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Presented by:
Dharmendra Kumar
Ph D. (Animal Biotechnology)
N.D.R.I., Karnal
Haryana-132001 (India)
E-Mail:
biotechndri@gmail.com
Developmental block
Murine 2 Telford.,1990
Major Activation
of genome
Oocyte Quality
Telomerase activity
+ - - - - + + +
Sensitive to
Environmental stress
Telomere damage
(Betts & King, 2001)
Embryo senescence
Transcription factor expression
pattern
in bovine embryos
YY1
HMGA1
RY1
P300
CREB
YAP65
HMGN1 & HMGN2
NFAR
OCT-4
TEAD-2
ATF-1
MYS2
TBP
(Schultz, 2002)
Inhibition of RNA pol II dependent transcription during any of the first four
embryonic cell cycles has a detrimental effect on progression of
embryonic development beyond 16-cell stage
Hyperphosphorylated Hyperphosphorylated
II O RNA Polymerase II II B
Form Form
Unphosphorylated
II A
Form
Initiates transcription
(Memili & First, 1998)
Transcription initiation by RNA Pol II
TBP TFIID
TATA BOX
TFIIA TFIIB
TFIIF
tail
RNA pol II
TFIIH
TFIIE
ON
P
P
P
P
Effect of α -amanitin on embryo development at different cell stages
Reprogramming of gene
Destroy oocyte
Expression with generation
specific transcripts
of novel transcripts
Transcription
TATA+
TATA-less preferred
M-TEAD2 Activity
Enhancer stimulation of promoters
Translation of zygotic mRNAs
Development of repressive state
Duration
Cell Total G1 S G2
cycle hr hr hr hr
no.
1 26 10 8-10 4-6
2 10 0 8-10 0
3 14 0 8-10 4
4 24-28 Asynchronous cell divisions
(Barnes & Eyestone, 1990)
Bovine embryonic cell cycles and zygotic/embryonic gene expression in cattle
Subtractive hybridization
RT-PCR &
sequencing
DD-PCR
Array technology Methods to study & characterize
gene products
Quantitative or semi-
Si RNA knockdown
Quantitative RT-PCR
How to relieve the
developmental block
Addition of serum
(Gandolphi & Moor, 1987)
Effect of glucose on
developmental block
By generating ROS
Salvage pathway
(Dienhart et al.,1997)
By generating
ROS
Purines
HPRT
Hypoxanthine
XO
O2-.
(Guerin et al., 2001)
Xanthine
Co-culture
Granulosa cells
Bovine oviductal
VERO cells
cells
BRL cells
What does co-culture do?
Enzymes
OH., O2-.
OH.,
Hypotaurine, Tubal fluids
Taurine
- O2-.
SOD, GPX,
- **
CSD GCS, Cat Metallic Ions
-
-
GSH
Transferrin,
Albumin
(Guerin & Menezo, 2001)
OVIDUCTAL EPITHELIAL
CELLS
Effect of serum in kinetics of bovine
embryos
Presence of serum Cycle Cycle Cycle Morula to Compact
1 2 (hr) 4 (hr) compact morula to
IVM-IVF IVC (hr) morula (hr) early
blastocyst (hr)
In vivo - na 8 45 19 24
(+)
+ - 28 10 43 16 26
- - 32 10 49 16 22
+ + 27 9 39 11 13
P values <0.01
Serum addition significantly decreases the duration of the fourth cell cycle
during which maternal-embryonic genome transition occurs
Conclusion
It is species specific