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Rabel RAC, Marchioretto PV, Bangert EA, Wilson K, Milner DJ, Wheeler MB. Pre-Implantation Bovine Embryo Evaluation-From Optics to Omics and Beyond. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:2102. [PMID: 37443900 DOI: 10.3390/ani13132102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Approximately 80% of the ~1.5 million bovine embryos transferred in 2021 were in vitro produced. However, only ~27% of the transferred IVP embryos will result in live births. The ~73% pregnancy failures are partly due to transferring poor-quality embryos, a result of erroneous stereomicroscopy-based morphological evaluation, the current method of choice for pre-transfer embryo evaluation. Numerous microscopic (e.g., differential interference contrast, electron, fluorescent, time-lapse, and artificial-intelligence-based microscopy) and non-microscopic (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and nuclear magnetic resonance) methodologies have been tested to find an embryo evaluation technique that is superior to morphologic evaluation. Many of these research tools can accurately determine embryo quality/viability; however, most are invasive, expensive, laborious, technically sophisticated, and/or time-consuming, making them futile in the context of in-field embryo evaluation. However accurate they may be, using complex methods, such as RNA sequencing, SNP chips, mass spectrometry, and multiphoton microscopy, at thousands of embryo production/collection facilities is impractical. Therefore, future research is warranted to innovate field-friendly, simple benchtop tests using findings already available, particularly from omics-based research methodologies. Time-lapse monitoring and artificial-intelligence-based automated image analysis also have the potential for accurate embryo evaluation; however, further research is warranted to innovate economically feasible options for in-field applications.
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- R A Chanaka Rabel
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Effects of EGF and melatonin on gene expression of cumulus cells and further in vitro embryo development in bovines. ZYGOTE 2022; 30:600-610. [DOI: 10.1017/s0967199421000940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Despite previous research demonstrating the benefits of including growth factors and antioxidants to maturation medium to support embryo production, to date the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and melatonin (Mel) on oocyte competency has not been studied. This study supplemented in vitro maturation (IVM) medium with EGF (10 ng/ml) and Mel (50 ng/ml) alone, or in combination, and evaluated cumulus cell (CC) gene expression and the development and quality of parthenogenetic blastocysts. No differences in CC gene expression levels indicative of developmental potential were found among the treatment groups. Antioxidant gene CuZnSOD was significantly (P < 0.05) decreased in CCs from the Mel group. Moreover, blastocyst rates on day 7 were significantly increased in EGF or Mel (P < 0.05), but not EGF+Mel. Significant decrease (P < 0.05) in GPX1, CuZnSOD, SLC2A1 and HSPA1A (P = 0.07) mRNA levels was observed in blastocysts from the Mel group. OCT4 gene expression was significantly increased (P < 0.05) in EGF+Mel and confirmed using immunofluorescence. Our results indicate that, despite the lack of changes of competence-related genes in CCs, IVM medium supplemented with Mel improved the culture environment sufficiently, resulting in improved blastocysts. Moreover, EGF and Mel combined during maturation increased OCT4 gene and protein expression in blastocysts, indicating its potential for stem cells.
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Funeshima N, Noguchi T, Onizawa Y, Yaginuma H, Miyamura M, Tsuchiya H, Iwata H, Kuwayama T, Hamano S, Shirasuna K. The transfer of parthenogenetic embryos following artificial insemination in cows can enhance pregnancy recognition via the secretion of interferon tau. J Reprod Dev 2019; 65:443-450. [PMID: 31378757 PMCID: PMC6815739 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2019-026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Repeat breeding is a reproductive disorder in cattle. Embryo transfer following artificial insemination (AI) improves pregnancy rate by replenishing interferon tau (IFNT), but it results in a notably higher rate of twin occurrence. This study hypothesized that parthenogenetic (PA) embryo transfer following AI (AI + PA) could improve the conception rate because that PA embryo become as a supplemental source of IFNT without twins. PA embryos showed higher IFNT mRNA expression than in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos. An examination of the effect of the cultured conditioned media (CM) of PA or IVF embryos on Madin-Darby bovine kidney cells with stably introduced promoter-reporter constructs of interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15, marker of IFN response) showed higher stimulation levels of ISG15 promoter activity with PA than with IVF embryo. We investigated in vivo the effect of AI + PA on healthy Japanese Black cattle. Cattle transferred with PA embryo alone were non-fertile, but those that underwent AI + PA showed a pregnancy rate of 53.3%, the similar as that with AI alone (60%). In pregnant cattle in AI + PA group, adding the PA embryo upregulated the expression of ISGs and plasma progesterone concentration. No twin were generated in AI only and AI + PA groups. Using repeat breeding Holstein cows that did not become pregnant with 4-9 times of AI, transfer of PA embryo following AI resulted in a higher pregnancy rate than that of control (AI only). We suggest that AI + PA may be beneficial for improving maternal pregnancy recognition in repeat breeder cattle while avoiding twin generation.
