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Abstracts of
Royan International Twin Congress
11th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine
15-17 September 2010
5th Royan Nursing and Midwifery Symposium
15-16 September 2010
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY AND STERILITY (IJFS)
PUBLISHED AND SPONSORED BY:
- Royan Institute, Iranian Academic Center for Education Culture and Research (ACECR)
CHAIRMAN MANAGER:
- Ahmad Vosough Taqi Dizaj, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
EDITOR IN CHIEF:
- Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
EDITORIAL BOARD:
* Gynecology and Female Infertility:
- Mahnaz Ashrafi, M.D., Associate Professor, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Sarah L. Berga, M.D., Professor, Emory University, USA
- Mohammad Eid Hammadeh, Ph.D., Professor, University of Saarland, Germany
- Firoozeh Gaffari, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
- Michael Kamrava, M.D., West Coast IVF Clinic, USA
- Tahereh Madani, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
- Ashraf Moini, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Camran Nezhat, M.D, Professor, Stanford University, USA
- Shirin Niroomanesh, M.D., Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Mohammad Ebrahim Parsanezhad, M.D., Professor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Saghar Salehpour, M.D., Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Ensieh Shahrokh Tehraninejad, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Togas Tulandi, M.D., Professor, Mc Gill University, Canada
* Andrology:
- Ashok Agarwal, Ph.D., Professor, University of Case Western Reserve, USA
- Pasqualotto Fabio Firmbach, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil
- Seyed Jalil Hosseini, M.D., Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Mohammad Ali Sadighi Gilani, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
* Genetics:
- Kamran Ghaedi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Isfahan University, Iran
- Hamid Gourabi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
- Seyed Mehdi Kalantar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Iran
- Sadegh Vallian Broojeni, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Isfahan University, Iran
* Embryology:
- Mansoureh Movahedin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
- Nooredin Nematollahi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Hans Ingolf Nielsen, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Embryology, Denmark
- Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi, Ph.D., Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
- Nottola Stefania A, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
- Eimie Sato, Ph.D., Professor, Tohoku University, Japan
* Epidemiology:
- Babak Eshrati, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Seyed Mehdi Nooraie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Ali Montazeri, Ph.D., Professor, ACECR, Iran
- Seyad Abbas Motavalian, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
* Endocrinology and Metabolism:
- Javad Behjati, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Abdolhossein Mehrabi, M.D., Assistant Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
* Pathology:
- Narges Izadi Mood, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Masoud Sotoudeh, M.D., Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Mansour Jamali Zavarei, M.D., Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Saeid Abroun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
* Psychology and Psychiatric:
- Shahrzad Alizadegan, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
- Mostafa Hamdieh, M.D., Assistant Professor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
- Petra Thorn, Ph.D., Germany
* Radiology and Imaging:
- Firoozeh Ahmadi, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
- Ahmad Vosough Taqi Dizaj, M.D., Assistant Professor, Royan Institute, Iran
* Immunology:
- Navid Esfandiari, D.V.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
- Mohammad Zahir Hasan, Ph.D., Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
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- Bita Foolad, Royan Institute
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FERTILITY AND STERILITY (IJFS)
IJFS, Vol 4, Supplement 1, Summer 2010
Abstracts of Royan International Twin Congress
11th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine
5th Royan Nursing and Midwifery Symposium
Committees Contents
Congress Chairman: (cid:2) Scientific Board ................................................ 1
Nasser Aghdami, M.D., Ph.D. (cid:2) Collaborators ................................................... 2
Congress President: (cid:2) Chairman Wellcome Message ......................... 3
Hamid Gourabi, Ph.D.
Organizing Committee:
(cid:2) Invited Speakers
Abdollahian, Enayat B.Sc.
Aghdami, Nasser M.D., Ph.D. … Andrology ………………………..…............... 5
Ahmadi, Seyed Ebrahim M.Sc. … Embryology …………………………..…........ 6
Alizadeh, Seyed Kamal B.Sc.
