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Placental gene expression in pregnancies established after the transfer of day 7 blastocysts derived from in vitro (IVP), somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and in vivo (AI) embryos

ABSTRACT: Aberrant placental gene expression associated with culture condition and/or deficiencies in transcriptome reprogramming are hypothesized to be the major cause of SCNT and IVP inefficiencies. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to invesitgate the dysregulated genes, molecular pathways and functional alteration in bovine placentas derived from SCNT and IVP pregnancies compared to their AI counterparts Day 7 blastocysts derived from AI, IVP or SCNT were transferred to synchronized cows. The pregnant animals were slaughtered at day 50 of the gestation period and the placentas were then recovered and used for transcriptome analysis using GeneChip bovine genome array

ORGANISM(S): Bos taurus

SUBMITTER: Dessie Salilew-Wondim

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-38512 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Aberrant placenta gene expression pattern in bovine pregnancies established after transfer of cloned or in vitro produced embryos.

Salilew-Wondim Dessie D Tesfaye Dawit D Hossain Munir M Held Eva E Rings Franca F Tholen Ernst E Looft Christian C Cinar Ulas U Schellander Karl K Hoelker Michael M

Physiological genomics 20121023 1

In the present study, we used the global transcriptome profile approach to identify dysregulated genes, molecular pathways, and molecular functional alterations in bovine placentas derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and in vitro embryo production (IVP) pregnancies compared with their artificial insemination (AI) counterparts at day 50 of gestation. For this, day 7 blastocysts derived from AI, IVP, or SCNT were transferred to oestrus-synchronized cows. The pregnant animals were sla ...[more]

PMID: 23092953

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Project description:Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is the most efficient cell reprogramming technique available, especially when working with bovine species. Although SCNT blastocysts performed equally well or better than controls in the weeks following embryo transfer at Day 7, elongation and gastrulation defects were observed prior to implantation. To understand the developmental implications of embryonic/extra-embryonic interactions, the morphological and molecular features of elongating and gastrulating tissues were analysed. At Day 18, 30 SCNT conceptuses were compared to 20 controls (AI and IVP: 10 conceptuses each); one-half of the SCNT conceptuses appeared normal while the other half showed signs of atypical elongation and gastrulation. SCNT was also associated with a high incidence of discordance in embryonic and extraembryonic patterns, as evidenced by morphological and molecular M-bM-^@M-^XM-bM-^@M-^XuncouplingM-bM-^@M-^YM-bM-^@M-^Y. Elongation appeared to be secondarily affected; only 3 of 30 conceptuses had abnormally elongated shapes and there were very few differences in gene expression when they were compared to the controls. However, some of these differences could be linked to defects in microvilli formation or extracellular matrix composition and could thus impact extra-embryonic functions. In contrast to elongation, gastrulation stages included embryonic defects that likely affected the hypoblast, the epiblast, or the early stages of their differentiation. When taking into account SCNT conceptus somatic origin, i.e. the reprogramming efficiency of each bovine ear fibroblast (Low: 0029, Med: 7711, High: 5538), we found that embryonic abnormalities or severe embryonic/extra-embryonic uncoupling were more tightly correlated to embryo loss at implantation than were elongation defects. Alternatively, extra-embryonic differences between SCNT and control conceptuses at Day 18 were related to molecular plasticity (high efficiency/high plasticity) and subsequent pregnancy loss. Finally, because it alters redifferentiation processes in vivo, SCNT reprogramming highlights temporally and spatially restricted interactions among cells and tissues in a unique way. Amplified material from each extra-embryonic tissue was indirectly labelled using "random" hexamers. One independent target per tissue was generated and hybridised onto one array. 10 measurements per reproduction mode were generated.

