Aberrant allocations of inner cell mass and trophectoderm cells in bovine nuclear transfer blastocysts

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Title
Aberrant allocations of inner cell mass and trophectoderm cells in bovine nuclear transfer blastocysts
Author(s)
Deog Bon Koo; Yong Kook Kang; Young Hee Choi; Jung Sun Park; H N Kim; K B Oh; D S Son; H Park; Kyung Kwang Lee; Yong Mahn Han
Bibliographic Citation
Biology of Reproduction, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 487-492
Publication Year
2002
Abstract
Abortions of nuclear transfer (NT) embryos are mainly due to insufficient placentation. We hypothesized that the primary cause might be the aberrant allocations of two different cell lineages of the blastocyst stage embryos, the inner cell mass (ICM) and the trophectoderm (TE) cells. The potential for development of NT embryos to blastocysts was similar to that for in vitro fertilized (IVF) embryos. No difference in the total cell number was detected between NT and IVF blastocysts, but both types of embryos had fewer total cells than did in vivo-derived embryos (P < 0.05). The NT blastocysts showed a higher ratio of ICM:total cells than did IVF or in vivo-derived embryos (P < 0.05). Individual blastocysts were assigned to four subgroups (1: <20%, II: 20-40%, III: 40-60%, IV: >60%) according to the ratio of ICM:total cells. Most NT blastocysts were placed in groups III and IV, whereas most IVF and in vivo-derived blastocysts were distributed in group II. Our findings suggest that placental abnormalities or early fetal losses in the present cloning system may be due to aberrant allocations of NT embryos to the ICM and TE cells-during early development.
Keyword
developmental biologyearly developmentembryoimplantationtrophoblast
ISSN
0006-3363
Publisher
Oxford Univ Press
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod67.2.487
Type
Article
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