小鼠附睾精子的显微受精

目的：建立显微受精的方法,并探讨小鼠附睾精子在显微注射进入卵母细胞后的受精能力。方法：用显微注射法把小鼠附睾头和附睾尾精子注入卵母细胞的胞质内或卵周隙进行显微受精。结果：把单个附睾尾精子注入卵细胞质中,培养后１４个存活的卵细胞中,有５个卵裂为２－细胞期胚胎;将单个附睾头精子注入卵母细胞中,有２５个存活,其中９个受精发育为２－细胞期胚胎;将附睾尾精子注入卵周隙进行带下受精,３０个存活的卵细胞中有４个     

Effects of different nuclear recipients on developmental potential of mouse somatic nuclear transfer embryos

Somatic cell nuclear transfer has been succeeded in procedures of nuclear transfer. One is single nucleartransfer, the other is serial nuclear transfer. Viable animals have been cloned in different species using both me-thods[1—6]. Different nuclear recipients and donors wereused in serial nuclear transfer, namely, transferring thenuclear of reconstructed embryo into enucleated MⅡoocytes[7], transferring the nuclear of reconstructed em-bryos at one cell stage into enucleated zygote[4] and t…     

Aberrant DNA methylation in cloned ovine embryos

By using the approach of immunofluorescence staining with an antibody against 5-methylcytosine （5MeC）, the present study detected the DNA methylation patterns of cloned ovine embryos. The embryos derived from in vitro fertilization were also examined for reference purpose. The results showed that： （1） during the preimplantation development, cloned embryos displayed a similar demethylation profile to the fertilized embryos; that is, the methylation level decreased to the lowest at 8-cell stage, and then increased again at morulae stage. However, methylation level was obviously higher in cloned embryos than in stage-matched fertilized embryos, especially at 8-cell stage and afterwards; （2） at blastocyst stage, the methylation pattern in cloned embryos was different from that in fertilized embryos. In cloned blastocyst, inner cell mass （ICM） exhibited a comparable level to trophectoderm cells （TE）, while in in-vitro fertilized blastocyst the methylation level of ICM was lower than that of TE, which is not consistent with that reported by other authors. These results indicate that DNA methylation is abnormally reprogrammed in cloned embryos, implying that aberrant DNA methylation reprogramming may be one of the factors causing cloned embryos developmental failure.     

鲈鲤胚胎发育特征观察

观察了水温（18±0．5）℃条件下,鲈鲤[Percocypris pingi pingi（ T chang ）]的胚胎发育特征。结果显示：成熟鲈鲤卵呈球形、桔黄色,为粘性卵,卵径2．2mm,卵膜遇水膨胀后,最大外膜径达3．2-3．8mm。受精卵在水温（18±0．5）℃条件下,受精2h28min后开始第1次卵裂,受精后45h23min开始形成器官,受精后126h28min孵出仔鱼。初孵仔鱼全长为10．4mm,卵黄囊大而侧扁。根据胚胎发育过程的形态特征,可将鲈鲤胚胎发育过程分为受精卵、卵裂、囊胚、原肠胚、神经胚、器官发生和出膜7个连续阶段。32个时期。     

冷藏雄鼠尸体应用于小鼠运输及意外死亡后品系恢复的可行性

目的 基于小鼠尸体4 ℃冷藏不同时长后精子的体外受精(IVF)效率,探讨低温冷藏小鼠尸体应用于小鼠运输及意外死亡后品系恢复的可行性。方法 实验组为5月龄C57BL/6 J雄鼠,脱颈处死后4 ℃冷藏24、48、72 h和96 h,取附睾尾精子IVF,对照组为正常5月龄C57BL/6 J雄鼠IVF,统计各组IVF受精率。结果 冷藏24 h后附睾尾精子具备正常受精能力,受精率为73.0%、60.0%和77.0%;48 h 组内差异大,受精率为0%、55.4%和3.2%;72 h受精率极低,受精率为3.2%、0%和1.7%;96 h 精子有活力,但无受精能力。所有受精卵均可发育至2细胞,冷藏24 h组和对照组分别移植受体妊娠率分别为60%和66%,证明4 ℃冷藏对胚胎发育无影响。结论 C57BL/6J鼠经4 ℃冷藏的附睾尾,在24 h内具备稳定的受精率,可用于小鼠运输及特殊情况品系恢复。     

Effect of monoclonal antibody to bull sperm sp18 on murine fertilization and embryos development