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- Natsumi Funeshima
- Department of Animal Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa 243-0034, Japan
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- University Farm, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Shizuoka 418-0109, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa 243-0034, Japan
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- Animal Bio-Technology Center, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan Inc., Tokyo 135-0041, Japan
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- Animal Bio-Technology Center, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan Inc., Tokyo 135-0041, Japan
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- Animal Bio-Technology Center, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan Inc., Tokyo 135-0041, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa 243-0034, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa 243-0034, Japan
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- Animal Bio-Technology Center, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan Inc., Tokyo 135-0041, Japan.,Maebashi Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan Inc., Gunma 371-0121, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa 243-0034, Japan
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In-vitro development of vitrified–warmed bovine oocytes after activation may be predicted based on mathematical modelling of cooling and warming rates during vitrification, storage and sample removal. Reprod Biomed Online 2018; 36:500-507. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Goissis MD, Cibelli JB. Functional Characterization of SOX2 in Bovine Preimplantation Embryos1. Biol Reprod 2014; 90:30. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Singh R, Kumar K, Mahapatra PS, Kumar M, Agarwal P, Bhure SK, Malakar D, Bhanja SK, Bag S. Microarray analysis of gene expression in parthenotes and in vitro-derived goat embryos. Theriogenology 2014; 81:854-60. [PMID: 24507961 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 12/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The present work was carried out to investigate the global gene expression profile to search differentially expressed candidate transcripts between parthenogenetic and in vitro-fertilized (IVF) caprine morula. For this study, total RNA was isolated from diploid parthenogenetic and IVF embryos, and complementary DNA was synthesized. Microarray and relative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis were performed to check global gene expression profile and validation, respectively. According to the microarray analysis, the total number of upregulated (UR) and downregulated (DR) genes was 613 and 220, respectively in diploid parthenogenetic morula as compared with IVF morula. The number of genes showing about two-, two- to five-, five- to 10-, 10- to 20-, and above 20-fold UR and DR genes was 147, 229, 122, 59, and 56 and 94, 73, 18, 13, and 22, respectively. Five UR genes validated (PTEN, PHF3, CTNNB1, SELK, and NPDC1) and all of them were significantly higher in parthenotes, which was in accordance with microarray results, whereas the expression of DR (AURKC and KLF15) genes were downregulated in parthenotes as observed in microarray results but the difference was not significant (P < 0.05). In conclusion, our findings demonstrate differential expression of a large number of genes in parthenotes compared with IVF embryos, which may be the reason for aberrant parthenogenetic embryo development in caprine species.
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- Renu Singh
- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Reproductive Physiology Lab, Division of Physiology & Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Gohin M, Fournier E, Dufort I, Sirard MA. Discovery, identification and sequence analysis of RNAs selected for very short or long poly A tail in immature bovine oocytes. Mol Hum Reprod 2013; 20:127-38. [PMID: 24233545 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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A major challenge in applying genomics to oocyte physiology is that many RNAs are present but will not be translated into proteins, making it difficult to draw conclusions from RNAseq and array data. Oocyte maturation and early embryo development rely on maternal storage of specific RNAs with a short poly(A) tail, which must be elongated for translation. To resolve the role of key genes during that period, we aimed to characterize both extremes of mRNA: deadenylated RNA and long polyA tails mRNA population in immature bovine oocytes. Using magnetic beads coupled to oligodT, we isolated deadenylated (A-, 20-50 adenosines) from polyadenylated (A+, up to 200 adenosines) RNAs. After transcriptomic analysis, we observed that A+ candidates are associated with short-term processes required for immediate cell survival (translation or protein transport) or meiotic resumption, while several A- candidates are involved in processes (chromatin modification, gene transcription and post-transcriptional modifications) that will be extremely important in the development of the early embryo. In addition to a list of candidates probably translated early or late, sequence analysis revealed that cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) and U(3)GU(3) were enriched in A- sequences. Moreover, a motif associated with polyadenylation signals (MAPS, U(5)CU(2)) appeared to be enriched in 3'untranslated regions (UTR) with CPE or U(3)GU(3) sequences in bovine but also in zebrafish and Xenopus tropicalis. To further validate our methodology, we measured specific tail length of known candidates (AURKA, PTTG1, H2A1) but also determined the poly(A) tail length of other candidate RNAs (H3F3A, H1FOO, DAZAP2, ATF1, ATF2, KAT5, DAZL, ELAVL2). In conclusion, we have reported a methodology to isolate deadenylated from polyadenylated RNAs in samples with small total RNA quantities such as mammals. Moreover, we identified deadenylated RNAs in bovine oocytes that may be stored for the long-term process of early embryo development and described a conserved motif enriched in the 3'UTR of deadenylated RNAs.
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- Maella Gohin
- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Faculté des Sciences de L'Agriculture et de L'Alimentation, Département des Sciences Animales, 2440 Bl. Hochelaga, Pavillon INAF, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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Naturil-Alfonso C, Saenz-de-Juano MDD, Peñaranda DS, Vicente JS, Marco-Jiménez F. Transcriptome profiling of rabbit parthenogenetic blastocysts developed under in vivo conditions. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51271. [PMID: 23251477 PMCID: PMC3522381 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Parthenogenetic embryos are one attractive alternative as a source of embryonic stem cells, although many aspects related to the biology of parthenogenetic embryos and parthenogenetically derived cell lines still need to be elucidated. The present work was conducted to investigate the gene expression profile of rabbit parthenote embryos cultured under in vivo conditions using microarray analysis. Transcriptomic profiles indicate 2541 differentially expressed genes between parthenotes and normal in vivo fertilised blastocysts, of which 76 genes were upregulated and 16 genes downregulated in in vivo cultured parthenote blastocyst, using 3 fold-changes as a cut-off. While differentially upregulated expressed genes are related to transport and protein metabolic process, downregulated expressed genes are related to DNA and RNA binding. Using microarray data, 6 imprinted genes were identified as conserved among rabbits, humans and mice: GRB10, ATP10A, ZNF215, NDN, IMPACT and SFMBT2. We also found that 26 putative genes have at least one member of that gene family imprinted in other species. These data strengthen the view that a large fraction of genes is differentially expressed between parthenogenetic and normal embryos cultured under the same conditions and offer a new approach to the identification of imprinted genes in rabbit.
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Animal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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