Objective:To determine the relationship between the early embryo viability assessment(EEVA)and blastocyst morphological parameters and pregnancy outcomes.Methods:This retrospective cohort study was conducted on 291 in...Objective:To determine the relationship between the early embryo viability assessment(EEVA)and blastocyst morphological parameters and pregnancy outcomes.Methods:This retrospective cohort study was conducted on 291 intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles including 2522 embryos with indications of prolonging embryo culture to the blastocyst stage in the Genea embryo review incubator,and 511 single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles from January 2020 to June 2023.The EEVA system produced an EEVA score from E1(best)to E5(worse)for the potential of blastocyst formation.Blastocyst morphology was evaluated.The association between the EEVA score and each type of blastocyst morphology,implantation rate,clinical pregnancy,and ongoing pregnancy were assessed using generalized estimating equations.Results:The inner cell mass A(ICM A),trophectoderm A(TE A),blastocoele expansion degree of 3,4,5,6,7 rates were higher with lower the EEVA score.The adjusted odd ratio(aOR)(E5 vs E1)was 0.3 for ICM A,0.174 for TE A and 0.210 for BL3,4,5,6,7(all P<0.001),suggesting a significant association between lower EEVA scores and improved embryo quality.The implantation,clinical pregnancy,and ongoing pregnancy rate were also higher with lower the EEVA score.The aOR of E5 vs E1 was 0.245 for implantation,0.185 for clinical pregnancy and 0.200 for ongoing pregnancy rate(P<0.001).Conclusions:There were associations between blastocyst morphology,pregnancy outcome and EEVA scores.The good blastocyst morphology and pregnancy outcomes are higher with lower the EEVA score.展开更多
A full-length rabbit oviductin cDNA(1909bp) was cloned. It consists of a 5’-UTR of 52bp, an open reading frame (ORF) of 1374bp and a 3’-UTR of 483bp and has more than 80% homology with that of other mammal oviductin...A full-length rabbit oviductin cDNA(1909bp) was cloned. It consists of a 5’-UTR of 52bp, an open reading frame (ORF) of 1374bp and a 3’-UTR of 483bp and has more than 80% homology with that of other mammal oviductins. N-terminal peptide (NTP) (384 residues) and C-terminal peptide (CTP) (73 residues) of deduced protein precursor has about 80% and 50% identity with that of other mammals respectively. Fusion proteins GST-NTP 368(1R-368N)and GST-CTP73 (369F-441A) were expressed and purified. NH2-terminal of CTP sequencing reveals that the purified protein is consistent with the deduced one. In order to study the function of NTP and CTP the mouse anti-NTP and rabbit anti-CTP antisera were prepared. Tissue-specific (skeleton muscle, oviduct, uterus, ovary, liver, heart and brain) analysis indicated that rabbit oviductin was only found in oviduct. The conditioned medium derived from the rabbit oviduct mucosa epithelial cells has a function of overcoming the early embryonic development block of Kunming mous e cultured in vitro. Anti-CTP antiserum could totally inhibit the early embryo development at 2-cell stage cultured in the conditioned culture medium, but anti-NTP antiserum couldn’t. There was a positive relationship between the ratio of early embryos at development block and the dosage of anti-CTP antiserum added in the conditioned culture medium. These results suggest that oviductin has a function not only on fertilization, but also on the release of early embryonic development block, and the later function domain of rabbit oviductin may be situate in its C-terminal.展开更多
DDX3X is a highly conserved DEAD-box RNA helicase that participates in RNA transcription, RNA splicing, and mRNA transport, translation, and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport. It is highly expressed in metaphase II （MII）...DDX3X is a highly conserved DEAD-box RNA helicase that participates in RNA transcription, RNA splicing, and mRNA transport, translation, and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport. It is highly expressed in metaphase II （MII） oocytes and is the predominant DDX3 variant in the ovary and embryo. However, whether it is important in mouse early embryo development remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the function of DDX3X in early embryogenesis by cytoplasmic microinjection with its siRNA in zygotes or single blastomeres of 2-cell embryos. Our results showed that knockdown of Ddx3x in zygote cytoplasm led to dramatically diminished blastocyst formarion, reduced cell numbers, and an increase in the number of apoptotic cells in blastocysts. Meanwhile, there was an accumulation of p53 in RNAi blastocysts. In addition, the ratio of cell cycle arrest during 2-cell to 4-cell transition increased following microinjection of Ddx3x siRNA into single blastomeres of 2-cell embryos compared with control. These results suggest that Ddx3x is an essential gene associated with cell survival and cell cycle control in mouse early embryos, and thus plays key roles in normal embryo development.展开更多
