Induced thermotolerance in bovine two‐cell embryos and the role of heat shock protein 70 in embryonic development
- 25 April 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Reproduction and Development
- Vol. 62 (2), 174-180
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.10122
Abstract
Induced thermotolerance is a phenomenon whereby exposure to a mild heat shock can induce heat shock proteins (HSP) and other cellular changes to make cells more resistant to a subsequent, more severe heat shock. Given that the 2-cell bovine embryo is very sensitive to heat shock, but can also produce HSP70 in response to elevated temperature, experiments were conducted to test whether 2-cell embryos could be made to undergo induced thermotolerance. Another objective was to test the role of the heat-inducible form of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70i) in development and sensitivity of bovine embryos to heat shock. To test for induced thermotolerance, 2-cell bovine embryos were first exposed to a mild heat shock (40°C for 1 hr, or 41°C or 42°C for 80 min), allowed to recover at 38.5°C and 5% (v/v) CO2 for 2 hr, and then exposed to a severe heat shock (41°C for 4.5, 6, or 12 hr). Regardless of the conditions, previous exposure to mild heat shock did not reduce the deleterious effect of heat shock on development of embryos to the blastocyst stage. The role of HSP70i in embryonic development was tested in two experiments by culturing embryos with a monoclonal antibody to the inducible form of HSP70. At both 38.5°C and 41°C, the proportion of 2-cell embryos that developed to blastocyst was reduced (P < 0.05) by addition of anti-HSP70i to the culture medium. In contrast, sensitivity to heat shock was not generally increased by addition of antibody. In conclusion, bovine 2-cell embryos appear incapable of induced thermotolerance. Lack of capacity for induced thermotolerance could explain in part the increased sensitivity of 2-cell embryos to heat shock as compared to embryos at later stages of development. Results also implicate a role for HSP70i in normal development of bovine embryos. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 62: 174–180, 2002.Keywords
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