Early pregnancy factor is required at two important stages of embryonic development in the mouse

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 223-233

  Athanasas Platsis, S ^a   Cavanagh, A C ^a   Morton, H ^a   Corcoran, C M ^a   Kaye, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Implantation; Passive immunization; Trophoblast outgrowth

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EARLY PREGNANCY FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MORULA; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SUPPRESSOR FACTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 0034014747     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.430407.x     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Braude PR, Pelham HRB, Flach G, Lobatto R: Post transcriptional control in the early mouse embryo. Nature 1979; 282:102-105.
2. Pratt HPM, Bolton VN, Gudgeon KA: The legacy from the oocyte and its role in controlling early development of the mouse embryo. In The Molecular Biology of Egg Maturation, R Porter, J Whelan (eds), vol. 98, Ciba Symposium, London, Pitman Press, 1983, pp 197-227.
3. Telford NA, Watson AJ, Schultz GA: Transition from maternal to embryonic control in early mammalian development: A comparison of several species. Mol Reprod Dev 1990; 26:90-100.
4. Weitlauf HM: Embryonic signaling at implantation in the mouse. In Development of Preimplantation Embryos and Their Environment, K Yoshinaga., T Mori (eds). New York, Alan R Liss Inc. 1989, pp 359-376.
5. Cavanagh AC, Morton H: Early pregnancy factor: Purification to homogeneity from human platelets and identification as chaperonin 10. Eur J Biochem 1994; 222:551-560.
6. Noonan FP, Halliday WJ, Morton H, Clunie GJA: Early pregnancy factor is immunosuppressive. Nature 1979; 278:649-651.
7. Athanasas-Platsis S. Early pregnancy factor: A study of its immunoregulatory and growth regulatory properties during pregnancy. PhD Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1993; 159-175.
8. Quinn KA: Active immunization with EPF suppresses formation of immune ascites in BALB/c mice. Immunol Cell Biol 1991; 69:1-6.
9. Quinn KA, Morton H: Effect of anti-EPF monoclonal antibodies on the in vivo growth of transplanted murine tumours. Cancer Immunol Immunother 1992; 34:265-271.
10. Quinn KA, Athanasas-Platsis S, Wong T-Y, Rolfe BE, Cavanagh AC, Morton H: Monoclonal antibodies to early pregnancy factor perturb tumour cell growth. Clin Exp Immunol 1990; 80:100-108.
11. Quinn KA. Early pregnancy factor: A novel factor involved in cellular proliferation. PhD Thesis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 1991.
12. Quinn KA, Cavanagh AC, Hillyard NC, McKay DA, Morton H: Early pregnancy factor in liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats: Relationship with chaperonin 10. Hepatology 1994; 20:1294.
13. Rolfe BE: Detection of fetal wastage. Fert Steril 1982; 37:655-660.
14. Athanasas-Platsis S, Quinn KA, Wong T-Y, Rolfe BE, Cavanagh AC, Morton H: Passive immunization of pregnant mice against early pregnancy factor (EPF) causes loss of embryonic viability. J Reprod Fert 1989; 87:495-502.
15. Athanasas-Platsis S, Morton H, Dunglison GF, Kaye PL: Antibodies to early pregnancy factor retard embryonic development in mice in vivo. J Reprod Fert 1991; 92:443-451.
16. Rugh R: The Mouse - Its Reproduction and Development. Minnesota, Burgess Publishing Company, 1968, 35 p.
17. Edwards RG, Gates AH: Timing of the stages of the maturation divisions, ovulation, fertilization and the first cleavage of adult mice treated with gonadotrophins. J Endocrinol 1959; 18:292-304.
18. Fulton BP, Whittingham DG: Activation of mammalian oocytes by intracellular injection of calcium. Nature 1978; 273:149-151.
19. Hobbs JG, Kaye PL: Glycine transport in mouse eggs and preimplantation embryos. J Reprod Fertil 1985; 74:77-86.
20. Abramczuk J, Solter DC, Koprowscki H: Beneficial effect of EDTA on development of mouse one-cell embryos in chemically defined medium. Dev Biol 1977; 61:378-383.
21. Pemble LB, Kaye PK: Whole protein uptake and metabolism by mouse blastocysts. J Reprod Fertil 1986; 78:149-157.
22. Spindle AI, Pedersen RA: Hatching, attachment and outgrowth of mouse blastocysts in vitro: Fixed nitrogen requirements. J Exp Zool 1973; 186:305-318.
23. Ansell JD, Snow HL: The development of trophoblast in vitro from blastocysts containing various amounts of inner cell mass. J Embry Exp Morph 1975; 33:177-185.
24. Sherman MI: Implantation of mouse blastocysts in vitro. In Methods in Mammalian Reproduction, JC Daniels Jr (ed.). New York, Academic Press, 1978, pp 247-257.
25. Morton H, Rolfe BE, McNeill L, Clarke P, Clarke FM, Clunie GJA: Early pregnancy factor: Tissues involved in its production in the mouse. J Reprod Immunol 1980; 2:73-82.
26. Lindquist S, Craig EA: The heat-shock proteins. Ann Rev Gene 1988; 22:631-677.
27. Imperiale MJ, Kao H-T, Feldman LT, Nevins JR, Strickland S: Common control of the heat shock gene and early adenovirus genes: Evidence for a cellular E1A-like activity. Mol Cell Biol 1984; 4:867-874.
28. Hensold JO, Housman DE: Decreased expression of the stress protein hsp 70 is an early event in murine erythroleukemic cell differentiation. Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8:2219-2223.
