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Aggregation of cloned embryos in empty zona pellucida improves derivation efficiency of pig ES-like cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2016

Dong-Kyung Lee ,
Chi-Hun Park ,
Kwang-Hwan Choi ,
Yeon-ik Jeong ,
Kyung-Jun Uh ,
Jae Yeon Hwang ,
Sang-Goo Lee  and
Chang-Kyu Lee
Dong-Kyung Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology Major, and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Chi-Hun Park
Affiliation:
Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeong Chang, Kangwon do, 232–916, Korea
Kwang-Hwan Choi
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology Major, and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Yeon-ik Jeong
Affiliation:
Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, Seoul 152–895, Republic of Korea
Kyung-Jun Uh
Affiliation:
Institute of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeong Chang, Kangwon do, 232–916, Korea
Jae Yeon Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology Major, and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Sang-Goo Lee
Affiliation:
Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Chang-Kyu Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology Major, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–921, Korea
*
All correspondence to Chang-Kyu Lee. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology Major, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151–921, Korea. Tel: +1 82 2 880 4805. Fax: +1 82 2 873 4805. E-mail: leeck@snu.ac.kr
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Summary

The development of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from large animal species has become an important model for therapeutic cloning using ESCs derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, poor embryo quality and blastocyst formation have been major limitations for derivation of cloned ESCs (ntESCs). In this study, we have tried to overcome these problems by treating these cells with histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and aggregating porcine embryos. First, cloned embryos were treated with Scriptaid to confirm the effect of HDACi on cloned embryo quality. The Scriptaid-treated blastocysts showed significantly higher total cell numbers (29.50 ± 2.10) than non-treated blastocysts (22.29 ± 1.50, P < 0.05). Next, cloned embryo quality and blastocyst formation were analyzed in aggregates. Three zona-free, reconstructed, four-cell-stage SCNT embryos were injected into the empty zona of hatched parthenogenetic (PA) blastocysts. Blastocyst formation and total cell number of cloned blastocysts increased significantly for all aggregates (76.4% and 83.18 ± 8.33) compared with non-aggregates (25.5% and 27.11 ± 1.67, P < 0.05). Finally, aggregated blastocysts were cultured on a feeder layer to examine the efficiency of porcine ES-like cell derivation. Aggregated blastocysts showed a higher primary colony formation rate than non-aggregated cloned blastocysts (17.6 ± 12.3% vs. 2.2 ± 1.35%, respectively, P < 0.05). In addition, derived ES-like cells showed typical characters of ESCs. In conclusion, the aggregation of porcine SCNT embryos at the four-cell stage could be a useful technique for improving the development rate and quality of porcine-cloned blastocysts and the derivation efficiency of porcine ntESCs.

Keywords

AggregationEmpty zonaPorcine embryoSomatic cell nuclear transfer
Type
Research Article
Information
Zygote , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 909 - 917
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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