Effect of epigenetic modification with trichostatin A and S-adenosylhomocysteine on developmental competence and POU5F1–EGFP expression of interspecies cloned embryos in dog

Zygote ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 758-770
Author(s):  
M. Mousai ◽  
S.M. Hosseini ◽  
M. Hajian ◽  
F. Jafarpour ◽  
V. Asgari ◽  
...  

SummaryAdult canine fibroblasts stably transfected with either cytomegalovirus (CMV) or POU5F1 promoter-driven enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) were used to investigate if pre-treatment of these donor cells with two epigenetic drugs [trichostatin A (TSA), or S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH)] can improve the efficiency of interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (iSCNT). Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), analyses revealed that TSA, but not SAH, treatment of both transgenic and non-transgenic fibroblasts significantly increased acetylation levels compared with untreated relatives. The expression levels of Bcl2 and P53 were significantly affected in TSA-treated cells compared with untreated cells, whereas SAH treatment had no significant effect on cell apoptosis. Irrespective of epigenetic modification, dog/bovine iSCNT embryos had overall similar rates of cleavage and development to 8–16-cell and morula stages in non-transgenic groups. For transgenic reconstructed embryos, however, TSA and SAH could significantly improve development to 8–16-cell and morula stages compared with control. Even though, irrespective of cell transgenesis and epigenetic modification, none of the iSCNT embryos developed to the blastocyst stage. The iSCNT embryos carrying CMV–EGFP expressed EGFP at all developmental stages (2-cell, 4-cell, 8–16-cell, and morula) without mosaicism, while no POU5F1–EGFP signal was observed in any stage of developing iSCNT embryos irrespective of TSA/SAH epigenetic modifications. These results indicated that bovine oocytes partially remodel canine fibroblasts and that TSA and SAH have marginal beneficial effects on this process.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiejing Li ◽  
Mark Perfetto ◽  
Christopher Materna ◽  
Rebecca Li ◽  
Hong Thi Tran ◽  
...  

AbstractDuring vertebrate embryogenesis, the cranial neural crest (CNC) forms at the neural plate border and subsequently migrates and differentiates into many types of cells. The transcription factor Snail2, which is induced by canonical Wnt signaling to be expressed in the early CNC, is pivotal for CNC induction and migration in Xenopus. However, snail2 expression is silenced during CNC migration, and its roles at later developmental stages remain unclear. We generated a transgenic X. tropicalis line that expresses enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) driven by the snail2 promoter/enhancer, and observed eGFP expression not only in the pre-migratory and migrating CNC, but also the differentiating CNC. This transgenic line can be used directly to detect deficiencies in CNC development at various stages, including subtle perturbation of CNC differentiation. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry confirm that Snail2 is reexpressed in the differentiating CNC. Using a separate transgenic Wnt reporter line, we show that canonical Wnt signaling is also active in the differentiating CNC. Blocking Wnt signaling shortly after CNC migration causes reduced snail2 expression and impaired differentiation of CNC-derived head cartilage structures. These results suggest that Wnt signaling drives the reexpression of snail2 in the post-migratory CNC and regulates CNC differentiation.


BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Owen ◽  
Sadie L. Hennig ◽  
Bret R. McNabb ◽  
Tamer A. Mansour ◽  
Justin M. Smith ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The homologous recombination (HR) pathway is largely inactive in early embryos prior to the first cell division, making it difficult to achieve targeted gene knock-ins. The homology-mediated end joining (HMEJ)-based strategy has been shown to increase knock-in efficiency relative to HR, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), and microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) strategies in non-dividing cells. Results By introducing gRNA/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complex and a HMEJ-based donor template with 1 kb homology arms flanked by the H11 safe harbor locus gRNA target site, knock-in rates of 40% of a 5.1 kb bovine sex-determining region Y (SRY)-green fluorescent protein (GFP) template were achieved in Bos taurus zygotes. Embryos that developed to the blastocyst stage were screened for GFP, and nine were transferred to recipient cows resulting in a live phenotypically normal bull calf. Genomic analyses revealed no wildtype sequence at the H11 target site, but rather a 26 bp insertion allele, and a complex 38 kb knock-in allele with seven copies of the SRY-GFP template and a single copy of the donor plasmid backbone. An additional minor 18 kb allele was detected that looks to be a derivative of the 38 kb allele resulting from the deletion of an inverted repeat of four copies of the SRY-GFP template. Conclusion The allelic heterogeneity in this biallelic knock-in calf appears to have resulted from a combination of homology directed repair, homology independent targeted insertion by blunt-end ligation, NHEJ, and rearrangement following editing of the gRNA target site in the donor template. This study illustrates the potential to produce targeted gene knock-in animals by direct cytoplasmic injection of bovine embryos with gRNA/Cas9, although further optimization is required to ensure a precise single-copy gene integration event.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Oernfeldt Noegaard ◽  
Lasse Bach Steffensen ◽  
Didde Hansen ◽  
Ernst-Martin Fuchtbauer ◽  
Morten Buch Engelund ◽  
...  

