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Gao, Y., L. Cheng, G. Su, Z. Wei, and G. Li. "55 STUDY ON THE INTERSPECIFIC NUCLEAR TRANSFER OF PRZEWALSKI'S GAZELLES AND BOVINES." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 25, no. 1 (2013): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv25n1ab55.

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Przewalski’s gazelle (Procapra przewalskii), also known as Platts antelope, is an endangered species only found in China. It belongs to the Artiodactyla order, Bovidae family, antelope subfamily, and Gazella genus. In this study, 5 experiments were designed to examine the developmental potential of Przewalski’s gazelle somatic cells transplanted into bovine enucleated oocytes. Enucleation was conducted by Hoechst 33342 staining of the oocytes and guided by a fluorescent microscope to ensure the removal of the nuclei. The gazelle cells were then transferred to the enucleated oocytes and electrically fused to reconstructed embryos. The study resulted in 5 major findings. (1) When gazelle-bovine reconstructed embryos were treated with the deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid (VPA), at different concentrations and for different times, treatment of the cloned embryos with VPA at 0.5 mM for 24 h significantly increased the 8- to 16-cell-stage embryo development [61.9% (96/155) v. 33.8% (46/136) control]. However, the morula [1.3% (2/155) v. 1.5% (2/155); P > 0.05] and blastocyst (0.7% v. 1.5%; P > 0.05) development were similar to that of the control. In the intraspecific (bovine-bovine) control group, the cleavage, morula and blastocyst development of 3 cloned embryos were 72.6% (127/175), 28.0% (49/175), and 23.4% (41/175). (2) Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct-4), as a developmental potential and expression marker, was transfected to gazelle cells. When Oct-4-eGFP-confected cells were transferred, the cloned embryo development did not improve either with or without VPA treatment. (3) When the gazelle-bovine embryos were treated with the deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) for 24 h at 10 ng mL–1, blastocyst development was significantly higher than in the control group [3.6% (6/168) v. 0.8% (1/125); P < 0.05]. (4) When a reverse NT protocol, in which the oocyte nucleus was removed after the cell nucleus was fused to the oocyte, was used for NT, the cloned embryo development did not improve. (5) The gazelle-bovine and bovine-bovine cloned embryos at 8- to 16-cell stages, gazelle cells, bovine cells, and bovine oocytes transcriptomes were analyzed by Affymetrix microarray (Affymetrix Microarray Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) and repeated twice. A total of 643 genes were activated in gazelle-cattle embryos compared with oocytes, whereas 1527 genes were activated in bovine-bovine clones. A total of 1010 genes that were exclusively expressed in gazelle somatic cells were still expressed in the interspecies cloned embryos. In conclusion, TSA treatment of Przewalski’s gazelle somatic cells transferred into enucleated bovine oocytes improved development of cloned embryos to the blastocyst stage, although still with low efficiency. Data from microarray analyses of the gazelle-cattle embryos showed that over 1000 gazelle-specific genes were still expressed in the interspecific cloned embryos. This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (no. 2012CB22306).
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Duszewska, Anna Maria, Magdalena Baraniewicz-Kołek, Jarosław Wojdan, Katarzyna Barłowska, Wojciech Bielecki, Paweł Gręda, Wojciech Niżański, and Wanda Olech. "Establishment of a Wisent (Bison bonasus) Germplasm Bank." Animals 12, no. 10 (May 11, 2022): 1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12101239.

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The wisent, or European bison (Bison bonasus), belongs to the same family (Bovidae) as the American bison and domestic cattle. The wisent is the largest mammal in Europe, and is called the “Forest Emperor”. The wisent is listed as “Vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List, and is protected by international law. Achievements in reproductive biotechnology have opened new possibilities for the cryoconservation of the wisent germplasm. Therefore, this research aimed to improve a strategy for the protection and preservation of the European bison through the creation of a wisent germplasm bank, based on the following procedures: isolation and in vitro maturation (IVM) of oocytes, in vitro fertilization (IVF) of matured oocytes, in vitro embryo culture (IVC), and embryo cryopreservation. Wisent ovaries were isolated from females outside the reproductive season, and eliminated from breeding for reasons other than infertility. Cumulus–oocyte complexes (COCs) were isolated from follicles greater than 2 mm in diameter and matured for 24 h and 30 h. After IVM, COCs were fertilized in vitro with wisent sperm. The obtained wisent zygotes, based on oocytes matured for 24 h and 30 h, were cultured for 216 h. Embryos at the morula and early blastocyst stages were vitrified and then warmed and transferred to interspecies recipients (Bos taurus). USG and biochemical tests were used to monitor pregnancies. This study obtained embryos in the morula and early blastocyst stages only after oocytes were fertilized and matured for 30 h. On average, per oocyte donor, 12.33 ± 0.5 COCs were isolated, and only 9.33 ± 0.61 COCs were qualified for in vitro maturation (75.68%), while 9.16 ± 0.48 COCs were matured (84.32%). On average, per donor, 5.5 ± 0.34 embryos were cleaved (59.96%) after 48 h post-fertilization (hpf), and 3.33 ± 0.21 achieved the eight-cell stage (36.52%) after 96 hpf, while 1 ± 0.21 morula and early blastocyst stages (10.71%) were achieved after 216 hpf. A total of six embryos (one morula and five early blastocysts) were obtained and vitrified; after warming, five of them were interspecies transferred to cattle (Bos taurus). On day 41 after fertilization, 3 out of 5 pregnancies were detected based on USG, P4, and PAG tests. However, no pregnancy was observed on day 86 after fertilization, indicating embryo resorption. This study shows that obtaining wisent embryos in vitro, and subsequent cryopreservation to create a wisent embryo bank, can be applied and implemented for the wisent protection program.
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Krisher, R., A. Auer, K. Clark, K. Emsweller, S. Rogers, K. Thomas, F. Chatiza, and P. Bartels. "246 IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF SPRINGBOK (ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS) EMBRYOS." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 19, no. 1 (2007): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv19n1ab246.

