Biology of Reproduction, Vol 42, 703-711, Copyright © 1990 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Maturity at collection and the developmental potential of rhesus monkey oocytes

SE Lanzendorf, MB Zelinski-Wooten, RL Stouffer and DP Wolf
Division of Reproductive Biology and Behavior, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton 97006.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro fertilizability of rhesus monkey oocytes and the developmental capacity of the resulting embryos as they relate to oocyte maturation at the time of follicular aspiration. Animals were hyperstimulated with human follicle- stimulating hormone (hFSH) and human luteinizing hormone (hLH), with follicular aspiration performed 27 h after administration of an ovulatory stimulus (1000 IU human chorionic gonadotropin [hCG] or 3 x 100 micrograms gonadotropin-releasing hormone [GnRH]). In 7 animals exhibiting a continuously rising pattern of serum estradiol through Day 10 of hyperstimulation, 45 germinal vesicle-intact (GV), 106 metaphase I (MI), and 24 metaphase II (MII) oocytes were collected and cultured in vitro. Upon reaching MII, oocytes were inseminated with 5 x 10(4) motile sperm/ml. Twenty-four percent of GV oocytes cultured in vitro matured to MII with 11 inseminated and none fertilized. Seventy-three percent of MI oocytes matured to MII in vitro with 50% inseminated and 32% fertilized. Oocytes collected at MII stage and inseminated underwent fertilization at a high rate of efficiency (93%). Pronuclear to 8-cell stage embryos were frozen and, upon thawing, 67% (10/15) survived with all blastomeres intact. Frozen-thawed embryos (2- to 6- cell) were transferred to the oviducts of 4 recipients (2 embryos/recipient) during the early luteal phase (1-3 days post LH surge) of natural menstrual cycles. Three twin pregnancies resulted. Thus, a positive correlation exists between the degree of nuclear maturation of rhesus monkey oocytes at collection and their potential for fertilization in vitro.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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