Heterotopic autotransplantation of vitrified mouse ovary

Reproductive Medicine and Biology - Tập 10 - Trang 267-275 - 2011
Hussein Eimani1,2, Arash Behbahanian1,3, Bahman Zeinali3, Mojtaba Rezazade Valoujerdi1, Poopak Eftekhari1, Abdulhussein Shahverdi1, Hamid Gourabi4, Afsaneh Golkar-Narenji4
1Department of Embryology, Reproductive Medicine Center, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah (a.s.) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Genetics, Reproductive Medicine Center, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran

Tóm tắt

The aim of this study was to investigate the survival and development of premature follicles and oocytes from a vitrified-transplanted ovary in a murine experimental model. The 14-day-old mice were unilaterally ovariectomized and the separated ovaries were vitrified by cryotop. After 2 weeks the ovaries were warmed and autotransplanted into the gluteus superfiscialis muscle. After 3 weeks, these ovaries (vit-trans), the ovaries from the opposite side (OPP), and 7-week fresh mouse ovaries as sham and control group (7 week-fresh), were recovered and examined histologically and by TUNEL test. All 4 vitrified-autotransplanted ovaries had developing follicles. Primordial, primary, preantral and antral follicles were found in all three groups (7 week-fresh, OPP and vit-trans). The rate of apoptosis by TUNEL test was similar in all groups and no significant difference was found between vitrified-transplanted ovarian tissue and controls. These data demonstrate successful autotransplantation of vitrified whole mouse ovaries, manifested by the presence of all stages of folliculogenesis. According to the results of this experiment, heterotopic autotransplantation of whole cryopreserved ovary provides the opportunity for follicle development at all stages. However, further experiments are required to improve the efficiency of autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovaries to obtain better results.

