Ovarian modulators of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11βHSD) activity and intra-follicular cortisol:cortisone ratios correlate with the clinical outcome of IVF
Thurston, L.M., Norgate, D.P., Jonas, K.C., Gregory, L., Wood, P.J., Cooke, B.A. and Michael, A.E. (2003) Ovarian modulators of type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11βHSD) activity and intra-follicular cortisol:cortisone ratios correlate with the clinical outcome of IVF. Human Reproduction, 18, (8), 1603-1612.
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Description/Abstract
Background: Follicular fluid (FF) contains compounds that can modulate NADP+-dependent oxidation of cortisol by type 1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11βHSD). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationships between levels of the ovarian modulators of type 1 11βHSD, intra-follicular cortisol:cortisone ratios and the clinical outcome of IVF cycles.
Methods: A single random sample of FF was aspirated from each of 132 patients undergoing gonadotrophin-stimulated IVF. Components of FF, resolved using C18 column chromatography, were evaluated for effects on NADP+-dependent cortisol oxidation in rat kidney homogenates. Intra- follicular steroid concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassays. Clinical pregnancies were confirmed by ultrasonography at 6 weeks post-embryo transfer.
Results: Levels of the hydrophilic ovarian 11βHSD stimuli were significantly lower (P < 0.0001) and levels of the hydrophobic ovarian 11βHSD inhibitors were significantly higher (P < 0.002) in conception versus non-conception cycles. Intra-follicular cortisol:cortisone ratios increased with the degree of inhibition of 11βHSD by the hydrophobic FF fractions. FF obtained from conception cycles had significantly higher cortisol:cortisone ratios than samples from non-conception cycles (12.9 ± 0.3 versus 8.5 ± 0.2, respectively; P < 0.0001).
Conclusions: Conception by IVF is associated with elevated intra-follicular cortisol:cortisone ratios, which reflect low levels of ovarian stimuli and/or high levels of ovarian inhibitors of type 1 11βHSD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0268-1161 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Human Genetics |
| Item ID: | 24989 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:27 |
| Contributors: | Thurston, L.M. (Author) Norgate, D.P. (Author) Jonas, K.C. (Author) Gregory, L. (Author) Wood, P.J. (Author) Cooke, B.A. (Author) Michael, A.E. (Author) |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | t.michael@rfc.ucl.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/24989 |
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