重度肥胖和受精失敗的卵子其特點之間的關聯

 

Human Reproduction. 2012年9月11日 (搶鮮版)

出處:第二名的不孕症期刊

來自哈佛大學的研究

 

重度肥胖和受精失敗的卵子其特點之間的關聯

 

研究問題：是對嚴重肥胖患者（BMI≥35 kg/m²）與在患者正常的體重指數(BMI 18.5-24.9）沒有受精失敗的卵子其特點之間相比。

結論: 重度肥胖和受精失敗的卵子其卵子內紡錘體及染色體異常的機會有統計意義的高於正常的體重指數(BMI 18.5-24.9）沒有受精失敗的卵子

 

陳醫師的評論:重度肥胖不利懷孕,多運動及減肥是必要的。

 

原文

 

Hum Reprod. 2012 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print]

The association between severe obesity and characteristics of failed fertilized oocytes.

Machtinger R, Combelles CM, Missmer SA, Correia KF, Fox JH, Racowsky C.

SourceDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, ASB 1 + 3, Rm 082, 02115 Boston, MA, USA.

 

Abstract

STUDY QUESTION: Is the cytoskeletal and chromosomal organization of failed fertilized oocytes from severely obese patients (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m(2)) altered compared with that in patients with normal BMI (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2))? SUMMARY

 

ANSWER: Compared with normal BMI patients, severe obesity was associated with a greater prevalence of spindle anomalies and non-aligned chromosomes in failed fertilized oocytes. WHAT IS KNOWN AND

 

WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Obesity is associated with poor reproductive outcomes, but little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms. To address potential mechanisms, our study compared the cytoskeletal and chromosome organization in failed fertilized oocytes from severely obese and normal BMI patients.

 

DESIGN: The study population was drawn from IVF patients treated in a hospital-based infertility clinic between February 2010 and July 2011. The prevalence of meiotic spindle and chromosome alignment anomalies in failed fertilized oocytes from patients with severe obesity (i.e. Class II and III; BMI 35.0-50.1 kg/m(2)) was compared with those from patients with normal BMI (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2)). Oocytes were fixed and then labeled for tubulin, actin and chromatin. Spindle number and integrity, as well as chromosome alignment, were assessed using immunofluorescence microscopy and, in some cases, confocal microscopy. Generalized estimating equations were applied, which account for the correlation among oocytes from the same patient to estimate odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and two-sided Wald P-values. Models were adjusted for continuous age at cycle start, cycle type (IVF or ICSI) and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) a priori.

 

PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: University-affiliated infertility clinic. A total of 276 oocytes that failed to fertilize from 137 patients were evaluated: 105 oocytes from severely obese women (n = 47) and 171 oocytes from normal BMI patients (n = 90). MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE: (i) Significantly more oocytes from the severely obese group exhibited two spindles compared with those from the normal BMI group (58.9 versus 35.1%; OR = 2.68, CI = 1.39-5.15, P-value = 0.003).(ii) Among oocytes with a single spindle, those from severely obese patients showed a significantly higher prevalence of disarranged spindles with non-aligned chromosomes compared with those from normal BMI patients (28.6 versus 8.6%; OR = 4.58, CI = 1.05-19.86, P-value = 0.04). BIAS, CONFOUNDING AND OTHER REASONS FOR CAUTION: Inclusion of only failed fertilized oocytes, small sample size, unknown factors such as non-PCOS comorbidity. GENERALIZABILITY TO OTHER

 

POPULATIONS: For this study, by design, it is unclear whether the findings are generalizable to successfully fertilized oocytes, and whether this oocyte-level influence of obesity is generalizable to infertile women who do not undergo stimulation or, more broadly, to spontaneous conceptions in fertile women. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): none.

 

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