QUANTIFICATION OF THE NUMBER OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA COPIES IN HUMAN OOCYTES WITH DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES

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A.G. Syrkasheva (1), A.M. Krasny (1), T.D. Mayorova (2), N.P. Makarova (1), N.V. Dolgushina (1) 1 -Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Oparina street, 4, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation; 2 -Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Vavilova street, 26, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation

Introduction. In IVF-cycles ≈70% of human oocytes have different morphological abnormalities (dysmorphisms). Embryos from dysmorhic oocytes may have delay in development due to mitochondrial dysfunction and disorders of energy accumulation in the cell. The aim of the study was to compare the number of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copies in human oocytes with different morphology. Materials and methods. We used real-time PCR to quantify the number of mtDNA copies in 343 unfertilized oocytes from 198 women. Group 1 consisted of oocytes with cytoplasmic dysmorphisms (n=126), group 2 – oocytes with extracytoplasmic dysmorphisms (n=108), and group 3 – oocytes with normal morphology (n=109). Results. The total distribution of mtDNA was in the range of 5’440–9’800’000 copies, Me=2’000’000 copies, Q25-Q75=813’000–3’300’000 copies. In the group 1 the median with interquartile range was 1’300’000 (263’500–2’325’000) copies, in group 2 – 2’500’000 (1’400’000–4’000’000) copies, in group 3 – 2’500’000 (1’400’000–4’000’000) copies (p
Keywords: 
oocytes quality, oocytes dysmorphisms, mitochondria, mtDNA, in vitro fertilization (IVF)

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