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Satellite DNA methylation status and expression of selected genes in Bos indicus blastocysts produced in vivo and in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2017

R. Urrego ,
S.M. Bernal-Ulloa ,
N.A. Chavarría ,
E. Herrera-Puerta ,
A. Lucas-Hahn ,
D. Herrmann ,
S. Winkler ,
D. Pache ,
H. Niemann  and
N. Rodriguez-Osorio
R. Urrego*
Affiliation:
Grupo INCA-CES, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad CES, Calle 10 A No. 22-04 Medellín Colombia. Grupo CENTAURO, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 No. 52-21 Medellín, Colombia.
S.M. Bernal-Ulloa
Affiliation:
Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystraße 10, Mariensee, 31535 Neustadt, Germany. Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales UDCA, Calle 222 No. 55-37, Bogotá, Colombia.
N.A. Chavarría
Affiliation:
Grupo INCA-CES, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad CES, Calle 10 A No. 22-04 Medellín, Colombia.
E. Herrera-Puerta
Affiliation:
Grupo Biología CES-EIA, Universidad CES, Calle 10 A No. 22-04 Medellín, Colombia.
A. Lucas-Hahn
Affiliation:
Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystraße 10, Mariensee, 31535 Neustadt, Germany.
D. Herrmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystraße 10, Mariensee, 31535 Neustadt, Germany.
S. Winkler
Affiliation:
DNA Sequencing Facility, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
D. Pache
Affiliation:
DNA Sequencing Facility, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
H. Niemann
Affiliation:
Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystraße 10, Mariensee, 31535 Neustadt, Germany.
N. Rodriguez-Osorio
Affiliation:
Grupo CENTAURO, Universidad de Antioquia, Calle 70 No. 52-21 Medellín, Colombia.
*
All correspondence to: R. Urrego. Grupo INCA-CES, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad CES, Calle 10 A No. 22-04 MedellínColombia. E-mail: rodurrego@gmail.com
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Summary

Bovine embryos produced in vivo and in vitro differ with respect to molecular profiles, including epigenetic marks and gene expression profiles. This study investigated the CpG methylation status in bovine testis satellite I (BTS) and Bos taurus alpha satellite I (BTαS) DNA sequences, and concomitantly the relative abundance of transcripts, critically involved in DNA methylation (DNMT1 and DNMT3A), growth and development (IGF2R) and pluripotency (POU5F1) in Bos indicus embryos produced in vitro or in vivo. Results revealed that methylation of BTS were higher (P < 0.05) in embryos produced in vitro compared with their in vivo produced counterparts, while the methylation status of BTαS was similar in both groups. There were no significant differences in transcript abundance for DNMT3A, IGF2R and POU5F1 between blastocysts produced in vivo and in vitro. However, a significantly lower amount of DNMT1 transcripts was found in the in vitro cultured embryos (P < 0.05) compared with their in vivo derived counterparts. In conclusion, this study reported only minor changes in the expression of developmentally important genes and satellite DNA methylation related to the in vitro embryo production system.

Keywords

Bovine embryoDNA methylationDNMT1In vitro cultureSatellite DNA

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Zygote , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 2017 , pp. 131 - 140
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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