Derivation and characterization of putative embryonic stem cells from cloned rabbit embryos

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• 作者：Payungsuk Intawicha^a ; ^b ; Chawalit Siriboon^a ; ^c ; Chien-Hong Chen^d ; Yung-Tsung Chiu^a ; ^e ; Tzu-An Lin^a ; Michel Kere^a ; ^f ; Neng-Wen Lo^g ; Kun-Hsiung Lee^d ; Li-Yung Chang^c ; ^h ; Hsing-I. Chiang^a ; Jyh-Cherng Ju^a ; ^c ; ^h ; ⁱ ; ^{jcju@dragon.nchu.edu.tw" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Somatic cell nuclear transfer ; Embryonic stem cells ; Embryoid bodies ; Rabbit ES cells
• 刊名：Theriogenology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：15 October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：86
• 期：7
• 页码：1799-1810
• 全文大小：3584 K

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The present study aimed to establish embryonic stem (ES) cell lines, i.e., ntES cells, using rabbit blastocyst stage embryos cloned by somatic cell nuclear transfer. First, we investigated the development of cloned rabbit embryos reconstructed with normal fibroblasts and fibroblasts transfected with enhanced green fluorescence protein (eGFP). Blastocyst rates were 27.4% and 23.9%, respectively, for the embryos reconstructed with normal fibroblasts and fibroblasts transfected with eGFP compared with that from the parthenogenetic group (43.1%). One ntES cell line was established from embryos reconstructed with eGFP-transfected fibroblasts (1 of 17, 5.9%), and three ntES cell lines were derived from those with normal fibroblasts (3 of 17, 17.6%). All the ntES cell lines retained alkaline phosphatase activity and expressed ES cell–specific markers SSEA-4, Oct-4, TRA-1-60, and TRA-1-81. The pluripotency was further confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction analyses of Oct-4, Nanog, and Sox-2 expressions in ntES cell lines. The differentiation capacity of ntES cells was also examined in vitro and in vivo, by which these ntES cell lines were able to differentiate into all three germ layers through embryoid bodies and teratomas. In conclusion, it is apparent that the efficiency of ntES cells derived using eGFP-transfected donor cells is lower than that with nontransfected, normal fibroblasts donor cells. Similar to those from parthenogenetic embryos, all ntES cell lines derived from cloned rabbit embryos are able to express pluripotency markers and retain their capability to differentiate into various cell lineages both in vitro and in vivo.