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Human Reproduction, Vol 13, 154-160, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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The meiotic competence of in-vitro matured human oocytes is influenced by donor age: evidence that folliculogenesis is compromised in the reproductively aged ovary

K Volarcik, L Sheean, J Goldfarb, L Woods, FW Abdul-Karim and P Hunt
Department of Genetics and Centre for Human Genetics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4955, USA.

The human oocyte appears to be particularly prone to meiotic errors, and the incidence of these errors is strongly influenced by maternal age. We have initiated studies of human oocytes from unstimulated ovaries and have observed age-related effects on the meiotic process in oocytes from unselected antral follicles. Specifically, in oocytes obtained from donors over the age of 35 years, the majority of oocytes that extruded a first polar body in culture and arrested at second meiotic metaphase had aberrations in spindle formation and chromosome alignment. Similarly, observations of a limited number of oocytes at first meiotic metaphase suggest disturbances at this stage of meiosis as well. Finally, preliminary results of non-disjunction studies suggest that the frequency of errors in chromosome segregation at the first meiotic division is influenced by donor age in in-vitro matured oocytes as it is in oocytes undergoing meiotic maturation in vivo. These data provide direct evidence that the meiotic competence of oocytes from unstimulated ovaries declines with donor age. Similarly, studies of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) pregnancies in older women indicate that the developmental competence of the human oocyte declines with age. Since both meiotic and developmental competence are acquired during the late stages of oocyte growth, we postulate that an age- related decline in the process of folliculogenesis results in reduced oocyte quality and that the well characterized age-related increase in meiotic non-disjunction is one symptom of compromised oocyte growth.
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