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The objective of this experiment was to develop in vitro embryo production (IVP) technologies in springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis), a southern African antelope. Springbok, a fairly common species on game farms in parts of South Africa, may be used as a model species for gamete rescue and IVP techniques to be applied to the conservation of other threatened antelope species. Springbok belong to the family bovidae, subfamily antilopinae, tribe antilopini, which comprises about twenty species in genera Gazella, Antilope, Procapra, Antidorcas, Litocranius, and Ammodorcas. In this tribe alone, there are 4 species or subspecies that are critically endangered, 3 that are endangered, and 10 that are considered vulnerable, demonstrating the need for antelope conservation efforts. In addition, our studies contributed to the South African biological resource bank, so that banked springbok semen and embryos might be used in the future for managed genetic contribution to isolated captive or wild populations via assisted reproductive technologies. Oocytes were recovered (3 replicates) from ovaries obtained at supervised culls for management purposes in South Africa, and cultured in defined Gmat or undefined TCM-199 with FCS maturation medium for 28-30 h (Brad et al. 2004 Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 16, 223). Oocytes were fertilized with frozen-thawed springbok epididymal spermatozoa in modified SOF fertilization medium with caffeine (Herrick et al. 2004 Biol. Reprod. 71, 948–958). Eighteen hours after insemination, a randomly selected subset of the zygotes were fixed to determine fertilization success. The remaining zygotes were cultured in G1/G2 media. On Day 7 of culture, embryos were analyzed for development to the morula or blastocyst stage. A total of 259 selected oocytes were collected from 50 females (5.2 selected oocytes/female on average). There was no difference in the percentage of oocytes normally fertilized (2 pronuclei, PN) between oocytes matured in Gmat (n= 43; 12%) and those matured in TCM-199 (n= 42; 10%). There were significantly (P &lt; 0.05) more oocytes penetrated (e2 PN) when matured in TCM (50%) compared to Gmat (23%). There were no differences in embryonic cleavage or morula/blastocyst development (of total oocytes inseminated) between treatments (Gmat,n= 89, 54%, 9.0%; TCM-199, n= 85, 68%, 9.4%, respectively). In both treatments, the average blastocyst grade was 2.125 using the standard bovine grading system (Curtis, Cattle Embryo Transfer Procedure, 1991). In conclusion, in vitro oocyte maturation, fertilization, and embryo culture to the blastocyst stage is possible in springbok. Importantly, blastocysts can be produced in vitro under semi-defined conditions, demonstrating that oocyte maturation without serum does support developmental competence. This is important for the potential international movement of IVP embryos to be used for genetic management in the conservation of antelope species.
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Farrar, N. C., M. E. Staines, G. J. McCallum, P. Haggarty, J. J. Robinson, and T. G. McEvoy. "Effects of serum or fatty acid supplementation of synthetic oviduct fluid medium on development of bovine embryosin vitro." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science 1999 (1999): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1752756200002179.

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Serum, which is routinely included in many embryo culture media, can decrease the viability of bovine and ovine embryos produced in cultures employing synthetic oviduct fluid (SOF; Kuran et al., 1999) and represents a possible route for transmission of disease. Alternative approaches include the use of chemically defined culture media but results from studies which avoid sera and its derivatives (e.g., albumin) are generally less favourable due to a lack of knowledge regarding the embryo's response to specific nutrients, most notably fatty acids. As a preliminary step towards investigating fatty acid influences on bovine embryo developmentin vitro, the present study examined the effect of adding palmitic acid (C16:0) to SOF plus bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the performance of this semi-defined culture medium and contrasted it with embryo production in SOF supplemented with serum.
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Wang, Shujuan, Baoru Liu, Wenju Liu, Yao Xiao, Hualin Zhang, and Liguo Yang. "The effects of melatonin on bovine uniparental embryos developmentin vitroand the hormone secretion of COCs." PeerJ 5 (July 7, 2017): e3485. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3485.

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Melatonin is a unique multifunctional molecule that mediates reproductive functions in animals. In this study, we investigated the effects of melatonin on bovine parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryonic development, oocyte maturation, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryos and cumulus—oocyte complexes (COCs) hormone secretion with melatonin supplementation at four concentrations (0, 10, 20, and 30 pmol/mL), respectively. The results showed that melatonin significantly promoted the rates of bovine parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryonic cleavage and morula and blastocysts development (P < 0.05). The rate of cleavage was higher in the androgenetic embryo than that in the parthenogenetic embryo. Compared with the parthenogenetic embryos, the androgenetic embryos had a poor developmental competence from morula to blastocyst stage. Moreover, the levels of ROS were significantly lower in the parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryoes with melatonin-treated group than that of the control group (P < 0.05). Melatonin supplemented significantly increased the maturation rate of oocytein vitro(P < 0.05). More importantly, melatonin significantly promoted the secretion of progesterone and estradiol by COCs (P < 0.05). To reveal the regulatory mechanism of melatonin on steroids synthesis, we found that steroidogenic genes (CYP11A1, CYP19A1andStAR) were upregulated, suggesting that melatonin regulated estradiol and progesterone secretion through mediating the expression of steroidogenic genes (CYP11A1,CYP19A1andStAR). In addition, MT1 and MT2 were identified in bovine early parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryos using western blot. It could be concluded that melatonin had beneficial effects on bovine oocytein vitromaturation, COC hormone secretion, early development of subsequent parthenogenetic and androgenetic embryos. It is inferred that melatonin could be used to enhance the efficiency ofin vitrodeveloped embryos.
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Wells, Cara, Anders Wiik, John Hanks, Amir Zavareh, and Russell Killingsworth. "Embryo Morphokinetic Activity Evident in Short Videos of In Vitro Bovine Embryos." Dairy 3, no. 4 (November 23, 2022): 849–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dairy3040058.

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Embryo transfer (ET) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) are increasing in use by dairy producers as a means to breed their animals as these assisted reproductive techniques can optimize the genetics of the dairy breed or enable “beef on dairy” programs to increase the profitability of the dairy. Due to the advantages of ET and IVF, it is anticipated that their use will continue to increase despite the status of underwhelmingly low pregnancy outcomes. Pregnancy rates of bovine ET/IVF remain below 56%, with many dairy producers implementing beef on dairy programs reporting pregnancy to be lower than 23%. The inability to objectively evaluate embryo health prior to transfer into a recipient is a contributing factor to this problem as 20% of transferred embryos are inviable at the time of transfer and have little chance of establishing a pregnancy. The objective of this research was to evaluate bovine embryo real-time morphokinetic activity based on 30 s video recordings of day 7.5 morulas and correlate morphokinetic activity to developmental outcomes. Eighty-eight embryos were recorded in standard embryo culture conditions with an SMZ-1000 Stereo zoom microscope and TE-300 Nikon inverted microscope. The difference in the embryo’s morphokinetic activity was measured frame-by-frame and correlated to embryo hatching outcomes. It was found that embryos with lower morphokinetic activity demonstrated higher hatching rates and developmental outcomes, suggesting measurement of embryo morphokinetic activity is a noninvasive and non-subjective method to evaluate embryo competency prior to transfer and can be used to improve the reproductive efficiency and profitability of IVF/ET of dairy cattle.
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Yaacobi-Artzi, Shira, Dorit Kalo, and Zvi Roth. "Association between the morphokinetics of in-vitro-derived bovine embryos and the transcriptomic profile of the derived blastocysts." PLOS ONE 17, no. 10 (October 26, 2022): e0276642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276642.

