普拉梅可以增强精子与卵子的结合,并调节牛胚胎发生的表观遗传动力学
Chandlar Kern1, Wan-Sheng Liu2
1Department of Animal Science, Center for Reproductive Biology and Health (CRBH), College of Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Cell and tissue research
|May 14, 2025
概括
牛的不孕可能与PRAMEY基因有关. 抑制PRAMEY改善了精子与卵子的结合,并在早期牛胚胎中改变了DNA和基因素甲基化.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 表观遗传学 在表观遗传学中,表观遗传学是指表观遗传学.
- 动物遗传学动物遗传学
背景情况:
- 不孕不育和不孕不育是牛繁殖的主要问题.
- 遗传因素,包括像PRAMEY这样的Y相关基因,都与生殖挑战有关.
- PRAMEY是一种参与生殖细胞形成,受精和胚胎发育的候选基因.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究牛PRAMEY基因在精子-卵结合中的作用.
- 评估PRAMEY对精子体完整性的影响.
- 检查PRAMEY对牛受精和早期胚胎发生过程中的表观遗传修饰的影响.
主要方法:
- 在体外受精 (IVF) 使用用PRAMEY抗体或控制IgG治疗的牛精子.
- 在受精后2,4和6小时 (hpf) 评估精卵结合和体完整性.
- 通过免疫光学分析DNA (5-methylcytosine) 和histon (H3K9me3,H3K27me3) 在胚胎和胚胎中的甲基化.
主要成果:
- 在所有时间点中,Pramey抗体治疗显著增加了精子与卵子的结合,特别是在6 hpf时.
- 在治疗组之间没有观察到精子体完整性的显著差异.
- 在PRAMEY抑制后,在父亲和母亲的前核中减少了DNA甲基化 (5-mC),并在早期胚胎中减少了H3K27me3基因组甲基化.
结论:
- 在牛中,PRAMEY在调节精子-卵结合和表观遗传修饰方面发挥作用.
- 抑制PRAMEY增强了精子-卵子相互作用,并影响了DNA和基因素甲基化模式.
- 这些发现凸显了PRAMEY在牛受精和早期胚胎发育中的潜在意义.
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