Cell cycle and apoptosis in normal and cloned bovine near-term placentae |
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Authors: | REG Rici PR Facciotti CE Ambrsio DA Maria JR Kfoury Jr M Bertolini MA Miglino |
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Institution: | aSão Paulo University, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;bButantan Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil;cUDESC, School of Veterinary Medicine, Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
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Abstract: | The bovine maternal epithelium is composed of cuboidal cells interspersed with low columnar cells having centrally located nuclei. Bovine trophoblast is composed of two cell types: mononuclear trophoblastic and giant trophoblastic cells that can have two or more nuclei. Number of apoptotic cells and proliferative cells are variable in both cell populations. This study compared tissue growth and apoptosis by flow cytometry in the cell population found at distinct placental regions (central region of placentomes, ≤1-cm microplacentomes and the interplacentomal region) between normal and cloned near-term bovine pregnancies. After a morphological comparison between regions and groups (controls vs. clones), a lesser proportion of diploid to tetraploid cells was observed in the central region of placentomes and in microplacentomes from cloned-derived pregnancies. In addition, cloned animals had a fewer apoptotic cells in the central region of the placentome and in interplacentomal region and a greater proliferative capacity in all regions (cells in G2/M) near term as opposed to control animals. These results may reveal the existence of a relationship between such changes in the proportions of uterine and trophoblastic epithelial cells at the end of pregnancy and normal placental function. This could be related to faulty placentation in early pregnancy, placental insufficiency during pregnancy or lack of placental and/or fetal maturation in late pregnancy, which may contribute to some of the abnormalities after in vitro embryo manipulations, such as poor preparation and initiation of parturition, prolonged gestation and lesser post-natal survival in some cloned animals. |
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Keywords: | Cattle— Placenta Cell cycle Cloning Placentome Trophoblast |
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