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The time-lapse system is a non-invasive method that enables a continuous evaluation through embryo development. Here, we examined the association between the morphokinetics of the developing embryo and the transcriptomic profile of the formed blastocysts. Bovine oocytes were matured and fertilized in vitro; then, the putative zygotes were cultured in an incubator equipped with a time-lapse system. Based on the first-cleavage pattern, embryos were categorized as normal or abnormal (68.5±2.2 and 31.6±2.3%, respectively; P<0.001). A cleaved embryo was defined as normal when it first cleaved into two equal blastomeres; it was classified as synchronous or asynchronous according to its subsequent cleavages. An abnormal pattern was defined as direct, unequal, or reverse cleavage. Direct cleavage was classified as division from one cell directly into three or more blastomeres; unequal cleavage was classified as division that resulted in asymmetrically sized blastomeres; and reverse cleavage of the first division was classified as reduced number of blastomeres from two to one. Of the normally cleaving embryos, 60.2±3.1% underwent synchronous cleavage into 4, 8, and 16 blastomeres, and 39.7±3.1% cleaved asynchronously (P<0.001). The blastocyte formation rate was lower for the synchronously vs. the asynchronously cleaved embryos (P<0.03). The abnormally cleaved embryos showed low competence to develop to blastocysts, relative to the normally cleaved embryos (P<0.001). Microarray analysis revealed 895 and 643 differentially expressed genes in blastocysts that developed from synchronously and asynchronously cleaved embryos, respectively, relative to those that developed from directly cleaved embryos. The genes were related to the cell cycle, cell differentiation, metabolism, and apoptosis. About 180 differentially expressed genes were found between the synchronously vs. the asynchronously cleaved embryos, related to metabolism and the apoptosis mechanism. We provide the first evidence indicating that an embryo’s morphokinetics is associated with the transcriptome profile of the derived blastocyst, which might be practically relevant for the embryo transfer program.
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Choe, C. Y., S. R. Cho, J. K. Son, S. H. Choi, C. Y. Cho, J. B. Kim, S. J. Kim, D. Kang, and D. S. Son. "145 CHANGES IN OXYGEN COMSUMPTION RATES OF EMBRYOS IN KOREAN CATTLE." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 22, no. 1 (2010): 231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv22n1ab145.

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Oxygen consumption has been regarded as a useful indicator for assessment of mammalian embryo quality. This study was carried out to identify whether oxygen consumption rates measured in bovine embryos using SECM can be used as a standard criteria to evaluate bovine embryo quality. Oxygen consumption of bovine embryos at various developmental stages was measured and analyzed using SECM and ANOVA analysis, respectively. We found that the oxygen consumption significantly increased in blastocyst-stage embryos compared to other stage embryos (from 2-cell stage to morula stage), indicating that oxygen consumption reflects the cell number (5.2-7.6 × 1014 mol-1 s-1 v. 1.2-2.4 × 1014 mol-1 s-1, P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between 2-cell-stage embryos and 8-cell-stage embryos. In the morula-stage embryos, the oxygen consumption of in vivo derived embryos was significantly higher than that of in vitro produced embryos (4.0 × 1014 mol-1 s-1 v. 2.4 × 1014 mol-1 s-1, P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in consumption of oxygen by in vivo and in vitro derived bovine blastocyst-stage embryos (P > 0.05). Good-quality embryos with grade 1 or 2 showed significantly higher oxygen consumption than grade 3 or 4 embryos. These results showed that SECM could measure oxygen consumption in bovine embryos and the oxygen consumption could reflect embryonic development stage and embryo quality.
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Suwik, Katarzyna, Emilia Sinderewicz, Dorota Boruszewska, Ilona Kowalczyk-Zięba, Joanna Staszkiewicz-Chodor, Krzysztof Łukaszuk, and Izabela Wocławek-Potocka. "mRNA Expression and Role of PPARγ and PPARδ in Bovine Preimplantation Embryos Depending on the Quality and Developmental Stage." Animals 10, no. 12 (December 10, 2020): 2358. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10122358.

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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), a nuclear receptors for prostacyclin (PGI2) have been recognized as being essential for early embryo development. The objectives of the present study were to determine if the bovine early- and late-cleaved embryos in different stages of early development express PPARγ and PPARδ. Since embryo developmental competence depends on numerous biological factors, we evaluated if the expression of PPARγ and PPARδ correlate with selected embryo quality markers (SOX2, OCT4, PLAC8, IGF1R) in the in vitro produced embryos at different stages of their development. Developmental rates and embryo quality for early- and late-cleaved embryos were provided according to International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS; developmental stages: 2-, 4-, 16-cell embryo, morula, blastocyst (1—early, 2—developing, 3—expanded, 4—hatched); quality stages: A—high quality, B—moderate quality, C—low quality). We found that bovine embryos expressed mRNA of PPARδ and PPARγ at all stages of early development, independently of their quality. In addition, the expression of PPARδ and PPARγ correlated with the expression of quality markers in bovine blastocysts. Positive correlations were stronger and more frequent in the group of early-cleaved embryos, whereas the negative correlations were typical for the group of late-cleaved embryos. Obtained results and available literature reports may indicate the participation of PGI2, via PPARδ and PPARγ, in the processes related to the early embryo development, through the participation of this factor in the modulation of blastocyst hatching, implantation, and post-implantation development.
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Lopes, A. S., N. Ramsing, L. H. Larsen, M. Räty, J. Peippo, T. Greve, and H. Callesen. "2 CORRELATION BETWEEN OXYGEN RESPIRATION RATES AND MORPHOLOGY, SEX, DIAMETER AND DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF SINGLE BOVINE IVP-EMBRYOS." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 17, no. 2 (2005): 151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rdv17n2ab2.

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A simple, non-invasive, rapid and sensitive oxygen microsensor system was developed to investigate correlations between oxygen respiration rates of individual bovine embryos and their morphology, sex, diameter and developmental stage. Bovine IVP-embryos (n = 78; Holm et al. Theriogenology 52, 683–700) were analysed around the 8-cell stage (Day 3; n = 18) and at various blastocyst stages (Day 7; n = 60). Each embryo was morphologically evaluated, its outer diameter measured and was then loaded into a glass tube (i.d. 0.68 mm, length 3 mm). After 1 h, oxygen concentration gradients generated by the embryo’s respiration were measured over app. 8 min with an oxygen microelectrode (www.unisense.com). Five embryos were measured in one round together with an empty tube as control. The procedure was repeated twice for each embryo with app. 1 h interval. Individual respiration rates in nL O2/embryo/h (nL/h) were calculated from these gradients. The measurements were performed at 38.5°C under constant flow of humidified 5% CO2 in air (app. 19% O2). After this, 64 embryos (14 Day 3; 50 Day 7) were lysed for sex diagnosis by PCR. Values are given as mean ± SD. The sensitivity of the oxygen measurement system was high (controls: 0.034 ± 0.035 nL/h, n = 15) and its repeatability from 1st to 2nd measurement was 99.7 ± 9.8% (n = 71). The average embryo respiration rate was 0.39 ± 0.05 nLl/h on Day 3 (n = 18) and 1.31 ± 0.52 nLl/h on Day 7 (n = 60). For Day 7 embryos, the respiration rates varied according to their morphological quality, being 1.87 ± 0.46a (n = 18), 1.17 ± 0.32b (n = 23), 0.95 ± 0.27b,c (n = 14) and 0.72 ± 0.24c (n = 4) nL/h for quality 1, 2, 3, and 4 embryos, respectively (Proc Mixed,a,b,c: P < 0.05; values with different superscripts differ significantly). The sex ratio (male:female) was 9:5 (Day 3) and 32:18 (Day 7), and on Day 7 this ratio varied between qualities: 11:2, 12:8, 8:4, and 1:3 for quality 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. The average respiration rate on day 3 was the same for males and females, as it was on day 7 (1.22 ± 0.43 nL/h (females) and 1.31 ± 0.58 nL/h (males), P > 0.05). There was a correlation between embryo diameter and respiration rate (r2 = 0.65, n = 74), which was even stronger for Day 7 male embryos (r2 = 0.72, n = 32). In conclusion, a highly reliable, repeatable and sensitive system was established for measuring respiration rates in single bovine embryos, even at early developmental stages. The respiration rate was lower on day 3 compared to Day 7 embryos, and it was correlated with the morphological embryo quality on Day 7. Oxygen consumption could be a valuable supplementary indicator of embryo viability, especially in difficult evaluations (e.g. quality 2 and 3 after IVP). It remains to be demonstrated if such measurements can also reveal quality differences already at Day 3, which would be of interest in, e.g. the human field. ASL is supported by FCT, Portugal.
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Wooldridge, Lydia Katherine. "Supplementing Bovine Embryo Culture Media to Improve the Production and Quality of In Vitro Produced Bovine Embryos." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105143.

