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Chênais N, Le Cam A, Guillet B, Lareyre JJ, Labbé C. TGFβ inhibition and mesenchymal to epithelial transition initiation by Xenopus egg extract: first steps towards early reprogramming in fish somatic cell. Sci Rep 2023; 13:9967. [PMID: 37339990 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36354-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Xenopus egg extract is a powerful material to modify cultured cells fate and to induce cellular reprogramming in mammals. In this study, the response of goldfish fin cells to in vitro exposure to Xenopus egg extract, and subsequent culture, was studied using a cDNA microarray approach, gene ontology and KEGG pathways analyses, and qPCR validation. We observed that several actors of the TGFβ and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathways, as well as some mesenchymal markers, were inhibited in treated cells, while several epithelial markers were upregulated. This was associated with morphological changes of the cells in culture, suggesting that egg extract drove cultured fin cells towards a mesenchymal-epithelial transition. This indicates that Xenopus egg extract treatment relieved some barriers of somatic reprogramming in fish cells. However, the lack of re-expression of pou2 and nanog pluripotency markers, the absence of DNA methylation remodeling of their promoter region, and the strong decrease in de novo lipid biosynthesis metabolism, indicate that reprogramming was only partial. The observed changes may render these treated cells more suitable for studies on in vivo reprogramming after somatic cell nuclear transfer.
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- Nathalie Chênais
- INRAE, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France.
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- INRAE, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France
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- INRAE, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France
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- INRAE, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, 35000, Rennes, France.
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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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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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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: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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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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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Xiong XR, Lan DL, Li J, Yin S, Xiong Y, Zi XD. Effects of Cellular Extract on Epigenetic Reprogramming. Cell Reprogram 2019; 21:115-121. [PMID: 31084436 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2018.0074] [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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Functional reprogramming of a differentiated cell toward pluripotent cell may have long-term applications in numerous aspects, especially in regenerative medicine. Evidences accumulating from recent studies suggest that cellular extracts from stem cells or pluripotent cells can induce epigenetic reprogramming and facilitate pluripotency in otherwise highly differentiated cell types. Epigenetic reprogramming using cellular extracts has gained increasing attention and applied to recognize the functional factors, acquire the target cell types, and explain the mechanism of reprogramming. Now, more and more researches have proved that cellular extract treatment is an important strategy of cellular reprogramming. Thus, this review mainly focused on the progresses and potential mechanisms in epigenetic reprogramming using cellular extracts.
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- Xian-Rong Xiong
- 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- 2 Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Exploitation of Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- 2 Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and Exploitation of Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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- 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China
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The first 20 years of somatic cell nuclear transfer can hardly be described as a success story. Controversially, many factors leading to the fiasco are not intrinsic features of the technique itself. Misunderstandings and baseless accusations alongside with unsupported fears and administrative barriers hampered cloners to overcome the initial challenging period with obvious difficulties that are common features of a radically new approach. In spite of some promising results of mostly sporadic and small-scale experiments, the future of cloning is still uncertain. On the other hand, a reincarnation, just like the idea of electric cars, may result in many benefits in various areas of science and economy. One can only hope that-in contrast to electric cars-the ongoing paralyzed phase will not last for 100 years, and breakthroughs achieved in some promising areas will provide enough evidence to intensify research and large-scale application of cloning in the next decade.
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Chênais N, Lorca T, Morin N, Guillet B, Rime H, Le Bail PY, Labbé C. Nuclear import of Xenopus egg extract components into cultured cells for reprogramming purposes: a case study on goldfish fin cells. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2861. [PMID: 30814557 PMCID: PMC6393519 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39500-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Reprogramming of cultured cells using Xenopus egg extract involves controlling four major steps: plasma membrane permeabilization, egg factors import into the nucleus, membrane resealing, and cell proliferation. Using propidium iodide to assess plasma membrane permeability, we established that 90% of the cultured fin cells were permeabilized by digitonin without any cell losses. We showed that egg extract at metaphase II stage was essential to maintain nuclear import function in the permeabilized cells, as assessed with a fusion GFP protein carrying the nuclear import signal NLS. Moreover, the Xenopus-egg-specific Lamin B3 was detected in 87% of the cell nuclei, suggesting that other egg extract reprogramming factors of similar size could successfully enter the nucleus. Lamin B3 labelling was maintained in most cells recovered 24 h after membrane resealing with calcium, and cells successfully resumed cell cycle in culture. In contrast, permeabilized cells that were not treated with egg extract failed to proliferate in culture and died, implying that egg extract provided factor essential to the survival of those cells. To conclude, fish fin cells were successfully primed for treatment with reprogramming factors, and egg extract was shown to play a major role in their survival and recovery after permeabilization.
