Early mouse preimplantation development is unaffected by microinjection of metallothionein antibodies.
Polyclonal antibodies that cross-react with rodent metallothionein I (MT I) and metallothionein II (MT II) were microinjected in 1-cell and 2-cell mouse embryos, into either the cytoplasm or the nucleus. Regardless of the experimental treatment, mouse embryo development in vitro was not affected and most of the embryos cleaved normally until the morula stage. The results suggest that metallothionein is not essential for normal mouse early preimplantational development, in agreement with recent studies in mice with inactivated MT I and MT II genes.
Ibáñez
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Departament de Biologia Cellular i Fisiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Vidal
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Hidalgo
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D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000648:ultrastructure; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008297:Male; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008845:Microinjections; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits
D000906:Antibodies; D008668:Metallothionein