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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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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a powerful technique, although challenging, to study reprograming into the totipotent state of differentiated nuclei in mammals. This procedure was initially applied in farm animals, then rodents, and more recently in primates. Nuclear transfer of embryonic stem cells is known to be more efficient, but many types of somatic cells have now been successfully reprogramed with this procedure. Moreover, SCNT reprograming is more effective on a per cell basis than induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) and provides interesting clues regarding the underlying processes. In this chapter, we describe the protocol of nuclear transfer in mouse that combines cell cycle synchronization of the donor cells, enucleation of metaphase II oocyte and Piezo-driven injection of a donor cell nucleus followed by activation of the reconstructed embryos and nonsurgical transfer into pseudo-pregnant mice. Moreover, this protocol includes two facultative steps to erase the epigenetic "memory" of the donor cells and improve chromatin remodeling by histones modifications targeting.
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- Vincent Brochard
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, ENVA, BREED U1198, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, ENVA, BREED U1198, Jouy-en-Josas, France. .,Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Inserm, INRAE, Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute U1208, USC 1361, Bron, France.
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Hu K. On Mammalian Totipotency: What Is the Molecular Underpinning for the Totipotency of Zygote? Stem Cells Dev 2020; 28:897-906. [PMID: 31122174 PMCID: PMC6648208 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The mammalian zygote is described as a totipotent cell in the literature, but this characterization is elusive ignoring the molecular underpinnings. Totipotency can connote genetic totipotency, epigenetic totipotency, or the reprogramming capacity of a cell to epigenetic totipotency. Here, the implications of these concepts are discussed in the context of the properties of the zygote. Although genetically totipotent as any diploid somatic cell is, a zygote seems not totipotent transcriptionally, epigenetically, or functionally. Yet, a zygote may retain most of the key factors from its parental oocyte to reprogram an implanted differentiated genome or the zygote genome toward totipotency. This totipotent reprogramming process may extend to blastomeres in the two-cell-stage embryo. Thus, a revised alternative model of mammalian cellular totipotency is proposed, in which an epigenetically totipotent cell exists after the major embryonic genome activation and before the separation of the first two embryonic lineages.
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- Kejin Hu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Wang LY, Li ZK, Wang LB, Liu C, Sun XH, Feng GH, Wang JQ, Li YF, Qiao LY, Nie H, Jiang LY, Sun H, Xie YL, Ma SN, Wan HF, Lu FL, Li W, Zhou Q. Overcoming Intrinsic H3K27me3 Imprinting Barriers Improves Post-implantation Development after Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Cell Stem Cell 2020; 27:315-325.e5. [PMID: 32559418 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Successful cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) requires overcoming significant epigenetic barriers. Genomic imprinting is not generally regarded as such a barrier, although H3K27me3-dependent imprinting is differentially distributed in E6.5 epiblast and extraembryonic tissues. Here we report significant enhancement of SCNT efficiency by deriving somatic donor cells carrying simultaneous monoallelic deletion of four H3K27me3-imprinted genes from haploid mouse embryonic stem cells. Quadruple monoallelic deletion of Sfmbt2, Jade1, Gab1, and Smoc1 normalized H3K27me3-imprinted expression patterns and increased fibroblast cloning efficiency to 14% compared with a 0% birth rate from wild-type fibroblasts while preventing the placental and body overgrowth defects frequently observed in cloned animals. Sfmbt2 deletion was the most effective of the four individual gene deletions in improving SCNT. These results show that lack of H3K27me3 imprinting in somatic cells is an epigenetic barrier that impedes post-implantation development of SCNT embryos and can be overcome by monoallelic imprinting gene deletions in donor cells.
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- Le-Yun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Gouveia C, Huyser C, Egli D, Pepper MS. Lessons Learned from Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072314. [PMID: 32230814 PMCID: PMC7177533 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been an area of interest in the field of stem cell research and regenerative medicine for the past 20 years. The main biological goal of SCNT is to reverse the differentiated state of a somatic cell, for the purpose of creating blastocysts from which embryonic stem cells (ESCs) can be derived for therapeutic cloning, or for the purpose of reproductive cloning. However, the consensus is that the low efficiency in creating normal viable offspring in animals by SCNT (1–5%) and the high number of abnormalities seen in these cloned animals is due to epigenetic reprogramming failure. In this review we provide an overview of the current literature on SCNT, focusing on protocol development, which includes early SCNT protocol deficiencies and optimizations along with donor cell type and cell cycle synchrony; epigenetic reprogramming in SCNT; current protocol optimizations such as nuclear reprogramming strategies that can be applied to improve epigenetic reprogramming by SCNT; applications of SCNT; the ethical and legal implications of SCNT in humans; and specific lessons learned for establishing an optimized SCNT protocol using a mouse model.
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- Chantel Gouveia
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Reproductive Biology Laboratory, University of Pretoria, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +27-(0)76-546-5119
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Reproductive Biology Laboratory, University of Pretoria, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10027, USA;
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology and South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa;
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technology has become a useful tool for animal cloning, gene manipulation, and genomic reprograming research. The original SCNT was performed using cell fusion between the donor cell and oocyte. This method remains very popular, but we have recently developed an alternative method that relies on nuclear injection rather than cell fusion. The advantages of nuclear injection include a shortened experimental procedure and reduced contamination of donor cytoplasm in the oocyte. In particular, only this method allows us to perform SCNT using dead cells or naked nuclei such as those from cadavers or body wastes. This chapter describes a basic protocol for the production of cloned mice by the nuclear injection method using a piezo-actuated micromanipulator as well as our recent advances in SCNT using noninvasively collected donor cells such as urine-derived somatic cells. This technique will greatly help not only SCNT but also other forms of micromanipulation, including sperm microinjection into oocytes and embryonic stem cell injection into blastocysts.
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Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in Mice: Basic Protocol and Its Modification for Correcting X Chromosome Inactivation Status. Methods Mol Biol 2018. [PMID: 30218359 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8766-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) enables the production of animals from single cell nuclei. Unlike normally fertilized embryos, SCNT-derived embryos ectopically express the Xist gene from the maternal allele, because of the lack of Xist-repressing imprints in the somatic donor genome. This has severely compromised the development of SCNT-derived embryos, at least in mice. Here, we describe the basic protocol of mouse SCNT as well as a Xist knockdown SCNT procedure, which remarkably increases the efficiency of cloning mice.
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Matoba S, Wang H, Jiang L, Lu F, Iwabuchi KA, Wu X, Inoue K, Yang L, Press W, Lee JT, Ogura A, Shen L, Zhang Y. Loss of H3K27me3 Imprinting in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos Disrupts Post-Implantation Development. Cell Stem Cell 2018; 23:343-354.e5. [PMID: 30033120 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Animal cloning can be achieved through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), although the live birth rate is relatively low. Recent studies have identified H3K9me3 in donor cells and abnormal Xist activation as epigenetic barriers that impede SCNT. Here we overcome these barriers using a combination of Xist knockout donor cells and overexpression of Kdm4 to achieve more than 20% efficiency of mouse SCNT. However, post-implantation defects and abnormal placentas were still observed, indicating that additional epigenetic barriers impede SCNT cloning. Comparative DNA methylome analysis of IVF and SCNT blastocysts identified abnormally methylated regions in SCNT embryos despite successful global reprogramming of the methylome. Strikingly, allelic transcriptomic and ChIP-seq analyses of pre-implantation SCNT embryos revealed complete loss of H3K27me3 imprinting, which may account for the postnatal developmental defects observed in SCNT embryos. Together, these results provide an efficient method for mouse cloning while paving the way for further improving SCNT efficiency.