The pen shell,Atrina pectinata,distributes globally.It is one of the most important edible bivalves in east Asian countries.However,there are multiple difficulties in rearing pen shell larvae and juveniles because of ...The pen shell,Atrina pectinata,distributes globally.It is one of the most important edible bivalves in east Asian countries.However,there are multiple difficulties in rearing pen shell larvae and juveniles because of their high mortality.To understand the mechanism underlining such high mortality at the early embryonic development stage,we obtained approximately 100 million larvae during later breeding season in June,2017,and checked a large amount of mitotic chromosomal plates of the early embryos and post-spawning gonads tissue slices of their parents.The results showed that most diploid A.pectinata embryos have 17 pairs of chromosomes(2n=34)as their parents do.The first pair of particularly large chromosomes are heterotypic in some diploid embryos while they are homomorphic in others.The primary sex-determination chromosome type is XX/XY.A lot of triploid,pentaploid and aneuploid embryos with different numbers of the largest homomorphic or heteromorphic chromosomes were found due to the degeneration of overmatured parent gonads which hold normal karyotype.These larvae will die even though most of them may develop into the trochophore stage with 34 chromosomes.Genetic deficiency of chromosomes will cause a high rate of mortality in early embryos in late breeding season.These findings should enrich the current knowledge of juvenile pen shell aquaculture.展开更多
Mammalian fertilization begins with the fusion of two specialized gametes,followed by major epigenetic remodeling leading to the formation of a totipotent embryo.During the development of the pre-implantation embryo,p...Mammalian fertilization begins with the fusion of two specialized gametes,followed by major epigenetic remodeling leading to the formation of a totipotent embryo.During the development of the pre-implantation embryo,precise reprogramming progress is a prerequisite for avoiding developmental defects or embryonic lethality,but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive.For the past few years,unprecedented breakthroughs have been made in mapping the regulatory network of dynamic epigenomes during mammalian early embryo development,taking advantage of multiple advances and innovations in low-input genome-wide chromatin analysis technologies.The aim of this review is to highlight the most recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of epigenetic remodeling during early embryogenesis in mammals,including DNA methylation,histone modifications,chromatin accessibility and 3D chromatin organization.展开更多
Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing p...Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.展开更多
In culturing early mouse embryos in vitro,liquid paraffin and alcohol exert deleterious influence on the development of embryos. Some of light liquid paraffin produced by Chinese factories have proved harmful for earl...In culturing early mouse embryos in vitro,liquid paraffin and alcohol exert deleterious influence on the development of embryos. Some of light liquid paraffin produced by Chinese factories have proved harmful for early mouse embryos. As shown by our experiments, the nitronaphthalene contained and the specific gravity of liquid paraffin were not involved in the injurious effects.However,alcohol mingled in medium had harmful effects on the development of embryos. At the 0.1% concentration of alcohol in medium the proportion of embryos developing to blastocysts decreased to 73.9%. When the concentration of alcohol was increased to 0.8%, all embryos ceased developing. In our experiments, CO_2 which contained 0.13% alcohol had no visible effects on the development of embrvos in vitro.展开更多
The integration of hormone induction of young ewes,live oocyte collection,in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer( JIVET),as a major breakthrough in livestock breeding technology,not only solves the problem of low ...The integration of hormone induction of young ewes,live oocyte collection,in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer( JIVET),as a major breakthrough in livestock breeding technology,not only solves the problem of low oocytes obtained from adult ewes by hormone induction in production practice,but also significantly improves production efficiency. This technology can reduce the generation interval of cattle and sheep and speed up the acquisition of genes in genetic breeding. The application of this technology can help accelerate the cultivation process,shorten the generation interval,promote the industrialization and improve the economic benefits of beef cattle breed. This paper provides a reference for the research and application of new breeding and propagation techniques of beef cattle.展开更多
