Mouse embryos stressed by physiological levels of osmolarity become arrested in the late 2-cell stage before entry into M phase

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 702-713

  Wang, Fang ^a,b   Kooistra, Megan ^b   Lee, Martin ^b   Liu, Lin ^d   Baltz, Jay M ^b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Culture; Developmental arrest; Embryo culture; Osmolarity; Preimplantation embryo; Rodents (rats, mice, guinea pigs, voles); Stress

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C; GLYCINE; LIPOCORTIN 5; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; METAPHASE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; ZYGOTE; ZYGOTIC GENOME ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERES; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CROSSES, GENETIC; ECTOGENESIS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-1; GLYCINE; MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METAPHASE; MICE; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAVIA; MURIDAE; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80955139469     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.090910     Document Type: Article

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