mortality/aging
• homozygous mutant embryos die in utero between E6.5 and E7.5
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cellular
• strikingly, ~25% of mitotic cells contain one or more lagging chromosomes, suggesting that anaphase proceeds in the absence of complete chromosome-microtubule attachment
• in utero, E6.5-E7.5 mutant embryos show a significant reduction in the total number of mitotic cells
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• at E5.5, mutant embryonic cells assemble normal spindles and undergo mitosis but are unable to arrest in response to drug-induced spindle disruption, indicating loss of a functional spindle assembly checkpoint
• absence of a functional spindle assembly checkpoint allows mutant cells to proceed even when unattached chromosomes are present, resulting in widespread chromosome missegregation
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• in vitro, cell death is restricted to the rapidly dividing cells of the inner cell mass
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• mutant embryos undergo programmed cell death after the initiation of gastrulation at E6.5-E7.5; at this stage, wild-type embryos contain only a few apoptotic cells near the embryo center
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• in vitro, the ICM of mutant embryos stops proliferating after E6.5
• in contrast, the postmitotic and highly polyploid trophoblast giant cells continue to grow in size through E8.5
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embryo
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• homozygous mutant embryos appear normal both in utero and in culture until E5.5
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• in vitro, cell death is restricted to the rapidly dividing cells of the inner cell mass
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• mutant embryos undergo programmed cell death after the initiation of gastrulation at E6.5-E7.5; at this stage, wild-type embryos contain only a few apoptotic cells near the embryo center
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• in vitro, the ICM of mutant embryos stops proliferating after E6.5
• in contrast, the postmitotic and highly polyploid trophoblast giant cells continue to grow in size through E8.5
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• mutant embryos are small relative to wild-type embryos
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• mutant embryos appear grossly abnormal relative to wild-type embryos
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• virtually no mutant ICM cells persist to E8.5
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growth/size/body
• mutant embryos are small relative to wild-type embryos
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