Immunohistochemical localization of growth factors after cryopreservation and 3 weeks' xenotransplantation of human ovarian tissue.
(2010) Fertility and Sterility — Vol. 95, n° 4, p. 1241-1246 (2011)
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- OBJECTIVE: To compare early follicular growth after fresh and frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue xenografting and to investigate whether expression of c-kit, kit ligand (KL), and growth differentiation factor-9 (GDF-9) is maintained after freezing and xenografting of human ovarian tissue. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: Gynecology research unit in a university hospital. ANIMAL(S): Ten nude (Swiss nu/nu) 6-week-old female mice. INTERVENTION(S): The ovarian biopsy samples were obtained from six women, aged 20 to 30 years. Fresh and frozen-thawed ovarian fragments intraperitoneally grafted into nude mice for 3 weeks. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Histologic analysis and immunohistochemical evaluation of c-kit, KL, and GDF-9 expression before and after grafting. RESULT(S): The integrity and proportion of growing follicles increased similarly in both fresh (64%) and frozen-thawed (59%) xenografts compared with non-grafted tissue (fresh: 40%; frozen-thawed: 21%). Both C-kit and KL staining were detected in the oocytes and granulosa cells of preantral follicles, and GDF-9 expression was observed in the oocytes of preantral follicles in all groups. CONCLUSION(S): Freezing does not appear to have a major impact on early follicular growth after transplantation. This study shows, for the first time, expression of c-kit, KL, and GDF-9 in human preantral follicles after ovarian tissue cryopreservation and xenotransplantation.
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David, A., Dolmans, M.-M., Van Langendonckt, A., Donnez, J., & Andrade Amorim, C. (2010). Immunohistochemical localization of growth factors after cryopreservation and 3 weeks’ xenotransplantation of human ovarian tissue. Fertility and Sterility, 95(4), 1241-1246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.06.007 (Original work published 2011)