Effect of intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on gene expression and development of mouse preimplantation embryos
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE23009 | GEO | 2010/11/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA129915
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:Background: In vitro culture of preimplantation mouse embryos is associated with changes in gene expression. It is however not known if the method of fertilization affects the global pattern of gene expression. Method: We compared gene expression and development of mouse blastocysts produced by intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection and cultured in Whitten’s medium (ICSIWM) or KSOM medium with amino acids (ICSIKSOMaa) with control blastocysts flushed out of the uterus on post coital day 3.5 (In vivo). Global pattern of gene expression was assessed using the Affymetrix 430 2.0 chip. In addition we compared gene expression in embryos generated in IVF or ICSI using WM. Results: Blastocysts resulting from ICSI fertilization have a reduction in the number of trophoblastic and inner cell mass cells compared to in vivo generated embryos. Approximately 1000 genes are different between ICSI blastocyst and in vivo blastocysts; proliferation, apoptosis and morphogenetic pathways are the most common pathways altered after in vitro culture. Unexpectedly, only 41 genes were statistically different between embryo cultured in suboptimal conditions (WM) or optimal conditions (KSOMaa). Conclusion: The method of fertilization plays a more important role in shaping the transcriptome of the developing mouse embryo than the culture media used. 16 samples were used in 4 treatment groups (4 replicate samples per treatment)
2010-11-10 | E-GEOD-23009 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in vitro culture (IVC) in ART media causes imbalance in the blastocyst's inner cell mass (ICM)with reduction of the primitive endoderm compartment compared to non-IVC blastocystsFollowing embryo transfer (ET), these imbalances do not influence birth rates, and the postnatal effects are inconspicuous. ICSI alters gene expression in mouse embryos. Choice of embryo culture media has been correlated with birth and body growth rates in human studies. No analysis has yet been made combining ICSI and IVC in the mouse. We produced mouse concepti by ICSI followed by IVC and ET so as to mimic,at least in part, the way human embryos are produced and handled in the clinical practice. Fertilized oocytes were cultured in two sets of sequential ART media, compared with an optimized mouse medium and with the mouse oviduct. Embryos were analyzed or implanted to produce newborns. In total, 3706 fertilized mouse oocytes, 1672 blastocysts and 78 newborns were examined during the course of the study. Mice of the B6C3F1, C57Bl/6 and CD1 strains were used as oocyte donors, sperm donors and embryo recipients, respectively. B6C3F1 oocytes were fertilized by intracytoplasmic C57Bl/6 sperm injection and were allowed to cleave in HTF/MultiBlast and in ISM1/ISM2 sequential culture protocols as well as in optimized mouse medium (KSOM(aa)) and in vivo in the CD1 mouse oviduct. Cleavage and blastocyst rates were analyzed by Wilcoxon / Kruskal-Wallis test and the blastocysts were split in two subgroups:one subgroup was analyzed for cell lineage allocation and for transcriptome, the other subgroup was transferred to genital tract, allowed to develop to term and characterized for birth rate, litter size, neonatal bodyweight and behavior using ANOVA F-test and t-test. The effects of ART media on blastocyst rates exceed those of ICSI. Protein and mRNA analysis reveal that IVC has a marked effect on the primitive endoderm lineage of ICSI blastocysts. In contrast to preimplantation, birth rates after ET are indistinguishable not only among ICSI but also in comparison to non-injected controls. At birth, ICSI-IVC-ET concepti are outwardly normal and weigh the same as non-ICSI controls. Confounding effects of subfertility, lifestyle and genetic heterogeneity are reduced to a minimum in the hybrid inbred mouse model compared to human patients. Confounding effects of polyspermy and parthenogenetic activation are prevented by ICSI. There is more to ART than ICSI, IVC and ET, and only a small number of ART media were examined. Preimplantation effects of ART culture media can effectively be modeled in the mouse because the in vitro environment is suboptimal for both mouse and human. However, in the optimal uterine environment of their own species, mouse and human ART blastocysts may be supported and selected for differently, depending on species-specific features such as the kinetics of implantation and the endometrium. 14 samples were analyzed. HTF/MultiBlast: Mouse multiblastocysts in HTF medium, 3 biological rep ISM1/ISM2: Mouse blastocysts in ISM1 and ISM2 medium, 3 biological rep KSOM(aa): Mouse blastocysts in KSOM(aa) medium, 2 biological rep oviduct: Mouse oviduct, 3 biological rep micromanipulation control: Mouse micromanipulation control, 3 biological rep
