Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics

The association between embryo morphokinetics and its developmental competence is well documented. For instance, early cleaved embryos are more competent in developing to blastocysts, whereas the proportion of abnormally cleaved embryos that further developed to blastocysts is low. Numerous factors,...

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Main Authors: Dorit Kalo, Shira Yaacobi-Artzi, Shir Manovich, Ariel Michaelov, Alisa Komsky-Elbaz, Zvi Roth
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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description The association between embryo morphokinetics and its developmental competence is well documented. For instance, early cleaved embryos are more competent in developing to blastocysts, whereas the proportion of abnormally cleaved embryos that further developed to blastocysts is low. Numerous factors, such as the parental age, lifestyle, health, and smoking habits have been reported to affect the embryo morphokinetics and, consequently, its development. However, less is known about the effect of environmental stressors on embryo morphokinetics. The current review discusses the effect of the most concerning environmental stressors on embryo morphokinetics. These stresses include heat stress and human-made chemicals such as phthalates (e.g., bis-(2-ethylhexyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, dimethyl phthalate, and their primary metabolites), herbicides (e.g., diaminochlorotriazine, the primary metabolite of atrazine), pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., carbamazepine, nocodazole) and pro-oxidant agents (cumene hydroperoxide, Triton X-100), as well as naturally occurring toxins such as mycotoxin (e.g., aflatoxin B1 and its metabolite, and ochratoxin A). In addition, this review discusses the effect of ionizing or non-ionizing radiation and viral infections (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, papillomavirus). Finally, it points out some potential mechanisms that underlie the impairment of embryo morphokinetics, and it suggests protective compounds, mainly the supplementation of antioxidants to improve the morphokinetics, and consequently, the embryo developmental competence.
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spelling doaj-art-c27a1bb324dc4ea7b02c8732ec0761332025-08-20T02:50:53ZengMDPI AGJournal of Xenobiotics2039-47052039-47132024-10-011441613163710.3390/jox14040087Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental MorphokineticsDorit Kalo0Shira Yaacobi-Artzi1Shir Manovich2Ariel Michaelov3Alisa Komsky-Elbaz4Zvi Roth5Department of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelDepartment of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelDepartment of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelDepartment of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelDepartment of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelDepartment of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot 7610001, IsraelThe association between embryo morphokinetics and its developmental competence is well documented. For instance, early cleaved embryos are more competent in developing to blastocysts, whereas the proportion of abnormally cleaved embryos that further developed to blastocysts is low. Numerous factors, such as the parental age, lifestyle, health, and smoking habits have been reported to affect the embryo morphokinetics and, consequently, its development. However, less is known about the effect of environmental stressors on embryo morphokinetics. The current review discusses the effect of the most concerning environmental stressors on embryo morphokinetics. These stresses include heat stress and human-made chemicals such as phthalates (e.g., bis-(2-ethylhexyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, dimethyl phthalate, and their primary metabolites), herbicides (e.g., diaminochlorotriazine, the primary metabolite of atrazine), pharmaceutical compounds (e.g., carbamazepine, nocodazole) and pro-oxidant agents (cumene hydroperoxide, Triton X-100), as well as naturally occurring toxins such as mycotoxin (e.g., aflatoxin B1 and its metabolite, and ochratoxin A). In addition, this review discusses the effect of ionizing or non-ionizing radiation and viral infections (e.g., SARS-CoV-2, papillomavirus). Finally, it points out some potential mechanisms that underlie the impairment of embryo morphokinetics, and it suggests protective compounds, mainly the supplementation of antioxidants to improve the morphokinetics, and consequently, the embryo developmental competence.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4713/14/4/87embryo morphokineticsenvironmental stressorstime-lapse system
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Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
Journal of Xenobiotics
embryo morphokinetics
environmental stressors
time-lapse system
title Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
title_full Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
title_fullStr Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
title_short Environmental Stress-Induced Alterations in Embryo Developmental Morphokinetics
title_sort environmental stress induced alterations in embryo developmental morphokinetics
topic embryo morphokinetics
environmental stressors
time-lapse system
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