Orientador: Fernanda da Cruz Landim e Alvarenga / Banca: Carlos Antônio de Carvalho Fernandes / Banca: Eunice Oba / Banca: Mayra Elena Ortiz D'Avila Assumpção / Banca: Maria Denise Lopes / Resumo: Neste estudo vitrificou-se em OPS ovócitos (Experimentos 1, 2 e 3) e embriões bovinos (Experimentos 4, 5 e 6) em três soluções de vitrificação distintas: Experimentos 1 e 4) 20%EG + 20%DMSO + 0,5M sacarose; Experimentos 2 e 5) 20%DF + 20%EG + 0,5M sacarose; Experimentos 3 e 6) 20%DF + 20%DMSO + 0,5M sacarose. Os embriões foram vitrificados na presença ou não de citocalasina B. Os ovócitos foram vitrificados ou somente expostos aos crioprotetores imaturos (G0h e G0hexp), ou após 6 horas (G6h e G6hexp), 12 horas (G12h e G12hexp) ou 22 horas de MIV (G22h e G22hexp). Após a exposição ou aquecimento, parte dos ovócitos completou as 22 horas de MIV e foi destinada à PIV, para avaliação da capacidade de se desenvolverem até blastocisto. No restante avaliou-se o estágio de maturação nuclear e a distribuição dos grânulos corticais e das mitocôndrias. Observou-se que a exposição dos ovócitos imaturos (0 ou 6 horas de MIV) aos crioprotetores nos experimentos 1, 2 e 3 resultou em perda substancial de viabilidade, avaliada pelas taxas de clivagem (GC=79,4%; 1G0hexp=37,1%; 1G6hexp=51,1%; 2G0hexp=33%; 2G6hexp=52,5%; 3G0hexp=36,2%; 3G6hexp=49,8%), o que foi menos notável nos ovócitos expostos após 12 ou 22 horas de MIV (1G12hexp=59,1%; 1G22hexp=71,1%; 2G12hexp=61,5%; 2G22hexp=62,5%; 3G12hexp=58,8%; 3G22hexp=68,6%). A realização da MIV antes da vitrificação foi benéfica. Apesar de nenhuma das soluções de crioprotetores ter sido capaz de promover proteção adequada aos ovócitos submetidos à vitrificação em qualquer momento da MIV, no Experimento 1 foi observada clivagem (1G12h=7,3%; 1G22h=4,2%) indicando que a mistura de crioprotetores EG+DMSO foi a mais eficiente nas condições utilizadas. Entretanto, não houve produção de blastocistos em nenhum experimento. Nos Experimentos 4, 5 e 6 notou-se que em todos os grupos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In this study bovine oocytes (Experiments 1, 2 and 3) and embryos (Experiments 4, 5 and 6) were vitrified in OPS using 3 different cryoprotectant solutions: Experiments 1 and 4) 20%EG + 20%DMSO + 0,5M sucrose; Experiments 2 and 5) 20%DF + 20%EG + 0.5M sucrose; Experiments 3 and 6) 20%DF + 20%DMSO + 0.5M sucrose. Embryos were vitrified in the presence or not of cytocalasin B. Oocytes were vitrified or just exposed to the cryoprotectant solutions after 0h (G0h and G0hexp), 6h of IVM (G6h and G6hexp), 12h of IVM (G12h and G12hexp) and 22h of of in vitro maturation (IVM) (G22h and G22hexp). Oocytes from groups 0 and 6h were considered immature and from 12 and 22h groups were considered mature. After exposure to cryoprotectants or warming, part of the oocytes that completed 22h of IVM were submitted to IVF to evaluate their developmental ability. Another part of the oocytes were used to evaluate nuclear maturation in the distribution of mitochondria and cortical granules. The results showed that the exposure of immature oocytes (0 and 6 hours of MIV) to cryoprotectants reduce their viability, since cleavage rates of all groups were significantly lower compared to control group (GC=79.4%; 1G0hexp=37.1%; 1G6hexp51.1%; 2G0hexp=33%; 2G6hexp=52.5%; 3G0hexp=36.2%; 3G6hexp=49.8%). This effect was less evident in the groups of mature oocytes submitted to IVM for 12 or 22 hours (1G12hexp=59.1%; 1G22hexp=71.1%; 2G12hexp=61.5%; 2G22hexp=62.5%; 3G12hexp=58.8%; 3G22hexp=68.6%). The previous IVM is beneficial to vitrification. Although none of the cryoprotectant solutions utilized were totally efficient in protecting the oocytes form cryodamage, in Experiment 1 cleavage was observed (1G12h=7.3%; 1G22h=4.2%) indicating that the combination of EG+DMSO was more effective than the other two. However in none of the groups blastocyst was formed. When embryos... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

