Project description
Enhanced understanding of regulators of oocyte health could have broad implications
Despite tremendous advances in artificial reproductive technologies, rates of successful pregnancies and births remain low in both human and animal populations. Treatments can be expensive and insurance coverage is limited, potentially negating a person’s ability to undergo treatment or limiting the number of treatments one can afford. Enhancing success rates could have important societal and economic impact, helping more people get pregnant with less emotional and economic burden and supporting the preservation of endangered species with artificial reproduction. EUROVA plans to increase understanding of the mechanisms regulating oocyte health, fertilisation and zygote transition while training young researchers in oocyte biology. Identifying checkpoints and regulators may help in reprogramming the cell cycle for greater success.
Objective
The hallmark of successful mammalian reproduction is the fusion between a haploid spermatozoon and a metaphase II oocyte. The generation of such an oocyte involves a series of steps whereby germinal-vesicle oocytes (in which the nuclei are intact) at prophase I are stimulated to resume meiosis and mature to metaphase II, a sequence of events that prepares the oocyte for fertilization. Although the treatment of infertility by Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) has been increasingly successful, the efficiency remains low with only about 1 in 10 eggs retrieved from women undergoing infertility treatments healthy enough to produce a pregnancy and birth. In healthy fertile livestock species, where ARTs are applied for production purposes this number increases to 1 in 6 eggs retrieved, which is still remarkably inefficient. The greatest block to advancement, is the substantial lack of knowledge on the key regulatory checkpoints and processes that determine oocyte health. Such knowledge is key not just to treating infertility and maximising livestock genetic potential and productivity, but also to the field of regenerative medicine, where the reprogramming potential of the oocyte cytoplasm is critical to reprogramming somatic genomes. The EUROVA ETN will train a consolidate European Oocyte Biology Research, train a new cohort of Reproductive scientists and generate new knowledge. A deeper knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms set in place during the trajectory of oocyte growth, maturation, fertilization and oocyte to zygote transition will lead to innovations in ART, animal breeding, endangered species preservation, regenerative medicine and reproductive toxicology.
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019
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4 Dublin
Ireland
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