{"title":"The effects of aphidicolin and α-amanitin on DNA synthesis in preimplantation mouse embryos","authors":"K. M. Cozad, C. Warner","doi":"10.1002/MRD.1120060209","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The effects of aphidicolin and α-amanitin on DNA synthesis by preimplantation mouse embryos were studied. It was found that both blastocyst and 8-cell embryos showed marked inhibition of 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA by aphidicolin at concentrations of 20–50 μg/ml. However, aphidicolin did not inhibit the conversion of morula embryos to blastocyst embryos, although aphidicolin-treated blastocysts lost their blastocoel and collapsed into a compact form after prolonged exposure to the drug. Both 8-cell and blastocyst embryos were found to be susceptible to inhibition of DNA synthesis by α-amanitin.","PeriodicalId":12668,"journal":{"name":"Gamete Research","volume":"17 1","pages":"155-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1982-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Gamete Research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/MRD.1120060209","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The effects of aphidicolin and α-amanitin on DNA synthesis by preimplantation mouse embryos were studied. It was found that both blastocyst and 8-cell embryos showed marked inhibition of 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA by aphidicolin at concentrations of 20–50 μg/ml. However, aphidicolin did not inhibit the conversion of morula embryos to blastocyst embryos, although aphidicolin-treated blastocysts lost their blastocoel and collapsed into a compact form after prolonged exposure to the drug. Both 8-cell and blastocyst embryos were found to be susceptible to inhibition of DNA synthesis by α-amanitin.