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Vazquez-Avendaño JR, Cortez-Romero C, Bravo-Vinaja Á, Ambríz-García DA, Trejo-Córdova A, Navarro-Maldonado MDC. Reproduction of Sheep through Nuclear Transfer of Somatic Cells: A Bibliometric Approach. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:1839. [PMID: 37889773 PMCID: PMC10251971 DOI: 10.3390/ani13111839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a reproductive biotechnology with great potential in the reproduction of different species of zootechnical interest, including sheep. This study aimed to carry out a bibliometric analysis of scientific papers published on the application of SCNT in sheep reproduction during the period 1997-2023. The search involved the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index databases of the main collection of the Web of Sciences with different descriptors. A total of 124 scientific papers were analyzed for different bibliometric indicators using the VOSviewer software. Since 2001, the number of SCNT-related papers that have been published concerning sheep reproduction has increased and it has fluctuated in ensuing years. The main authors, research groups, institutions, countries, papers, and journals with the highest number of papers related to the application of SCNT in sheep reproduction were identified, as well as the topics that address the research papers according to the terms: somatic cell, embryo, oocyte, gene expression, SCNT, and sheep.
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- José Roberto Vazquez-Avendaño
- Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Ciudad de México C.P. 3855, Mexico;
- Department of Biology of Reproduction, Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México C.P. 09310, Mexico; (D.A.A.-G.); (A.T.-C.)
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- Program in Genetic Resources and Productivity-Livestock, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Texcoco C.P. 56264, Mexico;
- Program in Innovation in Natural Resources Management, Campus San Luis Potosí, Colegio de Postgraduados, Salinas de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí C.P. 78600, Mexico;
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- Program in Innovation in Natural Resources Management, Campus San Luis Potosí, Colegio de Postgraduados, Salinas de Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí C.P. 78600, Mexico;
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- Department of Biology of Reproduction, Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México C.P. 09310, Mexico; (D.A.A.-G.); (A.T.-C.)
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- Department of Biology of Reproduction, Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México C.P. 09310, Mexico; (D.A.A.-G.); (A.T.-C.)
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- Department of Biology of Reproduction, Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México C.P. 09310, Mexico; (D.A.A.-G.); (A.T.-C.)
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Li Y, Sun Q. Epigenetic manipulation to improve mouse SCNT embryonic development. Front Genet 2022; 13:932867. [PMID: 36110221 PMCID: PMC9468881 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.932867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cloned mammals can be achieved through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which involves reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells into a totipotent state. However, low cloning efficiency hampers its application severely. Cloned embryos have the same DNA as donor somatic cells. Therefore, incomplete epigenetic reprogramming accounts for low development of cloned embryos. In this review, we describe recent epigenetic barriers in SCNT embryos and strategies to correct these epigenetic defects and avoid the occurrence of abnormalities in cloned animals.
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- Yamei Li
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Neuroscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Institute of Neuroscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Primate Neurobiology, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence Technology, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Qiang Sun,
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Li W, Zheng H, Yang Y, Xu H, Guo Z. A diverse English keyword search reveals the value of scriptaid treatment for porcine embryo development following somatic cell nuclear transfer. Reprod Fertil Dev 2022; 34:798-803. [PMID: 35580865 DOI: 10.1071/rd22025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Incomplete epigenetic reprogramming of histone deacetylation (HDAC) is one of the main reasons for the low efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Scriptaid is a synthetic HDAC inhibitor (HDACi) that may improve the efficiency of porcine SCNT. AIMS This study aimed to determine whether scriptaid increases the number of blastocyst cells or the cleavage rate. METHODS We conducted a meta-analysis of the pertinent literature published over the past decade. KEY RESULTS A total of 73 relevant papers were retrieved using a diverse English keyword search, and 11 articles were used for the meta-analysis. Scriptaid was positively correlated with blastocyst rate but had no effect on cleavage rate or blastocyst cell number. A subgroup analysis of blastocyst cell number showed that the staining method was the source of the heterogeneity. CONCLUSIONS In SCNT embryos, scriptaid treatment after activation can promote embryonic development, but there may be adverse effects on early development. IMPLICATIONS HDACi research should focus on SCNT birth efficiency.
