Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on April 14, 2005
Human Reproduction 2005 20(8):2237-2241; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei029
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Treatment option for sperm- or oocyte-related fertilization failure: assisted oocyte activation following diagnostic heterologous ICSI
Infertility Centre, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: bjorn.heindryckx{at}ugent.be
BACKGROUND: Failed fertilization occurs in 2–3% of ICSI cycles and is mainly due to lack of oocyte activation. Heterologous ICSI of patient's sperm in mouse oocytes allows discrimination between sperm- and oocyte-related aetiologies of activation failure. Assisted oocyte activation (AOA) by Ca-ionophore treatment can initiate fertilization in subsequent therapeutic ICSI. We report on diagnosis and clinical treatment in 17 patients with previously failed fertilization. METHODS: Sperm from patients were injected into mature mouse oocytes. Activation capacity was assessed by 2-cell formation (mouse oocyte activation test, MOAT). When no activation occurred, it was assumed that the spermatozoon was deficient; otherwise an oocyte-related factor was suspected. In a subsequent ICSI cycle, AOA was done by ICSI with CaCl2 followed by a Ca2+ ionophore exposure. Fertilization was checked 16–20 h later. Embryo transfer was on day 2 or 3. RESULTS: MOAT showed sperm-related activation deficiency in six globozoospermic patients and two patients with extreme oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. One patient with small sperm acrosomes had a normal activation percentage. In eight other patients, the MOAT revealed a relatively normal activation capacity of the sperm, indicating an oocyte-related defect. After AOA, fertilization rates were 77 and 71% in the sperm- and oocyte-related groups respectively. Five pregnancies were achieved in the globozoospermia group and three in cases of oocyte-related activation failure. CONCLUSIONS: Assisted oocyte activation enables normal fertilization and pregnancy in sperm- and oocyte-related fertilization failure.
Key words: calcium ionophore/fertilization failure/heterologous ICSI/oocyte activation
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