29. Bensaude O, Babinet C, Morange M, Jacob F: Heat shock proteins, first major products of zygotic gene activity in mouse embryo. Nature 1983; 305:331-333.
30. Gordon CB, Li DG, Stagg CS, Udelsman R: HSP expression in normal and stressed human placenta and umbilical cord. Shock 1996; 5:320-323.
31. Kino T, Goto T: Discovery of FK-506 and update. Ann NY Acad Sci 1993; 685:13-21.
32. Morton H, Rolfe B, Cavanagh A: Early pregnancy factor: Biology and clinical significance. In Pregnancy Proteins, JG Grudzinskas, B Teisner, M Seppala (eds). Sydney, Academic Press, 1982, pp 391-405.
33. Rappolee DA, Brenner CA, Schultz R, Mark D, Werb Z: Developmental expression of PDGF, TGF-α and TGF-β genes in preimplantation mouse embryos. Science 1988; 241:1823-1825.
34. Paria BC, Dey SK, Jones KL, Flanders KC, Dey SK: Localization and binding of transforming growth factor-α isoforms in mouse preimplantation embryos and in delayed and activated blastocysts. Dev Biol 1992; 151:91-104.
35. Bhatt H, Brunet LJ, Stewart CL: Uterine expression of leukemia inhibitory factor coincides with the onset of blastocyst implantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1991; 88:11408-11412.
36. Stewart CL, Cullinan EB: Preimplantation development of the mammalian embryo and its regulation by growth factors. Dev Genet 1997; 21:91-101.
37. Arceci RJ, Shanahan F, Stanley ER, Pollard JW: Temporal expression and location of colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) and its receptor in the female reproductive tract are consistant with CSF-1 regulated placental development. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1989; 86:8818-8822.
38. Robertson SA, Lavranos T, Seamark RF: In vitro models of the maternal-fetal interface. In Molecular and Cellular Immunobiology of the Maternal Fetal Interface, WG Wegmann, TJ Gill III, E Nisbet-Brown (eds). New York, Oxford University Press Inc, 1991, pp 191-195.
39. Haimovici F, Hill JA, Anderson DJ: The effects of soluble products of activated lymphocytes and macrophages on blastocyst implantation events in vitro. Biol Reprod 1991; 44:69-75.
40. Haimovici F, Anderson DJ: Effects of growth factors and growth factor-extracellular matrix interactions on mouse trophoblast outgrowth in vitro. Biol Reprod 1993; 49:124-130.
41. Lea RG, Clark DA: Effects of decidual cell supernatants and lymphokines on murine trophoblast growth in vitro. Biol Reprod 1993; 48:930-935.
42. Simon C, Pellicer A, Polan ML: Interleukin-1 system crosstalk between embryo and endometrium in implantation. Hum Reprod 1995; 2:43-54.
43. Dunglison GF, Jane SD, McCaul TF, Chad JE, Fleming TP, Kaye PL: Stimulation of endocytosis in mouse blastocysts by insulin: A quantitative morphological analysis. J Reprod Pert 1995; 105:115-123.
44. Pantaleon M, Kaye PL: IGF-I and insulin regulate glucose transport in mouse blastocysts via IGF-I receptor. Mol Reprod Dev 1996; 44:71-76.
45. Rolfe BE, Cavanagh AC, Quinn KA, Morton H: Identification of two suppressor factors induced by early pregnancy factor. Clin Exp Immunol 1988; 73:219-225.
46. Athanasas-Platsis S, Hoskin MJ, Rolfe BE, Cavanagh AC, Morton H: A monoclonal antibody to an early pregnancy factor-induced suppressor factor (EPF-S1) disrupts implantation in mice. Am J Reprod Immunol 1995; 33:259-266.
47. Clark DA, McDermott MR: Impairment of host versus graft reaction I. Suppression of cytotoxic cell generation in lymph nodes draining the uterus. J Immunol 1978; 121:1389-1393.
48. Chaouat G, Kolb JP, Wegmann TG: The murine placenta as an immunological barrier between the mother and the fetus. Immunol Rev 1983; 75:31-60.
49. Clark DA, Damji N, Chaput A, Daya S, Rosenthal KL, Brierley J: Decidua-associated suppressor cells and suppressor factors regulating interleukin-2. Their role in the survival of the fetal allograft. In Progress In Immunology. Sixth International Congress of Immunology, B Cinader, RG Miller (eds). Florida, Academic Press, 1986, pp 1089-1099.
50. Beaman KD, Hoversland RC: Induction of abortion in mice with a monoclonal antibody specific for suppressor T-lymphocyte molecules. J Reprod Pert 1988; 82:691-696.
51. Hoversland RC, Beaman KD: Embryo implantation associated with increase in T-cell suppressor factor in the uterus and spleen of mice. J Reprod Fert 1990; 88:135-139.
52. Clark DA, Flanders KC, Banwatt D, Millar-Book W, Manuel J, Stedronska-Clark J, Rowley B: Murine pregnancy decidua produces a unique immunosuppressive molecule related to transforming growth factor β-2. J Immunol 1990; 144:3008-3014.
53. Cullinan EB, Abbondanzo SJ, Anderson PS, Pollard JW, Lessey BA, Stewart CL: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and LIF receptor expression in human endometrium suggests a potential autocrine/paracrine function in regulating embryo implantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1996; 93:3115-3120.
54. Multhoff G, Botzler C, Wiesnet M, Eissner G, Issels RD: CD3-large granular lymphocytes recognize a heat-inducible immunogenic determinant associated with the 72-kD heat shock protein on human sarcoma cells. Blood 1995; 86:1374-1382.
55. Hightower LR, Guidon PT Jr: Selective release from cultured mammalian cells of heat-shock (stress) proteins that resemble glia-axon transfer protein. J Cell Physiol 1989; 138:257-266.