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- Wei Li
- Northeast Agricultural University, College of Arts and Sciences, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, P. R. China
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- Northeast Agricultural University, College of Arts and Sciences, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, P. R. China
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- Northeast Agricultural University, College of Arts and Sciences, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, P. R. China
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- Northeast Agricultural University, College of Arts and Sciences, No. 600 Changjiang Road, Xiangfang District, Harbin 150030, P. R. China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Animal Husbandry Research Institute, No. 368 Xuefu Road, Harbin 150086, P. R. China
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Vazquez-Avendaño JR, Ambriz-García DA, Cortez-Romero C, Trejo-Córdova A, del Carmen Navarro-Maldonado M. Current state of the efficiency of sheep embryo production through somatic cell nuclear transfer. Small Rumin Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Zarei M, Shamaghdari B, Vahabi Z, Dalman A, Eftekhari Yazdi P. Epigenetic reprogramming in cloned mouse embryos following treatment with DNA methyltransferase and histone deacetylase inhibitors. Syst Biol Reprod Med 2022; 68:227-238. [PMID: 35382652 DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2022.2036868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We examined the effects of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor - RG108, and histone deacetylase inhibitor - SAHA, on the reprogramming parameters of cloned mouse embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer into oocytes. The programming parameters studied included dynamics of histone reacetylation, developmental rate, DNA methylation, and transcript levels of genes, all of which are pivotal to lineage specification and blastocyst formation. At the pronuclear stage, somatic nucleus-transplanted oocytes treated with 5 µM SAHA presented higher histone acetylation at H3K9, H3K14, H4K16 and H4K12, compared to untreated clones (p < 0.05). At the morula stage, cloned embryos treated with 5 μM RG108 or 5 μM SAHA presented lower DNA methylation intensity compared to untreated clones (p < 0.05), resembling the intensity levels of fertilized embryos. However, these effects were not observed when RG108 and SAHA were used in combination. The rate of morula formation was significantly higher in cloned embryos treated with 5 µM SAHA than in untreated clones, whereas treatment with RG108 resulted in no obvious effects on morula formation rates. On the other hand, the combined treatment with RG108 and SAHA resulted in inferior rates of cloned morula formation, compared to untreated clones. At the blastocyst stage, the aberrant expression levels of key developmental genes Oct4 and Cdx2, but not Nanog, were corrected in cloned embryos by the treatment with RG108. This is similar to the intensity levels seen in fertilized embryos. The expression of Rpl7l1 gene was significantly higher in embryos treated with both RG108 and SAHA than in untreated and in control groups. In summary, the present study showed that SAHA and RG108, when applied separately, improve the rate and quality of cloned mouse embryos.
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- Maryam Zarei
- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Effect of ACY-1215 on cytoskeletal remodeling and histone acetylation in bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos. Theriogenology 2022; 183:98-107. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Strategies to Improve the Efficiency of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23041969. [PMID: 35216087 PMCID: PMC8879641 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23041969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mammalian oocytes can reprogram differentiated somatic cells into a totipotent state through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which is known as cloning. Although many mammalian species have been successfully cloned, the majority of cloned embryos failed to develop to term, resulting in the overall cloning efficiency being still low. There are many factors contributing to the cloning success. Aberrant epigenetic reprogramming is a major cause for the developmental failure of cloned embryos and abnormalities in the cloned offspring. Numerous research groups attempted multiple strategies to technically improve each step of the SCNT procedure and rescue abnormal epigenetic reprogramming by modulating DNA methylation and histone modifications, overexpression or repression of embryonic-related genes, etc. Here, we review the recent approaches for technical SCNT improvement and ameliorating epigenetic modifications in donor cells, oocytes, and cloned embryos in order to enhance cloning efficiency.
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St John JC. Epigenetic Regulation of the Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes: Involvement in Metabolism, Development, and Disease. Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2021; 9:203-224. [PMID: 33592161 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-080520-083353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Our understanding of the interactions between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is becoming increasingly important as they are extensively involved in establishing early development and developmental progression. Evidence from various biological systems indicates the interdependency between the genomes, which requires a high degree of compatibility and synchrony to ensure effective cellular function throughout development and in the resultant offspring. During development, waves of DNA demethylation, de novo methylation, and maintenance methylation act on the nuclear genome and typify oogenesis and pre- and postimplantation development. At the same time, significant changes in mitochondrial DNA copy number influence the metabolic status of the developing organism in a typically cell-type-specific manner. Collectively, at any given stage in development, these actions establish genomic balance that ensures each developmental milestone is met and that the organism's program for life is established.
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- Justin C St John
- Mitochondrial Genetics Group, Robinson Research Institute and School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia;
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McLean ZL, Appleby SJ, Fermin LM, Henderson HV, Wei J, Wells DN, Oback B. Controlled Cytoplast Arrest and Morula Aggregation Enhance Development, Cryoresilience, and In Vivo Survival of Cloned Sheep Embryos. Cell Reprogram 2021; 23:14-25. [PMID: 33529123 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2020.0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Zona-free somatic cell transfer (SCT) and embryo aggregation increase throughput and efficiency of cloned embryo and offspring production, respectively, but both approaches have not been widely adopted. Cloning efficiency is further improved by cell cycle coordination between the interphase donor cell and metaphase-arrested recipient cytoplast. This commonly involves inclusion of caffeine and omission of calcium to maintain high mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase activity and low calcium levels, respectively, in the nonactivated cytoplast. The aim of our study was to integrate these various methodological improvements into a single work stream that increases sheep cloning success. We show that omitting calcium during zona-free SCT improved blastocyst development from 6% to 13%, while caffeine treatment reduced spontaneous oocyte activation from 17% to 8%. In a retrospective analysis, morula aggregation produced high morphological quality blastocysts with better in vivo survival to term than nonaggregated controls (15% vs. 9%), particularly after vitrification (14% vs. 0%). By combining cytoplast cell cycle control with zona-free embryo reconstruction and aggregation, this novel SCT protocol maximizes the benefits of vitrification by producing more cryoresilient blastocysts. The presented cloning methodology is relatively easy to operate and further increases throughput and efficiency of cloned embryo and offspring production. Integration of additional reprogramming steps or alternate donor cells is straightforward, providing a flexible workflow that can be adapted to changing experimental requirements.
