Objective: To investigate the impact and predictive value of bone morphogenetic protein-15(BMP-15) levels in follicular fluid on the quality of embryos in patients with simple obesity undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection(IVF/ICSI). Methods: A total of 118 infertile patients who underwent IVF/ICSI at the Reproductive Medicine Center of our hospital from June 2022 to June 2023 were enrolled. Based on body mass index(BMI), patients were divided into 3 groups: control group(18.5 kg·m-2≤BMI<24 kg·m-2), overweight group(24 kg·m-2≤BMI<28 kg·m-2), and obese group(BMI≥28 kg·m-2). All patients underwent ovarian stimulation using the antagonist protocol. Serum was collected on day 3 of menstruation, and BMP-15 levels in follicular fluid on the day of oocyte retrieval were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA). Results: Compared to the control group, anti-Müllerian hormone(AMH) and baseline progesterone(bP) levels were significantly lower in the obese group, while baseline follicle-stimulating hormone(bFSH) levels were lower in both the obese and overweight groups(P<0.05). The amount of gonadotropins(Gn) required significantly increased with BMI, and BMP-15 levels in follicular fluid significantly decreased(P<0.05). The total number of retrieved oocytes, Metaphase Ⅱ(MⅡ) rate, blastocyst formation rate, and high-quality embryo rate were all lower in the obese group compared to the control and overweight groups(P<0.05). In non-obese patients, the high BMP-15 group had higher fertilization, high-quality embryo, and blastocyst formation rates compared to the low BMP-15 group(P<0.05). Among obese patients, the high BMP-15 group had higher MⅡ, fertilization, high-quality embryo, and blastocyst formation rates than the low BMP-15 group(all P<0.05). In obese patients, BMP-15 levels in follicular fluid were positively correlated with MⅡ rate, fertilization rate, high-quality embryo rate, and blastocyst formation rate. Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that BMP-15, AMH, and bFSH were independent influencing factors for embryo quality in obese patients(P<0.05). The combined detection of BMP-15 and bFSH demonstrated better predictive performance for embryo quality outcomes than individual detection(P<0.05). Conclusion: Obesity reduces BMP-15 expression in follicular fluid of women of reproductive age, negatively affecting embryo quality. The combined detection of follicular fluid BMP-15 and serum bFSH has reliable predictive value for embryo quality in women with simple obesity. |
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