Laser irradiation of the chick embryo germinal crescent

Development ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
Martha Fearon Mims ◽  
Robert Gilmore McKinnell

The germinal crescent of head-fold and one-somite-stage chicken embryos was irradiated with multiple pulses of a microbeam ruby laser. Primordial germ cells were not detected in the gonad primordium of six laser-irradiated 5-day embryos; ten laser-irradiated embryos had varying numbers of primordial germ cells. Ten control embryos had gonad primordia populated with many primordial germ cells.

Morphologie ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (347) ◽  
pp. 228-236
Author(s):  
M. Lejong ◽  
M. Choa-Duterre ◽  
N. Vanmuylder ◽  
S. Louryan

Development ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-260
Author(s):  
Teresa Rogulska

Suggestive evidence for the extragonadal origin of germ cells in birds was first presented by Swift (1914), who described primordial germ cells in the chick embryo at as early a stage as the primitive streak. According to Swift, primordial germ cells are originally located extra-embryonically in the anterior part of the blastoderm and occupy a crescent-shaped region (‘germinal crescent’) on the boundary between area opaca and area pellucida. Swift also found that primordial germ cells later enter into the blood vessels, circulate together with the blood throughout the whole blastoderm and finally penetrate into the genital ridges, where they become definitive germ cells. Swift's views have been confirmed in numerous descriptive and experimental investigations. Among the latter, the publications of Willier (1937), Simon (1960) and Dubois (1964a, b, 1965a, b, 1966) merit special attention. Dubois finally proved that the genital ridges exert a strong chemotactic influence on the primordial germ cells.


1988 ◽  
Vol 222 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masao Nakamura ◽  
Takashi Kuwana ◽  
Yukihiko Miyayama ◽  
Toyoaki Fujimoto

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Eguma ◽  
T. Soh ◽  
M. Hattori ◽  
N. Fujihara

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiaki Nakamura ◽  
Yasuhiro Yamamoto ◽  
Fumitake Usui ◽  
Yusuke Atsumi ◽  
Yohei Ito ◽  
...  

The aim of the present study was to improve the efficiency of endogenous primordial germ cell (PGC) depletion and to increase the ratio of donor PGCs in the gonads of recipient chicken embryos. A sustained-release emulsion was prepared by emulsifying equal amounts of Ca2+- and Mg2+-free phosphate-buffered saline containing 10% busulfan solubilised in N,N-dimethylformamide and sesame oil, using a filter. Then, 75 μg per 50 μL busulfan sustained-release emulsion was injected into the yolk. To determine the depletion and repopulation of PGCs in the gonads after 6 days incubation, whole-mount immunostaining was performed. The busulfan sustained-release emulsion significantly reduced the number of endogenous PGCs compared with control (P < 0.05). Moreover, the busulfan sustained-release emulsion significantly depleted endogenous PGCs compared with other previously reported busulfan delivery systems (P < 0.05), but with less variation, suggesting that the sustained-release emulsion delivered a consistent amount of busulfan to the developing chicken embryos. The PGC transfer study showed that the proportion of donor PGCs in the gonads of busulfan sustained-release emulsion-treated embryos after 6 days incubation increased 28-fold compared with control. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that exogenous PGCs are capable of migrating and settling in gonads from which endogenous PGCs have been removed using a busulfan sustained-release emulsion.


1976 ◽  
Vol 185 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyoaki Fujimoto ◽  
Atsumi Ukeshima ◽  
Ranko Kiyofuji

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. EYAL-GILADI ◽  
S. KOCHAV ◽  
M.K. MENASHI

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