2016-08-25 | E-GEOD-50193 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:With the increasing use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) for treatment of human infertility, there is an increasing requirement for embryo culture conditions that perform as similar to nature as possible. How good the match, however, cannot be tested experimentally in human. We solved the central question of how well ART culture protocols prepare embryos for postimplantation development, under the provisions of the 'mouse embryo assay' (MEA). Our side-by-side comparison of 8 conditions [i.e., 3 culture conditions (KSOM, HTF and ISDM1) plus the in vivo system in two different mouse strains (B6 and CD1)] shows that mouse embryos cultured under ART conditions are differentially primed for postimplantation development, and that certain ART protocols outperform the oviduct. The distinct performances of blastocysts formed in ART vs. oviduct do not correlate with any significant transcriptome changes, whereas protein analysis by immunoconfocal microscopy reveals differences in the allocation of embryonic cells to the three germ layers of blastocysts. We conclude that in vitro technology is not always a defective copy of nature, and that the choice of ART protocol primes the embryos for subsequent development. 22 samples were analyzed. B6KSOM: Mouse B6 background, E3.5 blastocysts in KSOM medium, 3 biological rep B6HTF: Mouse B6 background, E3.5 blastocysts in HTF medium, 3 biological rep B6ISM1: Mouse B6 background, E3.5 blastocysts in ISM1 medium, 3 biological rep B6vivo: Mouse B6 background, E3.5 blastocysts in vivo, 3 biological rep CD1KSOM: Mouse CD1 background, E3.5 blastocysts in KSOM medium, 1 biological rep CD1HTF: Mouse CD1 background, E3.5 blastocysts in HTF medium, 3 biological rep CD1ISM1: Mouse CD1 background, E3.5 blastocysts in ISM1 medium, 3 biological rep CD1vivo: Mouse CD1 background, E3.5 blastocysts in vivo, 3 biological rep
2012-05-02 | E-GEOD-31414 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in vitro culture (IVC) in ART media causes imbalance in the blastocyst's inner cell mass (ICM)with reduction of the primitive endoderm compartment compared to non-IVC blastocystsFollowing embryo transfer (ET), these imbalances do not influence birth rates, and the postnatal effects are inconspicuous. ICSI alters gene expression in mouse embryos. Choice of embryo culture media has been correlated with birth and body growth rates in human studies. No analysis has yet been made combining ICSI and IVC in the mouse. We produced mouse concepti by ICSI followed by IVC and ET so as to mimic,at least in part, the way human embryos are produced and handled in the clinical practice. Fertilized oocytes were cultured in two sets of sequential ART media, compared with an optimized mouse medium and with the mouse oviduct. Embryos were analyzed or implanted to produce newborns. In total, 3706 fertilized mouse oocytes, 1672 blastocysts and 78 newborns were examined during the course of the study. Mice of the B6C3F1, C57Bl/6 and CD1 strains were used as oocyte donors, sperm donors and embryo recipients, respectively. B6C3F1 oocytes were fertilized by intracytoplasmic C57Bl/6 sperm injection and were allowed to cleave in HTF/MultiBlast and in ISM1/ISM2 sequential culture protocols as well as in optimized mouse medium (KSOM(aa)) and in vivo in the CD1 mouse oviduct. Cleavage and blastocyst rates were analyzed by Wilcoxon / Kruskal-Wallis test and the blastocysts were split in two subgroups:one subgroup was analyzed for cell lineage allocation and for transcriptome, the other subgroup was transferred to genital tract, allowed to develop to term and characterized for birth rate, litter size, neonatal bodyweight and behavior using ANOVA F-test and t-test. The effects of ART media on blastocyst rates exceed those of ICSI. Protein and mRNA analysis reveal that IVC has a marked effect on the primitive endoderm lineage of ICSI blastocysts. In contrast to preimplantation, birth rates after ET are indistinguishable not only among ICSI but also in comparison to non-injected controls. At birth, ICSI-IVC-ET concepti are outwardly normal and weigh the same as non-ICSI controls. Confounding effects of subfertility, lifestyle and genetic heterogeneity are reduced to a minimum in the hybrid inbred mouse model compared to human patients. Confounding effects of polyspermy and parthenogenetic activation are prevented by ICSI. There is more to ART than ICSI, IVC and ET, and only a small number of ART media were examined. Preimplantation effects of ART culture media can effectively be modeled in the mouse because the in vitro environment is suboptimal for both mouse and human. However, in the optimal uterine environment of their own species, mouse and human ART blastocysts may be supported and selected for differently, depending on species-specific features such as the kinetics of implantation and the endometrium.
2016-08-25 | GSE50193 | GEO
Project description:In the field of in vitro embryo production it is generally thought that the culture media are not as good as the oviductal fluid, resulting in detrimental changes of embryonic gene expression. Yet in vitro embryo culture (IVC) is one of the pillars of the assisted reproductive technologies. Therefore, unintended effects on gene expression may impact on the health of ART babies (PMID 27554442). Granted, human ART has many more components than just the culture media, but, the practice of embryo culture superimposes with the phase of life when cellular totipotency is present - that's why embryo culture media receive special attention. Discerning what culture media do is difficult because several confounders are present, including but not limited to oocyte heterogeneity, sperm heterogeneity as well as time of fertilization. We propose to take advantage of experimentally produced parthenogenetic embryos, and thereby remove two confounders (sperm variability, time of fertilization), in order to assess the effects of specific culture media of embryonic gene expression, in the mouse model of human reproduction. After synchronous parthenogenetic activation of MII oocytes, pronuclear oocytes were cultured in parallel in ART medium vs KSOM(aa) medium. Resultant blastocysts were compared and contrasted for gene expression among the parthenotes, as well as against zygotic blastocysts.
