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Study on Oocyte Nuclear Factor Promotes the Early Development of Tetraploid Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos

FU Bo1, LIU Di1,2, MA Hong1, GUO Zhen-hua1, WANG Liang1, LI Zhong-qiu1, PENG Fu-gang1, ZHANG Dong-jie1, LIU Zi-guang1, BAI Jing3   

  1. 1. Institute of Animal Husbandry Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China;
    2. College of Animal Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China;
    3. Modern Education Technology and Information Center, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
  • Received:2016-06-18 Online:2017-01-20 Published:2017-01-19

Abstract:

The study was aimed to investigate the role of porcine oocyte nuclear factors during reprogramming. Somatic cell nuclei was introduced into intact MⅡ oocytes to establish tetraploid somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos containing both somatic nuclei and oocyte nuclei. And then the influence of the oocyte nucleus on tetraploid SCNT embryo development was examined by assessing characteristics including cleavage rate and blastocyst rate. The results showed that the cleavage rate of tetraploid SCNT embryos,diploid parthenogenetic embryos and haploid parthenogenetic embryos was extremely significantly higher than that of standard diploid SCNT embryos (P<0.01). The blastocyst rate and the total number of cells in tetraploid SCNT embryos were extremely significantly higher than that of standard diploid SCNT embryos (P<0.01).Overall,tetraploid SCNT embryos had a higher developmental competence than standard diploid SCNT embryos. In conclusion, the embryonic model was established in which a fetal fibroblast nucleus and an oocyte M Ⅱ plate coexist. Tetraploid SCNT represented a new research platform that was potentially useful for examining interactions between donor nuclei and oocyte nuclei. This platform should facilitate further understanding of the roles played by nuclear factors during reprogramming.

Key words: cloning efficiency; nuclear factors; porcine oocytes; somatic cell nuclear transfer; tetraploid

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