Purpose
Our purpose was to examine the effect of platelet activating factor (PAF) in different phases of mouse in vitro fertilization and optimal parameters that would enhance the fertilization rate.
Design and Settings
Various PAF concentrations (10−7 to 10−5 M) were selected to investigate its effect on three phases of mouse in vitro fertilization (i.e., sperm capacitation, sperm/oocyte coincubation, and preimplantation embryo growth) in three experimental groups: (I) with PAF treatment in the first phase, (II) with PAF treatment adopted in the first and second phases, and (III) with PAF treatment implemented in all three phases.
Results
The improvement of the fertilization rate in PAF treatment groups over the control group ranges from 6.5 to 19.0% (P < 0.05 –P < 0.001). The highest enhancement of fertilization rate was achieved under the condition of PAF treatment (10−6 M) through sperm capacitation and sperm/oocyte coincubation phases.
Conclusion
The PAF concentration of 10−6 M in sperm capacitation and sperm/oocyte coincubation yielded the greatest improvement in fertilization. However, continuing PAF treatment after sperm/oocyte coincubation had no beneficial effect on fertilization and preimplantation development.
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Shi, H., Miller, F., Miller, K. et al. The effect of platelet activating factor on different phases of murine in vitro fertilization. J Assist Reprod Genet 9, 373–377 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01203962
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