Cao Mengyang, Todorov Plamen, Rahimi Gohar, Salama Mahmoud, Woodruff Teresa K, Isachenko Evgenia, Skala Christine, Isachenko Volodimir
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty, Cologne University, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jun 10;26(12):5545. doi: 10.3390/ijms26125545.
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation is increasingly recognized as an effective fertility preservation option for cancer patients undergoing gonadotoxic therapies. After cancer treatment, transplantation of frozen-thawed ovarian tissue can restore both fertility and endocrine function. However, the threat of reintroducing malignant cells limits its application in patients with a high risk of ovarian metastasis. To eliminate potential cancer cells in grafts, a promising strategy involves isolating follicles from cryopreserved ovarian tissue and encapsulating them within biocompatible scaffolds to construct transplantable bioprosthetic ovaries. Here, we review the construction of bioprosthetic ovaries designed to mimic natural ovarian architecture, and further discuss the challenges in bioprosthetic ovary bioengineering along with potential strategies to address these issues.
卵巢组织冷冻保存日益被视为接受性腺毒性治疗的癌症患者有效的生育力保存选择。癌症治疗后,冻融卵巢组织移植可恢复生育力和内分泌功能。然而,重新引入恶性细胞的风险限制了其在卵巢转移高风险患者中的应用。为消除移植物中的潜在癌细胞,一种有前景的策略是从冷冻保存的卵巢组织中分离卵泡,并将其封装在生物相容性支架内,以构建可移植的生物人工卵巢。在此,我们综述旨在模拟天然卵巢结构的生物人工卵巢的构建,并进一步讨论生物人工卵巢生物工程面临的挑战以及解决这些问题的潜在策略。