… Epidemiology and Ethics ................................ 12
Kashfi, Fahimeh M.Sc.
Najafi Far, Fatemeh M. A. … Genetics ......................................................... 23
Omani Samani, Reza M.D.
… Reproductive Imaging .................................... 26
Oraei, Azadeh M.D.
Shahverdi, Abdolhossein Ph.D.
Shahzadeh Fazeli, Abolhassan M.D. (cid:2) Oral Presentations
Tavassolian, Rahim B.Sc.
… Andrology ....................................................... 29
Vosough Taqi Dizaj, Ahmad M.D.
Zarrabi Morteza, M.D. … Embryology .................................................... 33
Executive Committee: … Epidemiology and Ethics ................................ 36
Afshani, Masoud … Female Infertility ............................................ 40
Alipour, Hiva
… Genetics .......................................................... 46
Alizadeh, Leila
Amerian, Mehrdad
Attar, Mehdi (cid:2) Poster Presentations
Azimi, Reza
… Andrology….………….…………….………. 52
Daliri, Leila
Ezabadi, Zahra … Embryology ……………………….…..…..... 60
Farrokh Ashtiani, Sima
… Epidemiology and Ethics ………....………... 67
Fathi, Rouhollah
Golbidi, Kiarash … Female Infertility……………….…………… 71
Heydari, Ali Akbar … Genetics……………………….………….…. 81
Jahangiri, Nadia
… Reproductive Imaging .................................... 82
Khadem Sharif, Reza
Khoshnevisan, Jamshid
Kiani, Sahar
(cid:2) Nursing and Midwifery Symposium
Kouhkan, Azam
Maghari, Zahra … Oral Presentation …....……………….…..…. 84
Malekzadeh, Farideh … Poster Presentation …………………….….… 93
Mirshekar, Zeinab
Molla Ahmadi, Fahimeh
Moradi, Shabnam (cid:2) Workshops and Courses …...…….................. 98
Nazarian, Hamid (cid:2) Authors’ Index …………………………....... 105
Niknejad, Fatemeh
Pardadeh, Shahin
Sabaghian, Marjan
Samimi, Mohamad Sadegh
Shakeri, Raheleh
Zafarani, Fatemeh
Zoghi, Fereshteh
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Scientific Board
Abbasi M. Ghaedi K. Parsa P.
Abolhassani F. Ghaffari F. Parsanezhad E.
Abroun S. Golestanha A. Pebay A.
Adjaye J. Gourabi H. Popov A.
Aflatoonian A. Hammarberg K. Poureisa M.
Aflatoonian R. Hartshorne G. Pourmand Gh.
Aghdami N. Heimberg H. Ramezanzadeh F.
Ahmadi F. Honaramooz A. Rashidi B.
Ahmadi SM. Hoseini R. Redi CA.
Akbari F. Hosseini A. Rezazadeh Valojerdi M.
Akhlaghpoor Sh. Hosseini Salekdeh Gh. Sabour D.
Akhondi M. Hosseini SJ. Sadeghi MR.
Al-hassani S. Hosseinkhani H. Sadighi Gilani MA.
Alizadegan Sh. Imani H. Sadrkhanlou R.
Allahbadia G. Jacobsson AH. Saeedi H.
Almadani N. Jaenisch R. Salamonsen LA.
Amir Arjmand MH. Jahdi F. Salehnia M.
Ao A. Johansson L. Salehpour S.
Aplin J. Kabir Salmani M. Salman Yazdi R.
Aramesh K. Kalantar S. M. Samani RO.
Ashrafi M. Kamrava M. Samsioe G.
Azin M. Karimian L. Saremi A.
Baghban Eslaminejad MR. Karimzadeh MA. Sato E.
Bahadori H. Kazemeini SM. Schlegel PN.
Baharvand H. Khalaf Y. Seyed Fatemi N.
Balasinor N. Khalili M. Shahhoseini M.
Bedaiwy MA. Korooji M. Shahriari H.
