Effects of different nuclear transfer and activation methods on the development of mouse somatic cell cloned embryos

A group of adult somatic cell cloned mice were obtained by using cumulus cells as nuclei donor cells. To study the effect of different nuclear transfer (NT) and activation methods on the development of mouse cloned embryos, embryos were reconstructed using two traditional NT methods (electrofusion and direct injection) and four activation treatments (electric pulse, ethanol, SrCl2 and electric pulse combined with SrCl2). The data showed that the efficiency of reconstruction using the direct injection method is significantly higher (90.7%) than that of the electrofusion method (49.7%). Parthenogenetic embryos can develop to blastocyst stage with three activation conditions, including ethanol, electric pulse and SrCl2; however, the rates of development to blastocyst after ethanol and electric pulse acti-vation (52.4%, 54.2%) are significantly lower than after SrCl2 activation (76.9%). Treatment of embryos for 6 h with 10 mmol/L SrCl2 was found to be the best condition for activation of parthenogenetic as well as reconstructed embryos. By contrast, reconstructed embryos failed to develop to blastocyst stage after being activated by ethanol. The use of either injection or electrofusion for embryo reconstruction affected the pre-implantation development. However, after transfer in pseudopregnant mice, cloned mice were obtained from both methods.     

Production of transgenic calves by somatic cellnuclear transfer

Bovine fetal oviduct epithelial cells were transfected with constructed double marker selective vector(pCE-EGFP-IRES-Neo-dNdB) containing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) and neomycin-resistant(Neo^r) genes by electroporation, and a transgenic cell line was obtained. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) was cartied out using the transgenic cells as nuclei donor. A total of 424 SCNT embryos were reconstructed and 208 (49.1%) of them developed to blastocyst stage. 17 blastocysts on D 7 after reconstruction were transferred to 17 surrogate calves,and 5 (29.4%) recipients were found to be pregnant. Three of them maintained to term and delivered three cloned calves.PCR and Southern blot analysis confirmed the integration of transgene in all of the three cloned calves. In addition, expression of EGFP was detected in biopsy isolated from the transgenic cloned calves and fibroblasts derived from the biopsy. Our results suggest that transgenic calves could be efficiently produced by SCNT using transgenic cells as nuclei donor. Furthermore, all cloned animals could be ensured to be transgenic by efficiently pre-screening transgenic cells and SCNT embryos using the constructed double marker selective vector.     

DNA methylation status of H19 and Xist genes in lungs of somatic cell nuclear transfer bovines

In somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technologies,the donor cell’s nuclei need to be epigenetically reprogrammed for embryonic development. The incomplete reprogramming of donor cell nuclei has been implicated as a primary reason for the low efficiency of SCNT. DNA methylation is a major epige-netic modification of the genome that regulates crucial aspects of genome function,including estab-lishment of genomic imprinting. In order to make sure whether the DNA methylation reprogramming is efficient in SCNT animals,we analyzed the DNA methylation status of two imprinting genes,H19 and Xist,in lungs of deceased SCNT bovines that died within 48 h of birth using bisulfite sequencing analysis. Our findings demonstrated that cloned bovines showed significantly lower DNA methylation of H19 than controls (P<0.05),and three tested CpGs sites (1,2,3) exhibited unmethylation in one cloned bovine (9C3); however,Xist showed similar DNA methylation levels between clones and con-trols,and both showed hypermethylation (96.11% and 86.67%).     

成纤维细胞和ES细胞在小鼠和兔去核卵母细胞内发育

以昆明白小鼠成纤维细胞和胚胎干（ES）细胞作为供核细胞,以昆明白小鼠和日本大耳白兔的MⅡ期去核卵母细胞作为受体,采用核移植方法,构楚了克隆胚胎．在同种克隆中,以ES细胞为供核细胞的克隆胚胎卵裂率明显低于以成纤维细胞为供核细胞的克隆胚胎卵裂率（24．4％相对于56．9％,P〈0．05）,1．8％的ES细胞克隆胚胎发育到囊胚阶段,而成纤维细胞克隆胚胎没能发育到囊胚阶段;在异种克隆中,以ES细胞为供核细胞的克隆胚胎卵裂率（89．6％）和囊胚发育率（18．8％）明显高于以成纤维细胞为供核细胞的克隆胚胎卵裂率（54．2％）和囊胚发育率（4．2％）．     

