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ArticleScientific reports2017

RhoA phosphorylation mediated by Rho/RhoA-associated kinase pathway improves the anti-freezing potentiality of murine hatched and diapaused blastocysts.

Meichao Gu, Hemin Ni, Xihui Sheng, Alfredo Pauciullo, Yunhai Liu, Yong Guo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Meichao GuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1490-3326
Hemin NiCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
Xihui ShengCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
Alfredo PauciulloDepartment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, Grugliasco, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3140-9373
Yunhai LiuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.
Yong GuoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China. y63guo@126.com.
Beijing University of Agriculture · CNUniversity of Turin · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryonic cryopreservation has a relatively low survival rate because of cytoskeletal damage. However, molecular anti-freezing mechanisms have been largely unexplored. This study investigated the significance of RhoA, involved in embryonic development, and the Rho/RhoA-associated kinase (ROCK) signalling pathway in cryopreservation. The anti-freezing mechanism in murine dormant embryos, compared with normal blastocysts, was assessed by combining molecular, physiological and pharmacological approaches. Real-time PCR and western blotting experiments showed high RhoA expression in cryo-dormant and dormant embryos. RhoA GTPases were overexpressed on the surface of trophectoderm cells in dormant embryos. Treatment with Y-27632, a ROCK antagonist, decreased survival of both normal and dormant blastocysts, while recombinant RhoA protein remarkably increased survival, after freeze-thawing, of normal hatched blastocysts. Our findings elucidated the molecular mechanism of anti-freezing, involving RhoA phosphorylation, meditated by the Rho/ROCK signalling pathway, in hatched and diapaused murine blastocysts. In addition, evidence for a potentially protective additive suggests a new method for improving the anti-freezing potential of mammalian embryos, without protecting the zona pellucida.

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DiapauseFreezingAmidesAnimalsBlastocystCryopreservationDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceModels, BiologicalPhosphorylationPyridinesRecombinant ProteinsrhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated KinasesUp-RegulationAmidesPyridinesRecombinant ProteinsrhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated KinasesY 27632

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