Benagiano G. Kurpisz M. Shahverdi A.
Blyth E. Laible G. Shahzadeh Fazeli A.
Boiani M. Lee C. K. F. Sharma T.
Brinsden P. Mackay-Sim A. Shia M.
Brosens J. Madani T. Shiva M.
Cantz T. Mahale S. Sills ES.
Crosignani PG. Manik RS. Stamm C.
Dadkhah F. Mc Elreavey K. Stojkovic M.
Dazzi F. Milliez J. Sugimura Y.
De Geyter C. Mohseni Meibodi A. Suzuki T.
De Rooij DG. Moini A. Svoboda P.
Dickenson DL. Moini M. Taheripanah R.
Ding S. Mojibian J. Tahmaseb Pour A.
Ebner T. Mori T. Taylor H.
Ebrahimi M. Moser M. Tehraninejad ESh.
Eftekhari Yazdi P. Movaghar B. Ter Meulen R.
Elwagdy S. Movahhedin M. Thorn P.
Engin G. Mukhopadhyay A. Vahidi S.
Eshrati B. Nagy A. Van der Horst G.
Esmaeilzadeh S. Nakatsuji N. Viville S.
Evers JLH. Nasr Esfahani MH. Voltarelli JC.
Ezabadi Z. Nazari Tavakoli S. Vosough Taqi Dizaj A.
Farhood D. Neisani L. Wernig G.
Farrahi F. Nematollahi N. Wernig M.
Ferrara JLM. Niknejadi M. Xia E.
Forbes S. Norouzi MR.
Frith L. Pacey A.

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International Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 4, Suppl 1, Summer 2010
Collaborators
- Iranian Society for Reproductive Medicine
- Iranian Stem Cell Network
- Stem Cell Initiative
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Tarbiat Modarres University, Medical Science Faculty, Anatomy Department
- Yazd University of Medical Sciences
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Basic science Department
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Anatomy Department
- Guilan University of Medical Sciences
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Baqiatallah University of Medical Sciences
- Avicenna Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Vali-e-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Yazd Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Yazd University of Medical Sciences
- Zeynabiye Fertility Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
- Shahid Rajaei Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center
- Shiraz Infertility Center
- Ahwaz Fertility Center
- Isfahan Fertility Center
- Mehr Infertility Institute of Rasht
- Rasht Family IVF Center
- Omid Fertility Center
- Sarem Fertility Center
- Noor Medical Imaging Center
- National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB)

International Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 4, Suppl 1, Summer 2010 2
Congress Chairman
Nasser Aghdami
D
ear Friends and Colleagues;
On behalf of the organizing committee of Royan International Twin Congress, 11th Congress on Re-
productive Biomedicine and 6th Congress on Stem Cell Biology & Technology, I would like to invite
you to join us and attend this prominent event which will be held on September 15-17, 2010 in Tehran,
Iran.
RITC-2010 will be held in conjunction with closing ceremony of the 11th Royan International Research
Award, which contains five prizes for five best research projects in the field of Reproductive Biomedi-
cine and Stem Cell Biology and Technology.
For the first time in 1999, when we had achieved the success of 1000 ART baby births, we decided to
share this great experience with scientists and doctors from all around the world, and we held the first
Royan International Research Award and Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine.
By September 2010, the time of 11th Royan International Congress, we will be reaching to the expe-
rience of more than 10,000 baby births resulting from the efforts of ART professionals and ART lab
experts of the Royan Institute, and there would be too much to exchange with you throughout the sci-
entific sessions of the congress.
Regenerative medicine and stem cells are of new hot scientific subjects which provide so many promis-
ing options for the future treatment of some major diseases such as cancers, nervous diseases, damaged
organs and degenerative diseases.
In recent years the field of stem cell has witnessed enormous expansion in clinical and basic data.
However the basic research is of vital interest to everybody working in this field and brings together
scientists from all segments of basic and biomedical research and from various clinical disciplines, even
if clinical applications to be developed finally require highly specialized knowledge and techniques.
