期刊
BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
卷 97, 期 1, 页码 133-142出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/biolre/iox067
关键词
assisted reproductive technology; blastocyst; gonadotropins; placenta; vitrification
资金
- Foundation for Embryonic Competence
- American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation
- NIH [P50-HD06817]
- [T32-HD040135]
Epidemiological studies suggest that babies born following in vitro fertilization (IVF) and fresh embryo transfer are of lower birthweight than babies born following frozen embryo transfer, although the mechanism responsible for this phenotype is not known. We developed a novel mouse model that isolates the independent effects of embryo freezing and the superovulated environment, which cannot be performed in humans. We transferred blastocysts that had been vitrified and warmed, mixed with with fresh blastocysts, into individual pseudopregnant recipients produced by either natural mating or mating following injection with equine chorionic gonadotropin and human chorionic gonadotropin and hCG (superovulation). We found that superovulation of the recipient dams led to significantly lower fetal weight at term while blastocyst vitrification had no significant effect on fetal weight (1.43 +/- 0.24 g fresh-natural, 1.30 +/- 0.28 g vitrified-natural vs. 1.09 +/- 0.20 fresh-superovulated, 0.93 +/- 0.23 g vitrified-superovulated, P < 0.0001). Doppler ultrasound revealed increased median umbilical artery resistance in the placentae of near-term dams exposed to superovulation compared to naturally mated dams (0.927 vs 0.904, P = 0.02). Additionally, placental microvascular density was lower in superovulated compared to naturally mated dams (1.24 x 10(-3) vessel/micron vs 1.46 x 10(-3) vessels/micron, P = 0.046). Gene expression profiling suggested alterations in fetal genes involved in glucorticoid regulation. These results suggest a potential mechanism for altered birthweight following superovulation in our model and may have implications for human IVF. Summary Sentence Mouse pups born to recipients exposed to eCG and hCG prior to implantation are of a lower birthweight and have altered placenta vasculature, regardless of whether the pups arose from blastocysts that had been vitrified-warmed or transferred fresh.
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