Project description:Although somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning is more efficient in bovine than in all other species tested so far, there is a high rate of pregnancy failure that has been linked to structural and functional abnormalities of the placenta. We tested the hypothesis that these changes may originate from disturbed embryo-maternal interactions in the pre-implantation period. Therefore, we evaluated the transcriptome response of the endometrium to SCNT embryos (produced from five different donor cell cultures) as compared to embryos derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF). SCNT embryos and IVF embryos were cultured under identical conditions to the blastocyst stage (Day 8) and transferred to recipients. The recipients were slaughtered at day 18 of pregnancy and the uterus was recovered. Pregnancy was verified by the presence of at least one normally developed embryo. Transcriptome profiling of endometrium samples using a custom cDNA microarray covering transcripts expressed in the endometrium and/or oviduct epithelium revealed 58 transcripts that were differently abundant between endometrium samples from SCNT vs. IVF pregnancies. Prominent examples are NR2F2 (encoding the orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TFII) and GJA1 (encoding connexin 43). Both transcripts are known to play important roles in placentation and were significantly less abundant in endometrium from SCNT vs. IVF pregnancies. These findings suggest that placental failure in bovine clone pregnancies may originate from abnormal embryo-maternal communication already in the pre- or peri-implantation period. Endometrium transcriptome profiles may serve as a novel readout to evaluate SCNT embryos for their ability to induce pregnancy with a functional placenta. Keywords: response to different embryos Nineteen German Fleckvieh (Simmental) heifers were slaughtered at day 18 of pregnancy. Cycle-synchronized recipient heifers received either IVP or SCNT embryos at day 7 of the estrous cycle. Animals were slaughtered at day 18. Endometrial (intercaruncular) tissue samples were obtained from 10 pregnant animals after transfer of IVP embryos and from 9 pregnant animals after transfer of SCNT embryos.

Project description:This study compared the gene expression of extraembryonic membranes (EEM) from in vitro produced (IVP) and in vivo (AI) derived embryos. Samples of EEM from AI and IVP pregnancies were collected on days 18 and 32. A piece of the conceptus (day 18) or chorioallantois (day 32) were used for DNA and RNA isolation and subsequent determination of the sex by amplification of a Y-linked region of the DNA. The male and female ratios were analyzed by Chi-square of SAS. A subset of three female and three male EEM samples from each group (AI and IVP, days 18 and 32) were used for transcriptome analysis. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between groups, sex, and days were determined using edgeR-robust. A false discovery rate (FDR) <0.05 was used for statistical significance, and Toppgene platform was used for biological processes analysis. Sex ratio was similar on day 18 for AI and IVP groups. On day 32, the IVP group had a greater number of females than males (75 vs 25%, P=0.004). On day 18 female embryos, out of 71 DEGs identified, 50 were upregulated in IVP, and 21 in AI. The trophectoderm marker, TKDP2, was upregulated in the AI group, whereas IGF2, which is involved in placenta development, and APOA2, APOB, and APOE, which are important for lipid metabolism, were upregulated in the IVP group. Male embryos on day 18 had 22 DEGs, being 15 upregulated in AI and 7 in IVP. Female embryos on day 32 had 74 DEGs, with 21 upregulated in AI and 53 in IVP embryos. Some of the genes with increased expression in the IVP group were PTGIS, APOB, and APOH, which are related to lipid synthesis and metabolism. Male embryos on day 32 presented 899 DEGs, 564 upregulated in AI and 335 in IVP. Embryos from IVP had increased expression of genes related to embryo development, morphogenesis, neurogenesis, and developmental growth. In addition, male IVP embryos had decreased expression of genes related to lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Interestingly, PLAC8B, BRB, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins (PAG) 7, 9, 10, and 19, were also downregulated in IVP male EEM. When comparing IVP males and females, there were 6753 DEGs, with 3091 being upregulated in females, and 3662 in male conceptuses on day 18. Some of the genes upregulated in females were related to placental function such as TKDP4, PLAC8A and PAGs 6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 18 and 19. On males, IFNT-related genes were upregulated (IFNT, IFNT2 IFNT3 and IFN-T). On day d32, there were 6772 DEGs, with 3252 genes with increased expression in female, and 3520 in male placentas. Among the genes increased in female placentas are genes involved in placentation: PAGs 17, 19, 9 and PLAC8B. On the other hand, PAG1 was detected as highly expressed in male placentas. In conclusion, IVP-derived male embryos were more susceptible to alterations in gene expression and these effects extend to the peri-implantation period including genes associated with placental development and markers of placental function.

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Placental gene expression in pregnancies established after the transfer of day 7 blastocysts derived from in vitro (IVP), somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and in vivo (AI) embryos

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Aberrant placenta gene expression pattern in bovine pregnancies established after transfer of cloned or in vitro produced embryos.

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