title: Analysis of marker expression in porcine cell lines derived from blastocysts produced in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: The present study was designed to extensively characterize cell lines derived from porcine blastocysts by several methodical approaches, including morphological observation, cytogenetic analysis, estimation of alkaline phosphatase activity and detection of specific marker expression at the mRNA/protein level. A comparison was made between the properties of cell lines isolated from in vivo- and in vitro-obtained blastocysts. Our results showed that 57.1% of the in vivo-obtained blastocysts attached to the feeder layer and that 33.3% of them started to grow in a monolayer. The percentage of attached in vitro-produced blastocysts was lower (24.6%), and only 6.9% of them started to grow. Outgrowths from the in vitro-produced blastocysts formed mainly trophectoderm or epithelial-like monolayer, whereas the in vivo-obtained blastocysts formed heterogeneous outgrowths that also contained cells with embryonic stem (ES)-like morphology. Detailed analyses showed that the primary outgrowths with ES-like morphology expressed the pluripotency markers OCT-4 and NANOG and revealed intensive alkaline phosphatase staining, while they did not express markers of differentiation. The majority of passaged cells, including those with ES-like morphology, lacked OCT-4 protein and revealed expression of specific differentiation markers (cytokeratin 18, lamins A/C, transferrin, α-fetoprotein and GATA-4), although they still expressed NANOG and exhibited weak alkaline phosphatase activity. Moreover, these cells spontaneously differentiated into neural, fibroblast or epithelial-like cells, even in the presence of leukaemia inhibitory factor. Our results show that complex analysis of markers of pluripotency as well as differentiation markers is necessary for proper interpretation of data in porcine embryonic stem cell studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Science, CS-104 00 Prague, Czech Republic. ivackova@seznam.cz
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vackova
authors.forename: Zora
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Novakova
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Krylov
authors.forename: Konosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kott
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fulka
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Motlik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D046149:Embryo Culture Techniques; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D013552:Swine / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; D007041:Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase