Vitamin C enhances porcine cloned embryo development and improves the derivation of embryonic stem-like cells. 2022

Xun Fang, and Bereket Molla Tanga, and Seonggyu Bang, and Gyeonghwan Seong, and Islam M Saadeldin, and Ahmad Yar Qamar, and Joohyun Shim, and Kimyung Choi, and Sanghoon Lee, and Jongki Cho
Laboratory of Theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Porcine cloning through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been widely used in biotechnology for generating animal disease models and genetically modified animals for xenotransplantation. Vitamin C is a multifunctional factor that reacts with several enzymes. In this study, we used porcine oocytes to investigate the effects of different concentrations of vitamin C on in vitro maturation (IVM), in vitro culture (IVC), and the derivation of nuclear transfer embryonic stem-like cells (NT-ESCs). We demonstrated that vitamin C promoted the cleavage and blastocyst rate of genetically modified cloned porcine embryos and improved the derivation of NT-ESCs. Vitamin C integrated into IVM and IVC enhanced cleavage and blastocyst formation (P < 0.05) in SCNT embryos. Glutathione level was increased, and reactive oxygen species levels were decreased (P < 0.05) due to vitamin C treatment. Vitamin C decreased the gene expression of apoptosis (BAX) and increased the expression of genes associated with nuclear reprogramming (NANOG, POU5F1, SOX2, c-Myc, Klf4, and TEAD4), antioxidation (SOD1), anti-apoptotic (Bcl2), and trophectoderm (CDX2). Moreover, vitamin C improved the attachment, derivation, and passaging of NT-ESCs, while the control group showed no outgrowths beyond the primary culture. In conclusion, supplementation of vitamin C at a dose of 50 µg/ml to the IVM and IVC culture media was appropriate to improve the outcomes of porcine IVM and IVC and for the derivation of NT-ESCs as a model to study the pre- and post-implantation embryonic development in cloned transgenic embryos. Therefore, we recommend the inclusion of vitamin C as a supplementary factor to IVM and IVC to improve porcine in vitro embryonic development.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009865 Oocytes Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM). Ovocytes,Oocyte,Ovocyte
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
D001205 Ascorbic Acid A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets, and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form, vitamin C, functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxidant. Vitamin C,Ascorbic Acid, Monosodium Salt,Ferrous Ascorbate,Hybrin,L-Ascorbic Acid,Magnesium Ascorbate,Magnesium Ascorbicum,Magnesium di-L-Ascorbate,Magnorbin,Sodium Ascorbate,Acid, Ascorbic,Acid, L-Ascorbic,Ascorbate, Ferrous,Ascorbate, Magnesium,Ascorbate, Sodium,L Ascorbic Acid,Magnesium di L Ascorbate,di-L-Ascorbate, Magnesium
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
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
D059471 In Vitro Oocyte Maturation Techniques Methods used to induce premature oocytes, that are maintained in tissue culture, to progress through developmental stages including to a stage that is competent to undergo FERTILIZATION. In Vitro Oocyte Maturation,In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes,Oocyte In Vitro Maturation
D019976 Cloning, Organism The formation of one or more genetically identical organisms derived by vegetative reproduction from a single cell. The source nuclear material can be embryo-derived, fetus-derived, or taken from an adult somatic cell. Cloning, Embryo,Cloning, Human,Embryo Cloning,Human Cloning,Cloning,Clonings, Embryo,Clonings, Human,Clonings, Organism,Embryo Clonings,Human Clonings,Organism Cloning,Organism Clonings

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