Since 2006, we have been holding the Stem Cell Biology and Technology congress alongside the Re-
productive Biomedicine part as a twin congress.
The scientific program of this twin congress will focus on breaking scientific developments and current
issues from foremost opinion leaders. Each keynote speaker has been asked to not only review his/her
particular area of expertise but also look ahead at possibilities for the next years.
The executive committee has also arranged social programs and pre/post congress tours to some his-
torical cities of Iran like Isfahan, Shiraz, Kashan… for foreign guests to visit the cultural heritage and
enormous tourism resources of our ancient country, Iran.
Hereby, I present my thanks to the participants of this conference, professors, young scientists and
students! It is due to your keen interest that these fields are expanding and exploring new frontiers. We
sincerely hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful time in Iran.
The organizers of Royan International Twin Congress are eagerly waiting to welcome you to this excit-
ing extravaganza of knowledge and pleasure.
Best regards,
Nasser Aghdami M.D./Ph.D.
Congress Chairman
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11th Royan International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine
15-17 September 2010
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Invited Speakers
ing to release of mature spermatids into the lumen of
Andrology the seminiferous tubules. Morphologically, it involves a
series of events, namely removal of excess spermatid
I-1: Effect of High Intratesticular Estrogen on cytoplasm, removal of ectoplasmic specialization, for-
Spermatogenesis mation of tubulobulbar complex, and final disengage-
ment of the spermatid from the Sertoli cell. Electron
Balasinor NH*, D’Souza R, Upadhyay R microscopic and confocal studies revealed an absence
of tubulobulbar complex in step 19 spermatids after es-
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumbai, tradiol treatment, highlighting the significance of these
India structures in spermiation. It was further observed that
Email: [email protected] treatment affected the Sertoli cell cytoskeleton and
Arp2/3 complex that is critical for de novo polymeriza-
Background: The presence of estrogen receptor beta tion of actin during tubulobulbar complex formation. In
and aromatase in the germ cell has highlighted the addition estradiol treatment also affected microtubule
physiological role of the traditionally female hormone, bundling and distribution of vimentin filaments in Stage
estrogen, in spermatogenesis. Estrogen receptor alpha VII-VIII of the seminiferous epithelium cycle suggesting
knockouts and aromatase knockouts have further ac- an effect on Sertoli cell cytoskeleton.
centuated the role of estrogen in germ cell maturation. Conclusion: The present study reports the role of 17-(cid:2)
To delineate effects of high intratesticular estradiol in the estradiol in inhibiting the formation of tubulobulbar com-
seminiferous epithelium and the mechanisms involved. plex, which could be one of the mechanism by which
The study was based on the fact that administration of environmental estrogens influence male fertility.
exogenous estradiol suppresses the hypothalamus pi-
tuitary gonadal axis (HPG) with a dose-dependant con- I-2: Comparison of Transrectal Ultrasonogra-
comitant increase in intratesticular estrogen levels. phy and Transrectal Ultrasonography-Guided
Materials and Methods: Three doses of 17-(cid:2) Estradiol, Seminal Vesicle Aspiration in the Diagnosis of
namely 20, 100 and 200(cid:3)g/kg/day were administered the Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction
subcutaneously to different batches of adult male rats for
10 days. The effect of the three doses on serum hormo- Engin G1*, Celtik M2, Sanli O2, Aytac O2, Muradov Z2,
nal profile, intratesticular testosterone (T) and estradiol Kadioglu A2
(E) levels and testicular morphology were studied. Fur-
ther studies to delineate the mechanism causing sper- 1. Department of Radiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istan-
miation failure was carried out with 100 (cid:3)g/kg/day for 10 bul University, Istanbul, Turkey
days and the effect on Sertoli cell cytoskeleton and testis 2. Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
specific adherens junction was done by immunofluores- University, Istanbul, Turkey
cence and confocal imaging Email: [email protected]
Results: Twenty micrograms per kilograms per day
of 17-(cid:2) estradiol affected the hypothalamus–pituitary Background: To compare transrectal ultrasonography
axis, reducing serum gonadotropins and intratesticular (TRUS) and TRUS-guided seminal vesicle aspiration
testosterone; however, 100 (cid:3)g/kg/day of 17-(cid:2) estradiol in the diagnosis of ejaculatory duct obstruction (EDO).
