中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (31): 5047-5052.doi: 10.12307/2022.733

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囊胚期玻璃化二次冷冻对小鼠胚胎组蛋白表观修饰及多能性基因表达的影响

王建武1,赵艳华2,李竞宇2,王加强1   

  1. 1东北农业大学生命科学学院,黑龙江省哈尔滨市   150030;2重庆市妇幼保健院人类胚胎工程重庆市重点实验室,重庆市   400013
  • 收稿日期:2021-10-15 接受日期:2021-12-07 出版日期:2022-11-08 发布日期:2022-04-25
  • 通讯作者: 王加强,博士,教授,东北农业大学生命科学学院,黑龙江省哈尔滨市 150030 李竞宇,博士,副研究员,重庆市妇幼保健院人类胚胎工程重庆市重点实验室,重庆市 400013
  • 作者简介:王建武,男,1995年生,汉族,东北农业大学在读硕士,主要从事早期胚胎发育方面的研究。 赵艳华,女,1990年生,2016年东北农业大学毕业,主要从事早期胚胎发育方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金面上项目(31970588),项目负责人:王加强;重庆市科卫联合医学科研项目-面上项目(2021MSXM072),项目负责人:李竞宇

Effects of re-vitrification at blastocyst stage on histone epigenetic modification and pluripotency gene expression in mouse embryos

Wang Jianwu1, Zhao Yanhua2, Li Jingyu2, Wang Jiaqiang1   

  1. 1College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China; 2Key Laboratory of Human Embryo Engineering, Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Chongqing 400013, China
  • Received:2021-10-15 Accepted:2021-12-07 Online:2022-11-08 Published:2022-04-25
  • Contact: Wang Jiaqiang, MD, Professor, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China Li Jingyu, MD, Associate researcher, Key Laboratory of Human Embryo Engineering, Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Chongqing 400013, China
  • About author:Wang Jianwu, Master candidate, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang Province, China Zhao Yanhua, Key Laboratory of Human Embryo Engineering, Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Chongqing 400013, China Wang Jianwu and Zhao Yanhua contributed equally to this article.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), No. 31970588 (to WJQ); Chongqing Science and Health Joint Medical Research Project-General Project, No. 2021MSXM072 (to LJY)

摘要:

文题释义:
玻璃化冷冻:液体介质在没有冰晶形成的情况下快速冷却的冷冻保存过程,已获得医学界广泛的认可,并渐渐取代传统慢速冷冻法,成为冷冻技术的最佳选择。玻璃化冷冻目前已应用于卵母细胞、胚胎及卵巢组织的冷冻保存。
组蛋白表观修饰:表观修饰是指在核酸序列不发生改变的情况下,遗传物质出现了可遗传的变化,从而导致可遗传的表型改变。蛋白质在翻译后需要经过合适的折叠及翻译后修饰才能行使正常功能,对组蛋白而言通常是甲基和乙酰基基团的修饰,包括组蛋白甲基化、乙酰化、泛素化等。

背景:在辅助生殖工作中,玻璃化二次冷冻可以有效提高胚胎利用率。课题组前期研究结果显示,不同发育时期的玻璃化二次冷冻显著影响胚胎发育,但其机制尚不明确。
目的:探讨不同时期玻璃化二次冷冻影响胚胎发育潜力的可能机制。
方法:收集ICR小鼠体内受精的2-细胞胚胎并进行体外培养,随机分为4组:对照组、8-细胞冷冻一次组(8C)、8-细胞冷冻一次解冻后于8-细胞期(8C-8C)或培养至囊胚期(8C-BL)再次冷冻。利用免疫荧光分析囊胚期H3K4me3、H3K9me2及H3K9AC的表达水平;实时荧光定量PCR分析多能性基因Cdx2、Oct4及Sox2的转录水平。
结果与结论:①免疫荧光结果显示,一次和二次冷冻均会导致囊胚期H3K9me2 (P < 0.01)及H3K9AC水平显著上升 (P < 0.000 1);②一次冷冻不影响H3K4me3水平,但二次冷冻组H3K4me3水平显著下降,且在8C-BL组下降尤为严重 (P < 0.000 1);③实时荧光定量PCR结果显示,一次冷冻及8-细胞期二次冷冻不会影响胚胎多能性基因Cdx2、Oct4和Sox2的表达水平,但8C-BL组胚胎多能性基因表达水平显著改变,Oct4的表达水平显著下降 (P < 0.01),而Cdx2 (P < 0.001)和Sox2 (P < 0.01)的表达水平显著上升;④结果表明,玻璃化二次冷冻对小鼠胚胎的表观遗传具有一定的负面影响,且囊胚期二次冷冻显著影响H3K4me3修饰及多能性相关基因表达水平。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1758-3316 (王加强)

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

关键词: 早期胚胎, 二次冷冻, 小鼠, 辅助生殖, 组蛋白表观遗传, 多能性基因

Abstract: BACKGROUND: In assisted reproduction work, re-vitrification can effectively improve embryo utilization. Our previous research results show that the secondary vitrification at different developmental stages significantly affects embryo development, but the mechanism is still unclear.  
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the potential mechanism of secondary vitrification in different periods affecting embryo development potential.
METHODS:  These 2-cell embryos fertilized in vivo were collected and cultured in vitro, and randomly divided into four groups: control, vitrified at the 8-cell stage (8C), vitrified at the 8-cell stage, and re-vitrified at the 8-cell (8C-8C) or early blastocyst stage (8C-BL). Immunofluorescence was utilized to analyze changes in the expression levels of H3K4me3, H3K9me2, and H3K9AC at the blastocyst stage. Real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR was applied to analyze changes in the expression levels of pluripotency genes Cdx2, Oct4, and Sox2.  
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Immunofluorescence results showed that first and second freezing led to a significant increase in the levels of H3K9me2 (P < 0.01) and H3K9AC (P < 0.000 1) at the blastocyst stage. (2)The first freezing did not affect the level of H3K4me3, but the level of H3K4me3 in the second freezing decreased significantly, and the decrease was more serious in the 8C-BL group (P < 0.000 1). (3) The results of real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR showed that the first freezing and the second freezing at the 8-cell stage did not affect the expression levels of embryo pluripotency genes Cdx2, Oct4 and Sox2, but the expression levels of embryo pluripotency genes in the 8C-BL group changed significantly. The level of Oct4 decreased significantly (P < 0.01), while the expression level of Cdx2 (P < 0.001) and Sox2 (P < 0.01) increased significantly. (4) The results show that the secondary vitrification has a certain negative impact on the epigenetics of mouse embryos, and the secondary freezing at the blastocyst stage significantly affects the H3K4me3 modification and pluripotency-related gene expression levels.

Key words: early embryos, re-vitrification, mouse, assisted reproductive, histone epigenetics, pluripotency gene

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