2022-02-01 | GSE111112 | GEO
Project description:A long-standing question in developmental and reproductive biology is when the mammalian embryo becomes sufficiently distinct from its oocyte precursor. Myriads of studies examined the messenger RNAs that change during the oocyte-to-embryo transition, whereas proteins have been much less studied, in spite of their greater vicinity to phenotype. In the present study we modified the widely used embryo culture medium KSOM (PMID 12470333, PMID 10859270) to make it apt for our application. We replaced the serum albumin with polyvinylpyrrolidone and also replaced the natural Arginine and Lysine with their “heavy” isotopic variants Arginine 13C 15N and Lysine 13C 15N. Fertilized oocytes were retrieved from oviducts of gonadotropin-primed B6C3F1 females mated to CD1 males, and cultured at 37 degrees Celsius under 5% CO2 in KSOM containing 0.3 mM Arginine 13C 15N and 0.2 mM Lysine 13C 15N, which are the regular concentrations of these two amino acids in KSOM medium (PMID 12470333; PMID 10859270). After 4 days of culture, the embryos of the isotopic group had undergone blastocyst formation just like the control embryos cultured in normal medium. Samples of approx. 500 “heavy”-labeled blastocysts were collected zona-free and subjected to mass spectrometric analysis. The median labeling rate was 83%, ranging from 0% in proteins that did not incorporate any Arginine 13C 15N and Lysine 13C 15N, to 100% in proteins that were completely labeled. Our study demonstrates that a commonly used, chemically defined medium can be adapted for Stable Isotope Labeling by/with Amino acids in Cell culture (SILAC) and combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry, in a preimplantation embryo setting. This allows to tackle long-standing questions in developmental and reproductive biology, such as the identification of putative maternal (0% labeled), putative embryonic (100% labeled) or shared proteins in live mammalian embryos.
2023-10-19 | PXD035570 | Pride
Project description:With the increasing use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) for treatment of human infertility, there is an increasing requirement for embryo culture conditions that perform as similar to nature as possible. How good the match, however, cannot be tested experimentally in human. We solved the central question of how well ART culture protocols prepare embryos for postimplantation development, under the provisions of the 'mouse embryo assay' (MEA). Our side-by-side comparison of 8 conditions [i.e., 3 culture conditions (KSOM, HTF and ISDM1) plus the in vivo system in two different mouse strains (B6 and CD1)] shows that mouse embryos cultured under ART conditions are differentially primed for postimplantation development, and that certain ART protocols outperform the oviduct. The distinct performances of blastocysts formed in ART vs. oviduct do not correlate with any significant transcriptome changes, whereas protein analysis by immunoconfocal microscopy reveals differences in the allocation of embryonic cells to the three germ layers of blastocysts. We conclude that in vitro technology is not always a defective copy of nature, and that the choice of ART protocol primes the embryos for subsequent development.
2012-05-03 | GSE31414 | GEO
Project description:Blastocysts were transferred either (1) after in vivo fertilization and development (control group) or (2) after in vitro fertilization and embryo culture. Placentas were then analyzed at E10.5.
2010-06-13 | E-MEXP-2457 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of mouse embryonic stem cell lines derived from embryos cultured in optimal and suboptimal conditions compared to cell lines derived from control embryos. The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) has resulted in the birth of more than 5 million children. While children conceived by these technologies are generally healthy, there is conflicting evidence suggesting an increase in adult-onset complications like glucose intolerance and high blood pressure in IVF children. Animal models indicate similar potential risks. It remains unclear what molecular mechanisms may be operating during in vitro culture to predispose the embryo to these diseases. One of the limitations faced by investigators is the paucity of the material in the preimplantation embryo to test for molecular analysis. To address this problem, we generated mouse embryonic stem cells (mESC) from blastocysts conceived after natural mating (mESCFB) or after IVF, using optimal (KSOM + 5% O2; mESCKAA) and suboptimal (Whitten’s Medium, + 20% O2, mESCWM) conditions.
2015-03-31 | GSE63821 | GEO
Project description:Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT), which encompasses both Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS), is a form of prenatal screening done on embryos conceived through assisted reproduction techniques (ART) prior to the initiation of pregnancy to ensure that only select embryos are used for transfer. PGT is typically performed on 8-cell embryos derived from either in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) followed by extended culture. PGT requires a highly invasive embryo biopsy procedure that involves 1) incubating embryos in divalent-cation-deficient medium to disrupt cell adhesion, 2) breaching the protective zona pellucida with acid Tyrode’s, laser drilling, or mechanical force and 3) aspirating one or two blastomeres. In this study we developed a mouse model of the embryo biopsy procedure inherent to PGT to determine the effect of various aspects of the procedure (incubation in Ca2+/Mg2+-free medium (CMF), acid Tyrode’s treatment, blastomere aspiration), performed individually or in combination, on global patterns of gene expression in the resulting blastocysts. Keywords: embryo biopsy, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, blastocyst
2008-04-22 | GSE11206 | GEO