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  • Title: Differential expression pattern of key regulatory developmental genes in pre-implant zona free cloned vs in vitro fertilized goat embryos.
    Author: Kumar D, Sarkhel BC.
    Journal: Gene Expr Patterns; 2017 Nov; 25-26():118-123. PubMed ID: 28669682.
    Abstract:
    The success of Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) primarily depends on the extent of reprogramming of donor cells genome. The error of reprogramming may lead to inappropriate expression of embryonic genes at any stage of development. Under the present study the relative expression of different genes related to pluripotency (Oct-4 and Nanog), growth factors (IGF-2 and IGF-2R) and DNA methyltransferase gene (Dnmt-1) was evaluated in SCNT embryos at 8-16 cells, morula and blastocyst stages as compared to IVF group. In SCNT, significantly higher degree of relative expression was observed for Oct-4 in morula (1.41) and blastocysts (1.14) as compared to 8-16 cells (referral stage) whereas in IVF, a lower expression was observed at morula (0.82) stage. The expression of Nanog in SCNT embryos was increased significantly in morula (2.23) and decreased subsequently in blastocyst (0.56), whereas it was increased significantly from 8 to 16 cells to morula (1.62) and blastocyst (4.5) of IVF group. The IGF-2 and IGF-2R showed significantly higher expression rates in morula and blastocysts of SCNT (6.56, 5.90 and 1.11, 1.4) and IVF (8.69, 8.25 and 2.96, 3.91) embryos, respectively as compared to referral stage. The expression of Dnmt-1 was significantly higher in SCNT morula (1.29) and blastocyst (1.15) however in IVF, it was similar in 8-16 cells stage and morula but, higher in blastocyst (1.58). The dissimilar pattern of gene expression of SCNT might be a consequence of incomplete reprogramming of donor nucleus which resulted into lower blastocyst rate of SCNT as compared to IVF embryos.
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