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Effects of DNA damage on oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryonic development

Shen YIN,Junyu MA,Wei SHEN

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2014年第1卷第3期页码 185-190 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2014035

摘要： DNA damage is one of the most common threats to meiotic cells. It has the potential to induce infertility and genetic abnormalities that may be passed to the embryo. Here, we reviewed exogenous factors which could induce DNA damage. Specially, we addressed the different effects of DNA damage on mouse oocytes and embryonic development. Complex DNA damage, double-strand breaks, represents a more difficult repair process and involves various repair pathways. Understanding the mechanisms involved in DNA damage responses may improve therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer and fertility preservation.

关键词： DNA damage double-strand breaks (DSBs) oocyte embryo

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Factors affecting early embryonic development in cattle: relevance for bovine cloning

Yanna DANG, Kun ZHANG

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2019年第6卷第1期页码 33-41 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2018228

摘要：

Female infertility represents a major challenge for improving the production efficiency in the dairy industry. Historically, fertility has declined whereas milk yield has increased tremendously due to intensive genetic selection. evidence reveals about 60% pregnancy loss takes place during the first month following fertilization. Meanwhile, early embryo development is significant for somatic cell nuclear transfer in cattle as a large proportion of cloned embryos fail to develop beyond peri-implantation stage. Oocyte quality is of utmost importance for the early embryo to develop to term for both fertilized and cloned embryos. Epigenetic reprogramming is a key process occurring after fertilization and critical roles of epigenetic modifiers during preimplantation development are now clear. Incomplete epigenetic reprogramming is believed to be a major limitation to cloning efficiency. Treatment of cloned embryos with epigenetic modifying drugs (e.g., Trichostatin A) could greatly improve cloning efficiency in both mice and cattle. Recently, the rapid progress in high-throughput sequencing technologies has enabled detailed deciphering of the molecular mechanisms underlying these events. The robust efficiency of genomic editing tools also presents an alternative approach to the functional annotation of genes critical to early development.

关键词： bovine cloning embryo development somatic cell nuclear transfer X-inactive specific transcript

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Distinct mononuclear diploid cardiac subpopulation with minimal cell–cell communications persists in embryonic

《医学前沿（英文）》页码 939-956 doi: 10.1007/s11684-023-0987-9

摘要： A small proportion of mononuclear diploid cardiomyocytes (MNDCMs), with regeneration potential, could persist in adult mammalian heart. However, the heterogeneity of MNDCMs and changes during development remains to be illuminated. To this end, 12 645 cardiac cells were generated from embryonic day 17.5 and postnatal days 2 and 8 mice by single-cell RNA sequencing. Three cardiac developmental paths were identified: two switching to cardiomyocytes (CM) maturation with close CM–fibroblast (FB) communications and one maintaining MNDCM status with least CM–FB communications. Proliferative MNDCMs having interactions with macrophages and non-proliferative MNDCMs (non-pMNDCMs) with minimal cell–cell communications were identified in the third path. The non-pMNDCMs possessed distinct properties: the lowest mitochondrial metabolisms, the highest glycolysis, and high expression of Myl4 and Tnni1. Single-nucleus RNA sequencing and immunohistochemical staining further proved that the Myl4⁺Tnni1⁺ MNDCMs persisted in embryonic and adult hearts. These MNDCMs were mapped to the heart by integrating the spatial and single-cell transcriptomic data. In conclusion, a novel non-pMNDCM subpopulation with minimal cell–cell communications was unveiled, highlighting the importance of microenvironment contribution to CM fate during maturation. These findings could improve the understanding of MNDCM heterogeneity and cardiac development, thus providing new clues for approaches to effective cardiac regeneration.

关键词： mononuclear diploid cardiomyocytes cell–cell communication cardiac fibroblast single-cell RNA sequencing cardiac regeneration

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Porcine pluripotent stem cells: progress, challenges and prospects

Jianyong HAN, Yi-Liang MIAO, Jinlian HUA, Yan LI, Xue ZHANG, Jilong ZHOU, Na LI, Ying ZHANG, Jinying ZHANG, Zhonghua LIU

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2019年第6卷第1期页码 8-27 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2018233

摘要：

Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are characterized by their capacity for high self-renewal and multiple differentiation potential and include embryonic stem cells, embryonic germ cells and induced PSCs. PSCs provide a very suitable model for the studies of human diseases, drugs screening, regenerative medicine and developmental biology research. Pigs are considered as an ideal model for preclinical development of human xenotransplantation, therapeutic approaches and regenerative medicine because of their size and physiological similarity to humans. However, lack of knowledge about the derivation, characterization and pluripotency mechanisms of porcine PSCs hinders progress in these biotechnologies. In this review, we discuss the latest progress on porcine PSCs generation, evaluation criteria for pluripotency, the scientific and technical questions arising from these studies. We also introduce our perspectives on porcine PSC research, in the hope of providing new ideas for generating naive porcine PSCs and animal breeding.

