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Assessing Chromosomal Abnormalities in Two-Cell Bovine In Vitro-Fertilized Embryos by Using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with Three Different Cloned Probes¹

^a INRA, Unité Biologie du Développement, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France ^b UNCEIA, Services Techniques-13, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France

The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency of fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) for detecting chromosomal abnormalities in in vitro-fertilized (IVF) bovine embryos as early as the 2-cell stage. Three different cloned probes were used, two derived from a unique sequence specific to the subtelomeric (D1S48) or subcentromeric regions (19C10) of chromosome 1 and the third (H1A clone) derived from a repetitive sequence that hybridizes to the subcentromeric regions of three other chromosomes (14, 20, 25).

Our results show that the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities in 2-cell bovine IVF embryos varied from 28% to 44% according to the probes used for the analysis. Whereas the efficiency of FISH was high with somatic nuclei, it appeared to be highly variable with the 2-cell embryos. FISH efficiency depended firstly on the probe sequence (repetitive or unique sequence), secondly on the chromosomal target region (centromeric or telomeric regions), and thirdly on the embryo cell cycle phase.

With a unique sequence probe (19C10) specific to the subcentromeric regions, FISH efficiency was better on nuclei in the S-phase cycle than on those in the G-phase. In S-phase 2-cell embryos, the overall incidence of chromosomal abnormalities was more accurately assessed. It reached 13% and was represented by 1n/2n mixoploidies.

First decision: 5 October 1999.

¹ This research was partly funded by a grant from the European contract CT950190.

² Correspondence. FAX: 33 1 34 65 26 77; wafa{at}biotec.jouy.inra.fr

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