Genetic regulation of egg and embryo survival

Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 178-196

  Warner, Carol M ^a,c   Cao, Wei ^a   Exley, Ginger E ^a   McElhinny, Abigail S ^a   Alikani, Mina ^b   Cohen, Jacques ^b   Scott, Richard T ^b   Brenner, Carol A ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Science of Saint Barnabas   (United States)

^c 414 Mugar Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Major histocompatibility complex; Ped gene; Preimplantation embryo

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031668367     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.suppl_3.178     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (33)

1. Alikani, M. and Cohen, J. (1995) Patterns of cell fragmentation in the human embryo. J. Assist. Reprod. Genet., 12, 28S.
2. Bolton, V.N., Hawes, S.M., Taylor, C.T. et al. (1989) Development of spare human preimplantation embryos in vitro: An analysis of the correlations among gross morphology, cleavage rates, and development to the blastocyst. J. In Vitro Fertil. Embryo Transfer, 6, 30-35.
3. Cai, W., Cao, W., Wu, L. et al. (1996) Sequence and transcription of Qa-2 encoding genes in mouse lymphocytes and blastocysts. Immunogenetics, 45, 97-107.
4. Clark, D.A. (1988) Host immunoregulatory mechanisms and the success of the conceptus in vivo and in vitro. In Beard, R.W. and Sharp, F. (eds), Early Pregnancy Loss: Mechanisms and Treatment. Peacock Press, London, pp. 215-232.
5. Cory, S. (1995) Regulation of lymphocyte survival by the Bcl-2 gene family. Ann. Rev. Immunol., 13, 513-543.
6. El-Shershaby, A.M. and Hinchliffe, J.R. (1974) Cell redundancy in the zona-intact preimplantation mouse blastocyst: a light and electron microscope study of dead cells and their fate. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol., 31, 643-654.
7. Fujino, Y., Ozaki, K., Yamamasu, S. et al. (1996) DNA fragmentation of oocytes in aged mice. Hum. Reprod., 11, 1480-1483.
8. Goldbard, S.B., Verbanac, K.M. and Warner, C.M. (1982a) Role of the H-2 complex in preimplantation mouse embryo development. Biol. Reprod., 26, 591-596.
9. Goldbard, S.B., Verbanac, K.M. and Warner, C.M. (1982b) Genetic analysis of H-2 linked gene(s) affecting early mouse embryo development. J. Immunogenet., 9, 77-82.
10. Hardy, K., Handyside, A.H., and Winston, R.M. (1989) The human blastocyst: cell number, death and allocation during late preimplantation development in vitro. Development, 107, 597-604.
11. Jacobson, M.D., Weil, M., and Raff, M.C. (1996) Role of Ced-3/ICE-Family proteases in staurosporine-induced programmed cell death. J. Cell Biol., 133, 1041-1051.
12. Jacobson, M.D., Weil, M., and Raff, M.C. (1997) Programmed cell death in animal development. Cell, 88, 347-354.
13. Janny, L. and Ménézo, Y.J.R. (1996) Maternal age effect on early human embryonic development and blastocyst formation. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 45, 31-37.
14. Jin, P., Meyer, T.E. and Warner, C.M. (1992) Control of embryo growth by the Ped gene: Use of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to measure mRNA in preimplantation embryos. Assist. Reprod. Tech. Androl., 3, 377-383.
15. Jurisicova, A., Casper, R.F., MacLusky, N.J. et al. (1996a) HLA-G expression during preimplantation human embryo development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93, 161-165.
16. Jurisicova, A., Casper, R.F., MacLusky, N.J. et al. (1996b) Embryonic human leukocyte antigen-G expression: possible implications for human preimplantation development. Fertil. Steril., 65, 997-1002.
17. Jurisicova, A., Varmuza, S. and Casper, R.F. (1996c) Programmed cell death and human embryo fragmentation. Mol. Hum. Reprod., 2, 93-98.
18. Levy, T., Goldman, J.A., Dicker, D. et al. (1991) Very early pregnancy wastage in in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET). J. In Vitro Fertil. Embryo Transfer, 8, 250-253.
19. Mohr, L.R. and Trounson, A.O. (1982) Comparative ultrastructure of hatched human, mouse, and bovine blastocysts. J. Reprod. Fertil., 66, 499-504.
20. Oltvai, Z.N., Milliman, C.L., and Korsmeyer, S.J. (1993) Bcl-2 heterodimerizes in vivo with a conserved homolog, Bax, that accelerates programmed cell death. Cell, 74, 609-619.
21. Parchment, R.E. (1993) The implications of a unified theory of PCD, polyamines, oxyradicals and histogenesis in the embryo. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 37, 75-83.
22. Shawar, S.M., Vyas, J.M., Rodgers, J.R. et al. (1994) Antigen presentation by major histocompatibility complex class Ib molecules. Ann. Rev. Imnnmol., 12, 839-880.
23. Sipes, S.L., Medaglia, M.V., Stabley, D.L. et al. (1996) A new major histocompatability complex class Ib gene expressed in the mouse blastocyst and placenta. Immunogenet., 45, 108-120.
24. Takase, K., Ishikawa, M., and Hoshiai, H.. (1995) Apoptosis in the degeneration process of unfertilized mouse ova. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 175, 69-76.
25. Tian, Z., Xu, Y., and Warner, C.M. (1992) Removal of Qa-2 antigen alters the Ped gene phenotype of preimplantation mouse embryos. Biol. Reprod., 47, 271-276.
26. Trounson, A. and Osborn, J. (1993) In vitro fertilization and embryo development. In Trounson, A. and Gardner, D.K. (eds), Handbook of In Vitro Fertilization. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 57-84.
27. Verbanac, K.M. and Warner, C.M. (1981) Role of the major histocompatibility complex in the timing of early mammalian development. In Glasser, S.R. and Bullock, D.W. (eds), Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Implantation. Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 467-470.
28. Warner, C.M., Brownell, M.S., and Rothschild, M.F. (1991) Analysis of litter size and weight in mice differing in Ped gene phenotype and the Q region of the H-2 complex. J. Reprod. Immunol., 19, 303-313.
29. Warner, C.M., Panda, P., Almquist, C.D. et al. (1993) Preferential survival of mice expressing the Qa-2 antigen. J. Reprod. Fertil., 99, 145-147.
30. Wei, X. and Orr, H.T. (1990) Differential expression of HLA-E, HLA-F, and HLA-G transcripts in human tissue. Hum. Immunol., 29, 131-142.
31. Weil, M., Jacobson, M.D., Coles, H.S.R. et al. (1996) Constitutive expression of the machinery for programmed cell death. J. Cell Biol., 133, 1053-1059.
32. White, E. (1996) Life, death, and the pursuit of apoptosis. Genes Dev., 10, 1-15.
33. Xu, Y., Jin, P., Mellor, A.L. et al. (1994) Identification of the Ped gene at the molecular level: The Q9 MHC class I transgene converts the Ped slow to the Ped fast phenotype. Biol. Reprod., 51, 695-699.