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19074213

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
The development of technologies to grow oocytes from the most abundant primordial follicles to maturity in vitro holds many attractions for clinical practice, animal production technology and research. The production of fertile oocytes and live offspring has been achieved in mice following the long-term culture of oocytes in primordial follicles from both fresh and cryopreserved ovarian tissue. In contrast, in non-rodent species advances in follicle culture are centred on the growth of isolated preantral follicles. As a functional unit, mammalian preantral follicles are well-suited to culture but primordial and primary follicles do not grow well after isolation from the ovarian stroma. The current challenges for follicle culture are numerous and include: optimisation of culture media and the tailoring of culture environments to match the physiological needs of the cell in vivo; the maintenance of cell-cell communication and signalling during culture; and the evaluation of the epigenetic status, genetic health and fertility of in vitro derived mature oocytes. In large animals and humans, the complete in vitro growth and maturation of oocytes is only likely to be achieved following the development of a multistage strategy that closely mimics the ovary in vivo. In this approach, primordial follicle growth will be initiated in situ by the culture of ovarian cortex. Isolated preantral follicles will then be grown to antral stages before steroidogenic function is induced in the somatic cells. Finally, cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation will be induced in the in vitro derived oocytes with the production of fertile metaphase II gametes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1741-7899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
703-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The in vitro growth and maturation of follicles.
pubmed:affiliation
Reproduction and Early Development Research Group, The Light Laboratories, Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics, University of Leeds, Clarendon Way, Leeds, UK. h.m.picton@leeds.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't