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Initial studies in this work explored the role of interleukin-6 (IL6) and leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) in preimplantation bovine embryos. Neither cytokine affected the total percentage of embryos which developed to the blastocyst stage in vitro. However, supplementation of IL6 increased blastocyst inner cell mass (ICM) cell number without affecting trophectoderm (TE) cell number. Additionally, we found that IL6 activated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) specifically within ICM cells. LIF, however, did not affect ICM cell number or activate STAT3 in ICM cells, and was not pursued further. This increase in ICM cell number by IL6 was largely comprised of hypoblast (GATA6+:NANOG-) cells, and most IL6-responsive cells in day 9 blastocysts were hypoblast cells (as measured by STAT3 activation). However, some epiblast (NANOG+) cells were also IL6-responsive, and IL6 appeared to initially slow epiblast differentiation. Finally, IL6-treated blastocysts also had increased transcripts of hypoblast/primitive endoderm (PE) markers. These results indicate that IL6 may improve pregnancy retention of IVP embryos by improving yolk sac development, but further work is needed to confirm this theory. Activation of STAT3 by IL6 could be blocked with a chemical Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) inhibitor (AZD1480). JAK2 inhibition from day 5 to 8 resulted in blastocyst ICMs with fewer than 10% the normal cell number, regardless of IL6 supplementation. This indicates that STAT3 is critical for bovine ICM development. Further analysis revealed that inhibition of JAK2/STAT did not prevent ICM formation but disrupted its maintenance. Additionally, we assessed the suitability of zinc sulfate and a bovine embryonic stem cell culture media (TeSR) for improving bovine embryo development in vitro. Zinc sulfate increased day 8 blastocyst total and ICM cell number. Therefore, zinc sulfate appears to improve blastocyst quality. The TeSR medium improved embryo development beyond day 8. In normal synthetic oviduct fluid, blastocysts degenerated after day 8, while blastocysts moved to TeSR had greatly increased cell numbers, and even exhibited PE migration out from the ICM, a phenomenon that has not been reported in vitro. This indicates that extended blastocyst culture is possible with TeSR media.
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Bovine embryos have been produced in vitro for the purpose of being transferred to recipient cattle to produce a calf since the 1980s. This practice allows cattle breeders to increase the number of offspring from their best females each year, and also allows for more rapid progress in generational genetic improvement. However, only approximately 10% of bovine oocytes survive and produce a calf. This poor efficiency of bovine in vitro embryo production negatively impacts the procedure's widespread use. A significant portion of these embryo losses are likely a result of inadequate in vitro culture conditions, particularly of the embryo culture media, the fluid in which embryos are grown. This media is often called "synthetic oviduct fluid," or SOF, because it is designed to mimic the fluid present in the cow's oviduct, where the embryo would normally reside. However, SOF is much simpler in nature than actual cow oviduct fluid, and this leads to reduced embryonic survival of in vitro produced embryos. Unfortunately, we know very little of what molecules control and promote bovine embryo development. Therefore, one major goal of bovine embryo research is to identify these factors and add them to SOF. The goal of this work was to examine the ability of three molecules, interleukin-6 (IL6), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), and zinc sulfate, to increase the number and quality of blastocysts produced through in vitro culture techniques. Additionally, I tested the replacement of SOF with a complex cell culture media, known as TeSR. This medium is more complex than SOF, and therefore should better promote embryo development. This work revealed that IL6, but not LIF, improves in vitro produced (IVP) bovine blastocyst quality. Unfortunately, neither IL6 nor LIF affected the percentage of embryos which survived to the blastocyst stage. However, IL6, but not LIF, increased the number of cells in the inner cell mass (ICM) of the blastocysts. ICM cells are the portion of the embryo which will produce the future calf. IVP bovine embryos are known to have fewer cells than normal, in vivo derived, blastocysts, and this issue is believed to cause some embryonic death after embryo transfer. Therefore, treatment with IL6 may increase the percentage of embryos which will survive after transfer and produce a calf. We also found the addition of zinc sulfate to SOF to benefit embryo quality. None of the concentrations of zinc significantly improved the percentage of embryos which survived to the blastocyst stage, but 2 µM zinc did increase ICM cell number. Like IL6, this may improve embryo survival after transfer. The use of the TeSR media as a replacement for SOF had some benefits. Unfortunately, this media is unusable for producing embryos for transfer to recipients, as we discovered early embryos could not survive in the media. However, blastocyst-stage embryos thrived in it, and could be cultured in vitro for a longer period of time as a result. Therefore, this media will be a useful tool for studying bovine embryo development in vitro, however it is unlikely to benefit calf production. In summary, this work provides evidence that zinc sulfate and IL6 are beneficial additions to SOF. However, future work is needed to determine if embryos produced with these factors are more able to produce a calf. Additionally, we discovered that TeSR is a superior extended blastocyst culture medium.
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Simmet, Kilian Manuel Verfasser], and Eckhard [Akademischer Betreuer] [Wolf. "Chimeric bovine embryo multiplication with OCT4 knockout host embryos / Kilian Manuel Simmet ; Betreuer: Eckhard Wolf." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1155407822/34.

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Jooste, Frans. "The association between foot-and-mouth disease virus and bovine oocytes and embryos during in vitro embryo production." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03022006-120630/.

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Jousan, Frank Dean. "Effects of Differences in Dietary Protein and Varying the Interval from Collection of Bovine Embryos to Freezing on Embryo Quality and Viability." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33788.

