Pluripotency of cultured rabbit inner cell mass cells detected by isozyme analysis and eye pigmentation of fetuses following injection into blastocysts or morulae
| Autor: | J. R. Giles, Xiangzhong Yang, Robert H. Foote, W. Mark |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Genetic Markers
Male Microinjections Biology Morula Andrology Chimera (genetics) Genetics medicine Animals Inner cell mass Blastocyst Cells Cultured reproductive and urinary physiology Eye Color Chimera Stem Cells Graft Survival Embryogenesis Cell Differentiation Embryo Cell Biology Embryo Transfer Eye pigmentation Embryo transfer Isoenzymes medicine.anatomical_structure Organ Specificity embryonic structures Immunology Female Rabbits Stem cell Stem Cell Transplantation Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Reproduction and Development. 36:130-138 |
| ISSN: | 1098-2795 1040-452X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mrd.1080360203 |
| Popis: | Pluripotency of isolated rabbit inner cell masses (ICMs) and cultured (3 days) inner cell mass (ICM) cells was tested by injecting these donor cells into day 3.5 blastocysts (experiment 1) or day 3 morulae (experiment 2) to produce chimeric embryos. Injected (n = 107) and noninjected (n = 103) embryos were transferred to the opposite uterine horns of the same recipient females. Chimerism was determined by adenosine deaminase (ADA) isozyme analysis on fetal tissue and by eye pigmentation at midgestation. In experiment 1, 53% and 64%, respectively, of blastocysts injected with ICMs or cultured ICM cells developed to midgestation, compared with 52% and 48% for controls. Of these fetuses, four (31%) and one (6%), respectively, had ADA chimerism. In experiment 2, 38% and 62%, respectively, of the morulae injected with ICMs or cultured ICM cells developed to midgestation, compared with 46% and 56% for control morulae. Six (43%) chimeric fetuses from morulae injected with ICMs were detected by ADA analysis, but 12 (86%) chimeric fetuses were detected by eye pigmentation, indicating that eye pigmentation was a more sensitive marker for chimerism than our ADA assay. None of the 14 fetuses recovered after injecting morulae with cultured ICM cells were chimeric with either marker. No chimeras developed from control embryos. These studies demonstrate 1) that pregnancy rates are not compromised by injection of blastocysts or morulae with ICMs or cultured ICM cells, 2) that chimeric rabbit fetuses can be produced by injecting ICMs into either blastocysts or morulae, and 3) that cultured ICM cells can contribute to embryonic development when injected into blastocysts. |
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