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- Nathalie Chênais
- INRA, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France.
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, UMR 5237 CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, UMR 5237 CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Ressources Biologique Xenope, CNRS Université Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UR1037 LPGP, Fish Physiology and Genomics, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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Maternal factors stored in eggs and oocytes are necessary for reprogramming sperm for embryonic development. This reprogramming activity of maternal factors also works towards somatic cells, including terminally differentiated cells. Several different experimental systems utilizing egg and oocyte materials have been applied to study nuclear reprogramming by maternal factors. Among these systems, the most widely used is the transfer of a somatic cell nucleus to an oocyte arrested at the metaphase II stage, leading to the production of a cloned animal. Nuclear transfer to an unfertilized oocyte thus provides a unique opportunity to examine reprogramming processes involved in acquiring totipotency. Other experimental systems are also available to study maternal reprogramming, such as nuclear transfer to Xenopus laevis oocytes at the germinal vesicle stage, treatment with extracts obtained from eggs or oocytes, and induced pluripotency with overexpressed maternal factors. Each system can be used for answering different types of scientific questions. This review describes currently available reprogramming systems using egg and oocyte materials and discusses how we can deepen our understanding of reprogramming mechanisms by taking advantage of these various experimental systems.
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- Kei Miyamoto
- Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan
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Liu X, Luo C, Deng K, Wu Z, Wei Y, Jiang J, Lu F, Shi D. Cytoplasmic volume of recipient oocytes affects the nucleus reprogramming and the developmental competence of HMC buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) embryos. J Vet Med Sci 2018; 80:1291-1300. [PMID: 29925699 PMCID: PMC6115262 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.18-0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to examine the effects of cytoplasmic volume on nucleus
reprogramming and developmental competence of buffalo handmade cloning (HMC) embryos. We
found that both HMC embryos derived from ~150% cytoplasm or ~225% cytoplasm resulted in a
higher blastocyst rate and total cell number of blastocyst in comparison with those from
~75% cytoplasm (25.4 ± 2.0, 27.9 ± 1.6% vs. 17.9 ± 3.1%; 150 ± 10, 169 ± 12 vs. 85 ± 6,
P<0.05). Meanwhile, the proportions of nuclear envelope breakdown
(NEBD) and premature chromosome condensation (PCC) were also increased in the embryos
derived from ~150 or ~225% enucleated cytoplasm compared to those from ~75% cytoplasm.
Moreover, HMC embryos derived from ~225% cytoplasm showed a decrease of global DNA
methylation from the 2-cell to the 4-cell stage in comparison with those of ~75% cytoplasm
(P<0.05). Furthermore, the expression of embryonic genome activation
(EGA) relative genes (eIF1A and U2AF) in HMC embryos
derived from ~225% cytoplasm at the 8-cell stages was also found to be enhanced compared
with that of the ~75% cytoplasm. Two of seven recipients were confirmed to be pregnant
following transfer of blastocysts derived from ~225% cytoplasm, and one healthy cloned
calf was delivered at the end of the gestation period, whereas no recipients were pregnant
after the transfer of blastocysts derived from ~75% cytoplasm. These results indicate that
the cytoplasmic volume of recipient oocytes affects donor nucleus reprogramming, and then
further accounted for the developmental ability of the reconstructed embryos.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaohua Liu
- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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- Guangxi High Education Key Laboratory for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