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- Shogo Matoba
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; RIKEN Bioresource Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan; Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Life Sciences Institute and Stem Cell Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- RIKEN Bioresource Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- RIKEN Bioresource Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan; RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Life Sciences Institute and Stem Cell Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Wani NA, Hong S, Vettical BS. Cytoplast source influences development of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos in vitro but not their development to term after transfer to synchronized recipients in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Theriogenology 2018; 118:137-143. [PMID: 29906663 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Studies were conducted to evaluate the adequate time for exposure of donor nucleus to oocyte cytoplast before its activation and the effect of oocyte source on the development of SCNT embryos in camels. A higher number of embryos cleaved and developed to blastocyst stage (P < 0.05) when couplets were activated between 1 and 2 h-than that of those activated at 0.5 h or more than 2 h post-fusion. A reduced number of reconstructed embryos cleaved (55.2 ± 7.6%) and developed to the blastocyst stage (20.5 ± 5.5%) when in vitro matured oocytes collected from the slaughterhouse were used as donor cytoplasts, compared to in vitro (71.3 ± 1.3 and 36.7 ± 7.3%) or in vivo matured (91.7 ± 8.3 and 35.4 ± 6.0%) oocytes obtained from live animals (P < 0.05), respectively. However, no differences were observed between the different types of oocyte sources on the establishment of pregnancies and delivery of offspring's. In conclusion, couplets activated 1-2 h post-fusion had higher in vitro developmental potential and oocytes collected from live animals were better in supporting the cleavage and blastocyst production in vitro than oocytes collected from slaughterhouse ovaries, however, all sources of oocytes can be utilized as donor cytoplasts and have the potential to support development of full-term calves after transfer into synchronized recipients.
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- Nisar A Wani
- Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Post Box 299003, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Post Box 299003, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Center, Post Box 299003, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Azuma R, Miyamoto K, Oikawa M, Yamada M, Anzai M. Combinational Treatment of Trichostatin A and Vitamin C Improves the Efficiency of Cloning Mice by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 29757287 PMCID: PMC6100900 DOI: 10.3791/57036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) provides a unique opportunity to directly produce a cloned animal from a donor cell, and it requires the use of skillful techniques. Additionally, the efficiencies of cloning have remained low since the successful production of cloned animals, especially mice. There have been many attempts to improve the cloning efficiency, and trichostatin A (TSA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, has been widely used to enhance the efficiency of cloning. Here, we report a dramatically improved cloning method in mice. This somatic cell nuclear transfer method involves usage of Hemagglutinating virus of Japan Envelope (HVJ-E), which enables easy manipulation. Moreover, the treatment using two small molecules, TSA and vitamin C (VC), with deionized bovine serum albumin (dBSA), is highly effective for embryonic development. This approach requires neither additional injection nor genetic manipulation, and thus presents a simple, suitable method for practical use. This method could become a technically feasible approach for researchers to produce genetically modified animals from cultured cells. Furthermore, it might be a useful way for the rescue of endangered animals via cloning.
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- Rika Azuma
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University
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- Faculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
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- Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University; Institute of Advanced Technology, Kindai University;
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Wu DY, Zhang X, Miao YL. Reprogramming of Aged Cells into Pluripotent Stem Cells by Nuclear Transfer. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 2045:271-281. [PMID: 29511974 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2018_118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stem cells have the potential to differentiate into specialized cell types under specific conditions in vivo or in vitro, which are used to cure many diseases related to aging. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) can reprogram differential somatic cells into cloned embryos and embryonic stem cells can be derived from these cloned embryos. Recipient oocytes have healthier mitochondria and can improve the metabolism competence, lessen the ROS damage, and rejuvenate mitochondrial function of aged cells during reprogramming. Here, we describe a protocol to isolate aged somatic cells and reprogram them into embryonic stem cells by SCNT. These stem cells can be used to differentiate into regenerative somatic cells and replace the aged cells.
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- Dan-Ya Wu
- Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Institute of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Ikeda M, Matsuyama S, Akagi S, Ohkoshi K, Nakamura S, Minabe S, Kimura K, Hosoe M. Correction of a Disease Mutation using CRISPR/Cas9-assisted Genome Editing in Japanese Black Cattle. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17827. [PMID: 29259316 PMCID: PMC5736618 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17968-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (IARS) syndrome is a recessive disease of Japanese Black cattle caused by a single nucleotide substitution. To repair the mutated IARS gene, we designed clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) to create a double-strand break near the mutation site. CRISPR/Cas9 and donor DNA that contained a synonymous codon for the correct amino acid and an Aequorea coerulescens Green Fluorescent Protein (AcGFP) cassette with a piggyBac transposase recognition site at both ends were introduced into bovine fetal fibroblast (BFF) cells isolated from a homozygous mutant calf. Recombinant cells were enriched on the basis of expression of AcGFP, and two cell lines that contained the repaired allele were subcloned. We generated somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos from the repaired cells and transferred 22 blastocysts to recipient cows. In total, five viable fetuses were retrieved at Days 34 and 36. PiggyBac transposase mRNA was introduced into BFF cells isolated from cloned foetuses and AcGFP-negative cells were used for second round of cloning. We transferred nine SCNT embryos to recipient cows and retrieved two fetuses at Day 34. Fetal genomic DNA analysis showed correct repair of the IARS mutation without any additional DNA footprint.
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- Mitsumi Ikeda
- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Ikenodai 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Senbonmatsu 768, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, 329-2793, Japan
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Ikenodai 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0901, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Ikenodai 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Senbonmatsu 768, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, 329-2793, Japan
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- Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Senbonmatsu 768, Nasushiobara, Tochigi, 329-2793, Japan
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- Okayama University Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Tsushima-Naka 1-1-1, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Ikenodai 2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan.
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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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Source, treatment and type of nuclear donor cells influences in vitro and in vivo development of embryos cloned by somatic cell nuclear transfer in camel (Camelus dromedarius). Theriogenology 2017; 106:186-191. [PMID: 29078197 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of source, treatment and type of nuclear donor cells on embryonic and fetal development of somatic cell nuclear-transfer reconstructs in dromedary camel. In experiment 1, actively growing, serum starved or confluent skin fibroblast cells were used as nuclear donors. In experiment 2, skin fibroblasts from 4 different animals while in experiment 3, skin fibroblasts and cumulus cells from the same animal were used as nuclear donors. In all the three experiments, mature oocytes collected by transvaginal ovum pick up were used as recipient cytoplasts. All the blastocysts obtained were transferred to synchronized recipients on Day 5-6 after ovulation. In experiment 1, pregnancies were achieved from the embryos reconstructed with all the groups of cells, however, only 1 full term calf was delivered from the embryos reconstructed with serum-starved cells. In experiment 2, significant differences were observed in embryo development and establishment of pregnancies among the donor cell lines from different animals. Five cloned calves were delivered from the embryos reconstructed with skin fibroblast cells of 3 animals, while the sole pregnancy from fourth animal aborted on Day 224 of gestation. Three full term calves were delivered from pregnancies achieved by the embryos reconstructed with cumulus cells in experiment 3, while a single pregnancy achieved from skin fibroblast cells was lost on Day 296 of gestation. In conclusion, we observed that cell donor, cell type and their treatment affect the outcome of cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer in camels.