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High levels of dietary protein may be detrimental to reproductive performance in cattle. The objective of Exp. 1 was to determine the effects of differences in dietary protein on the production and quality of bovine embryos collected from superovulated donors. Angus cows were randomly assigned to receive one of three experimental diets: a daily ration of 5.7 kg poultry litter, 2.0 kg hay, 3.1 kg corn, and 0.5 kg peanut hulls (LITTER; n = 15); a daily ration of 6.2 kg peanut hulls, 2.2 kg soybean meal, 2.0 kg hay, 0.5 kg corn, and 0.4 kg dicalcium phosphate (SBM; n = 15); or a daily ration of 6.2 kg peanut hulls, 2.0 kg hay, and 3.1 kg corn (CON; n = 19). Diets differed in the amount of total, soluble and degradable protein, but were comparable in energy. After 30 d on the diets, all cows were treated to induce superovulation (28.8 mg FSH/cow, Folltropin) and synchronize estrus. After the detection of estrus each cow was inseminated with semen from one of four Holstein bulls. Embryos were collected 7 d after estrus and evaluated for quality (according to the International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS) standards) and stage of development. Prior to treatment to induce superovulation, blood samples were collected 6 h after feeding. Samples were analyzed to assess dietary effects on plasma urea nitrogen (PUN). Mean levels of PUN were higher (P < 0.01) in cows fed the LITTER or SBM diet (16.3 mg/dL, LITTER; 21.8 mg/dL, SBM; 9.7 mg/dL, CON) than in cows fed the CON diet. Additionally, concentration of PUN was higher in cows fed SBM than in those fed LITTER (P < 0.01). An average of 9.2 transferable embryos (Grade 1, 2 and 3) was collected from each cow and there were no significant differences in the number of transferable embryos collected among groups (9.2, LITTER; 9.3, SBM; 9.1, CON). The number of degenerate embryos or unfertilized ova did not differ among dietary groups. High-protein diets elevated PUN, but did not affect the number or quality of embryos collected from superovulated donors. Cryopreservation of bovine embryos is an important aspect of a successful embryo transfer program. The objective of Exp. 2 was to evaluate the post-thaw viability of bovine embryos collected in Exp. 1 in an in vitro culture system after the embryos had been held at room temperature or refrigerated for 2 to 12 h prior to freezing. Upon embryo recovery, each embryo was randomly assigned to be placed in holding media for 2, 6 or 12 h prior to freezing. During this interval, one-half of the embryos were maintained in a refrigerated environment (5 °C), while the remaining half of the embryos were held at room temperature (20.5 to 22 °C) until freezing. Immediately prior to freezing, embryos were removed from the holding media, transferred to a well containing ethylene glycol (10%) in ovum culture media and loaded individually into a 0.25-mL plastic straw. Straws were then placed in a freezer unit (-6 °C) and seeded to induce ice crystal formation through all columns of the straw. The temperature of the freezer was then decreased 0.6 °C/min to -32 °C, and straws were loaded into canes and plunged into a liquid nitrogen tank (-196 °C). After storage, each straw was exposed to a 5-s air thaw and placed in a water bath at 35 °C for 20 s. Each embryo was then washed to remove excess ethylene glycol prior to in vitro culture. Embryos were individually cultured in Ham's F-10 media supplemented with 4% fetal bovine serum for 72 h. Embryos were evaluated at 24 h intervals throughout the culture period and assigned a stage of development and quality grade score (according to IETS standards). The percentage of embryos that developed to the expanded blastocyst stage and hatched from the zona pellucida was greater for embryos held 2 or 6 h prior to freezing (P < 0.05) than for embryos held for 12 h after collection before being frozen (62.9, 52.0 and 31.1%, respectively). The percentage of embryos that degenerated during in vitro culture was lower for embryos held 2 or 6 h prior to freezing (20.4 and 26.6%; P < 0.05) than for embryos held for 12 h before freezing (50.8%). Furthermore, embryo quality grade was more desirable for embryos held for 2 or 6 h (1.5 and 1.7; P < 0.05) than for those held for 12 h before freezing (2.1). The semen used to inseminate donors and the diet fed to donors for 4 wk prior to embryo collection did not influence the proportion of embryos that hatched or degenerated during the 72 h of in vitro culture. Additionally, holding embryos in a refrigerated environment from the time of collection until freezing did not enhance embryonic development during post-thaw culture. Thus, embryonic viability may be impaired when embryos are held longer than 6 h following embryo recovery before being frozen; however, the storage temperature during the interval from collection to freezing does not influence embryonic development post-thaw.
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Ben, Amor Hanene. "Chromosome abnormalities in preimplantation bovine embryos." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=111790.

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Studies suggest that chromosomal abnormalities notably mosaicism consisting of normal and abnormal cells is a common feature observed in mammalian preimplantation embryos. The data on chromosome abnormalities in bovine embryos however, are limited. The principal aim of this study was to investigate chromosome abnormalities and their effect on the development of bovine embryos produced in vitro. 193 embryos were evaluated for chromosomal abnormalities, using dual fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with developed DNA probes for X and Y chromosomes. Our results demonstrate that uniformly abnormal embryos were found mostly at the early cleavage stages, and embryos with extensive chromosome abnormalities were usually arrested by the morula stage. Chromosomal mosaicism was observed at the 2- cell stage and increased steadily with subsequent stages of development. By the blastocyst stage, chromosomal mosaicism was the main abnormality observed and affected 95% of the blastocysts. Most of the mosaic blastocysts comprised of diploid and tetraploid cells. In the second part, a detailed analysis of 121 day 7 and days 9-10 blastocysts, demonstrated that the proportion of polyploid cells in most of the morphologically good quality embryos was less than 15%, which was significantly lower than in poor quality embryos. [...]
II a ete suggere que des anomalies chromosomiques particulierement le mosaicism sont frequemment rencontres chez les embryons des bovins produit in vitro, cependant les donnees disponibles sont tres limitees. Le but principal de cette etude est d'evaluer les anomalies chromosomiques particulierement le mosaicism au different stades de developpement embryonnaire par FISH en utilisant des probes 'ADN pour les chromosomes X et Y. Nos resultats demontrent que des embryons uniformement anormales ont ete surtout trouves aux premiers stades de cleavage, temoignant que les embryons avec une vaste anomalie affectant la totalite des embryons sont souvent arretes au stade du morula. Le mosaicism chromosomique a ete rencontre dans tous les stades de developpement et il a augmente emarquablement pendant le developpement embryonnaire. Ainsi, au stade du blastocyst, le mosaicism chromosomique etait l'anomalie principale observee avec 95 % de blastocysts analyses devenant mosaiques. [...]
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Annes, Kelly. "Caracterização do metabolismo de lipídeos no desenvolvimento inicial de embriões bovinos produzidos in vitro com diferentes cinéticas de desenvolvimento." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFABC, 2015.

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Orientadora: Prof. Dra. Marcella Pecora Milazzotto.
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnociência, 2015.
A morfologia e as taxas de clivagem e de blastocistos têm sido critérios utilizados para avaliação da competência embrionária. Entretanto, com o advento de novas biotecnologias tem-se tornado claro que a competência embrionária pode ser severamente comprometida sem alterações morfológicas perceptíveis. Estudos em embriões humanos propuseram avaliações morfológicas adicionais relacionadas ao momento das primeiras divisões celulares embrionárias (rápida e lenta) que parecem estar relacionadas com a viabilidade do embrião. No entanto, ainda não existem muitos dados dessa análise morfocinética em bovinos. A viabilidade embrionária também pode ser severamente comprometida pelo acúmulo de lipídeos nos embriões PIV, podendo inclusive prejudicar aplicações comerciais como a criopreservação. Com isso, o objetivo desse estudo foi caracterizar em embriões bovinos de cinéticas diferentes de desenvolvimento (rápido e lento) o padrão de metabolismo lipídico. Para tal, embriões produzidos in vitro foram analisados quanto a quantidade de lipídeos totais e caracterização de lipídeos de membrana nos estádios iniciais de clivagem (22hpi e 96hpi) e blastocisto. Para o estádio de blastocisto também foi incluído um grupo de embriões in vivo. Foi possível evidenciar menor quantidade de lipídeos totais pela coloração SUDAN BLACK B nos grupos lentos. As análises de MALDI-MS evidenciaram lipídeos de membrana com padrões distintos nos grupos rápidos e lentos nos estádios de clivagem e mórula. Já nos estádios de blastocistos os dados nos permitem inferir que o grupo de blastocisto lento parece estar mais próximo do grupo in vivo, pela semelhança na abundância/intensidade relativa no maior número de íons revelados pelas análises multivariadas. No entanto, o grupo lento ainda mostra alguma semelhança com o grupo rápido devido a exposição ao mesmo ambiente in vitro.
Embryo viability and competence have been evaluated by criteria such as morphology and cleavage and blastocyst rates. However, the advent and application of new biotechnologies have demonstrated that embryonic competence can be severely compromised without noticeable morphological changes. Human embryo studies proposed the use of additional morphological evaluations related to the moment of the first embryonic cell divisions and its kinetic (fast and slow), which appear to be relevant to the embryo viability. Nevertheless, there are still not enough data available related to the morphokinetic analysis of embryos in bovine cattle. Embryo viability can also be severely compromised by lipid accumulation in IVP (in vitro produced) embryos and can even harm commercial applications such as cryopreservation. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate and characterize the pattern of lipid metabolism on bovine embryos with different developmental kinetics (fast and slow). For this goal, IVP embryos were analyzed considering the lipids total amount and membrane lipids characterization during the cleavage early stages (22hpi and 96hpi) and blastocyst stage. The study also included a group of in vivo embryos at the blastocyst stage. The results, using SUDAN BLACK B staining technique, showed a smaller amount of total lipids in the slow groups. The MALDI-MS analysis results showed different patterns of membrane lipids in the fast and slow groups in the cleavage and morulae stages. The data obtained at the blastocyst stage allow us to infer that the slow group is more similar to the in vivo group, since the results showed similarity in relative quantity/intensity in a greater number of ions revealed by multivariate analysis. However, the slow group still shows some similarity with the fast group due to the exposure to the same in vitro environment.
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Bilodeau-Goeseels, Sylvie. "Changes in RNA abundance in early bovine embryos." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq20726.pdf.

