PMID- 17540495 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071206 LR - 20071001 IS - 0301-2115 (Print) IS - 0301-2115 (Linking) VI - 134 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Oct TI - How safe is germinal vesicle stage oocyte rescue? Aneuploidy analysis of in vitro matured oocytes. PG - 213-9 AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the rate and type of aneuploidies of chromosomes 13, 16, 18, 21 and 22, with respect to the length of in vitro maturation (IVM) period, and to compare the results to previously published studies on aneuploidy rates of unfertilized, uninseminated mature oocytes and first polar bodies. STUDY DESIGN: Two hundred and twelve immature germinal vesicle stage oocytes were assigned to two groups. After successful IVM, depending on their maturational period of 24h (Group A) or 36h (Group B), chromosomal analysis was performed by five color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). In Groups A and B the rates of aneuploid oocytes were calculated and compared by chi-square test. Also the rates of hyperhaploidy, hypohaploidy, disomy and nullisomy were determined and compared by chi-square test. The difference was considered statistically significant at p-value of <0.05. RESULTS: The prolonged IVM did not significantly affect the aneuploidy rate compared to the shorter maturation period (48.1% and 45.0%, respectively). Regarding the unbalanced premature chromatid separation, no statistically significant difference was found between hyperhaploidy and hypohaploidy (14.8% versus 8.3%). For chromosome nondisjunction, higher frequency of disomy than nullisomy was observed (30.6% versus 14.8%; p<0.05). The estimated global aneuploidy rate was between 42% and 63%. CONCLUSIONS: The aneuploidy rate of IVM GV-oocytes is comparable to the aneuploidy rate of in vivo matured oocytes and first polar bodies, regardless of the length of maturation period. This suggests that the immature oocytes can be used in infertility treatment after they complete maturation. FAU - Vlaisavljevic, Veljko AU - Vlaisavljevic V AD - Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynecologic Endocrinology, Maribor Teaching Hospital, Ljubljanska 5, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia. FAU - Krizancic Bombek, Lidija AU - Krizancic Bombek L FAU - Vokac, Nadja Kokalj AU - Vokac NK FAU - Kovacic, Borut AU - Kovacic B FAU - Cizek-Sajko, Mojca AU - Cizek-Sajko M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070530 PL - Ireland TA - Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol JT - European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology JID - 0375672 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Aneuploidy MH - Chromosomes, Human/*genetics MH - Female MH - Fertilization in Vitro/*methods MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Infertility, Female/therapy MH - Oocyte Retrieval/methods MH - Oocytes/*growth & development MH - Ovulation Induction/methods EDAT- 2007/06/02 09:00 MHDA- 2007/12/07 09:00 CRDT- 2007/06/02 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2007/01/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2007/03/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/06/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/12/07 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/06/02 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0301-2115(07)00140-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.03.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2007 Oct;134(2):213-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.03.013. Epub 2007 May 30.