Wu Cai-Feng, Zhang De-Fu, Zhang Shushan, Sun Lingwei, Liu Ying, Dai Jian-Jun
Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Division of Animal Genetic Engineering, Shanghai Municipal Key Laboratory of Agri-genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, China.
Reprod Domest Anim. 2019 Dec;54(12):1604-1611. doi: 10.1111/rda.13569. Epub 2019 Oct 8.
Aberration in DNA methylation is believed to be one of the major causes of abnormal gene expression and inefficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). RG108, a non-nucleoside DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitor, has been reported to facilitate somatic nuclear reprogramming and improved blastocyst formation. The aim of this study was to investigate interaction effect of RG108 treatment time (24-72 hr) and concentrations (0.05-50 µM) on donor cells, and further to optimize the treatment for porcine SCNT. Our results showed that RG108 treatment resulted in time-dependent decrease of genome-wide DNA methylation on foetal fibroblasts, which only happened after 72-hr treatment in our experiments, and no interaction effect between treatment time and concentration. Remarkable decrease of methylation in imprinted gene H19 and increased apoptosis was observed in 5 and 50 µM RG108-treated cells. Furthermore, the blastocyst rates of SCNT embryos were increased as the fibroblasts treated with RG108 at 5 and 50 µM, and additional treatment during cultivation of SCNT embryos would not provide any advantage for blastocyst formation. In conclusion, the RG108 treatment of 72 hr and 5 μM would be optimized time and concentration for porcine foetal fibroblasts to improve the SCNT embryonic development. In addition, combined treatment of RG108 on donor cells and SCNT embryos would not be beneficial for embryonic development.
DNA甲基化异常被认为是基因表达异常和体细胞核移植(SCNT)效率低下的主要原因之一。RG108是一种非核苷DNA甲基转移酶(DNMT)抑制剂,据报道它能促进体细胞核重编程并改善囊胚形成。本研究的目的是探究RG108处理时间(24 - 72小时)和浓度(0.05 - 50 μM)对供体细胞的相互作用影响,并进一步优化猪SCNT的处理方法。我们的结果表明,RG108处理导致胎儿成纤维细胞全基因组DNA甲基化呈时间依赖性下降,在我们的实验中,这种下降仅在处理72小时后出现,且处理时间和浓度之间没有相互作用影响。在5 μM和50 μM RG108处理的细胞中,观察到印记基因H19的甲基化显著下降以及细胞凋亡增加。此外,当用5 μM和50 μM的RG108处理成纤维细胞时,SCNT胚胎的囊胚率增加,并且在SCNT胚胎培养过程中的额外处理对囊胚形成没有任何优势。总之,72小时和5 μM的RG108处理是优化猪胎儿成纤维细胞以改善SCNT胚胎发育的时间和浓度。此外,对供体细胞和SCNT胚胎联合使用RG108处理对胚胎发育没有益处。