关键词： embryonic germ cells embryonic stem cells induced pluripotent stem cells pigs pluripotent stem cells

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Transcriptomics and proteomics in stem cell research

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《医学前沿（英文）》 2014年第8卷第4期页码 433-444 doi: 10.1007/s11684-014-0336-0

摘要：

Stem cells are capable of self-renewal and differentiation, and the processes regulating these events are among the most comprehensively investigated topics in life sciences. In particular, the molecular mechanisms of the self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation of stem cells have been extensively examined. Multi-omics integrative analysis, such as transcriptomics combined with proteomics, is one of the most promising approaches to the systemic investigation of stem cell biology. We reviewed the available information on stem cells by examining published results using transcriptomic and proteomic characterization of the different stem cell processes. Comprehensive understanding of these important processes can only be achieved using a systemic methodology, and employing such method will strengthen the study on stem cell biology and promote the clinical applications of stem cells.

关键词： embryonic stem cells transcriptomics proteomics

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The past, present and future of bovine pluripotent stem cells: a brief overview

Xiuchun TIAN

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2019年第6卷第1期页码 3-7 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2018247

摘要：

Although the pursuit of bovine embryonic stem cells started more than 26 years ago for the purpose of gene-targeting, true pluripotent stem cells in this economically important species are still elusive. With the rapid advances in genome-editing and cloning using homologously recombined somatic cells, the need for pluripotent stem cells for precise genetic modification in any species became questionable. With the pig being the better model for human regenerative biology, the identification of the commonalities and uniqueness of the pluripotency circuitry across mammalian species may be the main objective for studying pluripotent stem cells in the bovine.

关键词： bovine embryonic induced pluripotent stem cells

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Effect of PRAK gene knockout on the proliferation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts

Xiaowei GONG MD, PhD, Xiaoyan MING MD, Xu WANG MM, Daan WANG MD, Peng DENG MM, Yong JIANG MD, PhD, Aihua LIU MD, PhD,

《医学前沿（英文）》 2009年第3卷第4期页码 379-383 doi: 10.1007/s11684-009-0073-y

摘要： p38 regulated/activated protein kinase (PRAK) plays a key role in cell senescence and tumor suppression. The aim of this study was to investigate if PRAK had effect on cell proliferation. The growth of and mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells was measured by methylthiazoletetrazolium (MTT) colorimetric assay, and the proportion of the cell number in different phases of the cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry. The growth curves showed that the growth rate was notably decreased, and cell double time was elongated in cells; moreover, the number of cells was decreased by 44.5% compared with that of cells cultured for 96h, suggesting that G/M transition is inhibited in cells. Meanwhile, G/S transition was also inhibited in cells, observed with flow cytometry analysis. The ratios of G/G, G/M, and S phases of cells were 44.9%, 12.2%, and 42.9%, respectively, while those of cells were 55.3%, 7.3%, and 37.4%, respectively. There were 23.1% increase and 12.7% decrease of the number of cells in G and S phases comparison with that of cells, respectively. Taken together, gene knockout in MEF cells leads to cell cycle arrest and proliferation inhibition.

关键词： p38 regulated/activated protein kinase gene knockout cell cycle cell proliferation

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Regulation and function of histone acetyltransferase MOF

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《医学前沿（英文）》 2014年第8卷第1期页码 79-83 doi: 10.1007/s11684-014-0314-6

摘要：

The mammalian MOF (male absent on the first), a member of the MYST (MOZ, YBF2, SAS2, and Tip60) family of histone acetyltransferases (HATs), is the major enzyme that catalyzes the acetylation of histone H4 on lysine 16. Acetylation of K16 is a prevalent mark associated with chromatin decondensation. MOF has recently been shown to play an essential role in maintaining normal cell functions. In this study, we discuss the important roles of MOF in DNA damage repair, apoptosis, and tumorigenesis. We also analyze the role of MOF as a key regulator of the core transcriptional network of embryonic stem cells.

关键词： MOF histone acetyltransferase DNA damage repair tumorigenesis embryonic stem cells

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Progress, problems and prospects of porcine pluripotent stem cells

Hanning WANG,Yangli PEI,Ning LI,Jianyong HAN

《农业科学与工程前沿（英文）》 2014年第1卷第1期页码 6-15 doi: 10.15302/J-FASE-2014009

摘要： Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs), including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced PSCs (iPSCs), can differentiate into cells of the three germ layers, suggesting that PSCs have great potential for basic developmental biology research and wide applications for clinical medicine. Genuine ESCs and iPSCs have been derived from mice and rats, but not from livestock such as the pig—an ideal animal model for studying human disease and regenerative medicine due to similarities with human physiologic processes. Efforts to derive porcine ESCs and iPSCs have not yielded high-quality PSCs that can produce chimeras with germline transmission. Thus, exploration of the unique porcine gene regulation network of preimplantation embryonic development may permit optimization of culture systems for raising porcine PSCs. Here we summarize the recent progress in porcine PSC generation as well as the problems encountered during this progress and we depict prospects for generating porcine naive PSCs.

关键词： induced pluripotent stem cells embryonic stem cells pig reprogramming