Western blot analysis revealed that one IgG1 monoclonal antibody (mAb) to sp18 family membrane proteins (Mr. 14, 16 and 18 ku) of bovine sperm reacted faintly with protein bands of 14, 18, 22, 30 and 60 ku (reducing) in samples of mouse sperm. The mAb also reacted to protein of egg lysozyme. Using a laser confocal microscope, indirect immunofluorescence (IIP) showed that the sp18 antigens were present in the posterior head of murine sperm. In murine in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo development trails, a total of 426 oocytes from C57BL/6 and F1 hybrid strain (CD1 × C57BL/6 cross) of 12 female mice were used in 3 independent trails. After preincubating capacitated sperm with 182 μg/mL of sp18 mAb in the modified TYH IVF medium for 15-20 min, cumulus-oocyte-complexes were introduced. The fertilization rate in sp18 mAb groups was 77.1 %, which was not significantly (P > 0.05) different from the nonspecific mouse IgG (79.2%) and non-IgG (80.3 %) control groups. Fertilized oocytes had been continuously cultured in modifed CZB medium. 100%, 100% and 97.9% of 1-cell embryos developed to 2-cell stage in sp18 mAb, nonspecific mouse IgG and non-IgG group 30 h after the start of fertilization, respectively. In the nonspecific mouse IgG and non-IgG groups, 64.1 % and 64.3% of embryos developed to the 4-cell stage, respectively, but all developing eggs in sp18 mAb groups arrested development in vitro at 2-cell stage. After zonae of 2-cell blocked embryos were enzy-matically removed with 0.5% pronase, detection of sp18 antigens by IIF indicated that the fluorescence scattered on two embryonic cells. For embryos fertilized in vivo and co-cultured with 182 μg/mL sp18 mAb, the numbers of 1-cell embryos reaching the 2-cell and 4-cell stage were 95. 2% and 70. 5%, which were not significantly (P>0.05) different from the control group (92.9% and 77.9%). These results indicate that the sp18 antigens on posterior head of mouse sperm were incorporated into the egg plasma membrane during fertilization, and played an active role in development of murine preimplanta-tion embryo.     

Transient activation of calcineurin is essential to initiate embryonic development in Xenopus laevis

At fertilization, an increase of cytosolic calcium ions (Ca2+) triggers various activation responses in animal eggs. In vertebrates, these responses include exit from metaphase arrest in meiosis II (MII exit) and cortical remodelling initiated by cortical granule exocytosis. Although the essential requirement of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II for inducing MII exit has been documented, a role of the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin in egg activation has not been investigated. Here we show, using cell-free extracts from unfertilized eggs of Xenopus laevis, that calcineurin is transiently activated immediately after Ca2+ addition to a concentration that induces MII exit. When calcineurin activation is inhibited, cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) inactivation by means of cyclin B degradation is prevented and sperm chromatin incubated in the extracts remains condensed. Similarly, if calcineurin is inhibited in intact eggs, MII exit on egg activation is prevented. In addition, the activation contraction in the cortex is suppressed whereas cortical granule exocytosis occurs. We further demonstrate that, when a high level of calcineurin activity is maintained after activation, growth of sperm asters is prevented in egg extracts and, consistently, migration of male and female pronuclei towards each other is hindered in fertilized eggs. Thus, both activation and the subsequent inactivation of calcineurin in fertilized eggs are crucial for the commencement of vertebrate embryonic development.     

Nuclear transplantation in sheep embryos

Nuclear transplantation and cell fusion techniques have proved valuable for embryological studies in several non-mammalian animal species. More recently these procedures have been used successfully in small laboratory mammals, notably the mouse, to investigate the ability of nuclei and cytoplasm from various sources to produce viable embryos when combined. The use of a similar approach to study the developmental biology of large domestic animals presents a number of technical and practical difficulties, and so far there has been no report of attempts to perform nuclear transplantation in sheep embryos. Here I describe such a procedure and its use to investigate the development of embryos in which whole blastomeres from 8- and 16-cell embryos were combined with enucleated or nucleated halves of unfertilized eggs. The procedure involves bisection of single-cell eggs in a medium containing cytochalasin; fusion of egg halves with single blastomeres, induced using Sendai virus or an electrofusion apparatus; and embedding in agar, followed by culture of the reconstituted embryos in the ligated oviducts of ewes in dioestrus. I show that fully viable embryos may be obtained by this procedure.     

