Molecular Human Reproduction Vol. 2, NUMBER 12 pp. 967-977, 1996
© European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology 1996
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Developmental changes in calcium dynamics, protein kinase C distribution and endoplasmic reticulum organization in human preimplantation embryos
1Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences 2Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto Porto, Portugal 3Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Granada Faculty of Sciences Granada, Spain 4Laboratory d'Eylau 55 Rue Saint-Didier, 75116 Paris, France
To whom correspondence should be addressed at: 5To whom correspondence should be addressed at the laboratoire d'Eylau, 55 Rue Saint-Didier, 75116 Paris, France
Developmental changes in the Ca2+ dynamics of human zygotes and preimplantation embryos were related to changes in the distribution of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and protein kinase C (PKC). The fertilization-induced Ca2+ oscillations were typically observed over >5 h, were ryanodine-sensitive and showed a periphery-to-centre propagation of Ca2+ waves. At the same time, ER and PKC were accumulated in the cell periphery. After the appearance of pronuclei, ryanodine-sensitive Ca2+ oscillations of lower amplitude and frequency were observed until the pronuclear breakdown. However, Ca2+ waves then began in the perinuclear region, in the area of ER and PKC accumulation and spread towards the cell periphery. During the second to fourth cell cycle, small sinusoidal Ca2+ fluctuations were observed; sparse higher-amplitude Ca2+ spikes, superimposed on these basal fluctuations, appeared shortly before cell division. The sinusoidal Ca2+ fluctuations were asynchronous in individual blastomeres and disappeared progressively in arrested embryos. The direction of Ca2+ wave propagation and the distribution of ER and PKC were similar to the situation observed in pronuclear zygotes. In contrast to the zygotes, ryanodine did not arrest the Ca2+ oscillations but augmented their amplitude and frequency. These data suggest that human pre-embryos use different mechanisms of Ca2+ signalling in the early post-fertilization period, during the pronuclear development and during cleavage.
calcium dynamics/endoplasmic reticulum/human preimplantation embryos/protein kinase C/ryanodine
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