Modern strains of broiler chickens are selected for fast growth and are marketed anywhere from 36 to 49 days after a21-day incubational period. For a viable healthy chick, all the necessary nutrients required for grow...Modern strains of broiler chickens are selected for fast growth and are marketed anywhere from 36 to 49 days after a21-day incubational period. For a viable healthy chick, all the necessary nutrients required for growth and development must be provided by the hen through the fertilized egg. The current feeding strategies for improved growth, health and productivity are targeted towards chicks after hatching. Considering the fact that developing chick embryo spends over 30 % of its total life span inside the hatching egg relying on nutrients deposited by the breeder hen, investigations on nutritional needs during pre-hatch period will improve embryonic health, hatchability and chick viability. In this context, investigations on hatching egg lipid quality is of utmost importance because, during incubation, egg fat is the major source of energy and sole source of essential omega-6（n-6） and omega-3（n-3） fatty acids to the chick embryo.Due to the unique roles of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in growth, immune health, and development of central nervous system, this review will focus on the role of early exposure to essential fatty acids through maternal diet and hatching egg and its impact on progeny in meat-type broiler chickens.展开更多
The distribution of mitochondria during early development of mouse embryos was visualized bymitochondria-specific vital fluorescent dye, rhodamine 123(Rh 123). Mitochondrial clusters wasmarkedly conceotrated to perinu...The distribution of mitochondria during early development of mouse embryos was visualized bymitochondria-specific vital fluorescent dye, rhodamine 123(Rh 123). Mitochondrial clusters wasmarkedly conceotrated to perinuclear area in blastomere of normal 2-ccll embryos. In blastomere ofuncompacted 8-cell embryos, mitochondria were randomly distributed throughout the cytoplasm, butthey were reorganizcd to the cytocortices beneath the apposed surfaces of blastomere duringcompaction. As demonstrated in our study, colchicine (10 μg/ml) produced marked effect onmitochondrial distribution in blastomcre of 2-cell and compacted 8-cell embryos: mitochondriabecame scattered throughout the cytoplasm ofblastomere. It is suggested that the spatial distributionof mitochondria in early mouse embryo are maintained by microtubule.展开更多
Early human embryogenesis is a very sophisticated process due to its unique gene regulatory network.Autophagy has been suggested to play an important role in mediating the development of early embryonic cells in mamma...Early human embryogenesis is a very sophisticated process due to its unique gene regulatory network.Autophagy has been suggested to play an important role in mediating the development of early embryonic cells in mammals.However,evidence showing how autophagy regulates early human embryogenesis remains to be further explored.In this study,we systematically investigated the human transcriptome and methylome patterns of autophagy-related(ATG)genes in early embryonic cells at single-cell resolution.We analyzed the transcriptomic data of 365 cells and methylome data of 265 cells.The results showed that most ATG genes remained epigenetically active and were expressed stably throughout early embryogenesis,whereas the dynamics varied among different developmental stages.This evidence indicated that the autophagy pathway was constitutively activated and exerted a fundamental role in early human embryo development.Our work,for the first time,comprehensively reveals the features of autophagy during early human embryo development.展开更多
Inflammatory,proliferative and remodeling phases constitute a cutaneous wound healing program.Therapeutic applications and medication are available;however,they commonly are comprised of fortified preservatives that m...Inflammatory,proliferative and remodeling phases constitute a cutaneous wound healing program.Therapeutic applications and medication are available;however,they commonly are comprised of fortified preservatives that might prolong the healing process.Chick early amniotic fluids(ceAF)contain native therapeutic factors with balanced chemokines,cytokines and growth-related factors;their origins in principle dictate no existence of harmful agents that would otherwise hamper embryo development.Instead,they possess a spectrum of molecules driving expeditious mitotic divisions and possibly exerting other functions.Employing both in vitro and in vivo models,we examined ceAF's therapeutic potentials in wound healing and found intriguing involvement of transient senescence,known to be intimately intermingled with Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotypes(SASP)that function in addition to or in conjunction with ceAF to facilitate wound healing.In our cutaneous wound healing models,a low dose of ceAF exhibited the best efficacies;however,higher doses attenuated the wound healing presumably by inducing p16 expression over a threshold.Our studies thus link an INK4/ARF locus-mediated signaling cascade to cutaneous wound healing,suggesting therapeutic potentials of ceAF exerting functions likely by driving transient senescence,expediting cellular proliferation,migration,and describing a homeostatic and balanced dosage strategy in medical intervention.展开更多
