Improvement of porcine cloning efficiency by trichostain A through early-stage induction of embryo apoptosis

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• 作者：Qianqian Ji ; Kongju Zhu ; Zhiguo Liu ; Zhenwei Song ; Yuankai Huang ; Haijing Zhao ; Yaosheng Chen ; Zuyong He ; Delin Mo ; Peiqing Cong ; ^{congpq@mail.sysu.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Trichostain A ; Nuclear transfer ; Apoptosis ; Embryo ; Porcine
• 刊名：Theriogenology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：15 March, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：79
• 期：5
• 页码：815-823
• 全文大小：581 K

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Trichostain A (TSA), an inhibitor of histone deacetylases, improved developmental competence of SCNT embryos in many species, apparently by improved epigenetic reprogramming. The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of TSA-induced apoptosis in cloned porcine embryos. At various developmental stages, a comet assay and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick-end labeling staining were used to detect apoptosis, and real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to assess expression of genes related to apoptosis and pluripotency. In this study, TSA significantly induced apoptosis (in a dose-dependent manner) at the one-, two-, and four-cell stages. However, in blastocyst stage embryos, TSA decreased the apoptotic index (P?<?0.05). Expression levels of Caspase 3 were higher in TSA-treated versus control embryos at the two-cell stage (not statistically significant). The expression ratio of antiapoptotic Bcl-xl gene to proapoptotic Bax gene, an indicator of antiapoptotic potential, was higher in TSA-treated groups at the one-, two-, and four-cell and blastocyst stages. Furthermore, expression levels of pluripotency-related genes, namely, Oct4 and Nanog, were elevated at the morula stage (P < 0.05) in TSA treatment groups. We concluded that inducing apoptosis might be a mechanism by which TSA promotes development of reconstructed embryos. At the initial stage of apoptosis induction, abnormal cells were removed, thereby enhancing proliferation of healthy cells and improving embryo quality.