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- Title
HSP70 overexpression may play a protective role in the mouse embryos stimulated by CUMS.
- Authors
Xiao-Hong Li; Hou-Qing Pang; Lang Qin; Song Jin; Xun Zeng; Yu Bai; Shang-Wei Li
- Abstract
Background: We evaluated whether heat shock protein HSP70 plays a protective role in the embryos of Kunming mice subjected to chronic unpredictable mild stress. Methods: Female mice were stimulated for 4 weeks with nine stressors and then divided into mild, moderate and severe stress groups. Superovulation was induced with a gonadotropin preparation (PMSG/HCG) and HSP70 expression in 2-cell embryos and day 4 embryos was detected by immunofluorescence (IF) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results: In the mild stress group, ovarian response and oocyte development potential were similar to those of the control group, while the HSP70 mRNA levels of the embryos were significantly higher (P < 0.05). In the severe stress group, ovarian response and oocyte development potential decreased compared with the control group (P < 0.05), while the HSP70 mRNA levels were similar. The results of the moderate stress group were intermediate among the three groups. Furthermore, HSP70 mRNA levels of the embryos were shown to be positively associated with parameters of oocyte and embryo development potential (P < 0.05). Conclusions: HSP70 overexpression may play a protective role in the embryos of the mild or moderate stress mice stimulated by chronic unpredictable mild stress.
- Subjects
HSP70 heat-shock proteins; GENETIC overexpression; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; EMBRYOS; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Reproductive Biology & Endocrinology, 2015, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
1477-7827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12958-015-0123-z