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Bai GY, Song SH, Sun RZ, Zhang ZH, Li J, Wang ZD, Liu ZH, Lei L. RNAi-mediated knockdown of Parp1 does not improve the development of female cloned mouse embryos. Oncotarget 2017; 8:69863-69873. [PMID: 29050247 PMCID: PMC5642522 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer is an important technique for life science research, but its efficiency is still extremely low, and most genes that are important during early development, such as X chromosome-linked genes, are not appropriately expressed during this process. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) is an enzyme that transfers ADP ribose clusters to target proteins. PARP family members such as PARP1 participate in cellular signalling pathways through poly (ADP-ribosylation) (PARylation), which ultimately promotes changes in chromatin structure, gene expression, and the localization and activity of proteins that mediate signalling responses. PARP1 is associated with X chromosome inactivation (Xi). Here, we showed that abnormal Xi occurs in somatic cell nuclear transfer (NT) blastocysts, whereas in female blastocysts derived from cumulus cell nuclear transfer, both X chromosomes were inactive. Parp1 expression was higher in female NT blastocysts than that in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) embryos but not in male NT blastocysts. After knocking down Parp1 expression, both the pre-rRNA 47S and X-inactivation-specific transcript (Xist) levels increased. Moreover, the expression of genes on the inactivated X chromosome, such as Magea6 and Msn, were also increased in the NT embryos. However, the development of Parp1si NT embryos was impaired, although total RNA sequencing showed that overall gene expression between the Parp1si NT blastocysts and the control was similar. Our findings demonstrate that increases in the expression of several genes on the X chromosome and of rRNA primary products in NT blastocysts with disrupted Parp1 expression are insufficient to rescue the impaired development of female cloned mouse embryos and could even exacerbate the associated developmental deficiencies.
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- Guang-Yu Bai
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Laboratory of Embryo Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Laboratory of Embryo Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China
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Viable and fertile mice can be generated by somatic nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes, presumably because the transplanted somatic cell genome becomes reprogrammed by factors in the oocyte. The first somatic cloned offspring of mice were obtained by directly injecting donor nuclei into recipient enucleated oocytes. When this method is used (the so-called Honolulu method of somatic cell nuclear transfer [SCNT]), the donor nuclei readily and completely condense within the enucleated metaphase II-arrested oocytes, which contain high levels of M-phase-promoting factor (MPF). It is believed that the condensation of the donor chromosomes promotes complete reprogramming of the donor genome within the mouse oocytes. Another key to the success of mouse cloning is the use of blunt micropipettes attached to a piezo impact-driving micromanipulation device. This system saves a significant amount of time during the micromanipulation of oocytes and thus minimizes the loss of oocyte viability in vitro. For example, a group of 20 oocytes can be enucleated within 10 min by an experienced operator. This protocol is composed of seven parts: (1) preparing micropipettes, (2) setting up the enucleation and injection micropipettes, (3) collecting and enucleating oocytes, (4) preparing nucleus donor cells, (5) injecting donor nuclei, (6) activating embryos and culturing, and (7) transferring cloned embryos.
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Tamashiro KLK, Wakayama T, Yamazaki Y, Akutsu H, Woods SC, Kondo S, Yanagimachi R, Sakai RR. Phenotype of Cloned Mice: Development, Behavior, and Physiology. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2016; 228:1193-200. [PMID: 14610260 DOI: 10.1177/153537020322801015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cloning technology has potential to be a valuable tool in basic research, clinical medicine, and agriculture. However, it is critical to determine the consequences of this technique in resulting offspring before widespread use of the technology. Mammalian cloning using somatic cells was first demonstrated in sheep in 1997 and since then has been extended to a number of other species. We examined development, behavior, physiology, and longevity in B6C3F1 female mice cloned from adult cumulus cells. Control mice were naturally fertilized embryos subjected to the same in vitro manipulation and culture conditions as clone embryos. Clones attained developmental milestones similar to controls. Activity level, motor ability and coordination, and learning and memory skills of cloned mice were comparable with controls. Interestingly, clones gained more body weight than controls during adulthood. Increased body weight was attributable to higher body fat and was associated with hyperleptinemia and hyperinsulinemia indicating that cloned mice are obese. Cloned mice were not hyperphagic as adults and had hypersensitive leptin and melanocortin signaling systems. Longevity of cloned mice was comparable with that reported by the National Institute on Aging and the causes of death were typical for this strain of mouse. These studies represent the first comprehensive set of data to characterize cloned mice and provide critical information about the long-term effects of somatic cell cloning.
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- Kellie L K Tamashiro
- Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0559, USA
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Kim HR, Lee JE, Oqani RK, Kim SY, Wakayama T, Li C, Sa SJ, Woo JS, Jin DI. Aberrant Expression of TIMP-2 and PBEF Genes in the Placentae of Cloned Mice Due to Epigenetic Reprogramming Error. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166241. [PMID: 27855185 PMCID: PMC5113924 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Cloned mice derived from somatic or ES cells show placental overgrowth (placentomegaly) at term. We had previously analyzed cloned and normal mouse placentae by using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to identify differential protein expression patterns. Cloned placentae showed upregulation of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2), which is involved in extracellular matrix degradation and tissue remodeling, and downregulation of pre-B cell colony enhancing factor 1 (PBEF), which inhibits apoptosis and induces spontaneous labor. Here, we used Western blotting to further analyze the protein expression levels of TIMP-2 and PBEF in cloned placentae derived from cumulus cells, TSA-treated cumulus cells, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and natural mating (NM control). Cloned and TSA-treated cloned placentae had higher expression levels of TIMP-2 compared with NM control and ICSI-derived placentae, and there was a positive association between TIMP-2 expression and the placental weight of cloned mouse concepti. Conversely, PBEF protein expression was significantly lower in cloned and ICSI placentae compared to NM controls. To examine whether the observed differences were due to abnormal gene expression caused by faulty epigenetic reprogramming in clones, we investigated DNA methylation and histone modification in the promoter regions of the genes encoding TIMP-2 and PBEF. Sodium bisulfite sequencing did not reveal any difference in DNA methylation between cloned and NM control placentae. However, ChIP assays revealed that the level of H3-K9/K14 acetylation at the TIMP-2 locus was higher in cloned placentae than in NM controls, whereas acetylation of the PBEF promoter was lower in cloned and ICSI placenta versus NM controls. These results suggest that cloned placentae appear to suffer from failure of histone modification-based reprogramming in these (and potentially other) developmentally important genes, leading to aberrant expression of their protein products. These changes are likely to be involved in generating the abnormalities seen in cloned mouse placentae, including enlargement and/or a lack of proper placental function.
