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Komatsu M, Takuma H, Imai S, Yamane M, Takahashi M, Ikegawa T, Bai H, Ogawa H, Kawahara M. Dual barrier system against xenomitochondrial contamination in mouse embryos. Sci Rep 2023; 13:23058. [PMID: 38155240 PMCID: PMC10754889 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50444-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023] Open
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Heteroplasmic mammalian embryos between genetically distant species fail to develop to term, preventing transmission of xenomitochondrial DNA to progeny. However, there is no direct evidence indicating the mechanisms by which species specificity of the mitochondrial genome is ensured during mammalian development. Here, we have uncovered a two-step strategy underlying the prevention of xenomitochondrial DNA transmission in mouse embryos harboring bovine mitochondria (mtB-M embryos). First, mtB-M embryos showed metabolic disorder by transient increase of reactive oxygen species at the 4-cell stage, resulting in repressed development. Second, trophoblasts of mtB-M embryos led to implantation failure. Therefore, we tested cell aggregation with tetraploid embryos to compensate for the placentation of mtB-M embryos. The 14 mtB-M embryos harboring bovine mtDNAs developed to term at embryonic day 19.5. Taken together, our results show that contamination of bovine mtDNA is prohibited by embryonic lethality due to metabolic disruption and failure of placentation, suggesting these represent xenomitochondrial elimination mechanisms in mammalian embryos.
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- Masaya Komatsu
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8555, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Food Resources/Global Center for Food, Land and Water Resources, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan.
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Mouse embryonic stem cells maintain differentiation potency into somatic lineage despite alternation of ploidy. ZYGOTE 2022; 30:480-486. [PMID: 35357291 DOI: 10.1017/s0967199421000800] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Vertebrates, including mammals, are considered to have evolved by whole genome duplications. Although some fish have been reported to be polyploids that have undergone additional genome duplication, there have been no reports of polyploid mammals due to abnormal development after implantation. Furthermore, as the number of physiologically existing tetraploid somatic cells is small, details of the functions of these ploidy-altered cells are not fully understood. In this present study, we aimed to clarify the details of the differentiation potency of tetraploids using tetraploid embryonic stem cells. To clarify the differentiation potency, we used mouse tetraploid embryonic stem cells derived from tetraploid embryos. We presented tetraploid embryonic stem cells differentiated into neural and osteocyte lineage in vitro and tetraploid cells that contributed to various tissues of chimeric embryos ubiquitously in vivo. These results revealed that mouse embryonic stem cells maintain differentiation potency after altering the ploidy. Our results provide an important basis for the differentiation dynamics of germ layers in mammalian polyploid embryogenesis.
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Komatsu M, Tsukahara H, Bai H, Takahashi M, Wakai T, Kawahara M. Cell-cycle dependent GATA2 subcellular localization in mouse 2-cell embryos. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 584:1-6. [PMID: 34741809 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.10.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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GATA factors are essential transcription factors for embryonic development that broadly control the transcription of other genes. This study aimed to examine GATA2 protein localization in mouse embryos at the 2-cell stage, when drastic transformation in gene expression occurs for subsequent development in early embryos. We first analyzed GATA2 localization in 2-cell embryos at the interphase and mitotic phases by immunofluorescence analysis. In the interphase, GATA2 protein was localized in the nucleus, as a common transcription factor. In the mitotic phase, GATA2 protein was observed as a focally-aggregated spot around the nucleus of each blastomere. To explore the relationship between GATA2 protein localization and cell cycle progression in mouse 2-cell stage embryos, GFP-labeled GATA2 protein was overexpressed in the blastomere of 2-cell embryos. Overexpression of GFP-labeled GATA2 protein arrested cellular mitosis, focally aggregated GATA2 protein expression was not observed. This mitotic arrest by GATA2 overexpression was not accompanied with the upregulation of a 2-cell stage specific gene, murine endogenous retrovirus-L. These results suggest that GATA2 protein localization changes dynamically depending on cell cycle progression in mouse 2-cell embryos; in particular, focally aggregated localization of GATA2 in the mitotic phase requires appropriate cell cycle progression.
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- Masaya Komatsu
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Global Food Resources/Global Center for Food, Land and Water Resources, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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Kohri N, Akizawa H, Iisaka S, Bai H, Yanagawa Y, Takahashi M, Komatsu M, Kawai M, Nagano M, Kawahara M. Trophectoderm regeneration to support full-term development in the inner cell mass isolated from bovine blastocyst. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:19209-19223. [PMID: 31704705 PMCID: PMC6916479 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Which comes first: tissue structure or cell differentiation? Although different cell types establish distinct structures delineating the inside and outside of an embryo, they progressively become specified by the blastocyst stage, when two types of cell lineages are formed: the inner cell mass (ICM) and the trophectoderm (TE). This inside-outside aspect can be experimentally converted by the isolation of the ICM from a blastocyst, leading to a posteriori externalization of the blastomeres composing the outermost layer of the ICM. Here, we investigated the totipotency of isolated mouse and bovine ICMs to determine whether they are competent for TE regeneration. Surprisingly, a calf was generated from the bovine isolated ICM with re-formed blastocoel (re-iICM), but no mouse re-iICMs developed to term. To further explore the cause of difference in developmental competency between the mouse and bovine re-iICMs, we investigated the SOX17 protein expression that is a representative molecular marker of primitive endoderm. The localization pattern of SOX17 was totally different between mouse and bovine embryos. Particularly, the ectopic SOX17 localization in the TE might be associated with lethality of mouse re-iICMs. Meanwhile, transcriptome sequencing revealed that some of the bovine re-iICMs showed transcriptional patterns of TE-specific genes similar to those of whole blastocysts. Our findings suggest that TE regeneration competency is maintained longer in bovine ICMs than in mouse ICMs and provide evidence that the ICM/TE cell fate decision is influenced by structural determinants, including positional information of each blastomere in mammalian embryos.
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- Nanami Kohri
- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Theriogenology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Shizunai Livestock Farm, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido 056-0141, Japan
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- Laboratory of Theriogenology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Kita 9, Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Shiina K, Komatsu M, Yokoi F, Bai H, Takahashi M, Kawahara M. Overgrowth of mice generated from postovulatory-aged oocyte spindles. FASEB Bioadv 2019; 1:393-403. [PMID: 32123841 PMCID: PMC6996386 DOI: 10.1096/fba.2019-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Oocyte spindle transfer (OST) is a potent reproductive technology used for mammals that enables the spindle in a deteriorated oocyte at the metaphase of the second meiotic division (MII) to serve as the genetic material for producing descendants. However, whether postnatal growth is achieved via OST using developmentally deteriorated MII oocytes remains unclear. At 16 h after human chorionic gonadotropin administration, denuded MII oocytes immediately after retrieval from oviducts (0 h-oocytes) were used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) as controls. For IVF using postovulatory-aged oocytes, the 0 h-oocytes were further incubated for 12 h and 24 h (12 h- and 24 h-oocytes). These mouse oocytes served as a model for assessing the postnatal growth of individuals produced via OST from developmentally deteriorated oocytes. The embryos from 12 h- and 24 h-oocyte spindles exhibited high rates of development up to the neonatal stage as good as the non-manipulated controls. However, the mice derived from the 24 h-oocyte spindles displayed heavier body weights and greater feed consumption than both controls and mice derived from 12 h-oocyte spindles. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of OST as a potent reproductive technology and its limitation in the use of excessively aged postovulatory oocytes in mammalian reproduction.
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- Kouki Shiina
- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Reproduction, Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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