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McDougall, Kathryn Elizabeth. "Alkaline phosphatase isozyme expression in preattachment bovine embryos." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ35804.pdf.

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Yang, Ming Yuan. "Studies on apoptosis in bovine follicles and embryos." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0019/NQ56648.pdf.

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Cebrián, Serrano Alberto. "Factors affecting the in vitro embryo production in cattle associated to ovum pick up sistem." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/27646.

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La producción de embriones mediante la recuperación de ovocitos inmaduros por ovum pick up (OPU), y su posterior maduración, fecundación y cultivo en el laboratorio in vitro, presenta numerosos beneficios para optimizar el potencial reproductivo, tanto de hembras como de machos. Además, frente a la superovulación convencional mediante tratamiento hormonal y la recogida de embriones in vivo, la producción in vitro de embriones (PIVE) con ovocitos de OPU ofrece considerables ventajas. Sin embargo, actualmente la PIVE continua siendo ineficiente e incapaz de producir embriones de calidad similar a los in vivo, lo cual ha limitado una aplicación más amplia de esta tecnología. Así pues, el objetivo de esta tesis fue la optimización de la PIVE en ganado vacuno, condicionado por las peculiaridades y deficiencias de la PIVE cuando los ovocitos son recuperados por la técnica de OPU. Con este fin, cinco experimento se llevaron a cabo en esta tesis. En el primero de ellos se estudió el efecto del fluido oviductal bovino (FOb) sobre el desarrollo y la calidad embrionaria (Experimento 1). Las fases del proceso de PIVE en las cuales el cultivo de ovocitos/embriones, bien individualmente o bien en número reducido, pudiera perjudicar el posterior desarrollo hasta el estadio de blastocisto y/o a su calidad, se estudiaron en el Experimento 2. En el Experimento 3 se testó si el desarrollo y la calidad de embriones cultivados in vitro en número reducido podría ser mejorada con la adición conjunta de factor de crecimiento epidérmico, insulina, transferrina y selenio (FCE-ITS) o por el sistema de cultivo de embriones llamado well of well (WOW). Las propiedades protectoras de la melatonina frente a los daños causados por el estrés oxidativo, subsecuentes de las condiciones de PIVE o de un estrés térmico durante la maduración ovocitaria, fueron evaluadas en el Experimento 4. Por último, en el Experimento 5 usamos ovocitos recolectados por OPU para evaluar el efecto del semen sexado sobre
Cebrián Serrano, A. (2013). Factors affecting the in vitro embryo production in cattle associated to ovum pick up sistem [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/27646
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Baguisi, Alexander B. Preservation of bovine and ovine embryos. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1998.

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O'Kearney-Flynn, Martina. Studies related to the in vitro production of bovine embryos. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1998.

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O'Doherty, Elaine. Studies in the culture and development of bovine oocytes. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1996.

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Ramsbottom, George. The role of antifreeze proteins in the preservation of bovine and ovine embryos. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1997.

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International Office of Epizootics. Regional Comission for Europe. Conference. Embryo transfer. African swine fever. Enzootic bovine leukosis. Animal health status, Berlin recommendations. Paris: Office International des Epizooties, 1989.

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Shamsuddin, Mohammed. In vitro fertilization in the bovine: Oocyte maturation, fertilization and early embryonic development. Uppsala: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, 1993.

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Lu, Sheng-Sheng. Effects of amino acids and culture systems on bovine embryo production in vitro. Dublin: University College Dublin, 1997.

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The potential effect of two new biotechnologies on the world dairy industry. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1996.

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Javed, Murid Hussain. Bovine amniotic and allantoic fluids for the culture of murine embryos and determination of pentose phosphate and Embden-Meyerhof pathway activities in bovine embryos. 1990.

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Dyk, Arie Robert Cornelius. Electrophoretic characterization of plasminogen activators produced by early bovine embryos. 1990.

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Bondioli, Kenneth. "Cryopreservation of Bovine Embryos." In Bovine Reproduction, 718–22. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118833971.ch77.

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Robertson, Edwin G. "Embryo Collection and Transfer." In Bovine Reproduction, 703–17. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118833971.ch76.

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Jahnke, Marianna M., James K. West, and Curtis R. Youngs. "Evaluation of In Vivo -Derived Bovine Embryos." In Bovine Reproduction, 733–48. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118833971.ch79.

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Lamb, G. Cliff, and Vitor R. G. Mercadante. "Selection and Management of the Embryo Recipient Herd for Embryo Transfer." In Bovine Reproduction, 723–32. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118833971.ch78.

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Gard, Julie. "Control of Embryo-borne Pathogens." In Bovine Reproduction, 749–57. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118833971.ch80.

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de Loos, F. A. M., and F. R. Pieper. "In Vitro Generation of Bovine Embryos." In Transgenic Animals, 51–54. London: CRC Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003211099-15.

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Watson, Andrew J., Aileen Hogan, Ann Hahnel, and Gilbert A. Schultz. "Activation of the Embryonic Genome: Comparisons Between Mouse and Bovine Development." In Preimplantation Embryo Development, 115–30. New York, NY: Springer New York, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9317-7_9.

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Heyman, Yves, and Yves Ménézo. "Interaction of Trophoblastic Vesicles with Bovine Embryos Developing in Vitro." In The Mammalian Preimplantation Embryo, 175–91. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5332-4_9.

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Singla, Suresh Kumar, and Birbal Singh. "Multiple Ovulation and Embryo Transfer in Livestock Production." In Frontier Technologies in Bovine Reproduction, 197–210. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3072-0_10.

