Project description:Embryonic portion of day 6.5 (E6.5) pre-streak mouse embryos. The uterus was removed from 6-day pregnant dams at 9:00 am. 5 females yielded a total of 46 embryos. We discarded embryos with signs of primitive streak or dissection damage. The remaining 38 embryos were dissected to discard the extraembryonic portion and combined to ensure sufficient number for snATACSeq Chromium pipeline.
Project description:The early stages of development of the chick embryo, leading to primitive streak formation (the start of gastrulation), have received renewed attention recently, especially for studies of the mechanisms of large-scale cell movements and those that position the primitive streak in the radial blastodisc. Over the long history of chick embryology, the terminology used to define different regions has been changing, making it difficult to relate studies to each other. To resolve this objectively requires precise definitions of the regions based on anatomical and functional criteria, along with a systematic molecular map that can be compared directly to the functional anatomy. Here, we undertake these tasks. We describe the characteristic cell morphologies (using scanning electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry for cell polarity markers) in different regions and at successive stages. RNAseq was performed for 12 regions of the blastodisc, from which a set of putative regional markers was selected. These were studied in detail by in situ hybridization. Together this provides a comprehensive resource allowing the community to define the regions unambiguously and objectively. In addition to helping with future experimental design and interpretation, this resource will also be useful for evolutionary comparisons between different vertebrate species.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE20974: Bovine pre-transfer endometrium and embryo transcriptome fingerprints as predictors of pregnancy success after embryo transfer (endometrial study) GSE21047: Bovine pre-transfer endometrium and embryo transcriptome fingerprints as predictors of pregnancy success after embryo transfer (embryo study) Refer to individual Series
Project description:In birds and mammals, all mesoderm cells are generated from the primitive streak. Nascent mesoderm cells contain unique dorso-ventral (D/V) identities depending on their relative ingression position along the streak. Molecular mechanisms controlling this initial phase of mesoderm diversification are not well-understood. Using chick model, we generated high-quality transcriptomic datasets of different streak regions and analyzed their molecular heterogeneity.
Project description:Although the landscape of epigenomic and transcriptomic regulation during human pre-implantation development has been depicted by applying single-cell sequencing, the investigation of embryonic proteome is almost unrevealed due to the insufficient input quantity from precious human embryonic samples for traditional mass spectrometry (MS). With applying the state-of-the-art ultrahigh sensitivity mass spectrometry technology and nanoliter-scale oil-air-droplet (OAD) chip, we were able to identify more than three thousand proteins in a single oocytes during human pre-implantation development. Hundreds of stage-specific proteins with significant expressional changes were classified. Many that involve important functions, such as paternal genome reprogramming or DNA methylation, were firstly identified in human embryo studies. We discovered a two peaks of “zygotic proteome activation” (ZPA) at 2-cell and morula stages, in which proteins are mainly associated with epigenetic reprogramming. Our study, for the first time, delineates a comprehensive stage-specific proteome landscape at a single-cell level. It is as well a large step of enriching the panorama of functional genomics across human pre-implantation embryo development.
Project description:The development of stem-cell-derived models of mammalian embryogenesis has provided invaluable tools for investigating embryo development. However, constructing embryo models that can continuously recapitulate the full developmental trajectory, from zygotic genome activation (ZGA) to gastrulation, remains a major challenge. Here, we developed a new chemical cocktail to induce totipotent-like cells with robust proliferation ability, and leveraged these cells to establish a stepwise protocol to generate a continuous embryo model. This model sequentially mimics mouse embryogenesis from embryonic day 1.5 to 7.5. It recapitulates key developmental milestones, including ZGA in 2-cell embryos, the diversification of embryonic and extraembryonic lineages from 4-cell to 64-cell stages, the formation of blastocysts, and the subsequent development into post-implantation egg cylinders. Notably, these structures can undergo gastrulation, as evidenced by primitive streak formation and the subsequent emergence of several hallmarks of early organogenesis. Our study opens new avenues for modeling mammalian embryogenesis in vitro.
Project description:The development of stem-cell-derived models of mammalian embryogenesis has provided invaluable tools for investigating embryo development. However, constructing embryo models that can continuously recapitulate the full developmental trajectory, from zygotic genome activation (ZGA) to gastrulation, remains a major challenge. Here, we developed a new chemical cocktail to induce totipotent-like cells with robust proliferation ability, and leveraged these cells to establish a stepwise protocol to generate a continuous embryo model. This model sequentially mimics mouse embryogenesis from embryonic day 1.5 to 7.5. It recapitulates key developmental milestones, including ZGA in 2-cell embryos, the diversification of embryonic and extraembryonic lineages from 4-cell to 64-cell stages, the formation of blastocysts, and the subsequent development into post-implantation egg cylinders. Notably, these structures can undergo gastrulation, as evidenced by primitive streak formation and the subsequent emergence of several hallmarks of early organogenesis. Our study opens new avenues for modeling mammalian embryogenesis in vitro.
Project description:The aberrant gene expression in the uterine endometrium and embryo has been the major causes of pregnancy failure in cattle. Therefore, selecting cows having adequate endometrial receptivity and embryos of better developmental competence based on the gene expression could increase the number of calves produced by each cow during its productive life time. We used endometrial and embryo biopsy technology in conjunction with the pregnancy outcome information to establish a direct link between the pre-transfer endometrial or in vivo derived embryo gene expression and pregnancy outcome after embryo transfer. Endometrial samples were collected from Simmental heifers at day 7 and 14 of the estrous cycle, one cycle prior to embryo transfer. In the next cycle, embryo biopsies consisting of 60-70% of inner cell mass and trophectoderm were transferred to the recipients at day 7 of the estrous cycle. The remaining 30-40% parts of the embryos were retained for analysis.Pregnancy diagnosis was performed at days 28 and 42 by ultrasonography and at day 56 by rectal palpation. Those heifers returned to heat at day 21 were considered as non pregnant or non receptive endometrium (NP) while those heifers ended up with successful pregnancy and calf delivery was considered as the calf delivery group or receptive endometrium (CD). Following this, the endometrial samples collected during the pre-transfer period and the embryo biopsies retained during embryo transfer were categorized based on the pregnancy outcome. Those endometrial biopsies collected at days 7 and 14 of the estrous cycle from heifers resulted in successful calf delivery were designated as CDd7 and CDd14, respectively and endometrial biopsies taken at days 7 and 14 of the estrous cycle from those subsequently resulted in no pregnancy were designated as NPd7 and NPd14, respectively. Similarly, the embryo biopsies were classified as those embryo biopsies resulted in successful calf delivery and those resulted in no pregnancy
Project description:Rice black streak dwarf virus (RBSDV) is the causal agent of rice black streak dwarf disease which causes severe loss of rice yield in Asia countries. In this study, we have analyzed the relationship between symptom and host gene responses by RBSDV infection.