Orientador: Vera Fernanda Martins Hossepian de Lima / Resumo: O processo transcricional em embriões extremamente complexo, nosso trabalho estimou o impacto de perturbações nos processos de transcricionais, durante as fases de ativação do genoma embrionário sobre o desenvolvimento embrionário in vitro de embriões; analisamos dados de sequenciamento de rna (RNA-seq) depositados nos bancos públicos (GEO) desde o estágio de oóocito até o dia 19 do desenvolvimento embrionário; Isolamos e caracterizamos a massa celular interna (ICM) e a trofectoderma (TE) do sexo masculino e feminino, oriundos de um mesmo blastocisto produzido in vitro com espermatozoides sexados (X e Y) e com sêmen convencional e caracterizamos e exploramos o transcriptoma desses isolados celulares. Concluímos então que a EGA menor é essencial para o desenvolvimento embrionário bovino, blastocistos possuem a maior atividade transcricional de um total de 6457 genes diferentemente expressos entre os contrastes avaliado encontramos; 2065 genes diferencialmente expressos entre a ICM e a TE, enquanto a ICM está voltada para a manutenção da pluripotência, a TE está voltada ao metabolismo energético. Os nossos dados sugerem que os embriões fêmeas são mais sensíveis ao cultivo in vitro. / Abstract: Transcription process in embryos is a complex process, our work estimated the impact of perturbations in the transcriptional processes during genome activation of vitro produced bovine embryos on their development; we analyzed public data (GEO) from rna sequencing data (RNA-seq) of oocyte up to the 19th day of embryonic development; We’d performed isolation and characterization of male and female inner cell mass (ICM) and trofectoderma (TE) from the same blastocyst produced in vitro with sorted semen (X and Y) and with conventional semen. We did the characterization and exploratory analysis of the transcriptome of these cells. We conclude that minor EGA is essential for bovine embryonic development. Blastocysts possess the highest transcriptional activity of 6457 differentially expressed genes among analyzed contrasts. We found 2065 genes differentially expressed between ICM and TE, while ICM is maintaining pluripotency, TE is focused on energy metabolism. Our data suggest that female embryos are more sensitive to in vitro culture. / Doutor

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The concept of genetic penetrance, "the frequency of manifestation of a genetic factor," was introduced by Timofeef-Ressovsky (Naturwissenschaften 19:493,1931). Incomplete penetrance has been used to explain the absence of phenotypic expression when otherwise anticipated. Studies of Embryonic Chick Edema, ECE (Poultry Sci. 77(suppl. 1):69, 1998) have been conducted in order to determine the origins for incomplete penetrance of this disorder. ECE was originally reported as the expression of two autosomal recessive loci with incomplete penetrance. Pedigreed inter se mating of ECE individuals have resulted in familial incidences ranging for 0 to 100% with a mean of 48.2% in the most recent generation selected. With consideration of a third contributing locus, current data and 2 sets of previous data were evaluated. Heterogeneity and pooled chi square tests when applied to the data sets support the hypothesis that ECE was the result of two completely dominant loci and one homozygous recessive locus. / Graduation date: 2004

During early embryonic development, endodermal cells leave the inner cell mass (ICM) and migrate over an extracellular matrix (ECM), located on the blastocoelic side of the trophectoderm, to form a continuous layer of extraembryonic endoderm. Cell migration events depend on a family of cell surface proteins known as integrins that bind specific ECM proteins. In an effort to understand the mechanisms involved in bovine endodermal cell migration, two experiments were conducted. In the first experiment, expression of the ECM proteins fibronectin, laminin and vitronectin was evaluated by immunofluorescent staining in in vivo and in vitro developing embryos during Day 6-10 and Day 7-10, respectively (Day 0=onset of estrus). Fibronectin was detected in all stages of in vivo and in vitro embryos, however no difference (P>0.10) was observed due to day or developmental stage. Laminin staining was moderately expressed in all stages of in vivo embryos, with an increase (P<0.05) in Day 10 in vivo embryos. Laminin staining in Day 9 in vitro embryos was less intense (P<0.05) than Day 7 and 8 in vitro embryos. Higher (P<0.05) expression of laminin was observed in Day l0 in vivo embryos as compared to Day 10 in vitro. Vitronectin staining was expressed throughout all stages of development. Day 6 in vivo embryos exhibited more intense (P<0.05) staining compared to Day 8 in vivo embryos. Day 10 in vivo embryos expressed more (P<0.05) vitronectin than Day 10 in vitro embryos. In the second experiment, the effects of ECM-type and inhibitors of integrin binding on bovine endodermal cell outgrowth from the ICM were evaluated. Day 7 embryos were nonsurgically collected and cultured for 96 h on either fibronectin-layered microdrops containing 0 (control), 0.5 or 1.0 mg/ml RGD and/or EILDV peptides or vitronectin-layered microdrops containing 0, 0.5 or 1.0 mg/ml RGD peptides. At 24-h intervals, ICM were photographed and the numbers of cells leaving the ICM were counted. Areas of cellular outgrowth were calculated from the photomicrographs. Compared to the control, addition of 0.5 or 1.0 mg/ml RGD, EILDV or RGD and EILDV did not (P>0.10) reduce the areas of cellular outgrowth from the ICM on matrices of fibronectin. Numbers of cells in outgrowths were greater (P<0.05) in control ICM compared to 0.5 mg/ml RGD, but this effect was eliminated (P>0.10) when the inhibitor concentration was increased to 1.0 mg/ml. Addition of 0.5 or 1.0 mg/ml RGD did not reduce (P>0.10) the area of cellular outgrowth from the ICM on vitronectin and had no effect (P>0.10) on numbers of cells in the outgrowths. Detection of fibronectin, laminin and vitronectin by immunofluorescence suggests these proteins are present in the developing bovine embryo to support endodermal cell migration and stabilization in extraembryonic endoderm formation. Because cell migration over fibronectin and vitronectin was not inhibited by the RGD and EILDV peptides, endodermal cells must use either an integrin that recognizes alternative binding sites in fibronectin and vitronectin or an alternative cell adhesion system. / Graduation date: 2003

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