Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments
Variability in superovulatory response to FSH stimulation is common to most mammals and imposes practical problems for assisted reproduction. In sheep, we have studied if this response is related to the ovarian follicular population and activity before the stimulation. During the breeding season, 30 ewes were treated with 40 mg FGA sponges for 14 days and 125 μg cloprostenol injection on Day 12, considering Day 0 as the day of progestagen insertion. Superovulatory response was induced with two different FSH regimes using the same total dose (8.8 mg), administered twice daily from 60 h before to 24 h after progestagen withdrawal. At the first FSH injection, all follicles >2 mm were observed by transrectal ultrasonography and plasma FSH and inhibin A levels were determined. The number of corpora lutea and the number of and viability of recovered embryos in response to the treatment were determined on Day 7 after sponge withdrawal. No significant differences were found between treatments. The total mean number of corpora lutea (11.5 ± 1.2) and recovered embryos (7.9 ± 1.1) were positively correlated (P < 0.05 and >0.01, respectively) with the number of small antral follicles (2-3 mm; 9.2 ± 0.7) and inhibin A concentration (240 ± 18 pg/ml; P < 0.05 for corpora lutea and P < 0.005 for recovered embryos) observed at the onset of the superovulatory treatment, which was also positively correlated with the number of viable embryos (5.8 ± 0.9, P < 0.005). In 18 ewes with follicles ≥6 mm prior to FSH treatment, the ovulation rate was unaffected but the number of embryos (6.1 ± 0.9 versus 11.6 ± 2; P < 0.05) and their viability (4.5 ± 0.8 versus 8.5 ± 2; P < 0.05) was reduced. The lower number of embryos produced when a large follicle is present suggest that a proportion of the smaller follicles are in early stages of atresia and the developmental competence of their oocyte is compromised. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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dig-inia-es-20.500.12792-19152020-12-15T09:46:36Z Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments Gonzalez-Bulnes, A. Santiago-Moreno, J. Cocero, M. J. Souza, C. J. H. Groome, N. P. Garcia-Garcia, R. M. Lopez-Sebastian, A. Baird, D. T. Variability in superovulatory response to FSH stimulation is common to most mammals and imposes practical problems for assisted reproduction. In sheep, we have studied if this response is related to the ovarian follicular population and activity before the stimulation. During the breeding season, 30 ewes were treated with 40 mg FGA sponges for 14 days and 125 μg cloprostenol injection on Day 12, considering Day 0 as the day of progestagen insertion. Superovulatory response was induced with two different FSH regimes using the same total dose (8.8 mg), administered twice daily from 60 h before to 24 h after progestagen withdrawal. At the first FSH injection, all follicles >2 mm were observed by transrectal ultrasonography and plasma FSH and inhibin A levels were determined. The number of corpora lutea and the number of and viability of recovered embryos in response to the treatment were determined on Day 7 after sponge withdrawal. No significant differences were found between treatments. The total mean number of corpora lutea (11.5 ± 1.2) and recovered embryos (7.9 ± 1.1) were positively correlated (P < 0.05 and >0.01, respectively) with the number of small antral follicles (2-3 mm; 9.2 ± 0.7) and inhibin A concentration (240 ± 18 pg/ml; P < 0.05 for corpora lutea and P < 0.005 for recovered embryos) observed at the onset of the superovulatory treatment, which was also positively correlated with the number of viable embryos (5.8 ± 0.9, P < 0.005). In 18 ewes with follicles ≥6 mm prior to FSH treatment, the ovulation rate was unaffected but the number of embryos (6.1 ± 0.9 versus 11.6 ± 2; P < 0.05) and their viability (4.5 ± 0.8 versus 8.5 ± 2; P < 0.05) was reduced. The lower number of embryos produced when a large follicle is present suggest that a proportion of the smaller follicles are in early stages of atresia and the developmental competence of their oocyte is compromised. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. 2020-10-22T12:20:23Z 2020-10-22T12:20:23Z 2002 journal article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/1915 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00723-3 eng Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ open access |
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Variability in superovulatory response to FSH stimulation is common to most mammals and imposes practical problems for assisted reproduction. In sheep, we have studied if this response is related to the ovarian follicular population and activity before the stimulation. During the breeding season, 30 ewes were treated with 40 mg FGA sponges for 14 days and 125 μg cloprostenol injection on Day 12, considering Day 0 as the day of progestagen insertion. Superovulatory response was induced with two different FSH regimes using the same total dose (8.8 mg), administered twice daily from 60 h before to 24 h after progestagen withdrawal. At the first FSH injection, all follicles >2 mm were observed by transrectal ultrasonography and plasma FSH and inhibin A levels were determined. The number of corpora lutea and the number of and viability of recovered embryos in response to the treatment were determined on Day 7 after sponge withdrawal. No significant differences were found between treatments. The total mean number of corpora lutea (11.5 ± 1.2) and recovered embryos (7.9 ± 1.1) were positively correlated (P < 0.05 and >0.01, respectively) with the number of small antral follicles (2-3 mm; 9.2 ± 0.7) and inhibin A concentration (240 ± 18 pg/ml; P < 0.05 for corpora lutea and P < 0.005 for recovered embryos) observed at the onset of the superovulatory treatment, which was also positively correlated with the number of viable embryos (5.8 ± 0.9, P < 0.005). In 18 ewes with follicles ≥6 mm prior to FSH treatment, the ovulation rate was unaffected but the number of embryos (6.1 ± 0.9 versus 11.6 ± 2; P < 0.05) and their viability (4.5 ± 0.8 versus 8.5 ± 2; P < 0.05) was reduced. The lower number of embryos produced when a large follicle is present suggest that a proportion of the smaller follicles are in early stages of atresia and the developmental competence of their oocyte is compromised. © 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Gonzalez-Bulnes, A. Santiago-Moreno, J. Cocero, M. J. Souza, C. J. H. Groome, N. P. Garcia-Garcia, R. M. Lopez-Sebastian, A. Baird, D. T. |
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Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments |
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Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments |
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Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments |
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Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments |
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Measurement of inhibin A and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory FSH treatments |
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measurement of inhibin a and follicular status predict the response of ewes to superovulatory fsh treatments |
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