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- Zachariah Louis McLean
- Reproduction, AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Applied Translational Research Group and Centre for Brain Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Reproduction, AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Reproduction, AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Reproduction, AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Reproduction, AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Al-Ghadi MQ, Alhimaidi AR, Iwamoto D, Al-Mutary MG, Ammari AA, Saeki KO, Aleissa MS. The in vitro development of cloned sheep embryos treated with Scriptaid and Trichostatin (A). Saudi J Biol Sci 2020; 27:2280-2286. [PMID: 32884408 PMCID: PMC7451688 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Although, it has been success in the generation of animal clones from somatic cells in various animal species, the information related to nuclear reprogramming of cloned embryos is found to be limited. This study aims to compares the effect of both Scriptaid (SCR) and Trichostatin (A) treatments in improving cloning efficiency, and embryos developmental rate of cloned sheep embryos in vitro. Three groups were formed, i.e., one SCR group, second TSA group, with both treatment concentrations of 5 nM, 50 nM, and 500 nM, respectively, and third were control group with 0 nM. Methods: Ovaries of slaughtered sheep were collected and oocytes were recovered from antral follicles using aspiration method and in vitro maturation of oocytes were done. Then zona dissecting with micropipettes and oocyte enucleation were carried out under the micromanipulator. Later nuclear transfer, cell fusion and activation were done via cell fusion machine. Finally the embryo cultured in incubating chamber at the CO2 incubator up to 9 days. The result: In general the results showed that when the concentration increases the cleavage rate increased. The cleavage rates of the SCNT embryos treated with SCR at different concentrations are closely related to cleavage rate of embryos treated with TSA at same concentration; such as 39.47% for 500 nM TSA, 38.09% for 500 nM SCR; 18.6% for 50 nM TSA, 19.17% for 50 nM SCR, and 22.64% for 5 nM TSA, 17.18% for 5 nM SCR. As for the control group, the cleavage rate of the SCNT embryos cleavage ratewere27.47%., 30% and 30.85% respectively for bothtreatments. While there is a significant difference in TSA treatments at an eight-cell stage at the concentration (5 and 50 nM TSA) compared to the all other cleavage cell stages of (500 nM TSA and control). Also their were a differences between (50 nM of TSA) compared to the (50 nM SCR). Also there were a significant differences between the 16 cell stage at the (500 nM TSA) compared to other treatment (5 nM, 50 nM TSA and control). Regarding the SCR there were a significant difference at 8 cell stage between (5 nM SCR), compared to the other treatment (50 nM, 500 nM SCR and control). Also there were a significant difference at 16 cell stage between (50 nM, and 500 nM SCR), compared to the other treatment (5 nM SCR and control). While in the development of the embryos reach to blastocyst stage the SCR and the control group show a higher rate, in compered to TSA that did not show any development to blastocyst stage. The total SCR treatment showed (3/41 = 7.31%), and the total control showed (4/89 = 4.49%) blastula stage. It concludes that SCR improve the final development blastula stage compared to the TSA treatments that did not improved embryos reach to final developmental blastula stages may be due to spices differences or to the toxicity of TSA, especially at higher concentrations.
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- Muath Q Al-Ghadi
- King Saud University, College of Science, Zoology Dept. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud University, College of Science, Zoology Dept. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Kindai University Faculty of Biological -Oriented Sci. and Technology Dept. of Genetic Engineering. Wakayama, Japan
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- University of Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal, Basic Sciences Dept. Dammam, Saudi Arabia.,Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Fisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud University, College of Science, Zoology Dept. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture and Medicine, Thamar University, Yemen
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- Kindai University Faculty of Biological -Oriented Sci. and Technology Dept. of Genetic Engineering. Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Immam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Qiu X, Xiao X, Ren A, Xiao M, Tian H, Ling W, Wang M, Li Y, Zhao Y. Effects of PXD101 and Embryo Aggregation on the In Vitro Development of Mouse Parthenogenetic Embryos. Cell Reprogram 2020; 22:14-21. [PMID: 32011921 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2019.0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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To improve the isolation efficiency of parthenogenetic embryonic stem cells (pESCs) in mice, it is necessary to optimize the method to increase in vitro developmental competence of mice parthenogenetic blastocysts. Therefore, this study aims to investigate an optimal method for the production of mouse parthenogenetic blastocysts and isolation of pESC colonies by comparing the effects of two methods: (1) the treatment of histone deacetylase inhibitor PXD101 before, during, or after parthenogenetic activation; (2) parthenogenetic embryo aggregation; and (3) their combination treatment. The results suggest that application of PXD101 treatment and embryo aggregation could both improve the development of mouse parthenogenetic blastocysts (50 nM PXD101 treated 4 hours during activation and further 4 hours after activation: 40.0% vs. 20.0%; p < 0.05; two-cell embryo aggregation: 38.3% vs. 20.0%; p < 0.05) and also enhance the isolation rate of pESC colonies (PXD101: 33.3% vs. 11.8%; p < 0.05; two-cell embryo aggregation: 36.4% vs. 11.8%; p < 0.05). The combination of their treatments had the higher rate of parthenogenetic blastocyst development (41.7%) and significantly higher rate of pESC colony isolation from parthenogenetic blastocysts (45.0%); therefore, we concluded that the combination of these two methods (50 nM PXD101 treated for 8 hours and then aggregated at two-cell stage with 0.25% pronase for 10 minutes in our self-made concave) is considered the optimal way for the in vitro development of parthenogenetic blastocysts and subsequent pESC colony isolation in mice, opening new opportunities for application of this combination method to improve the parthenogenetic embryo development in other species.
