Trichostatin A modified histone covalent pattern and enhanced expression of pluripotent genes in interspecies black-footed cat cloned embryos but did not improve in vitro and in vivo viability

Trichostatin A modified histone covalent pattern and enhanced expression of pluripotent genes in interspecies black-footed cat cloned embryos but did not improve in vitro and in vivo viability

Abstract The black-footed cat (BFC; Felis nigripes), one of the smallest wild cats, is listed as threatened. Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (Is-SCNT) offers the possibility of preserving endangered species. Development to term of interspecies BFC (Is-BFC) cloned embryos has not been obta...

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Published in:Cellular reprogramming Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 315
Main Authors: Gómez, Martha C, Pope, C Earle, Biancardi, Monica N, Dumas, Cherie, Galiguis, Jason, Morris, Anna Claire, Wang, Guoshun, Dresser, Betsy L
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01-08-2011
Subjects:
Animals
Cats - embryology
Cats - genetics
Cellular Reprogramming
Cloning, Organism
Embryo, Mammalian - cytology
Embryo, Mammalian - drug effects
Embryo, Mammalian - physiology
Female
Fertilization in Vitro
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors - pharmacology
Histones - metabolism
Hydroxamic Acids - pharmacology
Male
Nuclear Transfer Techniques - veterinary
Pluripotent Stem Cells - cytology
Pluripotent Stem Cells - physiology
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Summary:Abstract The black-footed cat (BFC; Felis nigripes), one of the smallest wild cats, is listed as threatened. Interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (Is-SCNT) offers the possibility of preserving endangered species. Development to term of interspecies BFC (Is-BFC) cloned embryos has not been obtained, possibly due to abnormal epigenetic reprogramming. Treatment of intraspecies cloned embryos with TSA improves nuclear reprogramming and in vitro and in vivo viability. In this study, we evaluated (1) whether covalent histone modifications differ between Is-BFC cloned embryos and their IVF counterparts, (2) the optimal TSA concentration and exposure times to modify the covalent histone patterns, (3) if TSA enhances in vitro and in vivo developmental competence of cloned embryos, and (4) expression of pluripotent genes. Results indicated that the covalent histone modifications of Is-BFC cloned embryos aberrantly differ from their DSH-IVF counterpart embryos. Aberrant epigenetic events may be due partially to the inability of the DSH cytoplasm to modify the restrictive epigenetic marks of the BFC nuclei after somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Incomplete remodeling of the histone H3K9me2 in Is-BFC cloned embryos possibly contributes to abnormal expression of pluripotent genes and low embryonic development. Treatment of Is-BFC cloned embryos with TSA remodeled the covalent pattern in H3K9ac and H3K9me2, resembling epigenetic patterns in IVF counterpart embryos, and resulted in activation of some pluripotent genes. However, genomic reprogramming of Is-BFC cloned blastocysts did not follow the same reprogramming pattern observed in DSH-IVF embryos, and in vitro and in vivo developmental competence was not enhanced.
ISSN:2152-4998
DOI:10.1089/cell.2010.0111