小鼠精子微注射受精卵的体外发育与移植的研究

用显微注射方法,将精子注入小鼠卵母细胞卵周隙中,使精卵体外受精获得受精卵。并对精子注射后卵母细胞的成活率、受精率和受精卵的发育率以及移植后受胎率等方面进行了系统的研究,结果表明:卵子存活率为75.36％(1309/1737),其中264枚卵裂,受精率为20·17％(264/1309),卵裂卵经体外培养后有192枚发育到桑椹胚及胚泡期,发育率为72.73％(192/264)。将其中73枚(桑椹胚10枚,肛泡63枚)胚胎移植到10只假孕受体子宫中,一只受体妊娠产仔9只,仔鼠发育正常。     

中国鲎受精前后卵子中蛋白质变化的研究

利用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳技术研究了中国鲎受精前后卵子中蛋白质的变化。结论是：受精使卵中蛋白质种类减少;随着受精卵生长发育,蛋白质种类逐渐增加,至囊胚期（受精后１２天）超过未受精卵。由此可见：早期的胚胎发育主要靠母体ｍＲＮＡ及蛋白质;囊胚期后,胚胎基因组活化,合成大量新蛋白质。     

Development of reconstituted mouse eggs suggests imprinting of the genome during gametogenesis

It has been suggested that the failure of parthenogenetic mouse embryos to develop to term is primarily due to their aberrant cytoplasm and homozygosity leading to the expression of recessive lethal genes. The reported birth of homozygous gynogenetic (male pronucleus removed from egg after fertilization) mice and of animals following transplantation of nuclei from parthenogenetic embryos to enucleated fertilized eggs, is indicative of abnormal cytoplasm and not an abnormal genotype of the activated eggs. However, we and others have been unable to obtain such homozygous mice. We investigated this problem further by using reconstituted heterozygous eggs, with haploid parthenogenetic eggs as recipients for a male or female pronucleus. We report here that the eggs which receive a male pronucleus develop to term but those with two female pronuclei develop only poorly after implantation. Therefore, the cytoplasm of activated eggs is fully competent to support development to term but not if the genome is entirely of maternal origin. We propose that specific imprinting of the genome occurs during gametogenesis so that the presence of both a male and a female pronucleus is essential in an egg for full-term development. The paternal imprinting of the genome appears necessary for the normal development of the extraembryonic membranes and the trophoblast.     

Translational control of InsP3-induced chromatin condensation during the early cell cycles of sea urchin embryos

The cycles of DNA synthesis and chromatin condensation in dividing cells are controlled by signals from the cytoplasm. Changes in the concentration of free calcium (Cai) in the cytoplasm control a variety of cellular functions and it has thus been suggested that observed variations in Cai during the cell cycle may be the cytoplasmic signal that co-ordinates nuclear and cytoplasmic division. We show here that increases in Cai induced by the calcium-releasing second messenger inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (Ins(1,4,5)P3), or by calcium buffers, cause premature chromatin condensation and breakdown of the nuclear envelope in sea urchin (Lytechinus pictus) early embryos. Both natural and induced chromatin condensation are prevented by calcium chelators. The nucleus becomes sensitive to the Cai signal 45 min after fertilization, but remains insensitive if protein synthesis is prevented. Our experiments demonstrate that Cai regulates the behaviour of the nucleus during the cell cycle, suggest that Ins(1,4,5)P3 is a cell cycle messenger and indicate that there is an interaction between the protein and ionic signals that control the state of chromatin during the cell cycle.     

阻滞和非阻滞品系小鼠早胚体外培养的比较

收集阻滞品系昆明（Kunming,KM）小鼠和非阻滞品系B6C3F1小鼠受精卵,以及KM小鼠和B6C3F1小鼠交叉交配所得受精卵,进行体外培养,研究阻滞品系小鼠早胚体外发育阻滞原因。结果表明,卵母细胞内在因素对子一代早胚体外发育的能力影响较大,即体外培养是否发生2-细胞阻滞与卵母细胞有关。     

热休克诱导三倍体黄鳝的研究

采用热休克诱导方法研究了促使第二极体保留诱发三倍体黄鳝的最佳条件．在卵受精后５－６ｍｉｎ，采用４０．５℃热水处理３．５ｍｉｎ，不但能导致较高的三倍化率，而且胚胎存活率相当高，表明热休克是诱导多倍化的有效方法，需用设备简单，易于推广     

In vitro fertilization: MRC tests the climate

It is reported that Britain's Medical Research Council has published guidelines for MRC-supported research involving human embryos obtained through in vitro fertilization. In ethics committee-approved projects, researchers may use deliberately fertilized ova or, with parents' consent, fertilized ova left over from therapeutic programs. In vitro culture of human embryos is permitted only up to the implantation stage. Conditions are also set for experiments on interspecies fertilization and on freezing of embryos. Concern over physician and public reception of these guidelines has been expressed by the British Medical Association.     