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- Xiaoyan Qiu
- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, P. R. China
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Enhancement of in Vitro Developmental Outcome of Cloned Goat Embryos After Epigenetic Modulation of Somatic Cell-Inherited Nuclear Genome with Trichostatin A. ANNALS OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/aoas-2019-0063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In this study, the effect of trichostatin A (TSA)-mediated epigenomic modulation of nuclear donor cells on the in vitro developmental potential of caprine somatic cell cloned embryos was examined. The enucleated ex vivo-matured oocytes were subzonally injected with adult ear skin-derived fibroblast cells exposed or not exposed to TSA (at a concentration of 50 nM). The experiment was designed on the basis of three different approaches to TSA-dependent modulation of donor cell-descended genome: before being used for somatic cell nuclear transfer/SCNT (Group I); immediately after activation of nuclear-transferred (NT) oocytes (Group II); or combined treatment both before being used for SCNT and after activation of NT oocytes (Group III). In the control Group IV, donor cell nuclei have not been treated with TSA at any stage of the experimental design. In TSA-treated Groups I and II and untreated Group IV, cleavage activities of cloned embryos were at the similar levels (80.6%, 79.8% and 77.1%, respectively). But, significant difference was observed between Groups III and IV (85.3 vs. 77.1%). Moreover, in the experimental Groups I and III, the percentages of cloned embryos that reached the blastocyst stages remarkably increased as compared to those noticed in the control Group IV (31.2% vs. 36.7% vs. 18.9%, respectively). In turn, among embryos assigned to Group II, blastocyst formation rate was only slightly higher than that in the control Group IV, but the differences were not statistically significant (25.8% vs. 18.9%). To sum up, TSA-based epigenomic modulation of somatic cell-inherited nuclear genome gave rise to increased competences of caprine cloned embryos to complete their development to blastocyst stages. In particular, sequential TSA-mediated modulation of both nuclear donor cells and activated NT oocytes led to improvement in the blastocyst yields of cloned goat embryos, which can result from enhanced donor cell nuclear reprogrammability.
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The mouse is the most extensively used mammalian laboratory species in biology and medicine because of the ready availability of a wide variety of defined genetic and gene-modified strains and abundant genetic information. Its small size and rapid generation turnover are also advantages compared with other experimental animals. Using these advantages, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in mice has provided invaluable information on epigenetics related to SCNT technology and cloning, playing a leading role in relevant technical improvements. These improvements include treatment with histone deacetylase inhibitors, correction of Xist gene expression (controlling X chromosome inactivation), and removal of methylated histones from SCNT-generated embryos, which have proven to be effective for SCNT cloning of other species. However, even with the best combination of these treatments, the birth rate in cloned offspring is still lower than intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF). One remaining issue associated with SCNT is placental enlargement (hyperplasia) found in late pregnancy, but this abnormality might not be a major cause for the low efficiency of SCNT because many SCNT-derived embryos die before their placentas start to enlarge at midgestation (early postimplantation stage). It is known that, at this stage, undifferentiated trophoblast cells in the extraembryonic tissue of SCNT-derived embryos fail to proliferate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms is essential for further technical improvements of mouse SCNT, which might also provide clues for technical breakthroughs in mammalian SCNT and cloning in general.
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- Atsuo Ogura
- RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Ibaraki, 305-0074, Japan; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan; RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan.
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Cao H, Li J, Su W, Li J, Wang Z, Sun S, Tian S, Li L, Wang H, Li J, Fang X, Wei Q, Liu C. Zebularine significantly improves the preimplantation development of ovine somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos. Reprod Fertil Dev 2019; 31:357-365. [PMID: 30196805 DOI: 10.1071/rd17357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Aberrant DNA methylation reduces the developmental competence of mammalian somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos. Thus, hypomethylation-associated drugs are beneficial for improving reprogramming efficiency. Therefore, in the present study we investigated the effect of zebularine, a relatively novel DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, on the developmental potential of ovine SCNT embryos. First, reduced overall DNA methylation patterns and gene-specific DNA methylation levels at the promoter regions of pluripotency genes (octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4), SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2 (Sox2) and Nanog) were found in zebularine-treated cumulus cells. In addition, the DNA methylation levels in SCNT embryos derived from zebularine-treated cumulus cells were significantly reduced at the 2-, 4-, 8-cell, and blastocyst stages compared with their corresponding controls (P<0.05). The blastocyst rate was significantly improved in SCNT embryos reconstructed by the cumulus donor cells treated with 5nM zebularine for 12h compared with the control group (25.4±1.6 vs 11.8±1.7%, P<0.05). Moreover, the abundance of Oct4 and Sox2 mRNA was significantly increased during the preimplantation stages after zebularine treatment (P<0.05). In conclusion, the results indicate that, in an ovine model, zebularine decreases overall DNA methylation levels in donor cumulus cells and reconstructed embryos, downregulates the DNA methylation profile in the promoter region of pluripotency genes in donor cells and ultimately elevates the expression of pluripotency genes in the reconstructed embryos, which can lead to improved development of SCNT embryos.