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- Hong Rye Kim
- Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- School of Medicine, Tongi University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Animal Resource Development, National Institute of Animal Science, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Resource Development, National Institute of Animal Science, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science & Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Hara H, Goto T, Takizawa A, Sanbo M, Jacob HJ, Kobayashi T, Nakauchi H, Hochi S, Hirabayashi M. Rat Blastocysts from Nuclear Injection and Time-Lagged Enucleation and Their Commitment to Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell Reprogram 2016; 18:108-15. [DOI: 10.1089/cell.2015.0084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Hiromasa Hara
- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Physiology, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226
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- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Department of Pediatrics, Human and Molecular Genetics Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226
- Present address: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama, 35806
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Japan Science Technology Agency, ERATO, Nakauchi Stem Cell and Organ Regeneration Project, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Present address: Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Japan Science Technology Agency, ERATO, Nakauchi Stem Cell and Organ Regeneration Project, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, 386-8567, Japan
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- Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, Japan
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Su X, Ling Y, Liu C, Meng F, Cao J, Zhang L, Zhou H, Liu Z, Zhang Y. Isolation, Culture, Differentiation, and Nuclear Reprogramming of Mongolian Sheep Fetal Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Cell Reprogram 2015; 17:288-96. [PMID: 26086202 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2014.0109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have characterized the differentiation potentiality and the developmental potential of cloned embryos of fetal bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) isolated from Mongolian sheep. BMSCs were harvested by centrifuging after the explants method and the mononuclear cells obtained were cultured. The isolated BMSCs were uniform, with a fibroblast-like spindle or stellate appearance, and we confirmed expression of OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG genes at passage 3 (P3) by RT-PCR. We measured the growth of the passage 1, 5, and 10 cultures and found exponential growth with a population doubling time of 29.7±0.05 h. We cultured the P3 BMSCs in vitro under inductive environments and were able to induce them to undergo neurogenesis and form cardiomyocytes and adipocytes. Donor cells at passages 3-4 were used for nuclear transfer (NT). We found the BMSCs could be expanded in vitro and used as nuclear donors for somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Thus, BMSCs are an attractive cell type for large-animal autologous studies and will be valuable material for somatic cell cloning and future transgenic research.
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- Xiaohu Su
- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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- 1 College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , Hohhot 010018, China .,2 Key Laboratory of Biological Manufacturing of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , Hohhot 010018, China
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Inoue K, Oikawa M, Kamimura S, Ogonuki N, Nakamura T, Nakano T, Abe K, Ogura A. Trichostatin A specifically improves the aberrant expression of transcription factor genes in embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer. Sci Rep 2015; 5:10127. [PMID: 25974394 PMCID: PMC4431350 DOI: 10.1038/srep10127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Although mammalian cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been established in various species, the low developmental efficiency has hampered its practical applications. Treatment of SCNT-derived embryos with histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors can improve their development, but the underlying mechanism is still unclear. To address this question, we analysed gene expression profiles of SCNT-derived 2-cell mouse embryos treated with trichostatin A (TSA), a potent HDAC inhibitor that is best used for mouse cloning. Unexpectedly, TSA had no effect on the numbers of aberrantly expressed genes or the overall gene expression pattern in the embryos. However, in-depth investigation by gene ontology and functional analyses revealed that TSA treatment specifically improved the expression of a small subset of genes encoding transcription factors and their regulatory factors, suggesting their positive involvement in de novo RNA synthesis. Indeed, introduction of one of such transcription factors, Spi-C, into the embryos at least partially mimicked the TSA-induced improvement in embryonic development by activating gene networks associated with transcriptional regulation. Thus, the effects of TSA treatment on embryonic gene expression did not seem to be stochastic, but more specific than expected, targeting genes that direct development and trigger zygotic genome activation at the 2-cell stage.
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- Kimiko Inoue
- 1] Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan [2] Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-noudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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- Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan
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- 1] Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan [2] Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-noudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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- Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School and Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School and Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- 1] Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan [2] Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-noudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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- 1] Bioresource Center, RIKEN, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074 Japan [2] Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten-noudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572 Japan
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Mizutani E, Oikawa M, Kassai H, Inoue K, Shiura H, Hirasawa R, Kamimura S, Matoba S, Ogonuki N, Nagatomo H, Abe K, Wakayama T, Aiba A, Ogura A. Generation of Cloned Mice from Adult Neurons by Direct Nuclear Transfer1. Biol Reprod 2015; 92:81. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.123455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Nuclear transfer (NT) technique provides a powerful experimental tool to study the mechanisms of reprogramming processes and to derive NT-embryonic stem (ntES) cells from living or frozen animals. The Piezo-driven direct microinjection NT method has proved to be a valid technique to clone mice and other species. In addition, this method has been broadly used as a versatile tool for many fields of mouse micromanipulation. This chapter describes the "one step method" protocol of nuclear transfer in mouse, which combines injection of a donor cell nucleus and enucleation of MII metaphase in a single manipulation procedure. This protocol describes the isolation and collection of oocytes, treatment of donor cells, visualization of spindle-chromosomal complex, direct injection and enucleation, activation of reconstructed embryos and their in vitro culture and transfer into pseudopregnant mice.
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- Vincent Brochard
- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France
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Mizutani E, Wakayama S, Wakayama T. Treatment of donor cell/embryo with different approaches to improve development after nuclear transfer. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1222:101-11. [PMID: 25287341 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1594-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The successful production of cloned animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a promising technology with many potential applications in basic research, medicine, and agriculture. However, the low efficiency and the difficulty of cloning are major obstacles to the widespread use of this technology. Since the first mammal cloned from an adult donor cell was born, many attempts have been made to improve animal cloning techniques, and some approaches have successfully improved its efficiency. Nuclear transfer itself is still difficult because it requires an accomplished operator with a practiced technique. Thus, it is very important to find simple and reproducible methods for improving the success rate of SCNT. In this chapter, we will review our recent protocols, which seem to be the simplest and most reliable method to date to improve development of SCNT embryos.
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- Eiji Mizutani
- University of Yamanashi, Kofu Campus, 4-4-37 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8510, Japan,
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Kamimura S, Hatanaka Y, Hirasawa R, Matsumoto K, Oikawa M, Lee J, Matoba S, Mizutani E, Ogonuki N, Inoue K, Kohda T, Ishino F, Ogura A. Establishment of Paternal Genomic Imprinting in Mouse Prospermatogonia Analyzed by Nuclear Transfer1. Biol Reprod 2014; 91:120. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.120451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Sim BW, Min KS. Production of cloned mice by aggregation of tetraploid embryo. Anim Cells Syst (Seoul) 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2014.948488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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On the Development of Parthenogenetic Oocytes by Cytochalasin B and Production of Cloned Mice by SCNT. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.12750/jet.2014.29.2.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Gui T, Liu X, Tao J, Chen J, Li Y, Zhang M, Wu R, Zhang Y, Peng K, Liu Y, Zhang X, Zhang Y. Validation of a recombinant human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (hBPI) expression vector using murine mammary gland tumor cells and the early development of hBPI transgenic goat embryos. Anim Reprod Sci 2013; 143:48-56. [PMID: 24289868 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.10.017] [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: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Human bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (hBPI) is the only antibacterial peptide which acts against both gram-negative bacteria and neutralizes endotoxins in human polymorphonuclear neutrophils; therefore, hBPI is of great value in clinical applications. In the study, we constructed a hBPI expression vector (pBC1-Loxp-Neo-Loxp-hBPI) containing the full-length hBPI coding sequence which could be specifically expressed in the mammary gland. To validate the function of the vector, in vitro cultured C127 (mouse mammary Carcinoma Cells) were transfected with the vector, and the transgenic cell clones were selected to express hBPI by hormone induction. The mRNA and protein expression of hBPI showed that the constructed vector was effective and suitable for future application in producing mammary gland bioreactor. Then, female and male goat fibroblasts were transfected with the vector, and two male and two female transgenic clonal cell lines were obtained. Using the transgenic cell lines as nuclear donors for somatic cell nuclear transfer, the reconstructed goat embryos produced from all four clones could develop to blastocysts in vitro. In conclusion, we constructed and validated an efficient mammary gland-specific hBPI expression vector, pBC1-Loxp-Neo-Loxp-hBPI, and transgenic hBPI goat embryos were successfully produced, laying foundations for future production of recombinant hBPI in goat mammary gland.
