Human Reproduction, Vol. 15, No. 6, 1372-1376,
June 2000
© 2000 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
The position of the metaphase II spindle cannot be predicted by the location of the first polar body in the human oocyte
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Göteborg University, SU/Sahlgrenska, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
When performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on human oocytes, the injection is traditionally made at the 3 o'clock position, with the first polar body (PB) at the 12 or 6 o'clock position. This has been based on the assumption that the second meiotic metaphase II (MII) spindle lies in close proximity to the first PB. The objective of this study was to document the actual spatial relationship between the first PB and the MII spindle both in in-vivo matured (fresh) human MII oocytes and in oocytes matured in vitro. We found that the MII spindle was, on average, not located directly adjacent to the PB. The in-vivo group (n = 54) showed a mean deviation of the MII spindle from the position of the PB of 41.7° and the in-vitro group 26.6° (n = 43). The difference between the angle of the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.005), indicating that the lateral displacement of the first PB is only partly due to the denuding procedure during ICSI, because the in-vitro matured oocytes were denuded before extrusion of the first PB. The majority of the MII spindles in both groups were found in the same hemisphere as the first PB, suggesting that care should be taken to avoid damaging the MII spindle by inserting the ICSI needle in the other half of the oocyte.
Key words: human oocyte/ICSI/MII spindle/polar body
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed.E-mail: thorir.hardarson{at}obgyn.gu.se
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