DNA methylation and histone modification are two of the most characterized epigenetic modifications.With advanced detecting techniques,particularly single-cell sequencing,we can dissect epigenomic patterns and their r...DNA methylation and histone modification are two of the most characterized epigenetic modifications.With advanced detecting techniques,particularly single-cell sequencing,we can dissect epigenomic patterns and their regulatory roles in the growth and differentiation of gametes and early embryos in animals and humans.Assisted reproductive technology(ART)procedures have been shown to influence the methylation of certain genes.Aberrant epigenetic regulation may cause several developmental disorders and clinical diseases.Here,we describe some concepts in epigenetics and review recent researches on DNA methylation and the histone modification profile and their regulatory roles during early embryo development.We also summarize the recent progress in understanding the imprinting disorders associated with ART procedures.展开更多
We described a novel single-cell RNA-seq technique called MR-seq （measure a single-cell transcriptome repeatedly）, which permits statistically assessing the technical variation and identifying the differentially exp...We described a novel single-cell RNA-seq technique called MR-seq （measure a single-cell transcriptome repeatedly）, which permits statistically assessing the technical variation and identifying the differentially expressed genes between just two single ceils by measuring each single cell twice. We demonstrated that MR-seq gave sensitivity and reproducibility similar to the standard single-cell RNA-seq and increased the positive predicate value, Application of MR-seq to early mouse embryos identified hundreds of candidate intra-embryonic heterogeneous genes among mouse 2-, 4- and 8-cell stage embryos. MR-seq should be useful for detecting differentially exnre^ed ~enes ~rnnn~ ~ ~m^ll nHmhpr nf c^ll~展开更多
文摘Objective:To determine the relationship between the early embryo viability assessment(EEVA)and blastocyst morphological parameters and pregnancy outcomes.Methods:This retrospective cohort study was conducted on 291 intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles including 2522 embryos with indications of prolonging embryo culture to the blastocyst stage in the Genea embryo review incubator,and 511 single vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles from January 2020 to June 2023.The EEVA system produced an EEVA score from E1(best)to E5(worse)for the potential of blastocyst formation.Blastocyst morphology was evaluated.The association between the EEVA score and each type of blastocyst morphology,implantation rate,clinical pregnancy,and ongoing pregnancy were assessed using generalized estimating equations.Results:The inner cell mass A(ICM A),trophectoderm A(TE A),blastocoele expansion degree of 3,4,5,6,7 rates were higher with lower the EEVA score.The adjusted odd ratio(aOR)(E5 vs E1)was 0.3 for ICM A,0.174 for TE A and 0.210 for BL3,4,5,6,7(all P<0.001),suggesting a significant association between lower EEVA scores and improved embryo quality.The implantation,clinical pregnancy,and ongoing pregnancy rate were also higher with lower the EEVA score.The aOR of E5 vs E1 was 0.245 for implantation,0.185 for clinical pregnancy and 0.200 for ongoing pregnancy rate(P<0.001).Conclusions:There were associations between blastocyst morphology,pregnancy outcome and EEVA scores.The good blastocyst morphology and pregnancy outcomes are higher with lower the EEVA score.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (39730460)National "973" Project (G1999055902)National Labora-
文摘A full-length rabbit oviductin cDNA(1909bp) was cloned. It consists of a 5’-UTR of 52bp, an open reading frame (ORF) of 1374bp and a 3’-UTR of 483bp and has more than 80% homology with that of other mammal oviductins. N-terminal peptide (NTP) (384 residues) and C-terminal peptide (CTP) (73 residues) of deduced protein precursor has about 80% and 50% identity with that of other mammals respectively. Fusion proteins GST-NTP 368(1R-368N)and GST-CTP73 (369F-441A) were expressed and purified. NH2-terminal of CTP sequencing reveals that the purified protein is consistent with the deduced one. In order to study the function of NTP and CTP the mouse anti-NTP and rabbit anti-CTP antisera were prepared. Tissue-specific (skeleton muscle, oviduct, uterus, ovary, liver, heart and brain) analysis indicated that rabbit oviductin was only found in oviduct. The conditioned medium derived from the rabbit oviduct mucosa epithelial cells has a function of overcoming the early embryonic development block of Kunming mous e cultured in vitro. Anti-CTP antiserum could totally inhibit the early embryo development at 2-cell stage cultured in the conditioned culture medium, but anti-NTP antiserum couldn’t. There was a positive relationship between the ratio of early embryos at development block and the dosage of anti-CTP antiserum added in the conditioned culture medium. These results suggest that oviductin has a function not only on fertilization, but also on the release of early embryonic development block, and the later function domain of rabbit oviductin may be situate in its C-terminal.
