title: The effects of trichostatin A on mRNA expression of chromatin structure-, DNA methylation-, and development-related genes in cloned mouse blastocysts.
abstract: Trichostatin A (TSA) is the most potent histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor known. We previously reported that treatment of mouse somatic cell nuclear-transferred (SCNT) oocytes with TSA significantly increased the blastocyst rate, blastocyst cell number, and full-term development. How TSA enhances the epigenetic remodeling ability of somatic nuclei and the expression of development-related genes, however, is not known. In the present study, we compared the expression patterns of nine genes involved in chromatin structure and DNA methylation, and seven development-related genes in blastocysts developed from SCNT oocytes treated with and without TSA, and in blastocysts developed in vivo and in vitro using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In vivo-recovered blastocysts and blastocysts developed from TSA-treated SCNT oocytes exhibited similar expression patterns for Hdac1, 2, and 3, CBP, PCAF, and Dnmt3b genes compared with in vitro-developed blastocysts and blastocysts developed from SCNT oocytes without TSA treatment. There were significantly lower expression levels of Hdac1 and Hdac2 transcripts in TSA-treated and in vivo-recovered blastocysts than in TSA-untreated and in vitro-developed blastocysts. The finding that TSA treatment of SCNT oocytes significantly upregulated Sox2 and cMyc transcripts in blastocysts indicated that both transcripts are TSA-responsive genes. Thus, TSA treatment of mouse SCNT oocytes decreased the expression of chromatin structure- and DNA methylation-related genes, and increased the expression of Sox2 and cMyc genes in blastocysts. Such modifications might be a reason for the high developmental potential of mouse SCNT oocytes treated with TSA.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, College of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Xiangping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Yuta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000071616:CDX2 Transcription Factor; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D051519:Fibroblast Growth Factor 4 / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects*; D016259:Genes, myc; D024002:HMGB Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3 / Q000235:genetics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D055748:SOXB1 Transcription Factors; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000071616:CDX2 Transcription Factor; C487514:Cdx2 protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C491198:Eomes protein, mouse; C496446:Fgf4 protein, mouse; D051519:Fibroblast Growth Factor 4; D024002:HMGB Proteins; D056572:Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006877:Hydroxamic Acids; D000090062:Kruppel-Like Factor 4; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; C494174:Pou5f1 protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D055748:SOXB1 Transcription Factors; C527783:Sox2 protein, mouse; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C012589:trichostatin A