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Increasing progesterone secretion and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity of human cumulus cells and granulosa-lutein cells concurrent with successful fertilization of the corresponding oocyte
Authors:Shalom Bar-Ami
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1 The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, P.O.B. 9649, 31096, Haifa, Israel

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Abstract:In many studies it has been documented that the induction of multiple follicular growth in humans results in an asynchrony between the degree of cumulus mucification, oocyte meiotic maturation, fertilizability, and follicular cell progesterone (P4) secretion. The present study was carried out on oocytes enclosed in fully mucified cumulus. Thus, oocyte fertilizability was correlated to human cumulus cell (hCC) and human granulosa-lutein (G-L) cell competence for P4 secretion in culture. In the G-L cells, P4 secretion and percentage of cells manifesting 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) activity increased concurrently with the period of culture. In the hCC, however, P4 secretion decreased concurrently with elongation of the culture period, whereas the percentage of 3β-HSD-positive cells increased. In hCC corresponding to the fertilized oocytes, P4 accumulation in culture medium was 1.9-fold (P < 0.001) and 1.6-fold (P < 0.02) higher on days 0–3 and 3–5 of culture, respectively, as compared to P4 accumulation in hCC of unfertilized oocytes. Also, in hCC corresponding to the fertilized oocytes, the degree of 3β-HSD activity was found to be significantly higher shortly after aspiration and after either 3 or 5 days, compared to hCC of unfertilized oocytes. In the G-L cells pooled from all follicles yielding mature cumulus-oocyte complexes, P4 accumulation and percentage of 3β-HSD-positive cells increased concurrently with the increase in percentage of fertilized eggs of each individual woman. These results indicate that in stimulated cycles, follicles yielding mature cumulus-oocyte complex, oocyte fertilizability, and G-L cell or hCC competence for P4 secretion are correlated and synchronous.
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