Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Interleukin-6 promotes primitive endoderm development in bovine blastocysts

Show simple item record

dc.contributor Animal and Poultry Sciences
dc.creator Wooldridge, Lydia K.
dc.creator Ealy, Alan D.
dc.date 2021-01-19T12:46:21Z
dc.date 2021-01-19T12:46:21Z
dc.date 2021-01-12
dc.date 2021-01-17T04:09:02Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:52:42Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:52:42Z
dc.identifier BMC Developmental Biology. 2021 Jan 12;21(1):3
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101949
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1186/s12861-020-00235-z
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281648
dc.description Background Interleukin-6 (IL6) was recently identified as an embryotrophic factor in bovine embryos, where it acts primarily to mediate inner cell mass (ICM) size. This work explored whether IL6 affects epiblast (EPI) and primitive endoderm (PE) development, the two embryonic lineages generated from the ICM after its formation. Nuclear markers for EPI (NANOG) and PE (GATA6) were used to differentiate the two cell types. Results Increases (P < 0.05) in total ICM cell numbers and PE cell numbers were detected in bovine blastocysts at day 8 and 9 post-fertilization after exposure to 100 ng/ml recombinant bovine IL6. Also, IL6 increased (P < 0.05) the number of undifferentiated ICM cells (cells containing both PE and EPI markers). The effects of IL6 on EPI cell numbers were inconsistent. Studies were also completed to explore the importance of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2)-dependent signaling in bovine PE cells. Definitive activation of STAT3, a downstream target for JAK2, was observed in PE cells. Also, pharmacological inhibition of JAK2 decreased (P < 0.05) PE cell numbers. Conclusions To conclude, IL6 manipulates ICM development after EPI/PE cell fates are established. The PE cells are the target for IL6, where a JAK-dependent signal is used to regulate PE numbers.
dc.description Published version
dc.format application/pdf
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights The Author(s)
dc.title Interleukin-6 promotes primitive endoderm development in bovine blastocysts
dc.title BMC Developmental Biology
dc.type Article - Refereed
dc.type Text
dc.type StillImage


Files in this item

Files Size Format View
12861_2020_Article_235.pdf 1.225Mb application/pdf View/Open

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search DSpace


Advanced Search

Browse