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Melatonin Enhances the Development of Porcine Cloned Embryos by Improving DNA Methylation Reprogramming. 2020

Jiadan Qu, and Mingjun Sun, and Xiangyu Wang, and Xuexiong Song, and Hongbin He, and Yanjun Huan
College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.

Incomplete DNA methylation reprogramming in cloned embryos leads to poor cloning efficiency. Melatonin has been proven to improve the development of cloned embryos, however, the role of melatonin during somatic cell nuclear transfer remains unclear. This work demonstrated that 10-7 M melatonin significantly enhanced the developmental progress, reduced the arrested rate before zygotic genome activation, and upregulated the blastocyst rate of cloned embryos. Melatonin also promoted the pseudo-pronucleus formation, increased blastocyst cell number, and reduced embryo apoptosis through upregulating the expression of antiapoptosis factors while downregulating the transcription of proapoptosis genes. Further study displayed that DNA methylation reprogramming related genes were greatly improved in cloned embryos when treated with melatonin; then, melatonin effectively promoted genomic DNA demethylation and DNA remethylation, DNA demethylation of pluripotency related gene Oct4, DNA methylation maintenance of imprinted gene H19/Igf2, and DNA remethylation of tissue-specific gene Thy1 in cloned embryos. Thus, zygotic genome activation related gene Eif1a, pluripotency related genes Oct4, Nanog, and Sox2, imprinted genes Igf2 and H19, and blastocyst quality related genes Cdx2 and ATP1b1 were remarkably upregulated, and tissue-specific genes Thy1 and Col5a2 were considerably silenced. In conclusion, melatonin enhanced the development of cloned embryos by ameliorating DNA methylation reprogramming. This work reveals that melatonin can regulate DNA methylation reprogramming and provides a novel insight to improve cloning efficiency.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008550 Melatonin A biogenic amine that is found in animals and plants. In mammals, melatonin is produced by the PINEAL GLAND. Its secretion increases in darkness and decreases during exposure to light. Melatonin is implicated in the regulation of SLEEP, mood, and REPRODUCTION. Melatonin is also an effective antioxidant.
D001755 Blastocyst A post-MORULA preimplantation mammalian embryo that develops from a 32-cell stage into a fluid-filled hollow ball of over a hundred cells. A blastocyst has two distinctive tissues. The outer layer of trophoblasts gives rise to extra-embryonic tissues. The inner cell mass gives rise to the embryonic disc and eventual embryo proper. Embryo, Preimplantation,Blastocysts,Embryos, Preimplantation,Preimplantation Embryo,Preimplantation Embryos
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013552 Swine Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA). Phacochoerus,Pigs,Suidae,Warthogs,Wart Hogs,Hog, Wart,Hogs, Wart,Wart Hog
D044127 Epigenesis, Genetic A genetic process by which the adult organism is realized via mechanisms that lead to the restriction in the possible fates of cells, eventually leading to their differentiated state. Mechanisms involved cause heritable changes to cells without changes to DNA sequence such as DNA METHYLATION; HISTONE modification; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; NUCLEOSOME positioning; and heterochromatization which result in selective gene expression or repression. Epigenetic Processes,Epigenetic Process,Epigenetics Processes,Genetic Epigenesis,Process, Epigenetic,Processes, Epigenetic,Processes, Epigenetics
D046149 Embryo Culture Techniques The technique of maintaining or growing mammalian EMBRYOS in vitro. This method offers an opportunity to observe EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; and susceptibility to TERATOGENS. Blastocyst Culture Techniques,Blastocyst Culture Technique,Culture Technique, Blastocyst,Culture Technique, Embryo,Culture Techniques, Blastocyst,Culture Techniques, Embryo,Embryo Culture Technique
D047108 Embryonic Development Morphological and physiological development of EMBRYOS. Embryo Development,Embryogenesis,Postimplantation Embryo Development,Preimplantation Embryo Development,Embryonic Programming,Post-implantation Embryo Development,Postnidation Embryo Development,Postnidation Embryo Development, Animal,Pre-implantation Embryo Development,Prenidation Embryo Development, Animal,Development, Embryo,Development, Embryonic,Development, Postnidation Embryo,Embryo Development, Post-implantation,Embryo Development, Postimplantation,Embryo Development, Postnidation,Embryo Development, Pre-implantation,Embryo Development, Preimplantation,Embryonic Developments,Embryonic Programmings,Post implantation Embryo Development,Pre implantation Embryo Development
D053652 Nuclear Transfer Techniques Methods of implanting a CELL NUCLEUS from a donor cell into an enucleated acceptor cell. Nuclear Transplantation,Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technique,Nuclear Transfer Technique,Transplantation, Nuclear
D018507 Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Any of the processes by which nuclear, cytoplasmic, or intercellular factors influence the differential control of gene action during the developmental stages of an organism. Developmental Gene Expression Regulation,Embryologic Gene Expression Regulation,Gene Expression Regulation, Embryologic,Regulation of Gene Expression, Developmental,Regulation of Gene Expression, Embryologic,Regulation, Gene Expression, Developmental,Regulation, Gene Expression, Embryologic
D019175 DNA Methylation Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor. DNA Methylations,Methylation, DNA,Methylations, DNA

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