Korean J Fertil Steril.  1997 Apr;24(1):21-26.

Study on Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and Expression of EGF-Receptor (EGF-R) in Mouse IVF/IVC Embryo II. Expression of EGF-R on the Inner Cell Mass (ICM) of Mouse IVF/IVC Blastocyst

• Kim EY
• Kim MK
• Yoon SH
• Park SP
• Chung KS
• Lim JH

Abstract

This study was undertaken to examine the expression of EGF-R protein on ICM obtained from mouse IVF/IVC blastocyst by immunosurgery and indirect immunofluorescence(IIF). ICM cells used for this experiment were obtained from immunosurgery of mouse blatstocysts produced at 96 h after IVF, and recovered ICMs were assayed for cell viability and expression of EGF-R. The results obtained in this experiment were summarized as follows: when blastocysts were exposed to rabbit anti-mouse serum (antiserum) for 15-30 min. and then transferred them to guinea pig serum (complement) for 15-60 min., recovery rates of isolated ICMs were 8.0-84.2%. Especially, the best recovery (84.2%) of ICMs was obtained when exposure time to antiserum and complement was 30 min. and 60 min., respectively. In addition, when viability of isolated ICMs after immunosurgery was assessed by live/dead staining method, in all groups viability (93.8-100.0 %) of isolated ICMs were not damaged if separated from TE cell. Also, we detected the expression of EGF-R on ICM cell by IIF. Therefore, these results suggest that EGF-R expression on the ICMs can stimulate the higher usablity of exogenous EGF to improve the preimplantation embryo development in vitro.

MeSH Terms

Animals
Blastocyst*
Cell Survival
Complement System Proteins
Embryonic Development
Embryonic Structures*
Epidermal Growth Factor*
Female
Guinea Pigs
Mice*
Pregnancy
Complement System Proteins
Epidermal Growth Factor