title: Possible roles of insulin and insulin-like growth factors in rat preimplantation development: investigation of gene expression by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: The sensitive mRNA phenotyping technique of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to demonstrate that insulin receptor mRNA is present in rat embryos during the preimplantation period. In addition, mRNA encoding insulin-like growth factor (IGF) type I and type II receptors have also been detected in rat preimplantation embryos. IGF-I mRNA was not detected in preimplantation embryos but was found in oviducts and uteri of prepubertal and early pregnant rats. IGF-II mRNA was present in both embryos and in oviducts and uteri during the preimplantation period. These findings suggest that insulin and IGF-I could influence early embryo development in endocrine or in paracrine fashions, whereas IGF-II may have an additional autocrine mode of action in affecting preimplantation embryos in rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kidder
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000378:metabolism*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D007328:Insulin / Q000502:physiology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000502:physiology; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000235:genetics; D017527:Receptor, IGF Type 2 / Q000235:genetics; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000235:genetics; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000502:physiology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017527:Receptor, IGF Type 2; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase