Thyroid hormone supplementation improves bovine embryo development in vitro
| Autor: | W.A. King, Elizabeth J. St. John, Esther Semple, Chris H. Schmidt, Fazl A. Ashkar, Pawel M. Bartlewski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Thyroid Hormones
medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Reproductive Techniques Assisted medicine.medical_treatment Biological Availability Embryonic Development Biology Cryopreservation Embryo Culture Techniques Human fertilization Embryo cryopreservation Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Animals Blastocyst In vitro fertilisation Hatching Rehabilitation Obstetrics and Gynecology Embryo Embryo Mammalian Thyroxine Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Reproductive Medicine embryonic structures Triiodothyronine Cattle Female Embryo quality |
| Zdroj: | Human Reproduction. 25:334-344 |
| ISSN: | 1460-2350 0268-1161 |
| Popis: | Early embryo development (EED) forms the basis of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), which are used to treat human infertility and to propagate other mammalian species. Thyroid hormones (THs) play an important role in the post-implantation development of the embryo in mammals; however, the effects of THs on pre-attachment embryos are not known. Currently utilized in-vitro embryo production media are devoid of THs and hence our main objective was to examine whether THs affected EED in a bovine model.To determine if THs are present at the site of fertilization and EED in cattle, we evaluated the presence of the hormones in oviductal and uterine horn tissues. To assess the outcome of free TH supplementation (50 ng/ml of each hormone: triiodothyronine-T3 and thyroxin-T4), embryos were followed through standard and TH-supplemented in-vitro procedures, and evaluated for the cleavage rates, blastocyst formation rate and hatching rates. Embryo quality was assessed using TUNEL assay and post-cryopreservation survival was also evaluated.Although TH levels in in-vitro culture media were found to be approximately 60% of the administered doses, the TH-treated embryos exhibited significant increases in blastocyst formation and hatching rates (P0.05). Embryo quality was significantly improved in the treated groups as demonstrated by greater total cell counts and reduced proportions of apoptotic cells (P0.05). Finally, TH supplementation was associated with improved post-cryopreservation viability, defined by blastocyst re-expansion and hatching rates after frozen embryos had been thawed and cultured (P0.05).These findings not only provide a way of optimizing ART efficiency, but also further our understanding of how THs influence embryonic development in mammals. |
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