Loss of methylation at H19 DMD is associated with biallelic expression and reduced development in cattle derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Although cloning of mammals has been achieved successfully, the percentage of live offspring is very low because of reduced fetal size and fewer implantation sites. Recent studies have attributed such pathological conditions to abnormal reprogramming of the donor cell used for cloning. The inability of the oocyte to fully restore the differentiated status of a somatic cell to its pluripotent and undifferentiated state is normally evidenced by aberrant DNA methylation patterns established throughout the genome during development to blastocyst. These aberrant methylation patterns are associated with abnormal expression of imprinted genes, which among other genes are essential for normal embryo development and gestation. We hypothesized that embryo loss and low implantation rates in cattle derived by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) are caused by abnormal epigenetic reprogramming of imprinted genes. To verify our hypothesis, we analyzed the parental expression and the differentially methylated domain (DMD) methylation status of the H19 gene. Using a parental-specific analysis, we confirmed for the first time that H19 biallelic expression is tightly associated with a severe demethylation of the paternal H19 DMD in SCNT embryos, suggesting that these epigenetic anomalies to the H19 locus could be directly responsible for the reduced size and low implantation rates of cloned embryos in cattle.
Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada.
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Suzuki
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Therrien
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Filion
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Lefebvre
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Goff
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Perecin
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Meirelles
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Smith
D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; D002417:Cattle; D065150:Cellular Reprogramming / Q000235:genetics; D018899:CpG Islands; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics*; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005260:Female; D047109:Fetal Development / Q000235:genetics; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D007246:Infertility / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D000076246:CCCTC-Binding Factor; C094335:H19 long non-coding RNA; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D012097:Repressor Proteins
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