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- Tao Gui
- Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Animal Genetic Resources Protection and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, No. 130 of Changjiang West Road, Hefei, Anhui Province 230036, China
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Oikawa M, Inoue K, Shiura H, Matoba S, Kamimura S, Hirose M, Mekada K, Yoshiki A, Tanaka S, Abe K, Ishino F, Ogura A. Understanding the X chromosome inactivation cycle in mice: a comprehensive view provided by nuclear transfer. Epigenetics 2013; 9:204-11. [PMID: 24172050 DOI: 10.4161/epi.26939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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During mouse development, imprinted X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is observed in preimplantation embryos and is inherited to the placental lineage, whereas random XCI is initiated in the embryonic proper. Xist RNA, which triggers XCI, is expressed ectopically in cloned embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). To understand these mechanisms, we undertook a large-scale nuclear transfer study using different donor cells throughout the life cycle. The Xist expression patterns in the reconstructed embryos suggested that the nature of imprinted XCI is the maternal Xist-repressing imprint established at the last stage of oogenesis. Contrary to the prevailing model, this maternal imprint is erased in both the embryonic and extraembryonic lineages. The lack of the Xist-repressing imprint in the postimplantation somatic cells clearly explains how the SCNT embryos undergo ectopic Xist expression. Our data provide a comprehensive view of the XCI cycle in mice, which is essential information for future investigations of XCI mechanisms.
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- Mami Oikawa
- RIKEN BioResource Center; Tsukuba, Japan; Medical Research Institute; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center; Tsukuba, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center; Tsukuba, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences; University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center; Tsukuba, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba, Japan
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- Medical Research Institute; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResource Center; Tsukuba, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba, Japan; Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine; University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Matoba S, Inoue K, Ogura A. Somatic donor cell type correlates with embryonic, but not extra-embryonic, gene expression in postimplantation cloned embryos. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76422. [PMID: 24146866 PMCID: PMC3797840 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The great majority of embryos generated by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) display defined abnormal phenotypes after implantation, such as an increased likelihood of death and abnormal placentation. To gain better insight into the underlying mechanisms, we analyzed genome-wide gene expression profiles of day 6.5 postimplantation mouse embryos cloned from three different cell types (cumulus cells, neonatal Sertoli cells and fibroblasts). The embryos retrieved from the uteri were separated into embryonic (epiblast) and extraembryonic (extraembryonic ectoderm and ectoplacental cone) tissues and were subjected to gene microarray analysis. Genotype- and sex-matched embryos produced by in vitro fertilization were used as controls. Principal component analysis revealed that whereas the gene expression patterns in the embryonic tissues varied according to the donor cell type, those in extraembryonic tissues were relatively consistent across all groups. Within each group, the embryonic tissues had more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (>2-fold vs. controls) than did the extraembryonic tissues (P<1.0×10–26). In the embryonic tissues, one of the common abnormalities was upregulation of Dlk1, a paternally imprinted gene. This might be a potential cause of the occasional placenta-only conceptuses seen in SCNT-generated mouse embryos (1–5% per embryos transferred in our laboratory), because dysregulation of the same gene is known to cause developmental failure of embryos derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. There were also some DEGs in the extraembryonic tissues, which might explain the poor development of SCNT-derived placentas at early stages. These findings suggest that SCNT affects the embryonic and extraembryonic development differentially and might cause further deterioration in the embryonic lineage in a donor cell-specific manner. This could explain donor cell-dependent variations in cloning efficiency using SCNT.
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- RIKEN BioResouce Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResouce Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- RIKEN BioResouce Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Okae H, Matoba S, Nagashima T, Mizutani E, Inoue K, Ogonuki N, Chiba H, Funayama R, Tanaka S, Yaegashi N, Nakayama K, Sasaki H, Ogura A, Arima T. RNA sequencing-based identification of aberrant imprinting in cloned mice. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:992-1001. [PMID: 24105465 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Animals cloned by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) provide a unique model for understanding the mechanisms of nuclear epigenetic reprogramming to a state of totipotency. Though many phenotypic abnormalities have been demonstrated in cloned animals, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we performed transcriptome-wide allelic expression analyses in brain and placental tissues of cloned mice. We found that Gab1, Sfmbt2 and Slc38a4 showed loss of imprinting in all cloned mice analyzed, which might be involved in placentomegaly of cloned mice. These three genes did not require de novo DNA methylation in growing oocytes for the establishment of imprinting, implying the involvement of a de novo DNA methylation-independent mechanism. Loss of Dlk1-Dio3 imprinting was also observed in nearly half of cloned mouse embryos and showed a strong correlation with embryonic lethality. Our findings are essential to understand the underlying mechanisms of developmental abnormalities of cloned animals. We also emphasize that particular attention should be paid to specific imprinted genes for therapeutic and agricultural applications of SCNT.
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- Hiroaki Okae
- Department of Informative Genetics, Environment and Genome Research Center
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Cao F, Fukuda A, Watanabe H, Kono T. The transcriptomic architecture of mouse Sertoli cell clone embryos reveals temporal–spatial-specific reprogramming. Reproduction 2013; 145:277-88. [PMID: 23580949 PMCID: PMC3607486 DOI: 10.1530/rep-12-0435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer, a technique used to generate clone embryos by transferring the nucleus of a somatic cell into an enucleated oocyte, is an excellent approach to study the reprogramming of the nuclei of differentiated cells. Here, we conducted a transcriptomic study by performing microarray analysis on single Sertoli cell nuclear transfer (SeCNT) embryos throughout preimplantation development. The extensive data collected from the oocyte to the blastocyst stage helped to identify specific genes that were incorrectly reprogrammed at each stage, thereby providing a novel perspective for understanding reprogramming progression in SeCNT embryos.This attempt provided an opportunity to discuss the possibility that ectopic gene expression could be involved in the developmental failure of SeCNT embryos. Network analysis at each stage suggested that in total, 127 networks were involved in developmental and functional disorders in SeCNT embryos. Furthermore, chromosome mapping using our time-lapse expression data highlighted temporal–spatial changes of the abnormal expression, showing the characteristic distribution of the genes on each chromosome.Thus, the present study revealed that the preimplantation development of SeCNT embryos appears normal; however, the progression of incorrect reprogramming is concealed throughout development.
