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ArticleScientific reports2023

Effect of lipotoxicity on mitochondrial function and epigenetic programming during bovine in vitro embryo production.

Ben Meulders, Waleed F A Marei, Inne Xhonneux, Peter E J Bols, Jo L M R Leroy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of bovine oocyte transportation system on embryonic quality.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ben MeuldersLaboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Gamete Research Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium. Ben.Meulders@uantwerp.be.
Waleed F A MareiLaboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Gamete Research Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Inne XhonneuxLaboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Gamete Research Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Peter E J BolsLaboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Gamete Research Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Jo L M R LeroyLaboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Gamete Research Centre, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BECairo University · EG

Funding

NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH004216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maternal metabolic disorders may cause lipotoxic effects on the developing oocyte. Understanding the timing at which this might disrupt embryo epigenetic programming and how this is linked with mitochondrial dysfunction is crucial for improving assisted reproductive treatments, but has not been investigated before. Therefore, we used a bovine in vitro model to investigate if pathophysiological palmitic acid (PA) concentrations during in vitro oocyte maturation and in vitro embryo culture alter embryo epigenetic patterns (DNA methylation (5mC) and histone acetylation/methylation (H3K9ac/H3K9me2)) compared to control (CONT) and solvent control (SCONT), at the zygote and morula stage. Secondly, we investigated if these epigenetic alterations are associated with mitochondrial dysfunction and changes in ATP production rate, or altered expression of epigenetic regulatory genes. Compared to SCONT, H3K9ac and H3K9me2 levels were increased in PA-derived zygotes. Also, 5mC and H3K9me2 levels were increased in PA-exposed morulae compared to SCONT. This was associated with complete inhibition of glycolytic ATP production in oocytes, increased mitochondrial membrane potential and complete inhibition of glycolytic ATP production in 4-cell embryos and reduced SOD2 expression in PA-exposed zygotes and morulae. For the first time, epigenetic alterations in metabolically compromised zygotes and morulae have been observed in parallel with mitochondrial dysfunction in the same study.

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Mitochondrial DiseasesOocytesAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsBlastocystCattleEpigenesis, GeneticMitochondriaAdenosine Triphosphate

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PMID38066095
PMCPMC10709407
OpenAlexW4389481841

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