decreased serum FSH and intratesticular testosterone, comparing the findings of TRUS and TRUS-guided
increased intratesticular estradiol, but had no effect on seminal vesicle (SV) aspiration.
serum LH. Interestingly, 200 (cid:3)g/kg/day of 17-(cid:2) estradiol Materials and Methods:
decreased serum and intratesticular T without any effect Design: A retrospective case-controlled study compar-
on serum gonadotropins. This could be attributed to the ing the findings of TRUS and TRUS-guided seminal
positive feedback effect of estrogens on gonadotropins. vesicle (SV) aspiration.
In the testis, morphologically two visible effects were Setting: Clinics of Urology and Radiology.
seen, namely ’spermiation failure’ in all three doses at- Patient(s): Seventy patients with suspected EDO (com-
tributed to the suppression of T and FSH and a ’mainte- plete in 10, partial in 60 patients) on clinical evaluation.
nance effect’ in the 100 (cid:3)g/kg/day attributed to E and/or Intervention(s): Each SV was punctured transrectally
10% of available intratesticular T. The direct effect of an using a 20-gauge Chiba needle within 2 hours after
increase in intratesticular estradiol levels was observed ejaculation.
in terms of a decrease in apoptosis in germ cell. The Main Outcome Measure(s): In SV aspirates, greater
study, therefore, suggests that 100 (cid:3)g/kg/day of 17-(cid:2) than three sperm per high-power microscopic field was
estradiol could be used to study the effects of high intra- considered a positive result for EDO.
testicular estradiol with a concomitant decrease in intra- Results: Fifty-five (78.6%) patients had evidence of
testicular T and serum FSH levels on spermatogenesis. EDO on diagnostic TRUS. However, obstruction on
Hence further studies on mechanism causing spermia- TRUS was confirmed in 49.1% (27 of 55) of the patients
tion failure were carried with this estradiol dose. with SV aspiration. Higher sperm positivity rates were
Spermiation is the final phase of spermatogenesis lead- achieved in patients with SV dilation (11 of 13, 84.6%)
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and prostatic midline/ED cyst (12 of 16, 75.0%). Step- niques vitrification has claimed to be most appropriate
wise logistic regression analysis revealed that the inci- technique due to simplicity and cost-effectiveness. On
dence of SV dilation was significantly higher, whereas contrary, surgical methods are still accepted as difficult,
that of chronic inflammatory findings in the prostate was and costly alternatives, as well experimental ones such
significantly lower in the positive SV aspirate group. as re-transplantation are not reported to be significantly
Conclusion: TRUS alone is not a reliable tool for the efficient and reliable alternatives. In parallel, the effects
diagnosis of EDO. For this reason, SV aspiration should of medical preventive alternatives, those generally re-
be used as an adjunctive technique in patients with SV sulted in pseudo-menopausal situation and mainly rec-
dilation or a prostatic midline/ED cyst to confirm the di- ommended to patients prior to reproductive age, are
agnosis before surgery. still controversial concerning side-effects, reduced ef-
Keywords: Male Infertility, Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction, fectiveness.
Seminal Vesicles, Transrectal High-Intensity Focused The number of available techniques for conserving fer-
Ultrasound, Guidance, Sperm Aspiration tility has increased in the last decade, but large studies
are still needed to draw a conclusion. Some of these
effective options such as vitrification of embryos are not
Embryology
allowed in Germany. Other technical issues remain un-
resolved, as is the question of medical insurance reim-
bursement for the most efficient procedures. All current
I-3: Fertility Preservation in Women with Can- aspects and techniques should be compared in order
cer to presume the best method and standardization in fe-
male fertility preservation. New approaches and current
Al-Hasani S management on fertility preservation in gynecological
cancers were discussed in this presentation.