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- Feng Cao
- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan
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Kishigami S, Lee AR, Wakayama T. Using somatic-cell nuclear transfer to study aging. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1048:109-26. [PMID: 23929101 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-556-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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In mammals, a diploid genome following fertilization of haploid cells, an egg, and a spermatozoon is unique and irreproducible. This implies that the generated unique diploid genome is doomed with the individual's inevitable demise. Since it was first reported in 1997 that Dolly the sheep had been cloned, many mammalian species have been cloned successfully using somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). The success of SCNT in mammals enables us not only to reproduce offspring without germ cells, that is, to "passage" a unique diploid genome, but also to address valuable biological questions on development, nuclear reprogramming, and epigenetic memory. Successful cloning can also support epigenetic reprogramming where the aging clock is reset or reversed. Recent work using iPS cell technology has explored the practicality and led to the recapitulation of premature aging with iPSCs from progeroid laminopathies. As a result, reprogramming tools are also expected to contribute to studying biological age. However, the efficiency of animal cloning is still low in most cases and the mechanism of reprogramming in cloned embryos is still largely unclear. Here, based on recent advances, we describe an improved, more efficient mouse cloning protocol using histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) and latrunculin A, which increases the success rates of producing cloned mice or establishing ES cells fivefold. This improved method of cloning will provide a strong tool to address many issues including biological aging more easily and with lower cost.
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- Satoshi Kishigami
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, KINKI University, Wakayama, Japan
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Zhang H, Liu B, Qiu Y, Fan JF, Yu SJ. Pure cultures and characterization of yak Sertoli cells. Tissue Cell 2013; 45:414-20. [PMID: 23938058 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The culture of primary Sertoli cells has become an important resource in the study of their function. However, their use is limited because of contamination of isolated cells with other testicular cells, mainly germ cells. The aim was to establish technique to obtain pure yak Sertoli cells as well as to study the growth kinetics and biological characteristics of Sertoli cells in vitro. Two-step enzyme digestion was used to separate and culture yak Sertoli cells. Cultured using starvation method and the hypotonic treatment were also invented to get pure yak Sertoli cells. Furthermore, the purification of Yak Sertoli cells were identified according to their characteristics, such as bipolar corpuscular around the nucleus and expression of Fasl, in addition to their morphology. The average viability of the Sertoli cells was 97% before freezing and 94.5% after thawing, indicating that cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen had little influence on the viability of Sertoli cells. The growth tendency of yak Sertoli cells was similar to an S-shaped growth curve. Purified yak Sertoli cells frequently exhibited bipolar corpuscula in nucleus after Feulgen staining, and did have a positive reaction of Fasl by the immunocytochemical identification. After recovery chromosomal analysis of Sertoli cells had a normal chromosomal number of 60, comprising 29 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes. Assays for bacteria, fungi and mycoplasmas were negative. In conclusion, yak Sertoli cells have been successfully purified and cultured in vitro, and maintain stable biological characteristics after thawing. Therefore, it will not only preserve the genetic resources of yaks at the cellular level, but also provide valuable materials for transgenic research and feeder layer and nuclear donor cells in yak somatic cell cloning technology.
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- Hua Zhang
- Academic of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China.
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Kamimura S, Inoue K, Ogonuki N, Hirose M, Oikawa M, Yo M, Ohara O, Miyoshi H, Ogura A. Mouse Cloning Using a Drop of Peripheral Blood1. Biol Reprod 2013; 89:24. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Ogura A, Inoue K, Wakayama T. Recent advancements in cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2013; 368:20110329. [PMID: 23166393 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning is the sole reproductive engineering technology that endows the somatic cell genome with totipotency. Since the first report on the birth of a cloned sheep from adult somatic cells in 1997, many technical improvements in SCNT have been made by using different epigenetic approaches, including enhancement of the levels of histone acetylation in the chromatin of the reconstructed embryos. Although it will take a considerable time before we fully understand the nature of genomic programming and totipotency, we may expect that somatic cell cloning technology will soon become broadly applicable to practical purposes, including medicine, pharmaceutical manufacturing and agriculture. Here we review recent progress in somatic cell cloning, with a special emphasis on epigenetic studies using the laboratory mouse as a model.
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- Atsuo Ogura
- RIKEN BioResource Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Oikawa M, Matoba S, Inoue K, Kamimura S, Hirose M, Ogonuki N, Shiura H, Sugimoto M, Abe K, Ishino F, Ogura A. RNAi-mediated knockdown of Xist does not rescue the impaired development of female cloned mouse embryos. J Reprod Dev 2013; 59:231-7. [PMID: 23363561 PMCID: PMC3934135 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2012-195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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In mice, one of the major epigenetic errors associated with somatic cell nuclear
transfer (SCNT) is ectopic expression of Xist during the preimplantation
period in both sexes. We found that this aberrant Xist expression could
be impeded by deletion of Xist from the putative active X chromosome in
donor cells. In male clones, it was also found that prior injection of
Xist-specific siRNA could significantly improve the postimplantation
development of cloned embryos as a result of a significant repression of
Xist at the morula stage. In this study, we examined whether the same
knockdown strategy could work as well in female SCNT-derived embryos. Embryos were
reconstructed with cumulus cell nuclei and injected with Xist-specific
siRNA at 6–7 h after oocyte activation. RNA FISH analysis revealed that siRNA treatment
successfully repressed Xist RNA at the morula stage, as shown by the
significant decrease in the number of cloud-type Xist signals in the
blastomere nuclei. However, blastomeres with different sizes (from “pinpoint” to “cloud”)
and numbers of Xist RNA signals remained within single embryos. After
implantation, the dysregulated Xist expression was normalized
autonomously, as in male clones, to a state of monoallelic expression in both embryonic
and extraembryonic tissues. However, at term there was no significant improvement in the
survival of the siRNA-injected cloned embryos. Thus, siRNA injection was largely effective
in repressing the Xist overexpression in female cloned embryos but failed
to rescue them, probably because of an inability to mimic consistent monoallelic
Xist expression in these embryos. This could only be achieved in female
embryos by applying a gene knockout strategy rather than an siRNA approach.
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- Mami Oikawa
- RIKEN BioResource Center, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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The nuclear transfer (NT) technique in the mouse has enabled us to generate cloned mice and to establish NT embryonic stem (ntES) cells. Direct nuclear injection into mouse oocytes with a piezo impact drive unit can aid in the bypass of several steps of the original cell fusion procedure. It is important to note that only the NT approach can reveal dynamic and global modifications in the epigenome without using genetic modification as well as generating live animals from single cells. Thus, these techniques could also be applied to the preservation of genetic material from any mouse strain instead of preserving embryos or gametes. Moreover, with this technique, we can use not only living cells but also the nuclei of dead cells from frozen mouse carcasses for NT. This chapter describes our most recent protocols of NT into the mouse oocyte for cloning mice and for the establishment of ntES cells from cloned embryos.