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Sadeesh EM, Fozia S, Meena K. Combined positive effect of oocyte extracts and brilliant cresyl blue stained recipient cytoplasts on epigenetic reprogramming and gene expression in buffalo nuclear transfer embryos. Cytotechnology 2017; 69:289-305. [PMID: 28070808 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-016-0057-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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This study examined the effects of buffalo oocyte extracts (BOE) on donor cells reprogramming and molecular characterisation of oocytes screened via brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) staining and comparison of gene expression profiles of developmentally important genes in blastocysts from IVF and cloned derived from BOE treated donor cells with BCB selected recipient cytoplasts. Relative abundance (RA) of OCT4 and NANOG was increased (P < 0.05) and HDAC-1, DNMT-1, and DNMT-3A decreased (P < 0.05) in extract treated cells (ETCs). This ETCs dedifferentiated into neuron-like lineage under appropriate induction condition. The RA of NASP, EEF1A1, DNMT1, ODC1 and RPS27A was increased (P < 0.05) in BCB+ oocytes, whereas ATP5A1 and S100A10 increased (P < 0.05) in BCB- oocytes. Total cell number and RA of OCT4, NANOG, SOX2, DNMT1, IGF2, IGF2R, MNSOD, GLUT1, BAX and BCL2 in cloned blastocysts derived from BCB+ oocytes with ETC more closely followed that of IVF counterparts compared to BCB+ oocytes with extract untreated cell and BCB- oocytes with ETC derived blastocysts. In conclusion, BOE influenced epigenetic reprogramming of buffalo fibroblasts making them suitable donors for nuclear transfer (NT). BCB staining can be effectively used for selection of developmentally competent oocytes for NT. The combined effects of epigenetic reprogramming of donor nuclei by BOE and higher nuclear reprogramming capacity of BCB+ oocytes improve developmentally important gene expression in cloned blastocysts. Whether these improvements have long-term effects on buffalo calves born following embryo transfer remains unknown.
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- E M Sadeesh
- Division of Animal Physiology and Reproduction, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar, 125001, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125004, India.,Division of Veterinary Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190001, India
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- Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, 243122, India
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The health of cloned animals generated by somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been of concern since its inception; however, there are no detailed assessments of late-onset, non-communicable diseases. Here we report that SCNT has no obvious detrimental long-term health effects in a cohort of 13 cloned sheep. We perform musculoskeletal assessments, metabolic tests and blood pressure measurements in 13 aged (7–9 years old) cloned sheep, including four derived from the cell line that gave rise to Dolly. We also perform radiological examinations of all main joints, including the knees, the joint most affected by osteoarthritis in Dolly, and compare all health parameters to groups of 5-and 6-year-old sheep, and published reference ranges. Despite their advanced age, these clones are euglycaemic, insulin sensitive and normotensive. Importantly, we observe no clinical signs of degenerative joint disease apart from mild, or in one case moderate, osteoarthritis in some animals. Our study is the first to assess the long-term health outcomes of SCNT in large animals. Since the birth of the first cloned animal, Dolly the sheep, concerns have been raised about potential long-term health consequences of cloning. Here the authors report on a cohort of 13 aged cloned sheep, including four created from the same cells as Dolly, and find they are healthy and seem to age normally.
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Domestic animals can be cloned using techniques such as embryo splitting and nuclear transfer to produce genetically identical individuals. Although embryo splitting is limited to the production of only a few identical individuals, nuclear transfer of donor nuclei into recipient oocytes, whose own nuclear DNA has been removed, can result in large numbers of identical individuals. Moreover, clones can be produced using donor cells from sterile animals, such as steers and geldings, and, unlike their genetic source, these clones are fertile. In reality, due to low efficiencies and the high costs of cloning domestic species, only a limited number of identical individuals are generally produced, and these clones are primarily used as breed stock. In addition to providing a means of rescuing and propagating valuable genetics, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) research has contributed knowledge that has led to the direct reprogramming of cells (e.g., to induce pluripotent stem cells) and a better understanding of epigenetic regulation during embryonic development. In this review, I provide a broad overview of the historical development of cloning in domestic animals, of its application to the propagation of livestock and transgenic animal production, and of its scientific promise for advancing basic research.