Tài liệu tham khảo

Blatt J. Pregnancy outcome in long-term survivors of childhood cancer. Med Pediatr Oncol. 1999;33(1):29–33. Meirow D, et al. Pregnancy after transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue in a patient with ovarian failure after chemotherapy. N Engl J Med. 2005;353(3):318–21. Meirow D, Levron J, Hardan I, Zalel Y, Bider D, Dor J. IVF and ovarian tissue cryopreservation as fertility preservation procedures in a patient recently exposed to chemotherapy. Fertil Steril. 2004;82:58. Migishima F, et al. Successful cryopreservation of mouse ovaries by vitrification. Biol Reprod. 2003;68(3):881–7. Parrot DM. The fertility of mice with orthotopic ovarian grafts derived from frozen tissue. J Reprod Fertil. 1960;1:230–41. Donnez J, et al. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation: a review. Hum Reprod Update. 2006;12(5):519–35. Maltaris T, et al. The effect of cancer treatment on female fertility and strategies for preserving fertility. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007;130(2):148–55. Scott JE, et al. Human ovarian tissue cultures: extracellular matrix composition, coating density and tissue dimensions. Reprod Biomed Online. 2004;9(3):287–93. Bedaiwy MA, Falcone T. Harvesting and autotransplantation of vascularized ovarian grafts: approaches and techniques. Reprod Biomed Online. 2007;14(3):360–71. Varghese AC, et al. Cryopreservation/transplantation of ovarian tissue and in vitro maturation of follicles and oocytes: challenges for fertility preservation. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2008;6:47. Eimani H, et al. Survival rate of preantral follicles derived from vitrified neonate mouse ovarian tissue by Cryotop and conventional methods. Biofactors. 2007;31(2):117–26. Eimani H, et al. Comparative study between intact and non-intact intramuscular auto-grafted mouse ovaries. Reprod Biomed Online. 2009;18(1):53–60. Oktay K, et al. Endocrine function and oocyte retrieval after autologous transplantation of ovarian cortical strips to the forearm. JAMA. 2001;286(12):1490–3. Radford JA, et al. Orthotopic reimplantation of cryopreserved ovarian cortical strips after high-dose chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Lancet. 2001;357(9263):1172–5. Kim SS, et al. Quantitative assessment of ischemic tissue damage in ovarian cortical tissue with or without antioxidant (ascorbic acid) treatment. Fertil Steril. 2004;82(3):679–85. Donnez J, Dolmans MM, Demylle D, Jadoul P, Pirard C, Squifflet J, Martinez-Madrid B, van Langendonckt A. Livebirth after orthotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Lancet. 2004;364:1405–10. Salle B, et al. Normal pregnancies and live births after autograft of frozen-thawed hemi-ovaries into ewes. Fertil Steril. 2002;77(2):403–8. Lee DM, et al. Live birth after ovarian tissue transplant. Nature. 2004;428(6979):137–8. Oktay K, Tilly J. Livebirth after cryopreserved ovarian tissue autotransplantation. Lancet. 2004;364(9451):2091–2 (author reply 2092–3). Roux C et al. Live birth after ovarian tissue autograft in a patient with sickle cell disease treated by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Fertil Steril. 2010;93(7): 2413.e15–9. Tryde Schmidt KL, Yding Andersen C, Starup J, Loft A, Byskov AG and Nyboe AA. Orthotopic autotransplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue to a woman cured of cancer—follicular growth, steroid production and oocyte retrieval. Reprod Biomed Online. 2004;8:448–53. Oktay K, et al. Embryo development after heterotopic transplantation of cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Lancet. 2004;363(9412):837–40. Arav A, et al. Oocyte recovery, embryo development and ovarian function after cryopreservation and transplantation of whole sheep ovary. Hum Reprod. 2005;20(12):3554–9. Imhof M, et al. Orthotopic microvascular reanastomosis of whole cryopreserved ovine ovaries resulting in pregnancy and live birth. Fertil Steril. 2006;85(Suppl 1):1208–15. Aubard Y, et al. Orthotopic and heterotopic autografts of frozen-thawed ovarian cortex in sheep. Hum Reprod. 1999;14(8):2149–54. Hasegawa A, et al. Pup birth from mouse oocytes in preantral follicles derived from vitrified and warmed ovaries followed by in vitro growth, in vitro maturation, and in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril. 2006;86(4 Suppl):1182–92. Vajta G, et al. Open Pulled Straw (OPS) vitrification: a new way to reduce cryoinjuries of bovine ova and embryos. Mol Reprod Dev. 1998;51(1):53–8. Baird DT, et al. Long-term ovarian function in sheep after ovariectomy and transplantation of autografts stored at −196°C. Endocrinology. 1999;140(1):462–71. Krohn PL. Transplantation of the ovary. In: Zuckerman S, Weir BJ (eds) The ovary. London: Academic Press; 1989. Hernandez-Fonseca HJ, et al. Time course of follicular development after bovine ovarian tissue transplantation in male non-obese diabetic severe combined immunodeficient mice. Fertil Steril. 2005;83(Suppl 1):1180–7. Yang HY, et al. Graft site and gonadotrophin stimulation influences the number and quality of oocytes from murine ovarian tissue grafts. Reproduction. 2006;131(5):851–9. Bordes A, et al. Normal gestations and live births after orthotopic autograft of vitrified-warmed hemi-ovaries into ewes. Hum Reprod. 2005;20(10):2745–8. Coticchio G, et al. Oocyte cryopreservation: a biological perspective. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004;115(Suppl 1):S2–7. Rubinsky B. Principles of low temperature cell preservation. Heart Fail Rev. 2003;8(3):277–84. Dinnyes A, Liu J, Nedambale TL. Novel gamete storage. Reprod Fertil Dev. 2000;19:719–31. Cai XY, et al. Cryoloop vitrification of rabbit oocytes. Hum Reprod. 2005;20(7):1969–74. Newton H, Illingworth P. In vitro growth of murine pre-antral follicles after isolation from cryopreserved ovarian tissue. Hum Reprod. 2001;16(3):423–9. Özmen B, Al-Hassani S. Techniques for ovarian tissue, whole ovary, oocyte and embryo cryopreservation. J Reprod Infertil. 2010;11(1):3–15.