Rivera-Pérez Jaime A, Jones Vanessa, Tam Patrick P L
Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Methods Enzymol. 2010;476:185-203. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(10)76011-0.
In vitro culture of whole mouse embryos enables the maintenance of growth and morphogenesis of postimplantation embryos outside the uterine environment. This technological advent facilitates the observation of the development of embryos in real time whereby cell lineage and tissue morphogenesis can be traced with appropriate vital cell labels and molecular markers. Embryos in culture are also amenable to direct experimental manipulations for elucidating developmental mechanisms of embryogenesis, germ layer formation, and embryonic patterning. This chapter outlines protocols for culturing mouse embryos at the immediate postimplantation period. We also present a system of developmental staging so that the outcome of different embryo culture studies may be assessed properly with reference to the precise developmental stage of the embryos used for the specific experiments.
全小鼠胚胎的体外培养能够使着床后胚胎在子宫外环境中维持生长和形态发生。这一技术进步便于实时观察胚胎发育,从而可以用适当的活细胞标记物和分子标记物追踪细胞谱系和组织形态发生。培养中的胚胎也适合进行直接实验操作,以阐明胚胎发生、胚层形成和胚胎模式形成的发育机制。本章概述了在着床后即刻培养小鼠胚胎的方案。我们还提出了一个发育分期系统,以便可以根据用于特定实验的胚胎的确切发育阶段,恰当地评估不同胚胎培养研究的结果。
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