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Making embryos Flashcards

1
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What are the three steps of fertilization?

A

Penetration through the cumulus cell matrix
Penetration through the zona pellucida
Fusion with the egg plasma membrane

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How is the cumulus cell matrix tightly bound?

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Cell adhesion proteins and hyaluronic acid

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3
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What triggers the release of EGF receptor ligands by mural granulosa cells?

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LH

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4
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How is hyaluronic acid released?

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Pro-factors and ligands upregulate the transcription of genes

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5
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What is the role of sperm-specific hyaluronidases?

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They surround the surface of the sperm and digest the hyaluronic acid, allowing the sperm to get through the matrix

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6
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How many proteins are found in the zona pellucida in primates?

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Four

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7
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Deletion of which zp proteins prevents assembly of zona?

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zp2 and zp3

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What test can be done to observe the role of zp2 in fertilization?

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Replace mouse zp gene by human homologue; mix transgenic mouse egg with human sperm -> sperm doesn’t stick to the zona of mouse egg BUT sticks to zp2 of human egg

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9
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What sperm membrane protein is required for sperm-egg fusion?

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Izumo

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10
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Izumo gene activation leads to _____________ males and _____________ females

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Infertile; fertile

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11
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True or false: Izumo knockout leads to the inability for sperm to stick to the membrane

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False, it disables sperm from fusing into the membrane while still being able to stick to the membrane

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12
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What egg membrane protein is required for sperm-egg fusion?

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Juno

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13
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Juno binds to ___________

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Izumo

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14
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Fluorescent Izumo no longer binds to __________ because anti-_____________ antibody covers ____________

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Juno; Juno; Juno

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15
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Deleting Juno from males led to no _____________ and deleting Juno from females led to no _______________

A

Effect; fertilization

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16
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What is another membrane protein required for sperm-egg fusion?

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CD9

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17
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CD9 is a member of ________________ cell surface protein family

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Tetraspanin

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18
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CD9 gene inactivation leads to ____________ males and severely sub-fertile _______________

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Fertile; females

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19
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What is the role of CD9 in fertilization?

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CD9 aggregates Juno proteins on the cell surface for easier targeting of Izumo on the sperm

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20
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Which of the following is part of the activation of the egg?
a) Initiation of mitotic cell cycles of embryo
b) Completion of the first meiotic division

A

a)

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21
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How is the increase of intracellular calcium linked to the mechanism of activation?

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Sperm penetration induces repetitive release of calcium ions
Parthenogenetic stimuli induce calcium release
Inhibiting release of calcium prevents activation of the egg

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22
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How does the sperm trigger calcium release in the egg?

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Sperm acts as a ligand to activate intracellular signaling pathway
Sperm component enters oocyte cytoplasm, triggers calcium release

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23
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How are G-protein coupled receptors and phospholipase C linked to calcium release?

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G-protein binds to GPCR and triggers phospholipase C to break down PIP3 into IP3 and diacylglycerol
IP3 triggers the calcium release

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24
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True or false: Sperm specific phospholipase C is required for release in the egg

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True

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25
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Is sperm release linked to GPCR?

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No, sperm releases its own phospholipase C

26
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Where can polyspermic fertilization be blocked?

A

Zona pellucida and membrane of egg

27
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Calcium released at fertilization triggers cortical granule _______________

A

Exocytosis

28
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Cortical granules are responsible for modifying _________ so that sperm can no longer bind to the zona

29
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What protein cleaves zp2 at the disulfide bonds and modifies the zona pellucida?

30
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When does meiosis II occur in the egg?

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After fertilization

31
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How many polar bodies are formed after fertilization?

32
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At which phases of meiosis is cohesin degraded?

A

Anaphase I and II

33
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How is separase activated?

A

CDC20 and APC form a complex that activates separase by separating it from securin

34
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What inhibits the CDC20/APC complex in the first meiotic division?

A

Spindle assembly checkpoint

35
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What inhibits the CDC20/APC complex in the second meiotic division?

36
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What causes the degradation of EMI2?

37
Q

During the first period of DNA replication, chromosomes from egg and sperm are _____________ in the oocyte

38
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Histones replace ______________ in sperm chromatin __________ fertilization

A

Protamines; after

39
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The period of development before implantation into the uterus lasts _______ days

40
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Cleavage divisions produce an embryo containing ____________ cells

41
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What is morula?

A

Cells are flattened against each other to increase surface area

42
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When does activation of embryonic transcription occur in humans and in mouse?

A

Major activation occurs at 2-cell stage in mouse, 4-cell stage in humans

43
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Which cells form the blastocyst?

A

Epiblast (primitive ectoderm) and primitive endoderm (inner cell mass) + trophectoderm

44
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The primitive ectoderm gives rise to which cell types?

A

All tissues of the embryo, amnion, allantois, yolk sac mesoderm

45
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The primitive endoderm gives rise to which cell type?

A

Yolk sac endoderm

46
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The trophectoderm gives rise to which cell type?

A

Fetal portion of placenta

47
Q

What are the two models that determine the fate of inner and outer cells?

A

Inside-outside model where fate is determined by position
Polarity model where differential inheritance of polarity domains determine cell fate

48
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What is the Hippo signaling pathway?

A

Mob1 and LATS1/2 is activated when MST1/2 and SAV1 are phosphorylated and ubiquitinates YAP/TAZ complex for degradation

49
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When the hippo signaling pathway is off, the YAP/TAZ complex is ______________

50
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If Hippo is off and YAP is stabilized, which cell type is formed?

A

Trophectoderm

51
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If Hippo is on and YAP is degraded, which cell type is formed?

A

Inner cell mass

52
Q

AMOT cannot recruit the machinery that phosphorylates YAP in the _____________ domain

53
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AMOT can recruit the machinery that phosphorylates YAP in the _________________ domain

A

Basolateral

54
Q

FGF signaling differentiates primitive ectoderm and primitive ______________

55
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The epiblast expresses ___________ while the primitive endoderm expresses ________________

A

Nanog; Gata6

56
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Why is X-chromosome inactivated?

A

To equalize the gene dosage

57
Q

One X-chr becomes inactivated in _________ and a single X-chr remains active in ____________

A

Females; males

58
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What is the mechanism of X-chr inactivation?

A

Xist RNA is expressed from one X-chromosome
Xist RNA coats that X-chr
Xist-coated X is transcriptionally inactive

59
Q

When does X-chr inactivation occur?

A

After implantation

60
Q

Some genes are ___________ and escape inactivation

ANAT 381 Experimental Embryology (24 decks)

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