Fertilization and early embryology: CD44 is expressed throughout pre-implantation human embryo development

Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 425-430

  Campbell, S ^a   Swann, H R ^a   Aplin, J D ^a,b   Seif, M W ^a   Kimber, S J ^b   Elstein, M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecule; CD44; Cumulus; Embryo; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NIDATION; OOCYTE; PLACENTA; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0028953250     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a135955     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Allen, TD. (1987) Time-lapse video microscopy using an animation control unit, J. Microsc. 47, 129-135.
2. Behzad, F., Seif, M. W., Campbell, S. and Aplin, J. D (1994) Expression of two isoforms of CD44 in human endometrium. Biol. Reprod., 51, 739-747.
3. Brown, T. A., Bouchard, T., St John. T, Wayner, E. and Carter, W. G. (1991) Human keratinocytes express a new CD44 core protein (CD44E) as a heparan-sulphate intrinsic membrane proteoglycan with additional exons, J. Cell Biol., 113, 207-221.
4. Cannistra, S. A., Kansas, G. S., Niloff, J., DeFranzo, B., Kim, Y. and Ottensmeier, C. (1993) Binding of ovarian cancer cells to peritoneal mesothelium in vitro is partly mediated by CD44H. Cancer Res., 53, 3830-3838.
5. Culty, M., Miyake, K., Kincade, P. W., Sikorski, E. and Butcher, E. C. (1990) The hyaluronate receptor is a member of the CD44 (H-CAM) family of cell surface glycoproteins, J. Cell Biol., 111, 2765-2774.
6. Damsky, C., Sutherland, A. and Fisher, S. (1993) Extracellular matrix 5: adhesive interactions in early mammalian embryogenesis, implantation and placentation. FASEB J., 7, 1320-1329.
7. Damjanov, I., Damjanov, A. and Damsky, C. H. (1986) Developmentally regulated expression of the cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein cell-CAM 120/80 in peri-implantation mouse embryos and extraembryonic membranes. Dev. Biol., 116, 194-202.
8. Dandekar J.P., Aggeler, J. and Talbot, P. (1992) Structure, distribution and composition of the extracellular matrix of human oocytes and cumulus masses. Hum. Reprod., 7, 391-398.
9. Dokras, A., Sargent, I. I., Ross, C., Gardner, R. L. and Barlow, D. H. (1991) The human blastocyst: morphology and human chorionic gonadotrophin secretion in vitro. Hum. Reprod., 6, 1143-1151.
10. Fusi, F. M., Vignali, M., Busacca, M. and Bronson, R. A. (1992) Evidence for the presence of an integrin cell adhesion receptor on the oolemma of unfertilised human oocytes. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 31, 215-222.
11. Fleming, T. P., Garrod, D. R. and Elsmore, A. (1991) Desmosome biogenesis in the mouse preimplantation embryo. Development, 112, 527-539.
12. Gunthert, U., Hofmann, M., Rudy, W., Reber, S., Zoller, M., Haussman, I., Matzku, S., Wenzel, A., Ponta, H. and Herrlich, P. (1991) A new variant of glycoprotein CD44 confers metastatic potential to rat carcinoma cells. Cell, 65, 13-24.
13. Hardy, K., Handyside, A. H. and Winston, R. M. L. (1989) The human blastocyst: cell number, death and allocation during late preimplantation development in vitro. Development, 107, 597-604.
14. Jackson, D. G., Buckley, J. and Bell, J. I. (1992) Multiple variants of the human lymphocyte homing receptor CD44 generated by insertions at a single site in the extracellular domain, J. Biol. Chem., 267, 4732-4739.
15. Jalkanen, S., Jalkanen, M., Bargatze, R., Tammi, M. and Butcher, E. C. (1988) Biochemical properties of glycoproteins involved in lymphocyte recognition of high endothelial venules in man, J. Immunol., 141, 1615-1623.
16. Kimber, S. J. (1990) Glycoconjugates and cell surface interactions in pre- and peri-implantation mammalian embryonic development. Int. Rev. Cytol., 120, 53-163.
17. Kimber, S. J., Bentley, J., Ciemerych, M., Moller, C. J. and Bock, E. (1994) Expression of N-CAM in fertilised pre- and peri-implantation and parthenogenetically activated mouse embryos. Eur. J. Cell Biol., 63, 102-113.
18. Knudson, C. B. and Knudson, W. (1993) Hyaluronan-binding proteins in development, tissue homeostasis and disease. FASEB J., 7, 1233-1241.
19. Mackay, C. R., Terpe, H.-J., Stauder, R., Marston, W. L., Stark, H. and Gunthert, U. (1994). Expression and modulation of CD44 variant isoforms in humans, J. Cell Biol., 124, 71-82.
20. Matsumura, Y., Hanbury, D., Smith, J. and Tarin, D. (1994) Non-invasive detection of malignancy by identification of unusual CD44 gene activity in exfoliated cancer cells. Br. Med. J., 308, 619-624.
21. Noyes, R. W., Hertig, A. T. and Rock, J. (1950) Dating the endometrial biopsy. Fertil. Steril., 1, 3-25.
22. Peach, R. J., Hollenbaugh, D., Stamenkovic, I. and Aruffo, A. (1993) Identification of hyaluronic acid binding sites in the extracellular domain of CD44. J. Cell Biol., 122, 257-264.
23. Poirier, F., Timmons, P. M., Chan, C.-T. J., Guenet, J.-L. and Rigby, P. W. J. (1992) Expression of the L-14 lectin during mouse embryogenesis suggests multiple roles during pre- and post-implantation development. Development, 115, 143-155.
24. Screaton, G. R., Bell, M. V., Jackson, D. G., Comelis, F. B., Gerth, U. and Bell, J. l. (1992) Genomic structure of DNA encoding the lymphocyte homing receptor CD44 reveals at least 12 alternatively spliced exons. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 89, 12160-12164.
25. Sefton, M., Johnson, M. H. and Clayton, L. (1992) Synthesis and phosphorylation of uvomorulin during mouse early development. Development, 115, 313-318.
26. St Jacques, S., Dadi, H. K. and Letarte, M. (1993) CD44 in human placenta: localisation and binding to hyaluronic acid. Placenta, 14, 25-39.
27. Sutherland, A. E., Calarco, P. G. and Damsky, C. H. (1993) Developmental regulation of integrin expression at the time of implantation in the mouse embryo. Development, 119, 1175-1186.
28. Svalander, P. C., Odin, P., Nilsson, B. O. and Obrink, B. (1987) Trophectoderm surface expression of the cell adhesion molecule cell-CAM 105 on rat blastocysts. Development, 100, 653-660.
29. Sy, M. S., Guo, Y. J. and Stamnekovic, I (1991) Distinct effects of two CD44 isoforms and tumour growth in vivo, J. Exp. Med., 174, 859-866.
30. Turpeenniemi-Hujanen, T., Ronnberg, L., Kauppila, A. and Puistola, U. (1992) Laminin in the human embryo implantation: analogy to the invasion by malignant cells. Fertil. Steril., 58, 105-113.
31. Underhill, C. (1992) CD44; The hyaluronan receptor, J. Cell Sci., 103, 293-298.
32. Vestweber, D., Gossler, A., Boiler, K. and Kemler, R. (1987) Expression and distribution of cell adhesion molecule uvomorulin in mouse pre-implantation embryos. Dev. Biol., 124, 451-456.
33. Weitlauf, H. M. and Knisley, K. A (1992) Changes in surface antigens on pre-implantation mouse embryos. Biol. Reprod., 46, 811-816.