The in vivo function of cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) is challenging to establish since cell-specific EVs are difficult to isolate. We therefore created an EV reporter using CD9 to display enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) on the EV surface. CD9-EGFP expression in cells did not affect EV size and concentration, but allowed for co-precipitation of EV markers TSG101 and ALIX from cell-conditioned medium by anti-GFP immunoprecipitation. We created a transgenic mouse where CD9-EGFP was inserted in the inverse orientation and double-floxed, ensuring Cre recombinase-dependent EV reporter expression. We crossed the EV reporter mice with mice expressing Cre ubiquitously (CMV-Cre), in cardiomyocytes (AMHC-Cre) and kidney epithelium (Pax8-Cre), respectively. The mice showed tissue-specific EGFP expression, and plasma and urine samples were used to immunoprecipitate EVs. CD9-EGFP EVs was detected in plasma samples from CMV-Cre/CD9-EGFP and AMHC-Cre/CD9-EGFP mice, but not in PAX8-Cre/CD9-EGFP mice. On the other hand, CD9-EGFP EVs were detected in urine samples from CMV-Cre/CD9-EGFP and PAX8-Cre/CD9-EGFP mice, but not AMHC-Cre/CD9-EGFP, indicating that plasma EVs are not filtered to the urine. In conclusion, our EV reporter mouse model enables Cre-dependent EV labeling, providing a new approach to study cell-specific EVs in vivo and gain new insight into their physiological and pathophysiological function.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakil Ahmad ◽  
Momana Jamil ◽  
Muhammad Fahim ◽  
Shujing Zhang ◽  
Farman Ullah ◽  
...  

This study reports the first successful use of oral feeding dsRNA technique for functional characterization of imaginal disc growth factors (IDGFs) genes (IDGF1, IDGF3_1, IDGF4_0, IDGF4_1, and IDGF6) in melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae. Phylogenetic and domain analysis indicates that these genes had high similarity with other Tephritidae fruit flies homolog and contain only one conserved domain among these five genes, which is glyco-18 domain (glyco-hydro-18 domain). Gene expression analysis at different developmental stages revealed that these genes were expressed at larval, pupal, and adult stages. To understand their role in different developmental stages, larvae were fed dsRNA-corresponding to each of the five IDGFs, in an artificial diet. RNAi-mediated knockdown of IDGF1 shows no phenotypic effects but caused mortality (10.4%), while IDGF4_0 caused malformed pharate at the adult stage where insects failed to shed their old cuticle and remained attached with their body, highest mortality (49.2%) was recorded compared to dsRNA-green fluorescent protein (GFP) or DEPC. Silencing of IDGF3_1 and IDGF4_1 cause lethal phenotype in larvae, (17.2%) and (40%) mortality was indexed in Z. cucurbitae. IDGF6 was mainly expressed in pupae and adult stages, and its silencing caused a malformation in adult wings. The developmental defects such as malformation in wings, larval–larval lethality, pupal–adult malformation, and small body size show that IDGFs are key developmental genes in the melon fly. Our results provide a baseline for the melon fly management and understanding of IDGFs specific functions in Z. cucurbitae.


Blood ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 90 (9) ◽  
pp. 3304-3315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marti F.A. Bierhuizen ◽  
Yvonne Westerman ◽  
Trudi P. Visser ◽  
Wati Dimjati ◽  
Albertus W. Wognum ◽  
...  

Abstract The further improvement of gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells and their direct progeny will be greatly facilitated by markers that allow rapid detection and efficient selection of successfully transduced cells. For this purpose, a retroviral vector was designed and tested encoding a recombinant version of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein that is enhanced for high-level expression in mammalian cells (EGFP). Murine cell lines (NIH 3T3, Rat2) and bone marrow cells transduced with this retroviral vector demonstrated a stable green fluorescence signal readily detectable by flow cytometry. Functional analysis of the retrovirally transduced bone marrow cells showed EGFP expression in in vitro clonogenic progenitors (GM-CFU), day 13 colony-forming unit-spleen (CFU-S), and in peripheral blood cells and marrow repopulating cells of transplanted mice. In conjunction with fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) techniques EGFP expression could be used as a marker to select for greater than 95% pure populations of transduced cells and to phenotypically define the transduced cells using antibodies directed against specific cell-surface antigens. Detrimental effects of EGFP expression were not observed: fluorescence intensity appeared to be stable and hematopoietic cell growth was not impaired. The data show the feasibility of using EGFP as a convenient and rapid reporter to monitor retroviral-mediated gene transfer and expression in hematopoietic cells, to select for the genetically modified cells, and to track these cells and their progeny both in vitro and in vivo.


