Erkan Buyuk1, Obehi A Asemota2, Zaher Merhi3, Maureen J Charron4, Dara S Berger5, Athena Zapantis6, Sangita K Jindal2. 1. Montefiore's Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Bronx, New York; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. Electronic address: erbuyuk@yahoo.com. 2. Montefiore's Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Bronx, New York; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York. 4. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; Department of Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6. Montefiore's Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Health, Bronx, New York.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), a proinflammatory chemokine important in ovulation, is abnormally elevated in obese women undergoing IVF and whether serum and follicular fluid (FF) levels of MCP-1 are associated with IVF outcome. DESIGN: Prospective pilot study. SETTING: Academic center. PATIENT(S): Women undergoing IVF. INTERVENTION(S): Serum and FF were collected from women undergoing IVF. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Correlation between MCP-1 and other inflammatory markers with adiposity and pregnancy outcome after IVF. RESULT(S): Obese women had significantly higher serum and FF MCP-1 levels compared with overweight and normal weight women. Serum MCP-1, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, catalase, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were positively correlated with body mass index (BMI). After adjusting for age and baseline FSH, these correlations remained significant for serum MCP-1, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and CRP. In the FF, only MCP-1 was positively correlated with BMI. Women who became pregnant had significantly lower serum MCP-1 and CRP levels compared with those who did not become pregnant; this difference was more pronounced among women with diminished ovarian reserve. Receiver operating characteristic curve demonstrated that serum MCP-1 levels >373.0 pg/mL in all women and >362.6pg/mL in women with diminished ovarian reserve predicted failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy. CONCLUSION(S): Elevations in serum and FF MCP-1 levels are positively correlated with adiposity and negatively correlated with pregnancy rates (PRs) in women undergoing IVF.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), a proinflammatory chemokine important in ovulation, is abnormally elevated in obesewomen undergoing IVF and whether serum and follicular fluid (FF) levels of MCP-1 are associated with IVF outcome. DESIGN: Prospective pilot study. SETTING: Academic center. PATIENT(S): Women undergoing IVF. INTERVENTION(S): Serum and FF were collected from women undergoing IVF. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Correlation between MCP-1 and other inflammatory markers with adiposity and pregnancy outcome after IVF. RESULT(S): Obesewomen had significantly higher serum and FF MCP-1 levels compared with overweight and normal weight women. Serum MCP-1, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, catalase, and C-reactive protein (CRP) were positively correlated with body mass index (BMI). After adjusting for age and baseline FSH, these correlations remained significant for serum MCP-1, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, and CRP. In the FF, only MCP-1 was positively correlated with BMI. Women who became pregnant had significantly lower serum MCP-1 and CRP levels compared with those who did not become pregnant; this difference was more pronounced among women with diminished ovarian reserve. Receiver operating characteristic curve demonstrated that serum MCP-1 levels >373.0 pg/mL in all women and >362.6pg/mL in women with diminished ovarian reserve predicted failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy. CONCLUSION(S): Elevations in serum and FF MCP-1 levels are positively correlated with adiposity and negatively correlated with pregnancy rates (PRs) in women undergoing IVF.
Authors: Pierre-Emmanuel Bouet; Juan-Manuel Chao de la Barca; Lisa Boucret; Philippe Descamps; Guillaume Legendre; Hady El Hachem; Simon Blanchard; Pascale Jeannin; Pascal Reynier; Pascale May-Panloup Journal: J Clin Med Date: 2020-05-01 Impact factor: 4.241