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles with natural endometrial preparation. Despite this, the impact of hCG triggering on pregnancy outcomes following endometrial preparation with mild stimulation (mST) using Letrozole and Gonadotropins remains inadequately characterized. This study aimed to elucidate the effects of hCG-trigger on pregnancy outcomes in mST-FET cycles.

Methods: In the present retrospective cohort study, the pregnancy outcomes of 409 eligible patients who underwent FET cycles with endometrial preparation using a mild ovarian stimulation protocol by letrozole plus low dose gonadotropins at the Royan Institute between 2020 and 2022, were investigated. The study population were segregated into two distinct groups according to type of ovulation: the spontaneous ovulation group (n = 138) and the hCG-trigger group (n = 271). The pregnancy outcomes including implantation and clinical pregnancy rates (CPR) and live birth rates (LBR) were compared between two groups. The multivariable logistic regression was performed to detect the most significant variables related to the LBR in the mST-FET cycles.

Results: Demographic and baseline characteristics were comparable between groups. No significant difference was found in terms of implantation rate (0.65 ± 0.32 vs. 0.60 ± 0.30, P-value: 0.31), CPR (37% vs. 39.7%, P-value: 0.53), and LBR (35.5% vs. 37.3%, P-value: 0.74) in the spontaneous ovulation and hCG-trigger groups, respectively. The logistic regression analysis revealed that only the stage of the transferred embryo exhibited a significant relationship with LBR (blastocyst vs. cleavage: odds ratio (OR); 2.33, 95% confidence interval (CI):1.41-3.86, P-value = 0.001).

Conclusion: Pregnancy outcomes in the mST-FET cycles, including implantation rate, CPR, and LBR are comparable in cycles with or without hCG triggering. Based on the findings from multivariate regression analysis, the sole significant predictive factor for the LBR was the transfer of blastocyst embryos. It is recommended that these results be examined and discussed in future prospective studies with a larger sample size, considering the lack of comparable research in this field.

背景:最近有文献探讨了人绒毛膜促性腺激素(hCG)触发在自然子宫内膜准备的冷冻胚胎移植(FET)周期中的作用。尽管如此,使用来曲唑和促性腺激素温和刺激(mST)进行子宫内膜准备后,hCG 触发对妊娠结果的影响仍未得到充分描述。本研究旨在阐明 hCG 触发对 mST-FET 周期妊娠结局的影响:在这项回顾性队列研究中,研究人员对 2020 年至 2022 年期间在罗扬研究所接受子宫内膜制备 FET 周期、使用来曲唑加小剂量促性腺激素的温和卵巢刺激方案的 409 名合格患者的妊娠结局进行了调查。研究对象根据排卵类型分为两组:自然排卵组(138 人)和 hCG 触发组(271 人)。比较两组的妊娠结局,包括着床率、临床妊娠率(CPR)和活产率(LBR)。为检测与mST-FET周期活产率相关的最重要变量,进行了多变量逻辑回归:结果:两组的人口统计学特征和基线特征相当。自发排卵组和 hCG 触发组的植入率(0.65 ± 0.32 vs. 0.60 ± 0.30,P 值:0.31)、CPR(37% vs. 39.7%,P 值:0.53)和 LBR(35.5% vs. 37.3%,P 值:0.74)分别无明显差异。逻辑回归分析显示,只有移植胚胎的阶段与 LBR 有显著关系(囊胚 vs. 裂胚:几率比(OR);2.33,95% 置信区间(CI):1.41-3.86,P 值 = 0.001):mST-FET周期的妊娠结局,包括植入率、CPR和LBR,在有无hCG触发的周期中具有可比性。根据多元回归分析的结果,唯一能显著预测 LBR 的因素是囊胚的移植。考虑到该领域缺乏可比研究,建议在未来样本量更大的前瞻性研究中对这些结果进行检查和讨论。
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