Clone of Chinese Jinan red-cross yellow cattle and evaluation of reproductive characteristics of cloned calf

Somatic cell clone technology is a viable approach to preserving endangered livestock and wildlife genetic resources. In the present research, somatic cell nuclear transfer （SCNT） was performed using granulose cells from the critical endangered Chinese red-cross yellow cattle as donor cells. A total of 211 oocytes were manipulated and 166 （79%） of them were successfully enucleated. 112 （67.4%） SCNT embryos were reconstructed, 94 （83%） of them cleaved, and 48 （43 %） of them developed to blastocyst stage. SCNT blastocysts were transferred to 6 Holstein recipients, and 2 （33%） of them were found to be pregnant. One of them maintained to term and delivered a calf, whereas another aborted. Effect of different fusion buffer （mannitol vs. Zimmerman fusion buffer） and different activation methods （calcium ionophore＋6-DMAP vs. cycloheximide＋CB） on fusion rate and development of SCNT embryos were investigated. The results indicated that： （i） on condition of two DC pulses of 2.5 kV/cm for 10 μs each, fusion rates were higher in mannitol solution than in Zimmerman fusion buffer （71% vs. 61%, respectively, p 〈 0.05）, but the blastocysts rates did not differ between two treatments （36 % vs. 39 %, p〉0.05 ）; （ii） There was no significant difference in development rates to the blastocyst stage for SCNT embryos activated by calcium ionophore＋6-DMAP or by cycloheximide＋CB （42% vs. 46%, respectively, p〉0.05）. Microsatellite DNA analysis examining 28 loci confirmed that the cloned calf was genetically identical to the donor Jinan red-cross yellow cattle and different from the recipient females. Growth and reproductive performance of cloned cow were evaluated, and there were no difference i cross-red n it between cloned and normal control Jinan yellow cattle. Furthermore, the cloned yellow cow has delivered a healthy yellow calf.     

Calcium-releasing activity induced by nuclei of mouse fertilized early embryos

At fertilization,repectitive transient rises of intracellular calcium concentration occur in all mammals studied so far .It has been shown that calcium rises could be induced when mouse fertilized 1-,2-cell nuclei were trans-planted into unfertilized eggs and that the reconstituted embryo could be activated .Howerver,whecther the capability of inducing calcium rises occurs in all stages of mammalian embryos remains unknown ,In this study ,by using the nuclear transplantation technique and measurement of intracellular calcium rises in living cells,we showed that only the nuclei from mouse fertilized 1-cell and 2-cell embryos ,neither the nuclei from 4-,8-cell and ethanol activated parthe-nogenetic embryos nor 2 or 3 nuclei of electrofused 4-cell stage syncytium ,have calcium -releasing activity when they were transferred into unfertilized mature oocytes,Our results indicate that the calcium-releasing activity in nuclei of 1-,2-cell embryos is produced during fertilization and exists at the special stage of fertilized early embryos.These sug-gested that the capacity of inducting calcium release activity in fertilized early embryos is important for normal embryonic development.     

哺乳动物克隆的现状和研究进展

 哺乳动物细胞克隆是20世纪末生命科学领域最引人注目的高新技术,该技术对于优良种畜的复制、减少试验用动物数目、动物遗传多样性保存及濒危动物挽救、转基因动物培育等方面具有重要意义。近年来克隆技术发展迅速,多种哺乳动物相继克隆成功,但也存在克隆效率太低、克隆动物表型正常而实质异常的问题。本文详细阐述了克隆效率太低、克隆动物表型正常而实质异常问题,介绍了当前动物克隆技术的发展现状,并对动物克隆涉及的技术进行了总结和概括,着重介绍了卵母细胞的去核方法和重组胚的构建方法。     

杂交鹅掌楸体胚发生过程的起源及发育过程

以杂交鹅掌楸体细胞胚为材料,利用细胞学技术研究杂交鹅掌楸体细胞胚的起源及发育过程。结果表明:以杂交鹅掌楸未成熟胚为材料,比较容易形成胚性愈伤组织,胚性愈伤组织细胞结构致密、胚性细胞小、直径相等、细胞质浓厚,细胞内大量积累淀粉等物质,胚性愈伤组织表面的一些核质比大的单细胞发育成单细胞原胚,单细胞原胚有厚壁包围,呈生理隔离状态,后经过细胞分裂建立极性,细胞分裂经过球形胚、心形胚、鱼雷胚最后发育有茎段、根端及V形维管束系统的成熟子叶胚。     

