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Maternal selenium-supplementation at various stages of periconception period: influence on murine blastocyst morphology and implantation status

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Title
Maternal selenium-supplementation at various stages of periconception period: influence on murine blastocyst morphology and implantation status
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Journal of Animal Science and Technology, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40781-017-0132-x
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Mark Anthony C. Mamon, Gliceria B. Ramos

Abstract

Selenium is one of the trace minerals whose deficiency is known to lead to complications of female reproduction. The identified gaps in researches regarding selenium and pregnancy include optimizing the dosage of selenium supplementation, timing of supplementation, finding the best form and type of selenium, and selenium administration combined with other antioxidants. Hence, this study was conceptualized to address one of the identified gaps, that is, to find out the best timing of selenium administration around the time of pregnancy. Specifically, this study aimed to assess the effects of maternal Selenium-supplementation, administered at various stages of periconception period, on murine blastocyst morphology, percent occurrence of good quality blastocysts, and implantation status. ICR female mice were randomly assigned into the unsupplemented group (Group I) receiving basal diet without selenium, and treatment groups given with 3.0 μg selenium-supplement per day during pregestation only (Group II), pregestation-throughout-gestation (Group III) and gestation only (Group IV). Both blastocyst morphology and implantation status were assessed. The morphometric measurements of blastocysts appeared to be unaffected by selenium-supplementation at different stages of periconception. Selenium-supplementation at pregestation only (Group II) and gestation only (Group IV) produced higher percent occurrence of good quality blastocysts and lower percent pre-implantation loss than Group III. Among all the treatment groups, Group III (Selenium-supplementation during pregestation-to-gestation) yielded the lowest quality blastocysts and highest percent pre-implantation loss. Maternal selenium-supplementation during pregestation and gestation stages of the periconception period yielded a high percent occurrence of good quality blastocysts and pre-implantation success.

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United Kingdom 1 7%
Unknown 14 93%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 27%
Student > Master 3 20%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 7%
Student > Bachelor 1 7%
Lecturer 1 7%
Other 2 13%
Unknown 3 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 7%
Arts and Humanities 1 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 6 40%
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