Comparative study of the developmental competence of cloned pig embryos derived from spermatogonial stem cells and fetal fibroblasts

Spermatogonial stem cells (SSC) are promising resources for genetic preservation and restoration of male germ cells in humans and animals. However, no studies have used SSC as donor nuclei in pig somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This study investigated the potential for use of porcine SSC as a nuclei donor for SCNT and developmental competence of SSC‐derived cloned embryos. In addition, demecolcine was investigated to determine whether it could prevent rupture of SSC during SCNT. When the potential of SSC to support embryonic development after SCNT was compared with that of foetal fibroblasts (FF), SSC‐derived SCNT embryos showed a higher (p < .05) developmental competence to the blastocyst stage (47.8%) than FF‐derived embryos (25.6%). However, when SSC were used as donor nuclei in the SCNT process, cell fusion rates were lower (p < .05) than when FF were used (61.9% vs. 75.8%). Treatment of SSC with demecolcine significantly (p < .05) decreased rupture of SSC during the SCNT procedure (7.5% vs. 18.8%) and increased fusion of cell‐oocyte couplets compared with no treatment (74.6% vs. 61.6%). In addition, SSC‐derived SCNT embryos showed higher blastocyst formation (48.4%) than FF‐derived embryos without (28.4%) and with demecolcine treatment (17.4%), even after demecolcine treatment. Our results demonstrate that porcine SSC are a desirable donor cell type for production of SCNT pig embryos and that demecolcine increases production efficiency of cloned embryos by inhibiting rupture of nuclei donor SSC during SCNT.     

猪卵母细胞化学辅助手工去核及手工核移植胚胎发育能力因素的研究

本研究在筛选猪化学辅助手工去核最佳脱羰秋水酰碱(Demecolcine,DC)浓度的基础上,探讨了各种因素对手工重构胚发育的影响,以期建立高效的猪手工体细胞核移植技术体系.观察不同成熟时间卵母细胞在不同DC浓度下的去核效率,并进一步比较了化学辅助手工去核法和荧光染色去核法、不同类型的供体细胞(颗粒细胞、新生巴马肌肉成纤维细胞和胎儿成纤维细胞)和供体细胞的不同处理方法(70％～80％汇合、血清饥饿法和100％接触抑制法)对重构胚发育能力的影响.结果表明:(1)利用DC诱导去核,对体外成熟培养44 h的卵母细胞以浓度0.4 μg· mL-1作用0.5～1 h为宜.(2)用DC化学辅助手工去核与用荧光染色去核的重构胚囊胚发育率差异不显著(13.11％ vs 9.25％,P＞0.05).(3)以胎儿成纤维细胞、颗粒细胞和新生巴马小型猪肌肉成纤维细胞为供体构建的重构胚的融合率、卵裂率及囊胚率均差异不显著(P＞0.05).(4)用70％～80％汇合(对照组)组、接触抑制组和血清饥饿组的细胞作供体构建的重构胚,在融合率上,接触抑制组显著高于对照组(P＜0.05);在分裂率与囊胚率上,各组之间均无显著差异(P＞0.05).研究结果表明,化学辅助手工去核法在实际生产中可以替代荧光染色去核法,能省去去核过程中荧光染色及紫外光照射去核等步骤,从而简化了猪手工体细胞核移植程序,提高了猪手工体细胞核移植效率,能为高效的猪手工体细胞核移植技术体系的建立提供参考.