文摘DDX3X is a highly conserved DEAD-box RNA helicase that participates in RNA transcription, RNA splicing, and mRNA transport, translation, and nucleo-cytoplasmic transport. It is highly expressed in metaphase II （MII） oocytes and is the predominant DDX3 variant in the ovary and embryo. However, whether it is important in mouse early embryo development remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the function of DDX3X in early embryogenesis by cytoplasmic microinjection with its siRNA in zygotes or single blastomeres of 2-cell embryos. Our results showed that knockdown of Ddx3x in zygote cytoplasm led to dramatically diminished blastocyst formarion, reduced cell numbers, and an increase in the number of apoptotic cells in blastocysts. Meanwhile, there was an accumulation of p53 in RNAi blastocysts. In addition, the ratio of cell cycle arrest during 2-cell to 4-cell transition increased following microinjection of Ddx3x siRNA into single blastomeres of 2-cell embryos compared with control. These results suggest that Ddx3x is an essential gene associated with cell survival and cell cycle control in mouse early embryos, and thus plays key roles in normal embryo development.
基金part by the Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,YSFRI,CAFS,China(No.20603022018004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31672637)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFD0900800)the Key Research and Development Plan of Shandong Province,China(No.2016GSF115012).
文摘The pen shell,Atrina pectinata,distributes globally.It is one of the most important edible bivalves in east Asian countries.However,there are multiple difficulties in rearing pen shell larvae and juveniles because of their high mortality.To understand the mechanism underlining such high mortality at the early embryonic development stage,we obtained approximately 100 million larvae during later breeding season in June,2017,and checked a large amount of mitotic chromosomal plates of the early embryos and post-spawning gonads tissue slices of their parents.The results showed that most diploid A.pectinata embryos have 17 pairs of chromosomes(2n=34)as their parents do.The first pair of particularly large chromosomes are heterotypic in some diploid embryos while they are homomorphic in others.The primary sex-determination chromosome type is XX/XY.A lot of triploid,pentaploid and aneuploid embryos with different numbers of the largest homomorphic or heteromorphic chromosomes were found due to the degeneration of overmatured parent gonads which hold normal karyotype.These larvae will die even though most of them may develop into the trochophore stage with 34 chromosomes.Genetic deficiency of chromosomes will cause a high rate of mortality in early embryos in late breeding season.These findings should enrich the current knowledge of juvenile pen shell aquaculture.
基金This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFA0100400 and 2018YFC1004000)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31721003,31820103009,31701262,81630035).
文摘Mammalian fertilization begins with the fusion of two specialized gametes,followed by major epigenetic remodeling leading to the formation of a totipotent embryo.During the development of the pre-implantation embryo,precise reprogramming progress is a prerequisite for avoiding developmental defects or embryonic lethality,but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive.For the past few years,unprecedented breakthroughs have been made in mapping the regulatory network of dynamic epigenomes during mammalian early embryo development,taking advantage of multiple advances and innovations in low-input genome-wide chromatin analysis technologies.The aim of this review is to highlight the most recent progress in understanding the mechanisms of epigenetic remodeling during early embryogenesis in mammals,including DNA methylation,histone modifications,chromatin accessibility and 3D chromatin organization.
