Genome stability of bovine in vivo-conceived cleavage-stage embryos is higher compared to in vitro-produced embryos.

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dc.contributor"European Union (EU)" and "Horizon 2020"
dc.contributor.authorTšuiko, Olga
dc.contributor.authorCatteeuw, Maaike
dc.contributor.authorZamani Esteki, Masoud
dc.contributor.authorDestouni, Aspasia
dc.contributor.authorBogado Pascottini, Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorBesenfelder, Urban
dc.contributor.authorHavlicek, Vitezslav
dc.contributor.authorSmits, Katrien
dc.contributor.authorKurg, Ants
dc.contributor.authorSalumets, Andres
dc.contributor.authorD’Hooghe, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorVoet, Thierry
dc.contributor.authorVan Soom, Ann
dc.contributor.authorVermeesch, Joris Robert
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T13:58:20Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T13:58:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSTUDY QUESTION Is the rate and nature of chromosome instability (CIN) similar between bovine in vivo-derived and in vitro-cultured cleavage-stage embryos? SUMMARY ANSWER There is a major difference regarding chromosome stability of in vivo-derived and in vitro-cultured embryos, as CIN is significantly lower in in vivo-derived cleavage-stage embryos compared to in vitro-cultured embryos. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY CIN is common during in vitro embryogenesis and is associated with early embryonic loss in humans, but the stability of in vivo-conceived cleavage-stage embryos remains largely unknown. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION Because human in vivo preimplantation embryos are not accessible, bovine (Bos taurus) embryos were used to study CIN in vivo. Five young, healthy, cycling Holstein Friesian heifers were used to analyze single blastomeres of in vivo embryos, in vitro embryos produced by ovum pick up with ovarian stimulation (OPU-IVF), and in vitro embryos produced from in vitro matured oocytes retrieved without ovarian stimulation (IVM-IVF). PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Single blastomeres were isolated from embryos, whole-genome amplified and hybridized on Illumina BovineHD BeadChip arrays together with the bulk DNA from the donor cows (mothers) and the bull (father). DNA was also obtained from the parents of the bull and from the parents of the cows (paternal and maternal grandparents, respectively). Subsequently, genome-wide haplotyping and copy-number profiling was applied to investigate the genomic architecture of 171 single bovine blastomeres of 16 in vivo, 13 OPU-IVF and 13 IVM-IVF embryos. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The genomic stability of single blastomeres in both of the in vitro-cultured embryo cohorts was severely compromised (P < 0.0001), and the frequency of whole chromosome or segmental aberrations was higher in embryos produced in vitro than in embryos derived in vivo. Only 18.8% of in vivo-derived embryos contained at least one blastomere with chromosomal anomalies, compared to 69.2% of OPU-IVF embryos (P < 0.01) and 84.6% of IVM-IVF embryos (P < 0.001). LARGE SCALE DATA Genotyping data obtained in this study has been submitted to NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO; accession number GSE95358) LIMITATIONS REASONS FOR CAUTION There were two main limitations of the study. First, animal models may not always reflect the nature of human embryogenesis, although the use of an animal model to investigate CIN was unavoidable in our study. Second, a limited number of embryos were obtained, therefore more studies are warranted to corroborate the findings. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Although CIN is also present in in vivo-developed embryos, in vitro procedures exacerbate chromosomal abnormalities during early embryo development. Hence, the present study highlights that IVF treatment compromises embryo viability and should be applied with care. Additionally, our results encourage to refine and improve in vitro culture conditions and assisted reproduction technologies. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) The study was funded by the Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) (TBM-090878 to J.R.V. and T.V.), the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO; G.A093.11 N to T.V. and J.R.V. and G.0392.14 N to A.V.S. and J.R.V.), the European Union's FP7 Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP, SARM, EU324509 to J.R.V., T.V., O.T, A.D., A.S. and A.K.) and Horizon 2020 innovation programme (WIDENLIFE, 692065 to J.R.V., O.T., T.V., A.K. and A.S.). M.Z.E., J.R.V. and T.V. are co-inventors on a patent application ZL913096-PCT/EP2014/068315-WO/2015/028576 (‘Haplotyping and copy-number typing using polymorphic variant allelic frequencies’), licensed to Cartagenia (Agilent Technologies)et
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex286
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10062/63416
dc.language.isoenget
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/692065///WIDENLIFEet
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHuman Reproduction;Vol.32, No.11 pp.2348–2357.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesset
dc.subjectin vivo embryoet
dc.subjectpreimplantation embryoet
dc.subjectchromosome instabilityet
dc.subjectCINet
dc.subjecthaplarithmisiset
dc.titleGenome stability of bovine in vivo-conceived cleavage-stage embryos is higher compared to in vitro-produced embryos.et
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleet

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