The cellular dynamics during peri-implantation embryogenesis and the concurrent interactions at the embryo-maternal interface are inherently difficult to study due to intrauterine development in mammals. To model certain aspects of these processes in vitro, we have generated a biomimetic environment resembling the mechanical properties of the murine uterine stroma. Here we describe a step-by-step methodology for 3D culture of mouse embryos and ectoplacental cone explants in synthetic hydrogels that allow ex utero trophoblast invasion.

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3D In Vitro Culture of Early Mouse Embryos and Trophoblast Tissue Explants

  • Devila Prit,
  • Shashank Jaitly,
  • Niraimathi Govindasamy,
  • Adrian Ranga,
  • Ivan Bedzhov

摘要

The cellular dynamics during peri-implantation embryogenesis and the concurrent interactions at the embryo-maternal interface are inherently difficult to study due to intrauterine development in mammals. To model certain aspects of these processes in vitro, we have generated a biomimetic environment resembling the mechanical properties of the murine uterine stroma. Here we describe a step-by-step methodology for 3D culture of mouse embryos and ectoplacental cone explants in synthetic hydrogels that allow ex utero trophoblast invasion.