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Antiapoptotic Agent Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Protects Vitrified Murine Ovarian Grafts

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Significant follicle loss from frozen ovarian grafts is unavoidable. The authors evaluated the protective effects of the antiapoptotic agent sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) on vitrified ovarian grafts. Three-week-old sexually immature female FVB mice were divided into 4 groups, fresh, control without S1P, 0.5 mmol/L S1P, and 2 mmol/L S1P. The ovaries were pretreated with S1P for 1 hour and then cryopreserved by modified vitrification. The frozen–thawed ovaries were autotransplanted under the back muscles of mice for 10 days. Expression of apoptosis-related genes encoding caspase 3 and c-Myc was analyzed in the vitrified ovaries and 10 days after transplantation using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. To quantify the ovarian reserve, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels and follicles were measured in the 10-day vitrified ovarian grafts. Caspase 3 and c-Myc messenger RNA did not differ significantly in the 4 groups after vitrification but was significantly upregulated in the control group after transplantation. The AMH levels and primordial follicle pool were significantly higher in the S1P-treated groups than in the control group but lower than that in the fresh group. The S1P protects vitrified ovarian grafts from ischemic reperfusion injury rather than from vitrification-associated process.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

    Yung-Chieh Tsai MD

  2. Department of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Yung-Chieh Tsai MD

  3. Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

    Yung-Chieh Tsai MD

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chii-Ruey Tzeng MD, Chia-Woei Wang MD, Ming-I Hsu MD & Chi-Huang Chen MD, PhD

  5. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, No. 252, Wusing St., Sinyi District, Taipei, 110, Taiwan

    Chii-Ruey Tzeng MD, Chia-Woei Wang MD & Chi-Huang Chen MD, PhD

  6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ming-I Hsu MD

  7. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

    Shun-Jen Tan MD

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Tsai, YC., Tzeng, CR., Wang, CW. et al. Antiapoptotic Agent Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Protects Vitrified Murine Ovarian Grafts. Reprod. Sci. 21, 236–243 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1177/1933719113493515

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