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Liu Y, Ostrup O, Li R, Li J, Vajta G, Kragh PM, Schmidt M, Purup S, Hyttel P, Klærke D, Callesen H. Long-term effect on in vitro cloning efficiency after treatment of somatic cells with Xenopus egg extract in the pig. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015; 26:1017-31. [PMID: 25145414 DOI: 10.1071/rd13147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), donor cell reprogramming is considered as a biologically important and vulnerable event. Various donor cell pre-treatments with Xenopus egg extracts can promote reprogramming. Here we investigated if the reprogramming effect of one treatment with Xenopus egg extract on donor cells was maintained for several cell passages. The extract treatment resulted in increased cell-colony formation from early passages in treated porcine fibroblasts (ExTES), and increased development of cloned embryos. Partial dedifferentiation was observed in ExTES cells, shown as a tendency towards upregulation of NANOG, c-MYC and KLF-4 and downregulation of DESMIM compared with ExTES at Passage 2. Compared with our routine SCNT, continuously increased development of cloned embryos was observed in the ExTES group, and ExTES cloned blastocysts displayed hypermethylated DNA patterns and hypermethylation of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 in ICM compared with TE. All seven recipients became pregnant after transferral of ExTES cloned embryos and gave birth to 7-22 piglets per litter (average 12). In conclusion, our results demonstrate that one treatment of porcine fibroblasts with Xenopus egg extract can result in long-term increased ability of the cells to promote their in vitro function in subsequent SCNT. Finally these cells can also result in successful development of cloned embryos to term.
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- Ying Liu
- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, University of Copenhagen, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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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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- Jin-Gu No
- Animal Biotechnology Division; Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea
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Recipient of the 2015 IETS Pioneer Award: Keith Henry Stockman Campbell, PhD. Reprod Fertil Dev 2014; 27:xxvi-xxviii. [PMID: 25472414 DOI: 10.1071/rdv27n1_pa2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Kim SY, Kim TS, Park SH, Lee MR, Eun HJ, Baek SK, Ko YG, Kim SW, Seong HH, Campbell KHS, Lee JH. Siberian Sturgeon Oocyte Extract Induces Epigenetic Modifications of Porcine Somatic Cells and Improves Developmental Competence of SCNT Embryos. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2014; 27:266-77. [PMID: 25049951 PMCID: PMC4093206 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 11/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has generally demonstrated that a differentiated cell can convert into a undifferentiated or pluripotent state. In the SCNT experiment, nuclear reprogramming is induced by exposure of introduced donor nuclei to the recipient cytoplasm of matured oocytes. However, because the efficiency of SCNT still remains low, a combination of SCNT technique with the ex-ovo method may improve the normal development of SCNT embryos. Here we hypothesized that treatment of somatic cells with extracts prepared from the germinal vesicle (GV) stage Siberian sturgeon oocytes prior to their use as nuclear donor for SCNT would improve in vitro development. A reversible permeability protocol with 4 μg/mL of digitonin for 2 min at 4°C in order to deliver Siberian sturgeon oocyte extract (SOE) to porcine fetal fibroblasts (PFFs) was carried out. As results, the intensity of H3K9ac staining in PFFs following treatment of SOE for 7 h at 18°C was significantly increased but the intensity of H3K9me3 staining in PFFs was significantly decreased as compared with the control (p<0.05). Additionally, the level of histone acetylation in SCNT embryos at the zygote stage was significantly increased when reconstructed using SOE-treated cells (p<0.05), similar to that of IVF embryos at the zygote stage. The number of apoptotic cells was significantly decreased and pluripotency markers (Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2) were highly expressed in the blastocyst stage of SCNT embryos reconstructed using SOE-treated cells as nuclear donor (p<0.05). And there was observed a better development to the blastocyst stage in the SOE-treated group (p<0.05). Our results suggested that pre-treatment of cells with SOE could improve epigenetic reprogramming and the quality of porcine SCNT embryos.
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- So-Young Kim
- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, Korea
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Wang Z, Dao R, Bao L, Dong Y, Wang H, Han P, Yue Y, Yu H. Epigenetic reprogramming of human lung cancer cells with the extract of bovine parthenogenetic oocytes. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1807-15. [PMID: 24889513 PMCID: PMC4196656 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The tumour suppressor gene silencing and proto-oncogene activation caused by epigenetic alterations plays an important role in the initiation and progression of cancer. Re-establishing the balance between the expression of tumour suppressor genes and proto-oncogenes by epigenetic modulation is a promising strategy for cancer treatment. In this study, we investigated whether cancer cells can be epigenetically reprogrammed by oocyte extract. H460 human lung cancer cells were reversibly permeabilized and incubated with the extract of bovine parthenogenetic oocytes. Bisulphite sequencing showed that bovine parthenogenetic oocyte extract induced significant demethylation at the promoters of the tumour suppressor genes RUNX3 and CDH1, but not at the promoter of the oncogenic pluripotency gene SOX2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation showed that the histone modifications at RUNX3 and CDH1 promoters were modulated towards a transcriptionally activating state, while those at SOX2 promoter towards a transcriptionally repressive state. Correspondingly, bovine parthenogenetic oocyte extract reversed the epigenetic silencing of RUNX3 and CDH1, and repressed the expression of SOX2. At the functional level, proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, migration and invasion of H460 cells was strongly inhibited. These results indicate that bovine parthenogenetic oocyte extract changes the expression patterns of tumour suppressor and oncogenic genes in cancer cells by remodelling the epigenetic modifications at their promoters. Bovine parthenogenetic oocyte extract may provide a useful tool for epigenetically reprogramming cancer cells and for dissecting the epigenetic mechanisms involved in tumorigenesis.