国产试剂配制的培养液对小鼠早期胚胎培养效果的研究

本实验用 Whitten 的小鼠早期胚胎培养法验证了国产试剂配制培养液对小鼠早期胚胎体外培养的效果。实验表明,在用国产试剂配制的小鼠早期胚胎培养液中,2—细胞胚胎能正常发育到囊胚阶段。     

DAP 玻璃化冷冻液对小鼠2-细胞胚胎的冷冻保存

摘要: 目的探索和优化小鼠2-细胞胚胎冷冻效果,建立小鼠胚胎冷冻保存技术以及超低温保存模型动物胚胎实验室所需的相关技术。方法选择3 个品系( C57BL/6、ApoE － / －、NOS3 － / － ) SPF 级4 周龄雌性小鼠,运用超数排卵、体外受精、玻璃化冷冻法,以及二细胞期胚胎复苏、体外培养等技术方法,观察上述实验效果。结果C57BL/6、ApoE － / －、NOS3 － / － 3 个品系小鼠超数排卵平均值分别为42. 98 个/只、27. 93 个/只、23. 11 个/只,体外受精2-细胞期胚胎率分别为68. 79%、32. 70%、23. 08 %,胚胎冷冻复苏后胚胎回收率72. 77%、80. 87%、83. 33%,存活率分别为56. 92%、54. 84%、70%,存活胚胎体外培养发育到囊胚比率分别为72. 37%、60. 78%、25%。结论选择4 周龄小鼠,按预定相同的技术方法做超数排卵、体外受精、胚胎冻存、胚胎复苏,呈现出较好效果,C57BL/6 小鼠优于基因工程小鼠,基本建立起小鼠2-细胞胚胎冷冻保存技术。     

昆明小鼠胚胎移植技术的研究

目的研究不同时期胚胎对胚胎移植成功率的影响,以提高胚胎移植率。方法采用经超数排卵的KM雌鼠与正常615雄鼠交配,取受精卵,分别将1-细胞胚、2-细胞胚和桑椹胚、囊胚分别移入发情的假孕KM雌鼠的输卵管和子宫中,妊娠产仔。结果移入1-细胞胚、2-细胞胚、桑椹胚和囊胚的假孕母鼠妊娠率分别为36.36%、42.86%、10%、27.27%,产仔率分别为46.58%、38.46%、58.33%、60%。结论2-细胞胚的移植可提高小鼠的胚胎移植成功率,子宫移植可提高小鼠的产仔率。     

Reconstruction of human embryos derived from somatic cells

Reconstruction of human nuclear transfer embryos is a necessary step of therapeutic cloning. In this study we injected somatic cell nuclei into M Ⅱ oocytes and activated reconstructed oocytes with calcium ionophore A23187 (CaA) and 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP). After oocyteactivation and 2PN formation, we removed the female PN.By using this method, we avoided the application of DNA fluorescent stain and ultraviolet light for oocyte enucleation,and over elimination of ooplasm was also mitigated. Some reconstructed embryos developed into the blastocyst stage in vitro.     

PDGF signalling controls age-dependent proliferation in pancreatic β-cells

Determining the signalling pathways that direct tissue expansion is a principal goal of regenerative biology. Vigorous pancreatic β-cell replication in juvenile mice and humans declines with age, and elucidating the basis for this decay may reveal strategies for inducing β-cell expansion, a long-sought goal for diabetes therapy. Here we show that platelet-derived growth factor receptor (Pdgfr) signalling controls age-dependent β-cell proliferation in mouse and human pancreatic islets. With age, declining β-cell Pdgfr levels were accompanied by reductions in β-cell enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (Ezh2) levels and β-cell replication. Conditional inactivation of the Pdgfra gene in β-cells accelerated these changes, preventing mouse neonatal β-cell expansion and adult β-cell regeneration. Targeted human PDGFR-α activation in mouse β-cells stimulated Erk1/2 phosphorylation, leading to Ezh2-dependent expansion of adult β-cells. Adult human islets lack PDGF signalling competence, but exposure of juvenile human islets to PDGF-AA stimulated β-cell proliferation. The discovery of a conserved pathway controlling age-dependent β-cell proliferation indicates new strategies for β-cell expansion.