Cell proliferation is reduced in parthenogenetic mouse embryos at the blastocyst stage: A quantitative study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-247

  Uranga, Jose A ^a   Aréchaga, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

cell number; parthenogenetic mice; preimplantation; volume

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MICE; PARTHENOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031019210     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199702)247:2<243::AID-AR10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Abramczuk, J., and W. Sawicki 1974 Variation in dry mass and volume of nonfertilized oocytes and blastomeres of 1-, 2- and 4-celled mouse embryos. J. Exp. Zool., 188:25-33.
2. Abramczuk, J., J.D. Solter, and H. Koprowski 1977 The beneficial effect of EDTA on development of mouse one-cell embryos in chemically defined medium. Dev. Biol., 61:378-383.
3. Barbehenn, E.K., R.G. Wales, and O.H. Lowry 1978 Measurement of metabolites in single preimplantation embryos: A new means to study metabolic control in early embryos. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol., 43:29-46.
4. Cattanach, B.M., and C.V. Beechey 1990 Autosomal and X-chromosome imprinting. Development, Supp:63-72.
5. Copp, A.J. 1978 Interaction between inner cell mass and trophectoderm of the mouse blastocyst. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol., 48:109-125.
6. Cuthbertson, K.S.R. 1983 Parthenogenetic activation of mouse oocytes in vitro with ethanol and benzyl alcohol. J. Exp. Zool., 226:311-314.
7. Erbach, G.T., J.A. Lawitts, V.E. Papaioannou, and J.D. Biggers 1994 Differential growth of the mouse preimplantation embryo in chemically defined media. Biol. Reprod., 50:1027-1033.
8. Fundele, R., and M. Surani 1994 Experimental embryological analysis of genetic imprinting in mouse development. Dev. Genet., 15:515-522.
9. Handyside, A.H., and S. Hunter 1986 Cell division and death in the mouse blastocyst before implantation. Roux Arch. Dev. Biol., 195:519-526.
10. Harlow, G.M., and P. Quinn 1982 Development of preimplantation mouse embryos in vivo and in vitro. Aust. J. Biol. Sci., 35:187-193.
11. Henery, C., and M.H. Kaufman 1991 Cleavage rates of diploid and tetraploid mouse embryos during the preimplantation period. J. Exp. Zool., 259:371-378.
12. Hogan, B., F. Constantini, and E. Lacy 1986 Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
13. Howlett, S.K. 1991 Genomic imprinting and nuclear totipotency during embryonic development. Int. Rev. Cytol., 127:175-192.
14. Howlett, S.K., S.C. Barton, and M.A. Surani 1987 Nuclear cytoplasmic interactions following nuclear transplantation in mouse embryos. Development, 101:915-923.
15. Hurst, P.R., B.R. Leeuwenberg, and L.E. Ellis 1993 Steriological study of mouse uterine and in vitro grown blastocysts: Cell numbers and volumes. Anat. Rec., 236:411-416.
16. Johnson, M.H., and C. Ziomek 1973 Cell interactions influence the fate of mouse blastomeres undergoing the transition from the 16-to the 32-cell stage. Dev. Biol., 95:211-218.
17. Kaufman, M.H. 1973 Parthenogenesis in the mouse. Nature, 242:475-476.
18. Kidder, G.M. 1993 Genes involved in cleavage, compaction, and blastocyst formation. In: Genes in Mammalian Reproduction. (Ralph B.L. Gwatkin, Ed.) Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 45-71.
19. Latham, K.E., and D. Solter 1991 Effect of egg composition on the developmental capacity of androgenetic mouse embryos. Development, 113:561-568.
20. McGrath, J., and D. Solter 1984 Completion of mouse embryogenesis requires both the maternal and paternal genomes. Cell, 37:179-183.
21. Newman, E., O. Berhendtsen, and Z. Werb 1993 Genomic imprinting in pre-implantation development. In: Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the International Society of Developmental Biology Abstracts. p. 381.
22. Paria, B.C., and S.K. Dey 1990 Preimplantation embryo development in vitro: Cooperative interactions among embryos and role of growth factors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87:4756-4760.
23. Pratt, H.P.M. 1987 Isolation, culture and manipulation of preimplantation mouse embryos. In: Mammalian Development, A Practical Approach. (Marilyn Monk, Ed.) IRL Press, Oxford, pp. 13-42.
24. Renard, J.P., C. Babinet, and J. Barra 1991 Participation of the paternal genome is not required before the eight-cell stage for full-term development of mouse embryos. Dev. Biol., 143:199-202.
25. Renau-Piqueras, J., C. Gomez-Pereda, C. Guerri, and R. Sanchis 1985 Qualitative and quantitative ultrastructural alterations in hepatocytes of rats prenatally exposed to ethanol with special reference to mitochondria, Golgi apparatus and peroxisomes. Virchows Arch., 45:237-257.
26. Sánchez, E. 1993 Desarrollo de un sistema de análisis planimétrico automatizado con toma de datos en un lector de barrido digital: bases teóricas y desarrollo tecnológico. Thesis. University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain.
27. Stachecki, J., F. Yelian, J. Schultz, R. Leach, and D.R. Armant 1994 Blastocyst cavitation is accelerated by ethanol-or ionophore-induced elevation of intracellular calcium. Biol. Reprod., 50:1-9.
28. Surani, M.H., S.C. Barton, and M.L. Norris 1984 Development of reconstituted mouse eggs suggest imprinting of the genome during gametogenesis. Nature, 305:548-550.
29. Uranga, J.A., R.A. Pedersen, and J. Aréchaga 1996 Parthenogenetic activation of mouse oocytes using calcium ionophores and protein kinase C stimulators. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 40:515-519
30. Varmuza, S., M. Mann, and I. Rogers 1993 Site of action of imprinted genes revealed by phenotypic analysis of parthenogenetic embryos. Dev. Genet., 14:239-248.
31. Wang, Z., M.R. Fung, D.P. Barlow, and E.F. Wagner 1994 Regulation of embryonic growth and lysosomal targeting by the imprinted Igf 2/Mpr gene. Nature, 372:464-467.
32. Weibel, E.R. 1979 Stereological Methods, vol 1. Academic Press, London.