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- Eiji Mizutani
- Center for Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe institute, Kobe, Japan,
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The combined treatment of calcium ionophore with strontium improves the quality of ovine SCNT embryo development. ZYGOTE 2012; 21:139-50. [DOI: 10.1017/s0967199412000470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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SummaryPoor embryo quality is a major problem that contributes to the failure of pregnancy in somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). The aims of this study were to improve the quality of ovine SCNT embryos by modifying the conventional activation protocol with the addition of SrCl2. In order to achieve this objective we conducted a series of experiments with in vitro-matured oocytes to optimize conditions for oocyte activation with strontium, and subsequently applied the protocol to SCNT embryos. The results showed that in vitro-matured oocytes could be activated effectively by 10 mM SrCl2 + 5 mg/ml cytochalasin B (CB) for 5 h in the absence of Ca2+ and that the blastocyst rate on day 7 (33.2%) was similar to that in the control group (31.0%) (5 M calcium ionophore [IP] A23187 for 5 min and cultured in CB/cycloheximide [CHX] for 5 h; P > 0.05). In SCNT experiments, the total cell number/blastocyst (104.12 ± 6.86) in the IP + SrCl2/CB-treatment group was, however, significantly higher than that in the control group (81.07 ± 3.39; P < 0.05). Apoptotic index (12.29 ± 1.22%) was significantly lower than the control (17.60 ± 1.39%; P < 0.05) when a combination of IP and SrCl2/CB was applied to SCNT embryos. In addition, karyotyping of the SCNT embryos showed that the percentage of diploid blastocysts in the IP + SrCl2/CB-treatment group was slightly higher than that in the control (P > 0.05). We conclude that the modified activation protocol with IP + SrCl2/CB can improve significantly the quality of ovine SCNT embryos in terms of total cell number, apoptosis and ploidy.
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RNAi-mediated knockdown of Xist can rescue the impaired postimplantation development of cloned mouse embryos. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:20621-6. [PMID: 22065773 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112664108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cloning mammals by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is highly inefficient. Most SCNT-generated embryos die after implantation because of unidentified, complex epigenetic errors in the process of postimplantation embryonic development. Here we identify the most upstream level of dysfunction leading to impaired development of clones by using RNAi against Xist, a gene responsible for X chromosome inactivation (XCI). A prior injection of Xist-specific siRNA into reconstructed oocytes efficiently corrected SCNT-specific aberrant Xist expression at the morula stage, but failed to do so thereafter at the blastocyst stage. However, we found that shortly after implantation, this aberrant XCI status in cloned embryos had been corrected autonomously in both embryonic and extraembryonic tissues, probably through a newly established XCI control for postimplantation embryos. Embryo transfer experiments revealed that siRNA-treated embryos showed 10 times higher survival than controls as early as embryonic day 5.5 and this high survival persisted until term, resulting in a remarkable improvement in cloning efficiency (12% vs. 1% in controls). Importantly, unlike control clones, these Xist-siRNA clones at birth showed only a limited dysregulation of their gene expression, indicating that correction of Xist expression in preimplantation embryos had a long-term effect on their postnatal normality. Thus, contrary to the general assumption, our results suggest that the fate of cloned embryos is determined almost exclusively before implantation by their XCI status. Furthermore, our strategy provides a promising breakthrough for mammalian SCNT cloning, because RNAi treatment of oocytes is readily applicable to most mammal species.
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Yang BZ, Yang CY, Li RC, Qin GS, Zhang XF, Pang CY, Chen MT, Huang FX, Li Z, Zheng HY, Huang YJ, Liang XW. An inter-subspecies cloned buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) obtained by transferring of cryopreserved embryos via somatic cell nuclear transfer. Reprod Domest Anim 2011; 45:e21-5. [PMID: 19788521 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of cryopreservation of inter-subspecies cloned embryos in buffalo. In our experiment, river buffalo ear fibroblast nucleus was fused into swamp buffalo oocyte cytoplasm. The blastocyst formation rate for nuclear transfer of freshly thawed cells was not different from those of growing cells, confluent or serum-starved cells. A total of 122 cloned blastocysts derived from cryopreserved fibroblasts were cryopreserved and thawed, 37 were survived, the cryosurvival rate was 30.3%. The survived blastocysts were transferred into 15 recipient buffalos. Five of the recipients established pregnancy, but four of them aborted on day 53, 59, 145 and 179 of gestation respectively. One cross-bred buffalo (Murrah × Swamp buffalo (2n = 49) received three embryos delivered a 40.5 kg female calf by natural delivery on day 320 of gestation. Up to now (13-month old), the cloned calf has been growing well with no abnormity observed. These results demonstrated that cryopreservation of inter-subspecies cloned embryos is feasible to produce buffalo offspring.
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- B Z Yang
- Guangxi Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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In vitro development of nuclear transfer embryos derived from porcine embryonic germ cells and their descendent neural precursor cells. ZYGOTE 2011; 20:9-15. [DOI: 10.1017/s0967199411000372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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SummaryUndifferentiated stem cells may support a greater development of cloned embryos compared with differentiated cell types due to their ease of reprogramming during the nuclear transfer (NT) process. Hence, stem cells may be more suitable as nuclear donor cells for NT procedures than are somatic cells. Embryonic germ (EG) cells are undifferentiated stem cells that are isolated from cultured primordial germ cells (PGC) and can differentiate into several cell types. In this study, the in vitro development of NT embryos using porcine EG cells and their derivative neural precursor (NP) cells was investigated, thus eliminating any variation in genetic differences. The rates of fusion did not differ between NT embryos from EG and NP cells; however, the rate of cleavage in NT embryos derived from EG cells was significantly higher (p < 0.05) than that from NP cells (141/247 [57.1%] vs. 105/228 [46.1%]). Similarly, the rate of blastocyst development was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in NT using EG cells than the rate using NP cells (43/247 [17.4%] vs. 18/228 [7.9%]). The results obtained from the present study in pigs demonstrate a reduced capability for nuclear donor cells to be reprogrammed following the differentiation of porcine EG cells. Undifferentiated EG cells may be more amenable to reprogramming after reconstruction compared with differentiated somatic cells.
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Akshey YS, Malakar D, De AK, Jena MK, Garg S, Dutta R, Pawar SK, Mukesh M. Hand-made cloned goat (Capra hircus) embryos—a comparison of different donor cells and culture systems. Cell Reprogram 2011; 12:581-8. [PMID: 20818994 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2009.0120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nuclear transfer is a very effective method for propagation of valuable, extinct, and endangered animals. Hand-made cloning (HMC) is an efficient alternative to the conventional micromanipulator-based technique in some domestic species. The present study was carried out for the selection of suitable somatic cells as a nuclear donor and development of an optimum culture system for in vitro culture of zona-free goat cloned embryos. Cleavage and blastocyst rates were observed 72.06 ± 2.94% and 0% for fresh cumulus cells, 81.95 ± 3.40% and 12.74 ± 2.12% for cultured cumulus cells, and 92.94 ± 0.91% and 23.78 ± 3.33% for fetal fibroblast cells, respectively. There was a significant (p < 0.05) increase in blastocyst production in goats when cultured on a flat surface (FS) (23.78 ± 3.33 %) than well of wells (WOW) (15.84 ± 2.12 %) and microdrops (MD) (0.7 ± 0.7%). Furthermore, cleavage and blastocyst production rates were significantly (p < 0.05) more in the WOW (15.84 ± 2.12%) than the MD (0.7 ± 0.7%) system. The quality of HMC blastocysts was studied by differential staining. Genetic similarity was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based amplification of the second exon of the MHC class II DRB gene, which gave similar bands in electrophoresis (286 bp) both in cloned embryos and donor cells. In conclusion, the present study describes that the fetal fibroblast cell is a suitable candidate as nuclear donor, and the flat surface culture system is suitable for zona-free blastocyst development by the hand-made cloning technique in the goat.