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- Zhenfei Wang
- The Key Laboratory of Mammal Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Inner Mongolia University, Huhhot, China
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Xiong XR, Lan DL, Li J, Zi XD, Ma L, Wang Y. Cellular extract facilitates nuclear reprogramming by altering DNA methylation and pluripotency gene expression. Cell Reprogram 2014; 16:215-22. [PMID: 24738992 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2013.0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The functional reprogramming of a differentiated cell to a pluripotent state presents potential beneficial applications in disease mechanisms and regenerative medicine. Epigenetic modifications enable differentiated cells to perpetuate molecular memory to retain their identity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the reprogramming modification of yak fibroblast cells that were permeabilized and incubated in the extracts of mesenchymal stem cells derived from mice adipose tissue [adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs)]. According to the results, the treatment of ADSC extracts promoted colony formation. Moreover, pluripotent gene expression was associated with the loss of repressive histone modifications and increased global demethylation. The genes Col1a1 and Col1a2, which are typically found in differentiated cells only, demonstrated decreased expression and increased methylation in the 5'-flanking regulatory regions. Moreover, yak fibroblast cells that were exposed to ADSC extracts resulted in significantly different eight-cell and blastocyst formation rates of cloned embryos compared with their untreated counterparts. This investigation provides the first evidence that nuclear reprogramming of yak fibroblast cells is modified after the ADSC extract treatment. This research also presents a methodology for studying the dedifferentiation of somatic cells that can potentially lead to an efficient way of reprogramming somatic cells toward a pluripotent state without genetic alteration.
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- Xian-Rong Xiong
- 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities , Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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LONG CHARLESR, WESTHUSIN MARKE, GOLDING MICHAELC. Reshaping the transcriptional frontier: epigenetics and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Mol Reprod Dev 2014; 81:183-93. [PMID: 24167064 PMCID: PMC3953569 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) experiments have paved the way to the field of cellular reprogramming. The demonstrated ability to clone over 20 different species to date has proven that the technology is robust but very inefficient, and is prone to developmental anomalies. Yet, the offspring from cloned animals exhibit none of the abnormalities of their parents, suggesting the low efficiency and high developmental mortality are epigenetic in origin. The epigenetic barriers to reprogramming somatic cells into a totipotent embryo capable of developing into a viable offspring are significant and varied. Despite their intimate relationship, chromatin structure and transcription are often not uniformly reprogramed after nuclear transfer, and many cloned embryos develop gene expression profiles that are hybrids between the donor cell and an embryonic blastomere. Recent advances in cellular reprogramming suggest that alteration of donor-cell chromatin structure towards that found in an normal embryo is actually the rate-limiting step in successful development of SCNT embryos. Here we review the literature relevant to the transformation of a somatic-cell nucleus into an embryo capable of full-term development. Interestingly, while resetting somatic transcription and associated epigenetic marks are absolutely required for development of SCNT embryos, life does not demand perfection.