基金supported by the China Human Proteomics Project (2014DFB30010)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020104)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071162)the Graduate School of East China Normal University
文摘Human and mouse orthologs are expected to have similar biological functions; however, many discrepancies have also been reported. We systematically compared human and mouse orthologs in terms of alternative splicing patterns and expression profiles. Human-mouse orthologs are divergent in alternative splicing, as human orthologs could generally encode more isoforms than their mouse orthologs. In early embryos, exon skipping is far more common with human orthologs, whereas constitutive exons are more prevalent with mouse orthologs. This may correlate with divergence in expression of splicing regulators. Orthologous expression similarities are different in distinct embryonic stages, with the highest in morula. Expression differences for orthologous transcription factor genes could play an important role in orthologous expression discordance. We further detected largely orthologous divergence in differential expression between distinct embryonic stages. Collectively, our study uncovers significant orthologous divergence from multiple aspects, which may result in functional differences and dynamics between human-mouse orthologs during embryonic development.
文摘In culturing early mouse embryos in vitro,liquid paraffin and alcohol exert deleterious influence on the development of embryos. Some of light liquid paraffin produced by Chinese factories have proved harmful for early mouse embryos. As shown by our experiments, the nitronaphthalene contained and the specific gravity of liquid paraffin were not involved in the injurious effects.However,alcohol mingled in medium had harmful effects on the development of embryos. At the 0.1% concentration of alcohol in medium the proportion of embryos developing to blastocysts decreased to 73.9%. When the concentration of alcohol was increased to 0.8%, all embryos ceased developing. In our experiments, CO_2 which contained 0.13% alcohol had no visible effects on the development of embrvos in vitro.
基金Supported by Qiqihar Agricultural Innovation Project (CNYG_2021015)Qiqihar Science and Technology Major Project (ZDTG-202201)。
文摘The integration of hormone induction of young ewes,live oocyte collection,in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer( JIVET),as a major breakthrough in livestock breeding technology,not only solves the problem of low oocytes obtained from adult ewes by hormone induction in production practice,but also significantly improves production efficiency. This technology can reduce the generation interval of cattle and sheep and speed up the acquisition of genes in genetic breeding. The application of this technology can help accelerate the cultivation process,shorten the generation interval,promote the industrialization and improve the economic benefits of beef cattle breed. This paper provides a reference for the research and application of new breeding and propagation techniques of beef cattle.
基金the National Research Initiative of the USDA Cooperative State Research,Education and Extension Service,grant number2004-35204-14654,Oregon State University Experiment Station Hatch fund,Oregon State University Animal Health Fund,and Walther H.Ott Professorship in Poultry Science awarded to G.Cherian
文摘Modern strains of broiler chickens are selected for fast growth and are marketed anywhere from 36 to 49 days after a21-day incubational period. For a viable healthy chick, all the necessary nutrients required for growth and development must be provided by the hen through the fertilized egg. The current feeding strategies for improved growth, health and productivity are targeted towards chicks after hatching. Considering the fact that developing chick embryo spends over 30 % of its total life span inside the hatching egg relying on nutrients deposited by the breeder hen, investigations on nutritional needs during pre-hatch period will improve embryonic health, hatchability and chick viability. In this context, investigations on hatching egg lipid quality is of utmost importance because, during incubation, egg fat is the major source of energy and sole source of essential omega-6（n-6） and omega-3（n-3） fatty acids to the chick embryo.Due to the unique roles of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in growth, immune health, and development of central nervous system, this review will focus on the role of early exposure to essential fatty acids through maternal diet and hatching egg and its impact on progeny in meat-type broiler chickens.
基金This work was aupported by the Foundation for Scientific Research of Shandong Province, PRC.
