## Abstract When early blastocysts are subjected to immunosurgery, the resulting inner cell masses (ICMs) regenerate trophoblast cells. In contrast, ICMs from later blastocysts produce endoderm cells. We have found that if embryos are treated with cycloheximide during the transition from the early
In vitro development of core cells of the inner cell mass of the mouse blastocyst: Effects of conditioned medium
β Scribed by Atienza-Samols, Sui Bi ;Sherman, Michael I.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 425 KB
- Volume
- 208
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-104X
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Blastocysts submitted to two rounds of immunosurgery give rise to cores of presumptive ectoderm cells, many of which do not survive for more than 48 hours when cultured individually. Precoating of the culture plates with conditioned medium (CM) from PYSβ2 cells increases the incidence with which cores regenerate an outer layer. This procedure also improves the survival frequency of the cores, but only for a limited period of time. The small number of cores which survive for two weeks or more, either in uncoated or CMβcoated plates, give rise to an array of cell types, including giant cells resembling trophoblast.
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