University of Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Gynecology and
Obstetrics, Reproductive Medicine Unit, University of Lübeck, I-4: Is It Time Now to Cancel Fresh Embryo
Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23560 Lübeck, Germany Transfer
Email: sf_alhasani@ Hotmail.com
Al-Hasani S
As the efficacies of anticancer therapies were increase
and quite efficient early diagnoses have been taken University of Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Gynecology and
place in gynecological cancer, increased long-term sur- Obstetrics, Reproductive Medicine Unit, University of Lübeck,
vival of cancer patients and long-term complications of Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23560 Lübeck, Germany
anticancer treatments are being encountered. The lost Email: sf_alhasani@ Hotmail.com
of ovarian reserve or function due to gonadal toxicity is
the major problem that mainly focused. The implantation of embryo depends on the quality of the
A wide range of new fertility preservation options and/ embryo and the receptivity of the endometrium. While
or techniques, although the majority of them are ex- the factors affecting embryo quality were optimized,
perimental, are now available prior to oncological the implantation rates did not reach the desirable lev-
treatments. Ovarian transposition, a surgical preserva- els. This directs the blaming for endometrial receptivity
tion technique, is one of these methods that avoid the which already has been affected by supra-physiological
gonadal tissue from radiation field in order to prevent levels of hormone, namely estradiol, in controlled ovar-
the gonadal toxicity of radiotherapy. Partial and/or total ian hyperstimulation (COH) cycle. On the other hand,
(experimental) extraction, subsequent cryopreservation cryopreservation, especially the vitrification method, has
and re-transplantation of ovarian tissue, another surgical been highly improved to give almost the same results of
preventive option both for radiotherapy and chemother- fresh state, in addition to decreased rate of blastogene-
apy side-effects, is expected to be a paramount method sis birth defects. All these encourage us to put our opin-
in the future that was performed in selective cases previ- ion to overcome the problem of endometrial receptivity
ously. Particularly, medical methods with such agents like by cancellation the fresh embryo transfer (fresh ET) and
GnRH analog or antagonists, and Danazole have been to perform the frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) in
reported to prevent chemo or radiotherapy related go- cases of excessive response to COH.
nadal toxicity. Cryopreservation of oocytes, zygotes and
embryos either by vitrification or slow-rate freezing sub- I-5: Molcular and Cellular Interactions in Uter-
sequent to ovarian stimulation and oocyte pick-up along ine Receptivity for Implantation
with/without traditional IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm
injection are other common preventive techniques. Aplin JD
Currently cryopreservations of the oocyte, zygote and/
or embryos are seems to be the most effective meth- Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Man-
ods in fertility preservation especially in reproductive chester, UK
age women. In regard of the cryopreservation tech- Email: [email protected]

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Background: Though plausible candidate adhesion bryo-maternal interaction in vivo are being tested.
systems have been identified, current knowledge of
embryo-maternal attachment in human is limited by I-6: Remodelling Uterine Spiral Arteries in
the inability to conduct well-controlled functional inves- Pregnancy
tigations. We have sought a viable medium-throughput
model for the identification and functional assessment of Aplin JD
molecular markers in the initial epithelial phases of im-
plantation. An ideal model should bypass the scarcity of Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Man-
human embryos and well known difficulties in obtaining, chester, UK
establishing and maintaining confluent, normal, well-dif- Email: [email protected]
ferentiated endometrial epithelium in vitro.
