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DNA demethylation; DNA libraries; DNA methylation; Holstein; X chromosome; bisulfites; bulls; cows; developmental stages; embryo (animal); embryogenesis; epigenetics; gene expression; genome; genomics; humans; in vitro fertilization; intergenic DNA; mitochondrial DNA; models; oocytes; sequence analysis; spermatozoa
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... Dynamic changes in DNA methylation are crucial in the epigenetic regulation of mammalian embryogenesis. Global DNA methylation studies in the bovine, however, remain mostly at the immunostaining level. We adopted the single-cell whole-genome bisulfite sequencing method to characterise stage-specific genome-wide DNA methylation in bovine sperm, individual oocytes derived invivo and invitro, and inv ...
additives; analysis of variance; blastocyst; corpus luteum; cows; cytoplasm; developmental stages; digestion; embryo culture; embryogenesis; ethanol; fluorescence microscopy; in vitro fertilization; oocytes; oviducts; ovulation; proteinases; slaughterhouses; spermatozoa; zona pellucida
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... This study was designed to evaluate the effects of oviductal fluid at different periovulatory times on oocyte maturation, modification of the zona pellucida (ZP), fertilization and embryo development. Bovine oviducts were collected at a slaughterhouse and classified as preovulatory (pre-ov: 1 pre-ov follicle and a regressing corpus luteum) or post-ovulatory (post-ov: a corpus haemorrhagicum or rec ...
... Histones play an important role in DNA’s compaction and organisation into the cellular nucleus. Depending on which histone modification occurs, chromatin can take a conformation of heterochromatin or euchromatin, which are associated with gene repression or expression, respectively. Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) trimethylation (H3K9me3) is associated with gene silencing. At least 3 methyltransferases ...
... The persistence of somatic epigenetic memory is indicated as the main barrier for efficient nuclear reprogramming. The augmented levels of histone methylation on somatic nuclei have been shown as the major regulator of this aberrant remodelling. Although they occupy the same site, H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 are catalysed by different histone methyltransferases (HMTs), EHMT2 and SUV39H, respectively. Howe ...
... The ability to cryopreserve gametes and embryos has been a valuable tool for reproductive management in all mammalian species, especially livestock. Embryo vitrification involves exposure to high concentrations of cryoprotectants and osmotic stress during cooling and warming. These factors have to affect gene expression. The elongating embryo is a stage of embryo development that can be recovered ...
... Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) is a secreted inhibitor of canonical WNT signaling expressed in the endometrium that can increase the competence of bovine blastocysts to establish pregnancy after transfer into recipients. The mechanism by which DKK1 regulates embryo function is not known. KREMEN1 and KREMEN2 are paralogs that function as DKK1 transmembrane receptors. Binding of DKK1 to KREMEN leads to internali ...
... Single-cell transcriptomics and gene editing on human pre-implantation embryos have proved that mechanisms previously identified and well characterised in mouse pre-implantation development may not hold true in the human embryo. However, ethical and legal concerns limit the availability of surplus human embryos for research, resulting in the need for novel animal models. Bovine embryos share morph ...
... Invitro culture (IVC) systems fail to completely recapitulate the invivo environment, resulting in metabolic stress during pre-implantation development and reduced blastocyst quality. We hypothesised that IVC-induced metabolic dysregulation in bovine embryos is mediated by changes in expression and/or activity of protein biomarkers associated with key metabolic pathways. Our objectives were to det ...
European Union; blastocyst; cattle; developmental stages; embryo culture; embryogenesis; genome; germinal vesicle; liquids; mass spectrometry; monitoring; oogenesis; oviducts; peptides; principal component analysis; protein content; proteins; proteome; transcription (genetics); translation (genetics); zygote
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... Early embryogenesis is a highly complex developmental process, accompanied by a plethora of changes at the morphological and molecular level. Particularly at the level of proteins, these changes are still poorly characterised and understood. During the first cleavages, the embryo depends mainly on maternal transcripts and proteins that were accumulated and stored during oogenesis until embryonic g ...
... Polyamines are involved in trophectoderm attachment and outgrowth, but little is known about their role in earlier stages of development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of an inhibitor of polyamine synthesis (difluoromethylornithine, DFMO) on development (blastocyst formation and hatching) and cell allocation to the trophectoderm (TE, CDX2-positive) and inner cell mass (IC ...
... Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of the administration of 125mg rbST at the time of breeding on fertile and subfertile superovulated ewes – in terms of the ovulation rate, embryo yield and embryonic development. In addition, the effects of the treatment on the plasma progesterone concentrations and interferon-tau (IFNT) expression in the embryos were evaluated in the fertile ...
... The application of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has been shown to induce changes in the methylation of the embryonic genome, leading to aberrant gene expression, including that of imprinted genes. Aberrant methylation and gene expression has been linked to the large offspring syndrome (LOS) in bovine embryos resulting in increased embryonic morbidity and mortality. In the bovine, limit ...
... Assisted reproductive techniques have significantly contributed to animal breeding programs. Similarly, genomics has provided important information and tools to improve the accuracy of selection. However, the greatest benefits of those tools can only be expected when they are combined, allowing animals to be selected accurately early in life. Therefore, obtaining DNA samples from embryos without c ...
... The present study compared the efficiency of transgenic (TG) cloned embryo production by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) with fetal-derived fibroblast cells (FFCs) which were transfected with pEGFP-N1 to in vitro-fertilized (IVF), parthenogenetic and SCNT counterparts by evaluating the rates of cleavage and blastocyst formation, apoptosis rate at different developmental stages, cell number, p ...
cow colostrum; developmental stages; gene ontology; glycoproteins; human colostrum; humans; infant formulas; lactation; lectins; liquid chromatography; milk; nutrients; tandem mass spectrometry; whey
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... Milk glycoproteins are crucial nutrients with a variety of functions. However, whey N-glycoproteomes in human and bovine milks have not been characterized during lactation. Herein, using lectin enrichment and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, 68, 58, 100, and 98 N-glycoproteins were identified in human colostrum and mature milk as well as bovine colostrum and mature milk whey. Gene O ...
... Methanogenic archaea in the bovine rumen are responsible for the reduction of carbon molecules to methane, using various electron donors and driving the electron flow across the microbial food webs. Thus, methanogens play a key role in sustaining rumen metabolism and function. Research of rumen methanogenic archaea typically focuses on their composition and function in mature animals, while studie ...
cattle; centrifugation; cryopreservation; cytochalasin B; developmental stages; ethylene glycol; freezing; hatching; in vitro fertilization; morula; zona pellucida
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... The objective was to determine if lipid segregation, with or without post-thaw laser assisted hatching (LAH) of in vitro produced (IVP) bovine embryos, would enhance in vitro survivability and development 24 h post-thaw. On Day 6 of culture (Day 0 = IVF), in vitro produced bovine embryos were divided into three developmental stages: 32-cell (n = 78), compact morula (CM n = 223), and blastocyst (n ...
... Oocyte maturation is a long process during which oocytes acquire their intrinsic ability to support the subsequent stages of development in a stepwise manner, ultimately reaching activation of the embryonic genome. This process involves complex and distinct, although linked, events of nuclear and cytoplasmic maturation. Nuclear maturation mainly involves chromosomal segregation, whereas cytoplasmi ...