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ArticleReproduction (Cambridge, England)2017

Embryo cell allocation patterns are not altered by biopsy but can be linked with further development.

L P Sepulveda-Rincon, N Islam, P Marsters, B K Campbell, N Beaujean, W E Maalouf

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Article in Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Nonsurgical Embryo Transfer Technique for Fresh and Cultured Blastocysts in Rats.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

L P Sepulveda-RinconDivision of Child HealthObstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
N IslamDivision of Child HealthObstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
P MarstersDivision of Child HealthObstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
B K CampbellDivision of Child HealthObstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
N BeaujeanUniv LyonUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, INRA, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, USC1361, 69500 Bron, France.
W E MaaloufDivision of Child HealthObstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK walid.maalouf@nottingham.ac.uk.
University of Nottingham · GBUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been suggested that first embryo cleavage can be related with the embryonic-abembryonic axis at blastocyst stage in mice. Thus, cells of the 2-cell embryo might be already biased to form the inner cell mass or trophectoderm. This study was conducted to observe the possible effects of embryo biopsy on cell allocation patterns during embryo preimplantation in two different mouse strains and the effects of these patterns on further development. First, one blastomere of the 2-cell embryo was injected with a lipophilic tracer and cell allocation patterns were observed at blastocyst stage. Blastocysts were classified into orthogonal, deviant or random pattern. For the first experiment, embryos were biopsied at 8-cell stage and total cell counts (TCC) were annotated. Furthermore, non-biopsied blastocysts were transferred into foster mothers. Then, pups and their organs were weighed two weeks after birth. Random pattern was significantly recurrent (≈60%), against orthogonal (<22%) and deviant (<22%) patterns among groups. These patterns were not affected by biopsy procedure. However, TCC on deviant embryos were reduced after biopsy. Moreover, no differences were found between patterns for implantation rates, litter size, live offspring and organ weights (lungs, liver, pancreas and spleen). However, deviant pups presented heavier hearts and orthogonal pups presented lighter kidneys among the group. In conclusion, these results suggest that single blastomere removal does not disturb cell allocation patterns during pre-implantation. Nonetheless, the results suggest that embryos following different cell allocation patterns present different coping mechanisms against

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Body PatterningAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBiopsyBirth WeightBlastocystBlastomeresCell CountCleavage Stage, OvumEmbryo Culture TechniquesEmbryo ImplantationEmbryo TransferFemaleMaleMiceOrganogenesis

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PMID28971891
PMCPMC5747100
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