title: Buffalo embryos produced by handmade cloning from oocytes selected using brilliant cresyl blue staining have better developmental competence and quality and are closer to embryos produced by in vitro fertilization in terms of their epigenetic status and gene expression pattern.
abstract: We compared handmade cloned (HMC) buffalo blastocysts produced from oocytes stained with Brilliant Cresyl Blue (BCB) and classified into those with blue (BCB+) or colorless cytoplasm (BCB-). The blastocyst rate was higher (p<0.001) for BCB+ than for BCB- oocytes (43.41 ± 2.54 vs. 22.74 ± 1.76%). BCB+ blastocysts had inner cell mass (ICM) cell number, ICM-to-trophectoderm ratio, global level of H3K18ac, apoptotic index, and expression level of BCL-XL, but not that of CASPASE-3, similar to that of blastocysts produced through in vitro fertilization (IVF), which was higher (p<0.05) than that of BCB- blastocysts. The global level of H3K9me2, which was similar in BCB+ and BCB- blastocysts, was higher (p<0.01) than that in IVF blastocysts. The expression level of OCT4 and SOX2 was higher (p<0.05) and that of GATA2 was lower (p<0.05) in BCB+ than that in BCB- blastocysts, whereas that of DNMT1, DNMT3a, NANOG, and CDX2 was not significantly different between the two groups. The expression level of DNMT1, OCT4, NANOG, and SOX2 was lower (p<0.05) and that of CDX2 was higher (p<0.05) in BCB+ than in IVF blastocysts. In conclusion, because BCB+ blastocysts have better developmental competence and are closer to IVF blastocysts in terms of quality, epigenetic status, and gene expression than BCB- blastocysts, BCB staining can be used effectively for selection of developmentally competent oocytes for HMC.
authors.affiliation: Embryo Biotechnology Lab, Animal Biotechnology Centre, National Dairy Research Institute , Karnal-132001, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Sushil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mohapatra
authors.forename: Anjit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: Venkata S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Neerukattu
authors.forename: Karn P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Naresh L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Selokar
authors.forename: Suresh K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.forename: Manmohan S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: Radhey S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Manik
authors.forename: Prabhat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000166:cytology*; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000235:genetics*; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods* / Q000662:veterinary; D044127:Epigenesis, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000662:veterinary*; D015870:Gene Expression; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D010078:Oxazines; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D010078:Oxazines; C006797:Brilliant Cresyl Blue
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