Assessment of the need for follicle stimulating hormone in early preantral mouse follicle culture in vitro

Human Reproduction
R CortvrindtA C Van Steirteghem

Abstract

In two consecutive controlled experiments 160 early preantral follicles were cultured in order to evaluate effects of recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (r-FSH) on survival, differentiation, oestradiol and inhibin secretion, cumulus mucification and cumulus-corona-oocyte detachment by human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) stimulation. Nuclear maturation in oocytes was also assessed following addition of HCG. A histological analysis of cultured follicles was carried out on semi-thin sections at various culture stages. Addition of r-FSH was essential for follicle survival for 16 days: without r-FSH only 11% of the follicles survived for 12 days (with r-FSH: 79%) and none of these mucified after the HCG stimulus. r-FSH promoted granulosa cell proliferation and antral-like cavity formation. Without r-FSH, histology of the cultures demonstrated degeneration and reduced granulosa cell proliferation; oestradiol and inhibin production were reduced. This study illustrates the essential role of FSH in promoting the in-vitro growth of early preantral mouse ovarian follicles and in maintaining the oocyte under meiotic arrest.

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