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Kanka, J., J. Fulka, and J. Fulka. "Nuclear Reprogramming in Bovine Embryos after Nuclear Transplantation." In Nuclear Structure and Function, 129–32. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0667-2_26.

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Thinh, Nguyen Nhat, Pham Truong Duy, Le Minh Thong, Bui Hong Thuy, and Nguyen Van Thuan. "GENETIC IDENTITY OF DONNOR SOMATIC CELL AND CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS USING SINGLE BLASTOMERE BIOPSY FROM THE 8-CELL STAGE EMBRYO." In NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ GIẢNG DẠY SINH HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM - BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM. Nhà xuất bản Khoa học tự nhiên và Công nghệ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/vap.2022.0071.

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Matsukawa, Kazutsugu, and Akihiko Ichikawa. "Production of bovine embryos using freeze-dried somatic cells." In 2019 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mhs48134.2019.9249353.

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Hieu, Giang Trung, Pham Truong Duy, Mai Thi Quynh Nhu, Tran Le Quy, Nguyen Hoang Bao Ngan, Lac Duong Hung, Bui Hong Thuy, and Nguyen Van Thuan. "EFFECT OF CUMULUS CELL CO-CULTURED ON PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS." In NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ GIẢNG DẠY SINH HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM - BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM. Nhà xuất bản Khoa học tự nhiên và Công nghệ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/vap.2022.0065.

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"In Vitro Maturation Culture Temperature Alters the Enzymatic Antioxidant Activity of Bovine Oocytes and Embryos." In Dec. 12-14, 2022 Lisbon (Portugal). Excellence in Research & Innovation in Education, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.17758/eirai16.f1222213.

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Duy, Pham Truong, Pham Quoc Dinh, Pham Minh Chien, Giang Trung Hieu, Dao Quang Tri, Nguyen Mai Phuong, Do Minh Tuan, Le Nguyen Lam Ngoc, Bui Hong Thuy, and Nguyen Van Thuan. "EFFECT OF HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS ON POST-IMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYO." In NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ GIẢNG DẠY SINH HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM - BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM. Nhà xuất bản Khoa học tự nhiên và Công nghệ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/vap.2022.0066.

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Phuong, Nguyen Mai, Do Minh Tan, Nguyen Huu Hoang Minh, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Nguyen Gia Bao, Pham Quoc Dinh, Pham Minh Chien, Pham Truong Duy, Nguyen Kien Cuong, and Nguyen Van Thuan. "EVALUATING CORPUS LUTEUM SIZE OF LOCAL VIETNAMESE CATTLE AND IDEALLY SYNCHRONIZED TIMING FOR CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS TRANSFER." In NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ GIẢNG DẠY SINH HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM - BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM. Nhà xuất bản Khoa học tự nhiên và Công nghệ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/vap.2022.0069.

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Kandel, Mikhail E., Marcello Rubessa, Daniel Fernandes, Tan H. Nguyen, Matthew B. Wheeler, and Gabriel Popescu. "Monitoring in-vitro bovine embryo development during the first days after fertilization (Conference Presentation)." In Quantitative Phase Imaging II, edited by Gabriel Popescu and YongKeun Park. SPIE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2217122.

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Tan, Do Minh, Nguyen Mai Phuong, Cao Hoang Nam, Nguyen Tuan Anh, Nguyen Huu Hoang Minh, Pham Minh Chien, Pham Quoc Dinh, and Nguyen Van Thuan. "THE EFFECT OF HISTONE DEACETYLATION INHIBITORS (HDACI) TREATMENT DURING ZYGOTIC GENE ACTIVATION ON PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT OF CLONED BOVINE EMBRYOS." In NGHIÊN CỨU VÀ GIẢNG DẠY SINH HỌC Ở VIỆT NAM - BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM. Nhà xuất bản Khoa học tự nhiên và Công nghệ, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.15625/vap.2022.0095.

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Hansen, Peter J., and Amir Arav. Embryo transfer as a tool for improving fertility of heat-stressed dairy cattle. United States Department of Agriculture, September 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2007.7587730.bard.

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The overall objective of the current proposal is to develop procedures to improve the pregnancy rate achieved following transfer of fresh or cryopreserved embryos produced in the laboratory into heat-stress recipients. The overall hypothesis is that pregnancy rate in heat-stressed lactating cows can be improved by use of embryo transfer and that additional gains in pregnancy rate can be achieved through development of procedures to cryopreserve embryos, select embryos most likely to establish and maintain pregnancy after transfer, and to enhance embryo competence for post-transfer survival through manipulation of culture conditions. The original specific objectives were to 1) optimize procedures for cryopreservation (Israel/US), 2) develop procedures for identifying embryos with the greatest potential for development and survival using the remote monitoring system called EmbryoGuard (Israel), 3) perform field trials to test the efficacy of cryopreservation and the EmbryoGuard selection system for improving pregnancy rates in heat-stressed, lactating cows (US/Israel), 4) test whether selection of fresh or frozen-thawed blastocysts based on measurement of group II caspase activity is an effective means of increasing survival after cryopreservation and post-transfer pregnancy rate (US), and 5) identify genes in blastocysts induced by insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) (US). In addition to these objectives, additional work was carried out to determine additional cellular determinants of embryonic resistance to heat shock. There were several major achievements. Results of one experiment indicated that survival of embryos to freezing could be improved by treating embryos with cytochalasin B to disrupt the cytoskeleton. An additional improvement in the efficacy of embryo transfer for achieving pregnancy in heat-stressed cows follows from the finding that IGF-1 can improve post-transfer survival of in vitro produced embryos in the summer but not winter. Expression of several genes in the blastocyst was regulated by IGF-1 including IGF binding protein-3, desmocollin II, Na/K ATPase, Bax, heat shock protein 70 and IGF-1 receptor. These genes are likely candidates 1) for developing assays for selection of embryos for transfer and 2) as marker genes for improving culture conditions for embryo production. The fact that IGF-1 improved survival of embryos in heat-stressed recipients only is consistent with the hypothesis that IGF-1 confers cellular thermotolerance to bovine embryos. Other experiments confirmed this action of IGF-1. One action of IGF-1, the ability to block heat-shock induced apoptosis, was shown to be mediated through activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway. Other cellular determinants of resistance of embryos to elevated temperature were identified including redox status of the embryo and the ceramide signaling pathway. Developmental changes in embryonic apoptosis responses in response to heat shock were described and found to include alterations in the capacity of the embryo to undergo caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation as well as events downstream from caspase-3 activation. With the exception of IGF-1, other possible treatments to improve pregnancy rate to embryo transfer were not effective including selection of embryos for caspase activity, treatment of recipients with GnRH.and bilateral transfer of twin embryos. In conclusion, accomplishments achieved during the grant period have resulted in methods for improving post-transfer survival of in vitro produced embryos transferred into heat-stressed cows and have lead to additional avenues for research to increase embryo resistance to elevated temperature and improve survival to cryopreservation. In addition, embryo transfer of vitrified IVF embryos increased significantly the pregnancy rate in repeated breeder cows.
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Steelman, Carissa A., Jacklyn K. Potts, and James M. Reecy. Characterization of Gene Expression in Double-Muscled and Normal-Muscled Bovine Embryos. Ames (Iowa): Iowa State University, January 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-448.

