作者
Amanda L Fortier, Serge McGraw, Flavia L Lopes, Kirsten M Niles, Mylène Landry, Jacquetta M Trasler
发表日期
2014/5/5
期刊
Molecular and cellular endocrinology
卷号
388
期号
1-2
页码范围
51-57
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Although assisted reproductive technologies increase the risk of low birth weight and genomic imprinting disorders, the precise underlying causes remain unclear. Using a mouse model, we previously showed that superovulation alters the expression of imprinted genes in the placenta at 9.5 days (E9.5) of gestation. Here, we investigate whether effects of superovulation on genomic imprinting persisted at later stages of development and assess the surviving fetuses for growth and morphological abnormalities. Superovulation, followed by embryo transfer at E3.5, as compared to spontaneous ovulation (controls), resulted in embryos of normal size and weight at 14.5 and 18.5 days of gestation. The normal monoallelic expression of the imprinted genes H19, Snrpn and Kcnq1ot1 was unaffected in either the placentae or the embryos from the superovulated females at E14.5 or E18.5. However, for the paternally …
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