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Embryos maintain pHi homeostasis through ion exchangers that respond to both acidic and alkaline challenges.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While alkalosis defense mechanisms decline in later embryonic stages, this study investigated whether acidosis defense mechanisms \u2013 specifically Na+\/H+ exchanger (NHE) activity alone and in conjunction with sodium-dependent chloride\/bicarbonate exchanger (NDBCE) \u2013 remain active across developmental stages in in vivo- and in vitro-derived embryos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In vivo-derived embryos (from 2-cell to blastocyst stage) were collected from BALB\/c strain female mice. To obtain embryos at the same stages under in vitro conditions, in vivo-derived pronuclear (PN) zygotes were incubated in potassium simplex optimized medium (KSOM) medium. All embryos were loaded with the pH-sensitive fluorophore BCECF-AM (2\u2032,7\u2032-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein acetoxymethyl ester) and their recovery rates from induced acidosis were quantified microspectrofluorometrically in two different solutions (bicarbonate-free pHKFHM and pHKSOM). The contributions of NHE1 and NHE3 isoforms were assessed using specific inhibitors (cariporide and S3226). Additionally, indirect immunofluorescence was performed to visualize NHE and NDBCE proteins in a subset of embryos.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Key results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The exchanger activities were high at the 2-cell stage of the embryos and there was no significant decrease across in vivo or in vitro developmental stages. 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