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- CHARLES R. LONG
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Bubenshchikova E, Kaftanovskaya E, Adachi T, Hashimoto H, Kinoshita M, Wakamatsu Y. A protocol for adult somatic cell nuclear transfer in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) with a high rate of viable clone formation. Cell Reprogram 2013; 15:520-30. [PMID: 24219575 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2013.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Previously, we successfully generated fully grown, cloned medaka (the Japanese rice fish, Oryzias latipes) using donor nuclei from primary culture cells of adult caudal fin tissue and nonenucleated recipient eggs that were heat shock-treated to induce diploidization of the nuclei. However, the mechanism of clone formation using this method is unknown, and the rate of adult clone formation is not high enough for studies in basic and applied sciences. To gain insight into the mechanism and increase the success rate of this method of clone formation, we tested two distinct nuclear transfer protocols. In one protocol, the timing of transfer of donor nuclei was changed, and in the other, the size of the donor cells was changed; each protocol was based on our original methodology. Ultimately, we obtained an unexpectedly high rate of adult clone formation using the protocol that differed with respect to the timing of donor nuclei transfer. Specifically, 17% of the transplants that developed to the blastula stage ultimately developed into adult clones. The success rate with this method was 13 times higher than that obtained using the original method. Analyses focusing on the reasons for this high success rate of clone formation will help to elucidate the mechanism of clone formation that occurs with this method.
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- Ekaterina Bubenshchikova
- 1 Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University , Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Kong PC, Zhu Y, Wang MS, Li HP, Chen XJ, Jiang MX. Reprogramming of round spermatids by the germinal vesicle cytoplasm in mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e78437. [PMID: 24167624 PMCID: PMC3805568 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The birthrate following round spermatid injection (ROSI) remains low in current and evidence suggests that factors in the germinal vesicle (GV) cytoplasm and certain substances in the GV such as the nucleolus might be responsible for genomic reprogramming and embryonic development. However, little is known whether the reprogramming factors in GV oocyte cytoplasm and/or nucleolus in GV are beneficial to the reprogramming of round spermatids and development of ROSI embryos. Here, round spermatids were treated with GV cytolysates and injected this round spermatid alone or co-injected with GV oocyte nucleolus into mature metaphase II oocytes. Subsequent embryonic development was assessed morphologically and by Oct4 expression in blastocysts. There was no significant difference between experimental groups at the zygote to four-cell development stages. Blastocysts derived from oocytes which were injected with cytolysate treated-round spermatid alone or co-injected with nucleoli injection yielded 63.6% and 70.3% high quality embryos, respectively; comparable to blastocysts derived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), but higher than these oocytes which were co-injected with lysis buffer-treated round spermatids and nucleoli or injected with the lysis buffer-treated round spermatids alone. Furthermore, the proportion of live offspring resulting from oocytes which were co-injected with cytolysate treated-round spermatids and nucleoli or injected with cytolysate treated-round spermatids alone was higher than those were injected with lysis buffer treated-round spermaids, but comparable with the ICSI group. Our results demonstrate that factors from the GV cytoplasm improve round spermatid reprogramming, and while injection of the extra nucleolus does not obviously improve reprogramming its potential contribution, although which cannot be definitively excluded. Thus, some reprogramming factors are evidently present in GV oocyte cytoplasm and could significantly facilitate ROSI technology, while the nucleolus in GV seems also having a potential to improve reprogramming of round spermatids.
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- Peng-Cheng Kong
- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Contraceptive Drugs and Devices of National Population and Family Planning Committee, Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- College of Wildlife Resource, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (MXJ); (XJC)
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- Department of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (MXJ); (XJC)
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Abstract Professor Keith Campbell's critical contribution to the discovery that a somatic cell from an adult animal can be fully reprogrammed by oocyte factors to form a cloned individual following nuclear transfer (NT)(Wilmut et al., 1997 ) overturned a dogma concerning the reversibility of cell fate that many scientists had considered to be biologically impossible. This seminal experiment proved the totipotency of adult somatic nuclei and finally confirmed that adult cells could differentiate without irreversible changes to the genetic material.
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Rathbone AJ, Liddell S, Campbell KHS. Proteomic analysis of early reprogramming events in murine somatic cells incubated with Xenopus laevis oocyte extracts demonstrates network associations with induced pluripotency markers. Cell Reprogram 2013; 15:269-80. [PMID: 23768116 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2012.0083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The reprogramming of somatic cells into a pluripotent/embryonic-like state holds great potential for regenerative medicine, bypassing ethical issues associated with embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Numerous methods, including somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), fusion to pluripotent cells, the use of cell extracts, and expression of transcription factors, have been used to reprogram cells into ES-like cells [termed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)]. This study investigated early events in the nuclei of permeabilized murine somatic cells incubated in cytoplasmic extract prepared from Xenopus laevis germinal vesicle-stage oocytes by identifying proteins that showed significant quantitative changes using proteomic techniques. A total of 69 protein spots from two-dimensional electrophoresis were identified as being significantly altered in expression after treatment, and 38 proteins were identified by tandem mass spectrometry. Network analysis was used to highlight pathway connections and interactions between these identified proteins, which were found to be involved in many functions--primarily nuclear structure and dynamics, transcription, and translation. The pluripotency markers Klf4, c-Myc, Nanog, and POU5F1 were highlighted by the interaction network analysis, as well as other compounds/proteins known to be repressed in pluripotent cells [e.g., protein kinase C (PRKC)] or enhanced during differentiation of ESCs (e.g., retinoic acid). The network analysis also indicated additional proteins and pathways potentially involved in early reprogramming events.