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- Hui Cao
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine,The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, NO.89 Donggang Road, Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang 050031, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University , No. 2596 Lekai South Street, Lianchi District, Baoding 071000, PR China
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Genomic Balance: Two Genomes Establishing Synchrony to Modulate Cellular Fate and Function. Cells 2019; 8:cells8111306. [PMID: 31652817 PMCID: PMC6912345 DOI: 10.3390/cells8111306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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It is becoming increasingly apparent that cells require cooperation between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes to promote effective function. However, it was long thought that the mitochondrial genome was under the strict control of the nuclear genome and the mitochondrial genome had little influence on cell fate unless it was extensively mutated, as in the case of the mitochondrial DNA diseases. However, as our understanding of the roles that epigenetic regulators, including DNA methylation, and metabolism play in cell fate and function, the role of the mitochondrial genome appears to have a greater influence than previously thought. In this review, I draw on examples from tumorigenesis, stem cells, and oocyte pre- and post-fertilisation events to discuss how modulating one genome affects the other and that this results in a compromise to produce functional mature cells. I propose that, during development, both of the genomes interact with each other through intermediaries to establish genomic balance and that establishing genomic balance is a key facet in determining cell fate and viability.
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Fang X, Xia W, Cao H, Guo Y, Wang H, Zhang X, Wan P, Liu C, Wei Q, Sun S, Tian S, Li J, Wang Z. Effect of supplemetation of Zebularine and Scriptaid on efficiency of in vitro developmental competence of ovine somatic cell nuclear transferred embryos. Anim Biotechnol 2019; 31:155-163. [PMID: 30734624 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2018.1559846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technology has been applied in the construction of disease model, production of transgenic animals, therapeutic cloning, and other fields. However, the cloning efficiency remains limited. In our study, to improve SCNT efficiency, brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) staining were chosen to select recipient oocytes. In addition, DNA methyltransferase inhibitor Zebularine (5 nmol/L) and histone deacetylase inhibitor Scriptaid (0.2 μmol/L) were jointly used to treat sheep donor cumulus cells and reconstructed embryo. Moreover, the expression levels of embryonic development-related genes (OCT4, SOX2, H19, IGF2 and Dnmt1) of reconstructed embryo were also detected. Using BCB + oocytes as recipient cell, donor cumulus cells and reconstructed embryos were treated with 5 nmol/L Zebularine and 0.2 μmol/L Scriptaid, the blastocyst rate in Zeb + SCR-SCNT group (28.25%) was significantly higher than SCNT (21.16%) (p < 0.05). Furthermore, results showed that expression levels of OCT4, SOX2, H19, IGF2 and Dnmt1 genes in Zeb + SCR-SCNT embryos were more similar to IVF embryos. Our study proved that 5 nmol/L Zebularine and 0.2 μmol/L Scriptaid treating with sheep donor cumulus cells and reconstructed embryos improved SCNT blastocyst rate and relieve the abnormal expression of embryonic developmental related genes.
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- Xiaohuan Fang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China
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- Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute of Tianjin, Tianjin, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Sheep Genetic Improvement and Healthy Production, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China.,Research Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo Engineering Technique of Hebei Province, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China.,Research Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo Engineering Technique of Hebei Province, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China.,Research Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo Engineering Technique of Hebei Province, Baoding, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, PR China.,Research Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo Engineering Technique of Hebei Province, Baoding, PR China
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Cordova A, King WA, Mastromonaco GF. Choosing a culture medium for SCNT and iSCNT reconstructed embryos: from domestic to wildlife species. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2017; 59:24. [PMID: 29152322 PMCID: PMC5680814 DOI: 10.1186/s40781-017-0149-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Over the past decades, in vitro culture media have been developed to successfully support IVF embryo growth in a variety of species. Advanced reproductive technologies, such as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), challenge us with a new type of embryo, with special nutritional requirements and altered physiology under in vitro conditions. Numerous studies have successfully reconstructed cloned embryos of domestic animals for biomedical research and livestock production. However, studies evaluating suitable culture conditions for SCNT embryos in wildlife species are scarce (for both intra- and interspecies SCNT). Most of the existing studies derive from previous IVF work done in conventional domestic species. Extrapolation to non-domestic species presents significant challenges since we lack information on reproductive processes and embryo development in most wildlife species. Given the challenges in adapting culture media and conditions from IVF to SCNT embryos, developmental competence of SCNT embryos remains low. This review summarizes research efforts to tailor culture media to SCNT embryos and explore the different outcomes in diverse species. It will also consider how these culture media protocols have been extrapolated to wildlife species, most particularly using SCNT as a cutting-edge technical resource to assist in the preservation of endangered species.
