Human Reproduction, Vol 12, 2724-2728, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
SA Beyler, KP James, MA Fritz and WR Meyer
Recent evidence describing a suboptimal clinical outcome in women with
hydrosalpinges who undergo in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer
suggests a potential deleterious effect of this fluid on in- utero embryo
development. Consequently, we evaluated in-vitro mouse embryo development
in the presence of hydrosalpingeal fluid (HF) collected from 10 infertile
women of reproductive age. Chemical analyses showed both similarities and
differences of these fluids to reported values for fluids collected from
non-diseased Fallopian tubes. The HF had a significant deleterious effect
upon mouse embryo cleavage and development to the expanded and hatched
blastocyst stage, although the effect was variable among patients. Dilution
of HF to 30% concentration with culture medium failed to negate this
effect. This argues against the effect resulting from a relative lack of
critical, supportive component(s) in the HF. Additionally, further
experiments performed with cultures under an oil overlay significantly
reduced the embryotoxicity of the HF. This evidence suggests there may be a
lipophilic factor that can impair embryo development. The relatively poor
IVF-embryo transfer success in women with proximally patent hydrosalpinges
may be explained, at least in part, by reflux of a lipophilic embryotoxic
factor(s) into the uterine cavity.
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Hydrosalpingeal fluid inhibits in-vitro embryonic development in a murine model
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599, USA.
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