title: Early development of cloned bovine embryos produced from oocytes enucleated by fluorescence metaphase II imaging using a conventional halogen-lamp microscope.
abstract: Enucleation of a recipient oocyte is one of the key processes in the procedure of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, especially in bovine species, lipid droplets spreading in the ooplasm hamper identification and enucleation of metaphase II (MII) chromosomes, and thereby the success rate of the cloning remains low. In this study we used a new experimental system that enables fluorescent observation of chromosomes in living oocytes without any damage. We succeeded in visualizing and removing the MII chromosome in matured bovine oocytes. This experimental system consists of injecting fluorescence-labeled antibody conjugates that bind to chromosomes and fluorescent observation using a conventional halogen-lamp microscope. The cleavage rates and blastocyst rates of bovine embryos following in vitro fertilization (IVF) decreased as the concentration of the antibody increased (p<0.05). The enucleation rate of the conventional method (blind enucleation) was 86%, whereas all oocytes injected with the antibody conjugates were enucleated successfully. Fusion rates and developmental rates of SCNT embryos produced with the enucleated oocytes were the same as those of the blind enucleation group (p>0.05). For the production of SCNT embryos, the new system can be used as a reliable predictor of the location of metaphase plates in opaque oocytes, such as those in ruminant animals.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Genetic Engineering, Kinki University , Kinokawa, Wakayama, 649-6493, Japan .
authors.forename: Daisaku
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi-Takanaka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Teruhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000166:cytology*; D002417:Cattle; D002875:Chromosomes; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000379:methods*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000662:veterinary; D005453:Fluorescence; D018796:Immunoconjugates / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques / Q000662:veterinary*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D010799:Phycoerythrin / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018796:Immunoconjugates; D010799:Phycoerythrin
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