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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of amino acids and ammonium on the postimplantation development of cultured preimplantation mouse zygotes were assessed. Development after transfer revealed that the mouse embryo undergoes a switch in nitrogen requirements during the preimplantation period. Although Eagle's nonessential amino acids and glutamine supported the highest implantation and fetal development rates per embryo transferred when zygotes were cultured for 48 h, by 93 h of culture the highest implantation rate was observed when all 20 amino acids were in the culture medium. Furthermore, fetal development per implantation at 69 and 93 h of culture was increased only in the presence of essential amino acids without glutamine. The beneficial effects of amino acids on postimplantation development when embryos were cultured for 4 days required that the medium be renewed after 48 h (at the 6-8-cell stage) to alleviate the build-up of ammonium. Ammonium was shown to induce fetal retardation and exencephaly in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Renewal of amino-acid-free culture medium reduced fetal mass, providing indirect evidence for the production of an embryo-derived growth factor capable of stimulating postimplantation development. These data demonstrate that inclusion of amino acids in the culture medium for preimplantation embryos significantly increases postimplantation development the preimplantation mouse embryo changes its nitrogen requirement as development proceeds, nonessential amino acids increase the implantation rate while the essential amino acids enhance fetal development, and ammonium in the medium retards fetal development and induces the neural tube defect exencephaly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-4251
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Increase in postimplantation development of cultured mouse embryos by amino acids and induction of fetal retardation and exencephaly by ammonium ions.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't