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- A Cordova
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada.,Reproductive Physiology, Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario Canada.,Reproductive Physiology, Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, Ontario Canada
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Opiela J, Samiec M, Romanek J. In vitro development and cytological quality of inter-species (porcine→bovine) cloned embryos are affected by trichostatin A-dependent epigenomic modulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells. Theriogenology 2017; 97:27-33. [PMID: 28583605 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Artificial epigenomic modulation of in vitro cultured mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) by applying a non-selective HDAC inhibitor, termed TSA, can facilitate more epigenetic reprogramming of transcriptional activity of the somatic cell-descended nuclear genome in NT pig embryos. The results of the present investigation showed that TSA-dependent epigenomic modulation of nuclear donor MSCs highly affects both the in vitro developmental capability and the cytological quality of inter-species (porcine→bovine) cloned embryos. The developmental competences to reach the blastocyst stage among hybrid (porcine→bovine) nuclear-transferred embryos that had been reconstructed with bovine ooplasts and epigenetically modulated porcine MSCs were maintained at a relatively high level. These competences were higher than those noted in studies by other authors, but they were still decreased compared to those of intra-species (porcine) cloned embryos that had been reconstituted with porcine ooplasts and either the cell nuclei of epigenetically transformed MSCs or the cell nuclei of epigenetically non-transformed MSCs. In conclusion, MSCs undergoing TSA-dependent epigenetic transformation were used for the first time as a source of nuclear donor cells not only for inter-species somatic cell cloning in pigs but also for inter-species somatic cell cloning in other livestock species. Moreover, as a result of the current research, efficient sequential physicochemical activation of inter-species nuclear-transferred clonal cybrids derived from bovine ooplasm and porcine MSC nuclei was developed.
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- J Opiela
- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n., Kraków, Poland.
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- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n., Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Animal Reproduction Biotechnology, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n., Kraków, Poland
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Qiu X, You H, Xiao X, Li N, Li Y. Effects of Trichostatin A and PXD101 on the In Vitro Development of Mouse Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos. Cell Reprogram 2017; 19:1-9. [DOI: 10.1089/cell.2016.0030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- Xiaoyan Qiu
- Embryo Engineering Laboratory, School of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing, P.R. China
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- Embryo Engineering Laboratory, School of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing, P.R. China
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- Embryo Engineering Laboratory, School of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing, P.R. China
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- Embryo Engineering Laboratory, School of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing, P.R. China
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- Embryo Engineering Laboratory, School of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing, P.R. China
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Qiu X, Xiao X, Li N, Li Y. Histone deacetylases inhibitors (HDACis) as novel therapeutic application in various clinical diseases. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2017; 72:60-72. [PMID: 27614213 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Accumulating evidence suggests that histone hypoacetylation which is partly mediated by histone deacetylase (HDAC), plays a causative role in the etiology of various clinical disorders such as cancer and central nervous diseases. HDAC inhibitors (HDACis) are natural or synthetic small molecules that can inhibit the activities of HDACs and restore or increase the level of histone acetylation, thus may represent the potential approach to treating a number of clinical disorders. This manuscript reviewed the progress of the most recent experimental application of HDACis as novel potential drugs or agents in a large number of clinical disorders including various brain disorders including neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental cognitive disorders and psychiatric diseases like depression, anxiety, fear and schizophrenia, and cancer, endometriosis and cell reprogramming in somatic cell nuclear transfer in human and animal models of disease, and concluded that HDACis as potential novel therapeutic agents could be used alone or in adjunct to other pharmacological agents in various clinical diseases.
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- Xiaoyan Qiu
- School of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing 400715, PR China
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- School of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing 400715, PR China
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- School of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing 400715, PR China
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- School of Animal Science & Technology, Southwest University, Chong Qing 400715, PR China.
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Cui S, Engel JD. Reactivation of Fetal Hemoglobin for Treating β-Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1013:177-202. [PMID: 29127681 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7299-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Reactivation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in adult hematopoietic cells has the potential for great clinical benefit in patients bearing deleterious mutations in the β-globin gene, such as β-thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD), since increasing the production of HbF can compensate for underproduction of β-globin chains (in β-thalassemia) and it can also disrupt sickle hemoglobin polymerization (in SCD). Thus for the past few decades, concerted efforts have been made to identify an effective way to induce the synthesis of HbF in adult erythroid cells for potential therapeutic relief from the effects of these β-globinopathies. Chemical inducers of HbF as well as a number of transcription factors that are able to reactivate HbF synthesis in vitro and in vivo in adult erythroid cells have been identified. However, there has been only limited success in attempts to manipulate either the drugs or regulatory proteins, and in only a fraction of patients, and there is wide variation in individual response to these drugs or transcription factors. These studies highlight the importance for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying hemoglobin switching so that future studies can be designed to treat these disorders.
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- Shuaiying Cui
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, 3608 BSRB, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- G Carl Huber Professor and Chair Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, 109 Zina Pitcher Place, 3035 BSRB, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Rissi VB, Glanzner WG, Mujica LKS, Antoniazzi AQ, Gonçalves PBD, Bordignon V. Effect of Cell Cycle Interactions and Inhibition of Histone Deacetylases on Development of Porcine Embryos Produced by Nuclear Transfer. Cell Reprogram 2016; 18:8-16. [PMID: 27281695 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2015.0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate if the positive effects of inhibiting histone deacetylase enzymes on cell reprogramming and development of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos is affected by the cell cycle stage of nuclear donor cells and host oocytes at the time of embryo reconstruction. SCNT embryos were produced with metaphase II (MII) or telophase II (TII) cytoplasts and nuclear donor cells that were either at the G1-0 or G2/M stages. Embryos reconstructed with the different cell cycle combinations were treated or not with the histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) Scriptaid for 15 h and then cultured in vitro for 7 days. Embryos reconstructed with MII-G1-0 and TII-G2/M developed to the blastocyst stage with a higher frequency compared to the other groups, confirming the importance of cell cycle interactions on cell reprogramming and SCNT embryo development. Treatment with HDACi improved development of SCNT embryos produced with MII but not TII cytoplasts, independently of the cell cycle stage of nuclear donor cells. These findings provide evidence that the positive effect of HDACi treatment on development of SCNT embryos depends upon cell cycle interactions between the host cytoplast and the nuclear donor cells.
