Abstract |
Rat hepatoma Reuber H-35 cells produce a unique compound designated as Fr.B-25, a 2-cell stage-specific inhibitor of the cleavage of preimplantation mouse embryos cultured in vitro. Here, we identified Fr.B-25 as a purine nucleoside, 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine ( MTA), by mass spectroscopic analysis. All of the biological activities examined of authentic MTA on the development of mouse zygotes were indistinguishable from those of Fr.B-25. The mechanism of MTA action in the development of preimplantation mouse embryos was probably different from those of hypoxanthine and adenosine, which are well-characterized purine nucleosides that act as inhibitors of the cleavage of mouse 2-cell embryos. From the shared molecular and biological properties of Fr.B-25 and MTA, we concluded that Fr.B-25 is MTA. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first delineation of the effect of MTA on the development of preimplantation mammalian embryos cultured in vitro.
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Authors | Masayuki Kobayashi, Koichi Saito, Shigeru Tamogami, Junko Takashima, Kano Kasuga, Ikuo Kojima |
Journal | Zygote (Cambridge, England)
(Zygote)
Vol. 19
Issue 2
Pg. 117-25
(May 2011)
ISSN: 1469-8730 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 20569511
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Deoxyadenosines
- Thionucleosides
- 5'-methylthioadenosine
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Topics |
- Animals
- Blastocyst
(drug effects, metabolism)
- Cleavage Stage, Ovum
(cytology, metabolism)
- Deoxyadenosines
(biosynthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
- Embryo, Mammalian
(metabolism)
- Embryonic Development
- Female
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
(metabolism)
- Mice
- Rats
- Thionucleosides
(biosynthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
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