susceptibility of genomic imprinting to embryo culture
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Susceptibility of Genomic Imprinting to ART
Mellissa MannChildren’s Health Research Institute
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Biochemistry
University of Western Ontario
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35-70 million couples involuntarily infertile
1 in 6 people of reproductive age
ART
1-2% children born by ART
Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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Children conceived via ARTs are at increased risk
Intrauterine growth retardation Premature birth Low birth weight Possibly genetic disorders
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ART-induced perturbations in the mouse
Reduced viability Intrauterine growth retardation Developmental abnormalities Deviation in behaviour
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Developmental abnormalities in in vitro produced livestock
Large Offspring Syndrome
• Higher perinatal mortality
• Breathing difficulties• Reluctance to suckle• Skeletal anomalies• Large organs• Cerebellar dysplasia
•Increased prenatal loss•Large placentas•Large fetuses•Polyhydramnios•Parturition problems
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Duke University Medical Center
Epigenetics: Heritable alterations in gene activity without a change in DNA sequence
Obese and YellowSkinny and Brown
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Epigenetics
EstrogenDisruptors
HerbicidesPesticides
Nutrition DrugsVitamins
Epigenetics: Mediator of Environment, Development, and Disease
Pathology
Cancer
CardiovascularDisorders
GrowthDisorders
ImprintingDisorders
Lupus
NeurologicalDisorders
PediatricDisorders
ReproductiveDisorders
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Paternal alleleMaternal allele
Genomic ImprintingThe unequal expression of the maternal and paternal alleles of
a gene
Imprinted or markedwith their gametic-origin
Maternal allele Paternal allele
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Mouse/Human Imprinted Domains
Kcnq1
Kcnq1ot1
Cd81
Ascl2Th Ins2H19
Igf2Nap1l4
Slc22a1l
Tssc3 Cdkn1c
Mouse Distal 7/ Human 11p15.5
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Critical Region 1
IC IC
Prader-Willi Syndrome Angelman Syndrome
Frat3
Magel2NdnMouse Central 7/ Human 15q11-13
Ipw Ube3A Atp10c
Mkrn3
SnurfSnrpn snoRNA Genes
IC
IC Antisense
Paternal MaternalBiallelic Imprinting Center
IC Non-coding RNA
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Methylated imprinted allele
Unmethylated imprinted allele
PaternalGenome
MaternalGenome
Methylation changes during mouse preimplantation development
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Are genomic imprints maintained in preimplantation embryos after in vitro
culture?
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CASTChromosome 7
B6(CAST7)
B6
B6
X CAST B6
B6(CAST7) mice for use in allelic analyses
F1
Peg3
Snrpn
H19
Kcnq1ot1
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Trophectoderm
ICM
Blastocyst
Whitten’s
KSOMaa
2-cell
In vitro preimplantation culture regimes
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PaternalMaternal
14%p=0.002
6%p=0.006
63%
Loss of H19 imprinted expression occurs in a subset of individual
blastocysts after culture in Whitten’s medium
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Loss of imprinting occurred during preimplantation development in culture, indicating that mechanisms that operate to maintain imprinting were disrupted.
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What are the long-term effects of preimplantation development in
culture?
Cultured Blastocysts
Recipient Mothers
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Postimplantation embryos recovered at 9.5 days of pregnancy after preimplantation culture in
Whitten’s medium.
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Abnormal Delayed Normal
Controls Whitten's
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Embryo Placenta
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Ascl2
Snrpn
Peg3
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Loss of imprinted expression occurs primarily in day 9.5 placentasafter preimplantation culture
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Loss of imprinted expression occurs primarily in day 9.5 placentas after preimplantation culture
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Perturbations in imprinting persist long after embryos have been removed from culture.
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Loss of imprinting occurs more frequently in extraembryonic than embryonic lineages
Placenta
Embryo
Day 9.5
Trophectoderm
ICM
Blastocyst
Loss of impr
inting
Maintains/restores
imprinting
Preimplantation
Culture Proximity to culture?
ICM vs TE?Less redundancy?
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Sporadic imprinting defects may arise during ART procedures
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
X XOR OR
Biparental origin
ART children diagnosed with imprinting disorders
Loss ofmaternalmethylation
Loss of maternalmethylation
Normal
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Angelman Syndrome
X X
Biparental origin
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PGC Oocytematuration
HumansSuperovulation
+/- GnRH treatment
Oocyte retrieval
IVF/ICSI
In vitro culture
Superovulation In vitro culture
Mice
Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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PGC Oocytematuration
Superovulation In vitro cultureMice
Future StudiesAssisted Reproductive Technologies
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1. Do imprinting defects result from superovulation?
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2. When is imprinting lost during preimplantation development in culture?
3. Does loss of imprinting occur in mouse embryos cultured in media used in human assisted reproduction?
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4. Is loss of imprinting tissue-specific?
5. What are the long-term affects of preimplantation culture on genomic imprinting and development?
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1. Determine whether superovulation contributes to loss of imprinting
Spontaneous vs Induced Ovulation
Imprint Acquisition
Extraovarian Sensitivity
Preantral Early antral Preovulatory
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2. Determine when imprint maintenance is lost during preimplantation development in
culture.
Examine imprinting of H19, Snrpn, Kcnq1ot1, Peg3
In vitro culture
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3. Does loss of imprinting occur in mouse embryos cultured in media used in human
assisted reproduction? Trophectoderm
ICM
Blastocyst
Global
G1.2/G2.22-cell
HTF
P-1/Bl +SSS
One Step
Two Step
H19Snrpn Peg3Kncq1ot1
H19SnrpnPeg3Kncq1ot1
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Day 5.5 Day 6.5 Day 7.5 Day 8.5
Right horn
4. Determine how disruptions lead to the selective loss of imprinting in the
placenta
In VivoderivedWhitten’s
Left horn Right horn
Examine imprinting of H19, Snrpn, Kcnq1ot1, Peg3
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Ultrasound biomicroscopyDay 9.5, Day 13.5, Day 17.5
In VivoderivedWhitten’s
Left horn Right horn
5. Determine the long-term affects of preimplantation culture on genomic
imprinting and development
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Ultrasound biomicroscopy at Day 9.5-10.5 of gestation Growth and Viability
Crown-rumplength
Variable embryonic growth Calcium hydroxyapatite deposits
Resorption
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Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Macrosomia
Visceromegaly (liver, heart)
Macroglossia ( tongue)
Abdominal wall defects
Polydactyly (limb)
Cardiac defects (heart)
Adrenal defects
Lens defects (eye)
Vertebral defects
Hemihypertrophy
Polyhydramnios
Placentomegaly/Placental hydrops
Ultrasound biomicroscopy at Day 13.5 of gestation
Limb
Heart Eye
Tongue
Liver
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Acknowledgements
University of Pennsylvania
Marisa BartolomeiRichard Schultz