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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) still retains important limitations. Impaired epigenetic reprogramming is considered responsible for altered gene expression and developmental failure in SCNT-derived embryos. After nuclear transfer the donor cell nucleus undergoes extensive changes in gene expression that involve epigenetic modifications and chromatin remodeling. We hypothesized that SNF2-type ATP-dependent chromatin factors contribute to epigenetic reprogramming and the relative amount of these factors in the donor cell affects developmental potential of the reconstructed embryos. In order to test this hypothesis, we assessed the relative amount of SNF2-type ATPases (Brahma, Brg1, SNF2H, SNF2L, CHD3, and CHD5) in three different donor cells as well as in porcine metaphase II oocytes. We performed SCNT with fetal fibroblast cells, olfactory bulb (OB) progenitor cells, and porcine skin originating sphere stem cells (PSOS). We found that OB-NT embryos and PSOS-NT embryos resulted in a higher morulae/blastocysts ratio as compared to fibroblast-NT embryos (23.53%, 16.98%, and 11.63%, respectively; P < 0.05). Fibroblast cells contained a significantly higher amount of SNF2L and CHD3 transcripts while Brg1 and SNF2H were the most expressed transcripts in all the cell lines analyzed. Metaphase II oocyte expression profile appeared to be unique compared to the cell lines analyzed. This work supports our hypothesis that an array of chromatin-remodeling proteins on donor cells may influence the chromatin structure, effect epigenetic reprogramming, and developmental potential.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1098-2795
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
766-76
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Developmental capacity of porcine nuclear transfer embryos correlate with levels of chromatin-remodeling transcripts in donor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article