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- Alex J Rathbone
- Division of Animal Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK.
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Yang X, Mao J, Walters EM, Zhao MT, Teson J, Lee K, Prather RS. Xenopus egg extract treatment reduced global DNA methylation of donor cells and enhanced somatic cell nuclear transfer embryo development in pigs. Biores Open Access 2013; 1:79-87. [PMID: 23515109 PMCID: PMC3559225 DOI: 10.1089/biores.2012.0214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The efficiency to produce offspring by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is low. It has been showed that treatment of donor cells with Xenopus oocyte extract increased live births in ovine and handmade cloned embryo development in pigs. Scriptaid treatment after oocyte activation is another approach to improve SCNT efficiency. The present study was carried out to investigate (a) the effects of treatment of donor cells with Xenopus egg extract on donor cell DNA methylation at days 0 and 4 with two digitonin permeabilization concentrations (10 and 15 μg/mL), (b) the effects of treatment of donor cells with Xenopus egg extract on early development of cloned embryos, and (c) the effects of combined treatments, treating donor cells with extract before nuclear transfer and treatment of cloned embryos with scriptaid after oocyte activation, on embryo development. Compared to the control, a decrease of DNA methylation in donor cells was observed at 2.5 h after extract treatment. However, this effect was not observed after the cells were cultured for four more days. More embryos developed into blastocysts in the Xenopus egg extract-treated group than in the control (13.4±1.9% vs. 9.1±1.9%, p=0.01). Furthermore, scriptaid treatment of cloned embryos further increased the frequency of development to blastocyst, compared to the control reconstructed with the same extract-treated cells (22.5±0.9% vs. 15.3±0.9%, p<0.01). In addition, egg extract treatments increased the cell number in the blastocysts. This study demonstrated that Xenopus egg extract treatment reduced donor cell DNA methylation and enhanced the SCNT embryo development. Moreover, the combined treatments of donor cells with egg extract before nuclear transfer and of cloned embryos with scriptaid could improve cloned embryo development additively.
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- Xiaoyu Yang
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri , Columbia, Missouri. ; Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Center of Cell Developmental Biology, College of Preclinical Medicine, Fujian Medical University , Fuzhou, P.R. China
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Goissis MD, Suhr ST, Cibelli JB. Effects of Donor Fibroblasts Expressing OCT4 on Bovine Embryos Generated by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Cell Reprogram 2013; 15:24-34. [DOI: 10.1089/cell.2012.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Marcelo D. Goissis
- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Capes Foundation, Ministry of Education, Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- Programa Andaluz de Terapia Celular y Medicina Regenerativa, Andalucía, Spain
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Epigenetic modifications and mRNA levels of the imprinted gene Grb10 in serially passaged fibroblast cells. Biochimie 2012; 94:2699-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bui HT, Kwon DN, Kang MH, Oh MH, Park MR, Park WJ, Paik SS, Van Thuan N, Kim JH. Epigenetic reprogramming in somatic cells induced by extract from germinal vesicle stage pig oocytes. Development 2012; 139:4330-40. [PMID: 23132243 DOI: 10.1242/dev.086116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Genomic reprogramming factors in the cytoplasm of germinal vesicle (GV) stage oocytes have been shown to improve the efficiency of producing cloned mouse offspring through the exposure of nuclei to a GV cytoplasmic extract prior to somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) to enucleated oocytes. Here, we developed an extract of GV stage pig oocytes (GVcyto-extract) to investigate epigenetic reprogramming events in treated somatic cell nuclei. This extract induced differentiation-associated changes in fibroblasts, resulting in cells that exhibit pluripotent stem cell-like characteristics and that redifferentiate into three primary germ cell layers both in vivo and in vitro. The GVcyto-extract treatment induced large numbers of high-quality SCNT-generated blastocysts, with methylation and acetylation of H3-K9 and expression of Oct4 and Nanog at levels similar to in vitro fertilized embryos. Thus, GVcyto-extract could elicit differentiation plasticity in treated fibroblasts, and SCNT-mediated reprogramming reset the epigenetic state in treated cells more efficiently than in untreated cells. In summary, we provide evidence for the generation of stem-like cells from differentiated somatic cells by treatment with porcine GVcyto-extract.