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- Yogesh S Akshey
- Animal Biotechnology Centre, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
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Liu HB, Lv PR, He RG, Yang XG, Qin XE, Pan TB, Huang GY, Huang MR, Lu YQ, Lu SS, Li DS, Lu KH. Cloned Guangxi Bama Minipig (Sus scrofa) and Its Offspring Have Normal Reproductive Performance. Cell Reprogram 2010; 12:543-50. [DOI: 10.1089/cell.2009.0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Hong-Bo Liu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Institute of Animal Husbandry, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Institute of Animal Husbandry, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Institute of Animal Husbandry, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Tai-He Hospital, Yunyang Medical College, Hubei, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Subtropical Bio-Resource Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, People's Republic of China
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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Kim HR, Han RX, Wakayama T, Park CS, Jin DI. Aberrant protein expression in the placenta of cloned mouse derived from embryonic stem cell. Placenta 2010; 31:853-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2010] [Revised: 07/13/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Most conceptuses derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in mice undergo developmental arrest as a result of embryonic or extraembryonic defects. Even when fetuses survive to term, prominent placental overgrowth or placentomegaly is often present, indicating that SCNT affects the development of trophoblast cell lineage. The trophoblast cell lineage is established at the blastocyst stage when the stem cell population of the trophoblast cell lineage resides in the polar trophectoderm. Therefore, it is possible that the developmental arrest and placentomegaly that accompany SCNT are induced by insufficient reprogramming of the donor somatic nucleus to enable the cells to acquire full potency as stem cells of the trophoblast cell lineage. Despite the abnormalities of the extraembryonic tissues of SCNT embryos, trophoblast stem (TS) cell lines have been successfully isolated from SCNT blastocysts and their properties appear to be indistinguishable from those of TS cells derived from native blastocysts. This suggests that SCNT does not affect the emergence and autonomous properties of TS cells. In this review, we discuss specification of cell lineage and the extent of reprogramming of TS cells in SCNT blastocysts.
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- Mayumi Oda
- Animal Resource Sciences/Veterinary Medical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Fukuda A, Cao F, Morita S, Yamada K, Jincho Y, Tane S, Sotomaru Y, Kono T. Identification of inappropriately reprogrammed genes by large-scale transcriptome analysis of individual cloned mouse blastocysts. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11274. [PMID: 20614022 PMCID: PMC2894852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Although cloned embryos generated by somatic/embryonic stem cell nuclear transfer (SECNT) certainly give rise to viable individuals, they can often undergo embryonic arrest at any stage of embryogenesis, leading to diverse morphological abnormalities. In an effort to gain further insights into reprogramming and the properties of SECNT embryos, we performed a large-scale gene expression profiling of 87 single blastocysts using GeneChip microarrays. Sertoli cells, cumulus cells, and embryonic stem cells were used as donor cells. The gene expression profiles of 87 blastocysts were subjected to microarray analysis. Using principal component analysis and hierarchical clustering, the gene expression profiles were clearly classified into 3 clusters corresponding to the type of donor cell. The results revealed that each type of SECNT embryo had a unique gene expression profile that was strictly dependent upon the type of donor cells, although there was considerable variation among the individual profiles within each group. This suggests that the reprogramming process is distinct for embryos cloned from different types of donor cells. Furthermore, on the basis of the results of comparison analysis, we identified 35 genes that were inappropriately reprogrammed in most of the SECNT embryos; our findings demonstrated that some of these genes, such as Asz1, Xlr3a and App, were appropriately reprogrammed only in the embryos with a transcriptional profile that was the closest to that of the controls. Our findings provide a framework to further understand the reprogramming in SECNT embryos.
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- Atsushi Fukuda
- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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- Natural Science Centre for Basic Research and Development, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Yang CY, Li RC, Pang CY, Yang BZ, Qin GS, Chen MT, Zhang XF, Huang FX, Zheng HY, Huang YJ, Liang XW. Study on the inter-subspecies nuclear transfer of river buffalo somatic cell nuclei into swamp buffalo oocyte cytoplasm. Anim Reprod Sci 2010; 121:78-83. [PMID: 20621244 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2009] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The objective of this study was to explore the feasibility of inter-subspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) of river buffalo (50 chromosomes) somatic cell nuclei into swamp buffalo (48 chromosomes) oocyte cytoplasm. The enucleated swamp buffalo oocytes were fused with four different types of river buffalo cells: freshly thawed ear fibroblasts, serum-starved ear fibroblasts, cumulus cells and ear fibroblasts from a cloned buffalo calf. As a result, the developmental competence of embryos reconstructed with freshly thawed ear fibroblasts was the poorest (P<0.01), while those of the other three types were not different from each other. Furthermore, the efficiency of swamp-swamp buffalo, swamp-river buffalo and bovine-buffalo SCNT were also compared. The results showed that the blastocyst rate of swamp-river reconstructed embryos was not different from swamp-swamp embryos, while significantly higher than that of bovine-buffalo embryos (P<0.01). A total of thirty cloned blastocysts derived from freshly thawed ear fibroblasts were transferred into thirteen recipient buffaloes, four recipients established pregnancy, while three of them aborted on Days 65, 75 and 90 of gestation, respectively. One cross-bred buffalo (Murrah x swamp, 49 chromosomes) receiving three embryos delivered a 39 kg female calf on Day 335 of gestation. These results indicate that the inter-subspecies SCNT is feasible to produce swamp-river buffalo embryos, and these can develop to full term and result in live buffalo calves.
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- C Y Yang
- Guangxi Buffalo Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 24-1 Yongwu Road, Nanning, Guangxi, PR China
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Thuan NV, Kishigami S, Wakayama T. How to improve the success rate of mouse cloning technology. J Reprod Dev 2010; 56:20-30. [PMID: 20203432 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.09-221a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It has now been 13 years since the first cloned mammal Dolly the sheep was generated from somatic cells using nuclear transfer (SCNT). Since then, this technique has been considered an important tool not only for animal reproduction but also for regenerative medicine. However, the success rate is still very low and the mechanisms involved in genomic reprogramming are not yet clear. Moreover, the NT technique requires donated fresh oocyte, which raises ethical problems for production of human cloned embryo. For this reason, the use of induced pluripotent stem cells for genomic reprogramming and for regenerative medicine is currently a hot topic in this field. However, we believe that the NT approach remains the only valid way for the study of reproduction and basic biology. For example, only the NT approach can reveal dynamic and global modifications in the epigenome without using genetic modification, and it can generate offspring from a single cell or even a frozen dead body. Thanks to much hard work by many groups, cloning success rates are increasing slightly year by year, and NT cloning is now becoming a more applicable method. This review describes how to improve the efficiency of cloning, the establishment of clone-derived embryonic stem cells and further applications.
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- Nguyen Van Thuan
- Department of Animal Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, South Korea
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Wani NA, Wernery U, Hassan F, Wernery R, Skidmore J. Production of the First Cloned Camel by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer1. Biol Reprod 2010; 82:373-9. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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