向日葵未成熟胚体细胞胚胎发生的研究

以不同基因型向日葵未成熟胚为材料,从幼胚的大小、蔗糖浓度、碳水化合物(糖类)、激素(2,4-D和6-BA)等方面探讨了向日葵体细胞胚胎发生的影响因素.结果表明:幼胚≤2 mm时,体细胞胚胎发生频率较高(45.5%);体细胞胚胎发生的适宜培养基为MS 0.4 mg/ L 2,4-D 120 g/ L蔗糖.     

克隆猴在中国率先突破,到底靠的是什么?

 中国科学家孙强研究团队利用类似克隆羊多莉的体细胞克隆技术,在国际上率先获得了克隆猴的成功,这一成果于2018年1月25日发表在《Cell》上。本文回顾了克隆猴的技术流程和难点、体细胞克隆动物简史及国内外克隆猴不成功的历史,点评了克隆猴成功的关键和意义,指出需要更多的实验室来推动该技术的优化。     

昆明白小鼠卵母细胞的生发泡移植

为探讨细胞核与细胞质调控减数分裂的机制，对昆明白小鼠GV期卵母细胞进行了GV移植研究．将6～8周龄小鼠GV期卵母细胞分别与6～8周龄和3月龄小鼠GV期卵母细胞进行GV互换，所形成的3种GV～胞质体复合体的融合率(85．0％～89．8％)和3种重组卵母细胞的成熟率(93．9％～96．2％)并不因小鼠年龄的改变而有所变化．经人工活化后，3种重组卵母细胞形成原核期胚和2-细胞期胚的比率(分别为80．5％～85．4％和51．2％～55．4％)也不因不同年龄小鼠卵母细胞所带来的细胞质或细胞核的改变而受到影响．细胞遗传学分析表明成熟的重组卵母细胞表现出正常的核型．     

青苗碱谷与高冰草的体细胞杂交及杂种性质鉴定

将高冰草（Agropyrom elongahan Host Nevski）原生质体用强度为380μW／cm^2的紫外线分别照射0s、30s、1min、2min后作为融合供体;而未经射线处理的青苗碱谷（Setaria italica Beaur）原生质体作为融合受体,利用PEG方法诱导融合．对再生克隆进行形态学和染色体观察,并用同工酶、RAPD、5SrDNA间隔序列和叶绿体微卫星DNA（SSR）进行杂种性质鉴定．结果证明融合产物具有双亲基因组,高频率地形成了体细胞杂种。     

用于“治疗性克隆”人胚胎干细胞研究面临的问题与可能的解决办法

利用培育的干细胞(SC)来实现组织再生和器官修复对于许多重大疾病如糖尿病、心脏疾病、老年性痴呆(AD)、帕金森病(PD)、神经损伤等的治疗具有重要意义,同时也是新药研发的重要工具.使用体细胞核转移技术(SCNT)克隆人类早期胚胎和提取干细胞,即所谓的\"治疗性克隆\"(Therapeutic cloning)技术,是目前进行干细胞个性化治疗的重要手段,具有广泛的临床应用前景.通过这种方法获得人胚胎干细胞的研究尚处于基础阶段,仍面临着许多有待解决的科学问题和技术挑战.在此主要就用于\"治疗性克隆\"人胚胎干细胞的研究进展做了简要综述,着重探讨了在该研究领域面临的主要困难,特别是在获得人成熟卵细胞方面,并提出了可能的解决办法.     

影响体细胞核移植重构胚发育的因素

目前已有多种动物被成功克隆,但存在着诸多未知因素,使体细胞核移植重构胚发育至囊胚阶段的比例过低,克隆动物存在早衰等异常现象.该文围绕这产生这些现象的根本原因、高度分化的体细胞核移入卵质后所发生的分子事件以及其影响因素如体细胞的来源和培养代数、细胞周期、核质相互作用、细胞核再程序化、线粒体等方面对体细胞核移植重构胚发育的影响等进行综述.     

体细胞核移植技术和诱导多功能干细胞技术的研究比较

本文主要对体细胞核移植技术和诱导多功能干细胞技术的具体操作过程、两种技术当前面临的问题以及他们的应用前景进行了简要说明.