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- Hong-Thuy Bui
- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Hanyang University Hospital, Department of Histopathology, Molecular pathology, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seondong-gu, Seoul 133-792, Korea
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- Hanyang University Hospital, Department of Histopathology, Molecular pathology, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seondong-gu, Seoul 133-792, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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- Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology/Animal Resources Research Center, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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Xiong XR, Li J, Fu M, Gao C, Wang Y, Zhong JC. Oocyte extract improves epigenetic reprogramming of yak fibroblast cells and cloned embryo development. Theriogenology 2012. [PMID: 23186945 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The objective was to investigate the effects of bovine oocyte extract (BOE) on epigenetic reprogramming of yak fibroblast cells, based on their cell cycle status, histone acetylation, DNA methylation, gene expression, and cloned blastocyst formation. Permeabilization of yak fibroblasts after treatment with 10 or 50 μL of BOE (treated-S and treated-L groups, respectively) for 24 hours increased (P < 0.05) the cell population at the G(0)/G(1) phase (85.2 ± 2.3% and 89.6 ± 1.5%, respectively) compared with controls (75.4 ± 1.1%). Acetylation at lysine 9 of histone H3 was also higher (26.1 ± 1.4 and 33.5 ± 2.1) than in the control group (15.3 ± 1.6; P < 0.05). Moreover, BOE reduced methylation of the promoter regions of Oct-4 and Nanog (76.4% and 72.2%; and 35.6% and 30.0%, respectively) compared with the control group (92.1% and 47.8%; P < 0.05). In addition, the relative expression levels of HDAC-1, HADC-2, Dnmt-1, and Dnmt-3a were downregulated (P < 0.05) after yak fibroblasts were treated with BOE. Furthermore, when yak fibroblasts were used for interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer after BOE treatment, 8-cell and blastocyst formation rates significantly exceeded those of the control. In conclusion, BOE induced epigenetic reprogramming of yak fibroblasts, making them suitable donors for yak interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer.
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- X R Xiong
- College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Update on the state of play of Animal Health and Welfare and Environmental Impact of Animals derived from SCNT Cloning and their Offspring, and Food Safety of Products Obtained from those Animals. EFSA J 2012. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Liu Y, Østrup O, Li J, Vajta G, Kragh PM, Purup S, Callesen H. Cell Colony Formation Induced by Xenopus Egg Extract as a Marker for Improvement of Cloned Blastocyst Formation in the Pig. Cell Reprogram 2011; 13:521-6. [DOI: 10.1089/cell.2011.0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Ying Liu
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Basic Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Animal Health and Bioscience, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Han J, Sidhu K. Embryonic stem cell extracts: use in differentiation and reprogramming. Regen Med 2011; 6:215-27. [DOI: 10.2217/rme.11.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Stem cells have been studied extensively for decades and they have the inherent capacity to self-renew as well as to generate one or more types of specialized cells. The current focus of research on stem cells, particularly on embryonic stem cells, is on directed differentiation of these cells into specific cell types for future regenerative medicine. For the past few years, the process of reprogramming, which mediates convertion of somatic cells to their pluripotent state, has been given much attention, as it provides a possible source of autologous stem cells. In addition, understanding the molecular mechanism of differentiation and reprogramming has long been a subject of interest. In this article, we have briefly introduced stem cells and discussed the use of embryonic stem cells in reprogramming of somatic cells and differentiation to different lineages. The application of embryonic stem cells extracts in inducing reprogramming and transdifferentiation has also been described and discussed. Should this approach be successful, patient-specific cells will be produced safely and the likelihood of rejection will be decreased when used in cell therapy for many debilitating human diseases for which there is no cure such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and others.
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- Jinnuo Han
- Stem Cell Laboratory, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Wallace Wurth Building, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
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