文摘The distribution of mitochondria during early development of mouse embryos was visualized bymitochondria-specific vital fluorescent dye, rhodamine 123(Rh 123). Mitochondrial clusters wasmarkedly conceotrated to perinuclear area in blastomere of normal 2-ccll embryos. In blastomere ofuncompacted 8-cell embryos, mitochondria were randomly distributed throughout the cytoplasm, butthey were reorganizcd to the cytocortices beneath the apposed surfaces of blastomere duringcompaction. As demonstrated in our study, colchicine (10 μg/ml) produced marked effect onmitochondrial distribution in blastomcre of 2-cell and compacted 8-cell embryos: mitochondriabecame scattered throughout the cytoplasm ofblastomere. It is suggested that the spatial distributionof mitochondria in early mouse embryo are maintained by microtubule.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program(2019YFA0801400,2017YFA01038012018YFC1004000)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA16020703)。
文摘Early human embryogenesis is a very sophisticated process due to its unique gene regulatory network.Autophagy has been suggested to play an important role in mediating the development of early embryonic cells in mammals.However,evidence showing how autophagy regulates early human embryogenesis remains to be further explored.In this study,we systematically investigated the human transcriptome and methylome patterns of autophagy-related(ATG)genes in early embryonic cells at single-cell resolution.We analyzed the transcriptomic data of 365 cells and methylome data of 265 cells.The results showed that most ATG genes remained epigenetically active and were expressed stably throughout early embryogenesis,whereas the dynamics varied among different developmental stages.This evidence indicated that the autophagy pathway was constitutively activated and exerted a fundamental role in early human embryo development.Our work,for the first time,comprehensively reveals the features of autophagy during early human embryo development.
文摘Inflammatory,proliferative and remodeling phases constitute a cutaneous wound healing program.Therapeutic applications and medication are available;however,they commonly are comprised of fortified preservatives that might prolong the healing process.Chick early amniotic fluids(ceAF)contain native therapeutic factors with balanced chemokines,cytokines and growth-related factors;their origins in principle dictate no existence of harmful agents that would otherwise hamper embryo development.Instead,they possess a spectrum of molecules driving expeditious mitotic divisions and possibly exerting other functions.Employing both in vitro and in vivo models,we examined ceAF's therapeutic potentials in wound healing and found intriguing involvement of transient senescence,known to be intimately intermingled with Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotypes(SASP)that function in addition to or in conjunction with ceAF to facilitate wound healing.In our cutaneous wound healing models,a low dose of ceAF exhibited the best efficacies;however,higher doses attenuated the wound healing presumably by inducing p16 expression over a threshold.Our studies thus link an INK4/ARF locus-mediated signaling cascade to cutaneous wound healing,suggesting therapeutic potentials of ceAF exerting functions likely by driving transient senescence,expediting cellular proliferation,migration,and describing a homeostatic and balanced dosage strategy in medical intervention.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program(grant number 2015AA020407)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 81521002 and 31522034).
文摘DNA methylation and histone modification are two of the most characterized epigenetic modifications.With advanced detecting techniques,particularly single-cell sequencing,we can dissect epigenomic patterns and their regulatory roles in the growth and differentiation of gametes and early embryos in animals and humans.Assisted reproductive technology(ART)procedures have been shown to influence the methylation of certain genes.Aberrant epigenetic regulation may cause several developmental disorders and clinical diseases.Here,we describe some concepts in epigenetics and review recent researches on DNA methylation and the histone modification profile and their regulatory roles during early embryo development.We also summarize the recent progress in understanding the imprinting disorders associated with ART procedures.
基金supported by grants from the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (D15110700240000)
文摘We described a novel single-cell RNA-seq technique called MR-seq （measure a single-cell transcriptome repeatedly）, which permits statistically assessing the technical variation and identifying the differentially expressed genes between just two single ceils by measuring each single cell twice. We demonstrated that MR-seq gave sensitivity and reproducibility similar to the standard single-cell RNA-seq and increased the positive predicate value, Application of MR-seq to early mouse embryos identified hundreds of candidate intra-embryonic heterogeneous genes among mouse 2-, 4- and 8-cell stage embryos. MR-seq should be useful for detecting differentially exnre^ed ~enes ~rnnn~ ~ ~m^ll nHmhpr nf c^ll~