2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (10) ◽  
pp. 639-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Alicia Fierro-Coronado ◽  
Francisco Roberto Quiroz-Figueroa ◽  
Luz María García-Pérez ◽  
Enrique Ramírez-Chávez ◽  
Jorge Molina-Torres ◽  
...  

Rhizobacteria promote and have beneficial effects on plant growth, making them useful to agriculture. Nevertheless, the rhizosphere of the chickpea plant has not been extensively examined. The aim of the present study was to select indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) producing rhizobacteria from the rhizosphere of chickpea plants for their potential use as biofertilizers. After obtaining a collection of 864 bacterial isolates, we performed a screen using the Salkowski reaction for the presence of auxin compounds (such as IAA) in bacterial Luria–Bertani supernatant (BLBS). Our results demonstrate that the Salkowski reaction has a greater specificity for detecting IAA than other tested auxins. Ten bacterial isolates displaying a wide range of auxin accumulation were selected, producing IAA levels of 5 to 90 μmol/L (according to the Salkowski reaction). Bacterial isolates were identified on the basis of 16S rDNA partial sequences: 9 isolates belonged to Enterobacter, and 1 isolate was classified as Serratia. The effect of BLBS on root morphology was evaluated in Arabidopsis thaliana. IAA production by rhizobacteria was confirmed by means of a DR5::GFP construct that is responsive to IAA, and also by HPLC–GC/MS. Finally, we observed that IAA secreted by rhizobacteria (i) modified the root architecture of A. thaliana, (ii) caused an increase in chickpea root biomass, and (iii) activated the green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter gene driven by the DR5 promoter. These findings provide evidence that these novel bacterial isolates may be considered as putative plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria modifying root architecture and increasing root biomass.


Reproduction ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 783-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Toralová ◽  
Andrej Šušor ◽  
Lucie Němcová ◽  
Kateřina Kepková ◽  
Jiří Kaňka

Identification of genes that are important for normal preimplantation development is essential for understanding the basics of early mammalian embryogenesis. In our previous study, we have shown that CENPF (mitosin) is differentially expressed during preimplantation development of bovine embryos. CENPF is a centromere–kinetochore complex protein that plays a crucial role in the cell division of somatic cells. To our best knowledge, no study has yet been done on either bovine model, or oocytes and preimplantation embryos. In this study, we focused on the fate of bovine embryos after injection of CENPF double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) into the zygotes. An average decrease of CENPF mRNA abundance by 94.9% or more and an extensive decline in immunofluorescence staining intensity was detected relative to controls. There was no disparity between individual groups in the developmental competence before the 8-cell stage. However, the developmental competence rapidly decreased then and only 28.1% of CENPF dsRNA injected 8-cell embryos were able to develop further (uninjected control: 71.8%; green fluorescent protein dsRNA injected control: 72.0%). In conclusion, these results show that depletion of CENPF mRNA in preimplantation bovine embryos leads to dramatic decrease of developmental competence after embryonic genome activation.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 2111-2111
Author(s):  
Ingo H. Pilz ◽  
Manfred Schmidt ◽  
Claudia Ball ◽  
Hanno Glimm ◽  
Fritz von Weizsäcker ◽  
...  

Abstract To study transplanted unperturbed and mobilized long-term hematopoiesis after selection with an alkylating agent, bone marrow (BM) from 5 C57BL/6J mice was pooled, repeatedly transduced with retroviruses encoding the alkylating agent resistance protein O6-Methylguanine-DNA and enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) as an easily traceable marker. Between 1 to 9x105 transfected BM cells were transplanted into 15 myeloablatively irradiated sex-mismatched C57BL/6J mice. Subsequently, 3 to 4 selection rounds with BCNU/O6-BG were carried out, enriching eGFP marked hematopoiesis in these mice up to 70–90%. Between 1 and 7x107BM cells of different mice were transplanted according to marrow location into groups of 5 sex-matched Bri44[1] mice. Two mice each received BM from the hind limbs, two from the pelvis and one received cells from the spleen, only, respectively. Altogether the study comprised 15 groups divided into 6 female and 9 male groups. Of these, 4 male and 3 female groups received 3 HSC-mobilization courses with G-CSF at intervals of 2 months starting 3 month after transplantation. Hematopoiesis in the other fraction remained unperturbed. During the observation period of 11–14 months in these tertiary recipients, repeated FACS analyses as well as linear amplification mediated (LAM) PCRs were carried out to track the clonal contributions. A decrease in the percentage of eGFP expressing marked hematopoiesis was observed in most cases. However, eGFP expression never disappeared altogether and could still be detected in the different hematopoietic lineages and successfully sorted for further analyses by MoFlo (Dako-Cytomation). Assessment of the clonal status of the Bri44 by LAM-PCR displayed interesting results. In some mice a decline in clone numbers was observed, whereas clone numbers remained stable in others. Tertiary transplantation with long-term follow-up indicates that this observation may be related to the transplantation of limited long-term repopulating clone numbers and progenitor cell exhaustion over time.