Materials and Methods: Blastocysts flushed from day Background: During the first trimester of pregnancy the
4 pregnant superovulated mice were transferred to con- uterine spiral arteries that supply blood to the placenta
fluent human Ishikawa cell monolayers. Cells were un- are remodelled, creating heavily dilated conduits lack-
treated or steroid primed (E2 followed by MPA and E2) ing maternal vasomotor control. To effect permanent
and characterised using a panel of differentiation mark- vasodilatation, the internal elastic lamina and medial
ers. Embryo attachment was tracked by phase contrast elastic fibres must be degraded. Failure of remodel-
microscopy, and weakly and stably attached embryos ling is a key characteristic of the pathological placenta
identified. Apically displayed cell surface glycoproteins and is thought to be a primary causative mechanism in
were biotinylated using periodate/hydrazide, recovered pre-eclampsia and fetal growth restriction. We sought
by avidin affinity and analysed using a proteomics pro- to identify the elastolytic proteases involved and their
tocol. source. Maternal (vascular smooth muscle cells, uter-
Results: After 48h of co-culture, 85% of blastocysts had ine NK cells and macrophages) and fetal (extravillous
attached loosely, but only 40% attached stably to the epi- trophoblast) cells are all potentially involved in ECM re-
thelial cell surface. In contrast, 95% of embryos attached modelling.
stably to tissue culture plastic. This demonstrates that Materials and Methods: We examined cells in situ in
weak attachment of a majority of embryos is followed vessel walls at various stages of transformation, and
by stronger adhesion of a smaller proportion. Initial at- used a combination of in vitro methods to specify and
tachment is efficient either in the presence or absence test molecular mechanisms.
of hormone, but steroid priming (E2 followed by MPA Results: Primary first trimester cytotrophoblasts (CTB)
and E2) increased stable attachment from 40 to 70%. derived from the placenta exhibited intracellular and
Initially, stable attachment occurred without disruption to membrane-associated elastase activity; membrane-as-
the integrity of the epithelial monolayer, but clearance of sociated activity was primarily attributable to matrix met-
surface MUC1 occurred beneath and adjacent to attach- alloproteinases (MMP). Affymetrix microarray analysis
ment sites. Later, lateral spreading of embryonic cells and immunocytochemistry implicated MMP-12 (macro-
was accompanied by displacement of subjacent epithe- phage metalloelastase) as a key mediator of elastolysis.
lial cells. Cultured human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC)
Biotinylation was demonstrated to be highly vectorial, exhibited constitutive membrane-associated elastase
with label confined to the apical epithelial surface. The activity and inducible intracellular elastase activity, and
proteomic protocol led to the identification of approxi- also expressed MMP-12 protein. A specific inhibitor
mately 30 species, about half of which are already rec- of MMP-12 significantly reduced CTB- and HASMC-
ognised as endometrial cell surface glycoproteins. We mediated elastolysis in vitro. MMP-12 is expressed by
tested endometrial tissue by immunofluorescence to interstitial and endovascular trophoblast in the first tri-
confirm the presence of novel markers in luminal epi- mester placental bed and by vascular SMC (VSMC) in
thelium of midsecretory phase endometrium. Surpris- remodelling spiral arteries. Perfusion of isolated spiral
ingly, adhesion molecules present predominantly in the artery segments with CTB-conditioned medium stimu-
lateral membrane domain are also detectable in smaller lated MMP-12 expression in medial VSMC.
amounts at the apical surface. siRNA knock-down re- Conclusion: These data support a model in which tro-
duces expression, but this leads to impairment of lat- phoblast and VSMC utilize MMP-12 cooperatively to
eral cell adhesion and epithelial monolayer integrity, with degrade elastin during vascular remodelling in preg-
implications for epithelial penetration by the implanting nancy, with the localized release of elastin peptides
embryo. and CTB-derived factors amplifying elastin catabolism.
Conclusion: The model shows sufficient resemblance Other evidence indicates that maternal uNK cells and
to key features of human and mouse implantation to be macrophages also contribute to elastin degradation and
useful as a first line of discovery for cellular and mo- vessel wall disruption.
lecular hypothesis building. Based on the observations,
implantation in vivo may arrest when embryos fail to I-7: Maternal Signalling to the Placenta
progress from initial to stable attachment. Novel candi-
date adhesion systems of possible importance for em- Aplin JD
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