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- Vitor B Rissi
- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
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- 2 Department of Animal Science, McGill University , Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada , H9X 3V9
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Aggregation of cloned embryos in empty zona pellucida improves derivation efficiency of pig ES-like cells. ZYGOTE 2016; 24:909-917. [PMID: 27692031 DOI: 10.1017/s0967199416000241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The development of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from large animal species has become an important model for therapeutic cloning using ESCs derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, poor embryo quality and blastocyst formation have been major limitations for derivation of cloned ESCs (ntESCs). In this study, we have tried to overcome these problems by treating these cells with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and aggregating porcine embryos. First, cloned embryos were treated with Scriptaid to confirm the effect of HDACi on cloned embryo quality. The Scriptaid-treated blastocysts showed significantly higher total cell numbers (29.50 ± 2.10) than non-treated blastocysts (22.29 ± 1.50, P < 0.05). Next, cloned embryo quality and blastocyst formation were analyzed in aggregates. Three zona-free, reconstructed, four-cell-stage SCNT embryos were injected into the empty zona of hatched parthenogenetic (PA) blastocysts. Blastocyst formation and total cell number of cloned blastocysts increased significantly for all aggregates (76.4% and 83.18 ± 8.33) compared with non-aggregates (25.5% and 27.11 ± 1.67, P < 0.05). Finally, aggregated blastocysts were cultured on a feeder layer to examine the efficiency of porcine ES-like cell derivation. Aggregated blastocysts showed a higher primary colony formation rate than non-aggregated cloned blastocysts (17.6 ± 12.3% vs. 2.2 ± 1.35%, respectively, P < 0.05). In addition, derived ES-like cells showed typical characters of ESCs. In conclusion, the aggregation of porcine SCNT embryos at the four-cell stage could be a useful technique for improving the development rate and quality of porcine-cloned blastocysts and the derivation efficiency of porcine ntESCs.
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Glanzner WG, Komninou ER, Mahendran A, Rissi VB, Gutierrez K, Bohrer RC, Collares T, Gonçalves PBD, Bordignon V. Exposure of Somatic Cells to Cytoplasm Extracts of Porcine Oocytes Induces Stem Cell-Like Colony Formation and Alters Expression of Pluripotency and Chromatin-Modifying Genes. Cell Reprogram 2016; 18:137-46. [PMID: 27253625 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2016.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cell permeabilization followed by exposure to cytoplasmic extracts of oocytes has been proposed as an alternative to transduction of transcription factors for inducing pluripotency in cultured somatic cells. The main goal in this study was to investigate the effect of treating porcine fibroblast cells with cytoplasmic extracts of GV-stage oocyte (OEx) followed by inhibition of histone deacetylases with Scriptaid (Scrip) on the formation of stem cell-like colonies and expression of genes encoding pluripotency and chromatin-modifying enzymes. Stem cell-like colonies start developing ∼2 weeks after treatment in cells exposed to OEx or OEx + Scrip. The number of cell colonies at the first day of appearance and 48 hours later was also similar between OEx and OEx + Scrip treatments. Transcripts for Nanog, Rex1, and c-Myc genes were detected in most cell samples that were analyzed on different days after OEx treatment. However, Sox2 transcripts were not detected and only a small proportion of samples had detectable levels of Oct4 mRNA after OEx treatment. A similar pattern of transcripts for pluripotency genes was observed in cells treated with OEx alone or OEx + Scrip. Transcript levels for Dnmt1 and Ezh2 were reduced at Day 3 after treatment in cells exposed to OEx. These findings revealed that: (a) exposure to OEx can induce a partial reprogramming of fibroblast cells toward pluripotency, characterized by colony formation and activation of pluripotency genes; and (b) inhibition of histone deacetylases does not improve the reprogramming effect of OEx treatment.