2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (22) ◽  
pp. 12394-12405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Terry-Allison ◽  
Colton A. Smith ◽  
Neal A. DeLuca

ABSTRACT The expression of herpes simplex virus (HSV) genomes in the absence of viral regulatory proteins in sensory neurons is poorly understood. Previously, our group reported an HSV immediate early (IE) mutant (d109) unable to express any of the five IE genes and encoding a model human cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter-green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene. In cultured cells, GFP expressed from this mutant was observed in only a subset of infected cells. The subset exhibited cell type dependence, as the fractions of GFP-expressing cells varied widely among the cell types examined. Herein, we characterize this mutant in murine embryonic trigeminal ganglion (TG) cultures. We found that d109 was nontoxic to neural cultures and persisted in the cultures throughout their life spans. Unlike with some of the cultured cell lines and strains, expression of the GFP transgene was observed in a surprisingly large subset of neurons. However, very few nonneuronal cells expressed GFP. The abilities of ICP0 and an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, trichostatin A (TSA), to activate GFP expression from nonexpressing cells were also compared. The provision of ICP0 by infection with d105 reactivated quiescent genomes in nearly every cell, whereas reactivation by TSA was much more limited and restricted to the previously nonexpressing neurons. Moreover, we found that d109, which does not express ICP0, consistently reactivated HSV type 1 (KOS) in latently infected adult TG cultures. These results suggest that the state of persisting HSV genomes in some TG neurons may be more dynamic and more easily activated than has been observed with nonneuronal cells.


2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 204 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ye ◽  
K.H.S. Campbell ◽  
M.R. Luck

It is suggested that the relatively high rates of polyspermic fertilization and poor development of pig embryos produced in vitro are caused by asynchronous oocyte maturation. We have recently shown that pre-treatment of pig oocytes with cycloheximide (CHX) is an efficient way of synchronizing their meiotic maturation in vitro. However, it is not known whether this procedure affects fertilization or further development. The present study examined the effects of CHX-synchronised meiotic maturation on subsequent embryo development and the response to FSH. Pig ovaries were collected from a local abattoir. Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were aspirated from 3–5mm diameter follicles with a translucent appearance and extensive vascularization. COCs were first pre-incubated in defined maturation medium (DM; M199 with Earle’s salts, 25mM HEPES and sodium bicarbonate, 3mM L-glutamine, 0.1% (w/v) BSA, 0.57mM cysteine, 10ngmL−1 EGF, 0.2μgmL−1 pLH, 100μmL−1 penicillin and 0.1mgmL−1 streptomycin) or in DM supplemented with 50ngmL−1 pFSH (DMF) and 5μgmL−1 CHX for 12h. COCs were then further cultured in the same DM without CHX for 24–30h or in DMF for 36h. For controls, COCs were cultured conventionally in DM for 42h or DMF for 48h. After removal of cumulus cells, all cultured oocytes were inseminated with ejaculated sperm at a final concentration of 300000mL−1 for 6h. The IVF medium was modified Tris-buffered medium containing 0.1% BSA, 20μM adenosine and 0.2mM reduced glutathione. Putative embryos were cultured in NCSU23 without glucose but supplemented with 4.5mM Na lactate and 0.33 mM Na pyruvate for 2 days. Cleaved embryos were further cultured in normal NCSU23 for 4 days. IVM and IVF were performed in 5% CO2 in air and IVC in 5% CO2, 5% O2, 90% N2, all at 39°C and 95% RH. Three replicates with DM, with or without CHX, and one with DMF, with or without CHX, were performed with 30–50 oocytes in each replicate. Statistical comparisons were by t-test. The result with DM showed that the rate for normal cleavage at 2 days after insemination of CHX-treated oocytes (40.6±3.8%) was similar to that of controls (40.4±3.5%). However, the proportion developing to healthy blastocysts at Day 6 was significantly higher in the CHX-treated group (16.9±1.2%) than in controls (9.6±1.3%; P<0.05). A significantly higher number of Day 2-cleaved embryos from CHX-treated oocytes developed to the day 6 blastocyst stage compared with controls (44.7±5.0% and 22.3±2.4%, respectively; P<0.05). Supplementation of the basic maturation medium with pFSH increased the rate of cleavage in both CHX-treated oocytes (73.2%) and controls (76.9%) and increased the proportions developing to healthy blastocysts at Day 6 (CHX-treated: 39.0%; control: 11.5%). We conclude that oocytes pre-treated with CHX retain their developmental competence and that meiotic synchronization with CHX improves the efficiency of in vitro production of pig embryos. (Supported by BBSRC 42/S18810.)


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