Cumulus-specific genes are transcriptionally silent following somatic cell nuclear transfer in a mouse model / 浙江大学学报(英文版)(B辑:生物医学和生物技术)
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B
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(12): 533-539, 2007.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-308972
ABSTRACT
This study investigated whether four cumulus-specific genes follicular stimulating hormone receptor (FSHr), hyaluronan synthase 2 (Has2), prostaglandin synthase 2 (Ptgs2) and steroidogenic acute regulator protein (Star), were correctly reprogrammed to be transcriptionally silent following somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in a murine model. Cumulus cells of C57xCBA F1 female mouse were injected into enucleated oocytes, followed by activation in 10 micromol/L strontium chloride for 5 h and subsequent in vitro culture up to the blastocyst stage. Expression of cumulus-specific genes in SCNT-derived embryos at 2-cell, 4-cell and day 4.5 blastocyst stages was compared with corresponding in vivo fertilized embryos by real-time PCR. It was demonstrated that immediately after the first cell cycle, SCNT-derived 2-cell stage embryos did not express all four cumulus-specific genes, which continually remained silent at the 4-cell and blastocyst stages. It is therefore concluded that all four cumulus-specific genes were correctly reprogrammed to be silent following nuclear transfer with cumulus donor cells in the mouse model. This would imply that the poor preimplantation developmental competence of SCNT embryos derived from cumulus cells is due to incomplete reprogramming of other embryonic genes, rather than cumulus-specific genes.
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Main subject:
Phosphoproteins
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Transcription, Genetic
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Receptors, FSH
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Glucuronosyltransferase
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Gene Silencing
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Models, Animal
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Embryo, Mammalian
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Cyclooxygenase 2
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Nuclear Transfer Techniques
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Hyaluronan Synthases
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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