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Combined positive effect of oocyte extracts and brilliant cresyl blue stained recipient cytoplasts on epigenetic reprogramming and gene expression in buffalo nuclear transfer embryos

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This study examined the effects of buffalo oocyte extracts (BOE) on donor cells reprogramming and molecular characterisation of oocytes screened via brilliant cresyl blue (BCB) staining and comparison of gene expression profiles of developmentally important genes in blastocysts from IVF and cloned derived from BOE treated donor cells with BCB selected recipient cytoplasts. Relative abundance (RA) of OCT4 and NANOG was increased (P < 0.05) and HDAC-1, DNMT-1, and DNMT-3A decreased (P < 0.05) in extract treated cells (ETCs). This ETCs dedifferentiated into neuron-like lineage under appropriate induction condition. The RA of NASP, EEF1A1, DNMT1, ODC1 and RPS27A was increased (P < 0.05) in BCB+ oocytes, whereas ATP5A1 and S100A10 increased (P < 0.05) in BCB− oocytes. Total cell number and RA of OCT4, NANOG, SOX2, DNMT1, IGF2, IGF2R, MNSOD, GLUT1, BAX and BCL2 in cloned blastocysts derived from BCB+ oocytes with ETC more closely followed that of IVF counterparts compared to BCB+ oocytes with extract untreated cell and BCB− oocytes with ETC derived blastocysts. In conclusion, BOE influenced epigenetic reprogramming of buffalo fibroblasts making them suitable donors for nuclear transfer (NT). BCB staining can be effectively used for selection of developmentally competent oocytes for NT. The combined effects of epigenetic reprogramming of donor nuclei by BOE and higher nuclear reprogramming capacity of BCB+ oocytes improve developmentally important gene expression in cloned blastocysts. Whether these improvements have long-term effects on buffalo calves born following embryo transfer remains unknown.

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Acknowledgements

Funding support from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi is gratefully acknowledged. The authors would like to thank Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Director, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, for providing the necessary facilities for conducting this research. We are also thankful to Dr. PS Yadav, ICAR-CIRB, for his scientific guidance and Dr. Dana Thomsen (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia) for reviewing this manuscript.

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SEM conceived the study, carried out the experiments and drafted the manuscript. FS assisted with sample analysis. MK participated in study design. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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  3. Division of Biochemistry, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, 243122, India

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Sadeesh, E.M., Fozia, S. & Meena, K. Combined positive effect of oocyte extracts and brilliant cresyl blue stained recipient cytoplasts on epigenetic reprogramming and gene expression in buffalo nuclear transfer embryos. Cytotechnology 69, 289–305 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-016-0057-0

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