Mcl-1 deficiency results in peri-implantation embryonic lethality

AUTOR(ES)

Rinkenberger, Julie L.

FONTE

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

RESUMO

We disrupted the Mcl-1 locus in murine ES cells to determine the developmental roles of this Bcl-2 family member. Deletion of Mcl-1 resulted in peri-implantation embryonic lethality. Mcl-1−/− embryos do not implant in utero, but could be recovered at E3.5–4.0. Null blastocysts failed to hatch or attach in vitro, indicating a trophectoderm defect, although the inner cell mass could grow in culture. Of note, Mcl-1−/− blastocysts showed no evidence of increased apoptosis, but exhibited a delay in maturation beyond the precompaction stage. This model indicates that Mcl-1 is essential for preimplantation development and implantation, and suggests that it has a function beyond regulating apoptosis.

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