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- Werner Giehl Glanzner
- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, Brazil
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- 2 Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular Embryology and Transgenesis, Technology Development Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) , Pelotas, Brazil
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- 3 Department of Animal Science, McGill University , Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Canada
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, Brazil
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- 3 Department of Animal Science, McGill University , Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Canada
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- 3 Department of Animal Science, McGill University , Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Canada
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- 2 Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular Embryology and Transgenesis, Technology Development Center, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) , Pelotas, Brazil
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- 1 Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Reproduction-BioRep, Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) , Santa Maria, Brazil
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- 3 Department of Animal Science, McGill University , Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Canada
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Ma L, Liu X, Wang F, He X, Chen S, Li W. Different Donor Cell Culture Methods Can Influence the Developmental Ability of Cloned Sheep Embryos. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135344. [PMID: 26291536 PMCID: PMC4546374 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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It was proposed that arresting nuclear donor cells in G0/G1 phase facilitates the development of embryos that are derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Full confluency or serum starvation is commonly used to arrest in vitro cultured somatic cells in G0/G1 phase. However, it is controversial as to whether these two methods have the same efficiency in arresting somatic cells in G0/G1 phase. Moreover, it is unclear whether the cloned embryos have comparable developmental ability after somatic cells are subjected to one of these methods and then used as nuclear donors in SCNT. In the present study, in vitro cultured sheep skin fibroblasts were divided into four groups: (1) cultured to 70–80% confluency (control group), (2) cultured to full confluency, (3) starved in low serum medium for 4 d, or (4) cultured to full confluency and then further starved for 4 d. Flow cytometry was used to assay the percentage of fibroblasts in G0/G1 phase, and cell counting was used to assay the viability of the fibroblasts. Then, real-time reverse transcription PCR was used to determine the levels of expression of several cell cycle-related genes. Subsequently, the four groups of fibroblasts were separately used as nuclear donors in SCNT, and the developmental ability and the quality of the cloned embryos were compared. The results showed that the percentage of fibroblasts in G0/G1 phase, the viability of fibroblasts, and the expression levels of cell cycle-related genes was different among the four groups of fibroblasts. Moreover, the quality of the cloned embryos was comparable after these four groups of fibroblasts were separately used as nuclear donors in SCNT. However, cloned embryos derived from fibroblasts that were cultured to full confluency combined with serum starvation had the highest developmental ability. The results of the present study indicate that there are synergistic effects of full confluency and serum starvation on arresting fibroblasts in G0/G1 phase, and the short-term treatment of nuclear donor cells with these two methods could improve the efficiency of SCNT.
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- LiBing Ma
- School of Mathematics, Physics and Biological Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Mathematics, Physics and Biological Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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- Baotou Light Industry Vocational Technical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Mathematics, Physics and Biological Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Mathematics, Physics and Biological Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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- School of Mathematics, Physics and Biological Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
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Trichostatin A-mediated epigenetic transformation of adult bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells biases the in vitro developmental capability, quality, and pluripotency extent of porcine cloned embryos. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:814686. [PMID: 25866813 PMCID: PMC4381569 DOI: 10.1155/2015/814686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The current research was conducted to explore the in vitro developmental outcome and cytological/molecular quality of porcine nuclear-transferred (NT) embryos reconstituted with adult bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ABM-MSCs) that were epigenetically transformed by treatment with nonspecific inhibitor of histone deacetylases, known as trichostatin A (TSA). The cytological quality of cloned blastocysts was assessed by estimation of the total cells number (TCN) and apoptotic index. Their molecular quality was evaluated by real-time PCR-mediated quantification of gene transcripts for pluripotency- and multipotent stemness-related markers (Oct4, Nanog, and Nestin). The morula and blastocyst formation rates of NT embryos derived from ABM-MSCs undergoing TSA treatment were significantly higher than in the TSA-unexposed group. Moreover, the NT blastocysts generated using TSA-treated ABM-MSCs exhibited significantly higher TCN and increased pluripotency extent measured with relative abundance of Oct4 and Nanog mRNAs as compared to the TSA-untreated group. Altogether, the improvements in morula/blastocyst yields and quality of cloned pig embryos seem to arise from enhanced abilities for promotion of correct epigenetic reprogramming of TSA-exposed ABM-MSC nuclei in a cytoplasm of reconstructed oocytes. To our knowledge, we are the first to report the successful production of mammalian high-quality NT blastocysts using TSA-dependent epigenomic modulation of ABM-MSCs.
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No JG, Choi MK, Kwon DJ, Yoo JG, Yang BC, Park JK, Kim DH. Cell-free extract from porcine induced pluripotent stem cells can affect porcine somatic cell nuclear reprogramming. J Reprod Dev 2015; 61:90-8. [PMID: 25736622 PMCID: PMC4410095 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2014-078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Pretreatment of somatic cells with undifferentiated cell extracts, such as embryonic stem cells and mammalian oocytes, is an attractive alternative method for reprogramming control. The properties of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are similar to those of embryonic stem cells; however, no studies have reported somatic cell nuclear reprogramming using iPSC extracts. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of porcine iPSC extracts treatment on porcine ear fibroblasts and early development of porcine cloned embryos produced from porcine ear skin fibroblasts pretreated with the porcine iPSC extracts. The Chariot(TM) reagent system was used to deliver the iPSC extracts into cultured porcine ear skin fibroblasts. The iPSC extracts-treated cells (iPSC-treated cells) were cultured for 3 days and used for analyzing histone modification and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Compared to the results for nontreated cells, the trimethylation status of histone H3 lysine residue 9 (H3K9) in the iPSC-treated cells significantly decreased. The expression of Jmjd2b, the H3K9 trimethylation-specific demethylase gene, significantly increased in the iPSC-treated cells; conversely, the expression of the proapoptotic genes, Bax and p53, significantly decreased. When the iPSC-treated cells were transferred into enucleated porcine oocytes, no differences were observed in blastocyst development and total cell number in blastocysts compared with the results for control cells. However, H3K9 trimethylation of pronuclear-stage-cloned embryos significantly decreased in the iPSC-treated cells. Additionally, Bax and p53 gene expression in the blastocysts was significantly lower in iPSC-treated cells than in control cells. To our knowledge, this study is the first to show that an extracts of porcine iPSCs can affect histone modification and gene expression in porcine ear skin fibroblasts and cloned embryos.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jin-Gu No
- Animal Biotechnology Division; Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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