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Chinchilla-Vargas, Josue, Marianna M. Jahnke, Tyler M. Dohlman, Patrick J. Gunn, and Max F. Rothschild. Climatic Factors Affecting Quantity and Quality Grade of in vivo Produced Bovine Embryos. Ames (Iowa): Iowa State University, January 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-406.

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Heo, Y., Y. Xu, X. Quan, Y. Seong, N. Kim, and J. Kim. CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease-mediated gene knock-in in bovine pluripotent stem cells and embryos. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, May 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/005421.

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Hansen, Peter J., and Zvi Roth. Use of Oocyte and Embryo Survival Factors to Enhance Fertility of Heat-stressed Dairy Cattle. United States Department of Agriculture, August 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2011.7697105.bard.

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The overall goal was to identify survival factors that can improve pregnancy success following insemination or embryo transfer in lactating dairy cows exposed to heat stress. First, we demonstrated that oocytes are actually damaged by elevated temperature in the summer. Then we tested two thermoprotective molecules for their effect on oocyte damage caused by heat shock. One molecule, ceramide was not thermoprptective. Another, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF) reduced the effects of heat shock on oocyte apoptosis and oocyte cleavage when added during maturation. We also used lactating cows exposed to heat stress to determine whether bovine somatotropin (bST), which increases IGF1 levels in vivo, would improve fertility in summer. Cows treated with bST received a single injection at 3 days before insemination. Controls received no additional treatment. Treatment with bST did not significantly increase the proportion of inseminated cows diagnosed pregnant although it was numerically greater for the bST group (24.2% vs 17.8%, 124–132 cows per group). There was a tendency (p =0.10) for a smaller percent of control cows to have high plasma progesterone concentrations (≥ 1 ng/ml) at Day 7 after insemination than for bST-treated cows (72.6 vs 81.1%). When only cows that were successfully synchronized were considered, the magnitude of the absolute difference in the percentage of inseminated cows that were diagnosed pregnant between bST and control cows was reduced (24.8 vs 22.4% pregnant for bST and control). Results failed to indicate a beneficial effect of bST treatment on fertility of lactating dairy cows. In another experiment, we found a tendency for addition of IGF1 to embryo culture medium to improve embryonic survival after embryo transfer when the experiment was done during heat stress but not when the experiment was done in the absence of heat stress. Another molecule tested, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF; also called colony-stimulating factor-2), improved embryonic survival in the absence of heat stress. We also examined whether heat shock affects the sperm cell. There was no effect of heat shock on sperm apoptosis (programmed cell death) or on sperm fertilizing ability. Therefore, effects of heat shock on sperm function after ejaculation if minimal. However, there were seasonal changes in sperm characteristics that indicates that some of the decrease in dairy cow fertility during the summer in Israel is due to using semen of inferior quality. Semen was collected from five representative bulls throughout the summer (August and September) and winter (December and January). There were seasonal differences in ion concentration in seminal plasma and in the mRNA for various ion channels known to be involved in acrosome reactions. Furthermore, the proportion of sperm cells with damaged acrosomes was higher in post-thaw semen collected in the summer than in its counterpart collected in winter (54.2 ± 3.5% vs. 51.4 ± 1.9%, respectively; P < 0.08Further examination is required to determine whether such alterations are involved in the low summer fertility of dairy cows.
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Wolfenson, David, William W. Thatcher, and James E. Kinder. Regulation of LH Secretion in the Periovulatory Period as a Strategy to Enhance Ovarian Function and Fertility in Dairy and Beef Cows. United States Department of Agriculture, December 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.32747/2003.7586458.bard.

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The general research objective was to increase herd pregnancy rates by enhancing corpus luteum (CL) function and optimizing follicle development, in order to increase conception rate and embryo survival. The specific objectives were: to determine the effect of the duration of the preovulatory LH surge on CL function; to determine the function of LH during the postovulatory period on CL development; to optimize CL differentiation and follicle development by means of a biodegradable GnRH implant; to test whether optimization of CL development and follicle dynamics in timed- insemination protocols would improve fertility in high-yielding dairy cows. Low fertility in cattle results in losses of hundreds of millions of dollars in the USA and Israel. Two major causes of low fertility are formation of a functionally impaired CL, and subsequent enhanced ovarian follicle development. A functionally impaired CL may result from suboptimal LH secretion. The two major causes of low fertility in dairy cattle in US and Israel are negative energy status and summer heat stress; in both situations, low fertility is associated with reductions in LH secretion and impaired development of the ovulatory follicle and of the CL. In Florida, the use of 450-mg deslorelin (GnRH analogue) implants to induce ovulation, under the Ovsynch protocol resulted in a higher pregnancy rates than use of 750-mg implants, and pregnancy losses tended to decrease compared to controls, due probably to decrease in follicular development and estradiol secretion at the time of conceptus signaling to maintain the CL. An alternative strategy to enhance progesterone concentrations involved induction of an accessory CL by injection of hCG on day 5 after the cows were inseminated. Treatment with hCG resulted in 86% of the cows having two CLs, compared with 23% of the control cows. Conception rates were higher among the hCG-treated cows than among the controls. Another approach was to replace the second injection of GnRH analogue, in a timed-insemination protocol, with estradiol cypionate (ECP) injected 24 h after the injection of PGF₂ₐ Pregnancy rates were comparable with those obtained under the regular Ovsynch (timed- AI) program. Use of ECP induced estrus, and cows inseminated at detected estrus are indeed more fertile than those not in estrus at the time of insemination. Collectively, the BARD-supported programs at the University of Florida have improved timed insemination programs. In Ohio, the importance of the frequency of LH episodes during the early stages of the estrous cycle of cattle, when the corpus luteum is developing, was studied in an in vivo experiment in which cows were subjected to various episodic exposures to exogenous bovine LH. Results indicate that the frequent LH episodes immediately following the time of ovulation are important in development of the corpus luteum, from the points of view of both size and functionality. In another study, rates of cell proliferation and numbers of endothelial cells were examined in vitro in CLs collected from cows that received post-ovulation pulsatile LH treatment at various frequencies. The results indicate that the corpora lutea growth that results from luteal cell proliferation is enhanced by the episodes of LH release that occur immediately after the time of ovulation in cattle. The results also show that luteal endothelial cell numbers did not differ among cows treated with different LH doses. In Israel. a longer duration of the preovulatory LH surge stimulated the steroidogenic capacity of granulosa-derived luteal cells, and might, thereby, contribute to a higher progesterone output from the bovine corpus luteum. In an in vivo study, a subgroup of high-yielding dairy cows with extended estrus to ovulation interval was identified. Associated with this extended interval were: low plasma progesterone and estradiol concentrations and a low preovulatory LH surge prior to ovulation, as well as low post- ovulation progesterone concentration. In experiments based on the above results, we found that injection of GnRH at the onset of estrus increased the LHpeak, prevented late ovulation, decreased the variability between cows and elicited high and uniform progesterone levels after ovulation. GnRH at estrus onset increased conception rates, especially in the summer, and among primiparous cows and those with low body condition. Another study compared ovarian functions in multiparous lactating cows with those in nulliparous non-lactating heifers. The results revealed differences in ovarian follicular dynamics, and in plasma concentrations of steroids and gonadotropins that may account for the differences in fertility between heifers and cows.
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