Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos

In vitro culture of preimplantation embryos of ICR, HT1AN/Icgn, HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay mouse strains as well as in OXYS/Icgn rat strain in media containing granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been studied. Both mouse and rat embryos were...

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Main Authors: E. Yu. Brusentsev, T. N. Igonina, I. N. Rozhkova, D. S. Ragaeva, S. Ya. Amstislavsky
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Published: Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and Breeders 2015-12-01
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Online Access:https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/420
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author E. Yu. Brusentsev
T. N. Igonina
I. N. Rozhkova
D. S. Ragaeva
S. Ya. Amstislavsky
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description In vitro culture of preimplantation embryos of ICR, HT1AN/Icgn, HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay mouse strains as well as in OXYS/Icgn rat strain in media containing granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been studied. Both mouse and rat embryos were first frozen in a programmable freezer after a standard protocol using a mixture of glycerol and sucrose as cryoprotectants, thawed and cultured in vitro in R1ECM (rat one-cell embryo culture medium) for 24 hours (mice) and 72 hours (rats). For the in vitro culture experiments with these growth factors, 8-cell frozen-thawed mouse embryos and 2–4-cell frozen-thawed rat embryos were used. Supplementation of the culture medium with GM-CSF improved the rate of embryonic development in HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay strain mice, while EGF had no effect. The reverse was true of the rats. Supplementation of the culture medium with EGF increased the percentage of deve­loping blastocysts in OXYS/Icgn rat strain, while GM-CSF had no effect. Co-culture of four-cell embryos of HT1AN/ Icgn strain mice with more advanced embryonic stages (morulas) of a different strain ICR led to the facilitation preimplantation embryo development. Experimental results presented here reveal the species-specific effects of growth factors on mouse and rat embryos and indicate that co-culture of different stages of embryo development have stimulatory effects on earlier stages.
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spelling doaj-art-db9c50d7c44c4a338ba1c45a09d2e92a2025-02-01T09:58:02ZengSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and BreedersВавиловский журнал генетики и селекции2500-32592015-12-0119437237710.18699/VJ15.046379Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryosE. Yu. Brusentsev0T. N. Igonina1I. N. Rozhkova2D. S. Ragaeva3S. Ya. Amstislavsky4Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaInstitute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaInstitute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaInstitute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaInstitute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, RussiaIn vitro culture of preimplantation embryos of ICR, HT1AN/Icgn, HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay mouse strains as well as in OXYS/Icgn rat strain in media containing granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been studied. Both mouse and rat embryos were first frozen in a programmable freezer after a standard protocol using a mixture of glycerol and sucrose as cryoprotectants, thawed and cultured in vitro in R1ECM (rat one-cell embryo culture medium) for 24 hours (mice) and 72 hours (rats). For the in vitro culture experiments with these growth factors, 8-cell frozen-thawed mouse embryos and 2–4-cell frozen-thawed rat embryos were used. Supplementation of the culture medium with GM-CSF improved the rate of embryonic development in HT1AC/Icgn and C57BL/6J-Ay strain mice, while EGF had no effect. The reverse was true of the rats. Supplementation of the culture medium with EGF increased the percentage of deve­loping blastocysts in OXYS/Icgn rat strain, while GM-CSF had no effect. Co-culture of four-cell embryos of HT1AN/ Icgn strain mice with more advanced embryonic stages (morulas) of a different strain ICR led to the facilitation preimplantation embryo development. Experimental results presented here reveal the species-specific effects of growth factors on mouse and rat embryos and indicate that co-culture of different stages of embryo development have stimulatory effects on earlier stages.https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/420preimplantation embryosin vitro culturegrowth factorsmiceratsco-culture
spellingShingle E. Yu. Brusentsev
T. N. Igonina
I. N. Rozhkova
D. S. Ragaeva
S. Ya. Amstislavsky
Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции
preimplantation embryos
in vitro culture
growth factors
mice
rats
co-culture
title Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
title_full Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
title_fullStr Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
title_full_unstemmed Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
title_short Effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
title_sort effects of growth factors during in vitro culture of mouse and rat embryos
topic preimplantation embryos
in vitro culture
growth factors
mice
rats
co-culture
url https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/420
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