Journal: Protein & Cell
Article Title: The chemical reprogramming of unipotent adult germ cells towards authentic pluripotency and de novo establishment of imprinting
doi: 10.1093/procel/pwac044
Figure Lengend Snippet: 5C-gPSCs had true pluripotency identified by tetraploid complementation assay. (A) 5C-gPSC 4N-comp pups and their corresponding placentae. Note: * Pups survived beyond 4 days postnatal; # Pup died within 4 days postnatal. (B) Simple sequence length polymorphism (SSLP) analysis for lineage identification covers markers from different chromosomes, and the 4N-comp mice showed a polymorphic pattern similar with that from the F1-5 ESC, 5C-gPSC-S4, or gPSC-S2 cells originating from B6D2F1 mice, and different from the ICR, C57, or DBA mice. M denotes molecular mass marker. (C) Genotyping analysis of Oct4 -EGFP from F1-5 ESC, 5C-gPSC-S4, or gPSC-S2 4N-comp mice. (D) Bright field (left), fluorescence (middle) and merged (right) images of E3.5 Oct4 -EGFP blastocysts flushed from an ICR female mouse mated with an 5C-gPSC-S4 4N-comp mouse. Scale bar, 100 μm. (E) An 11-week-old 5C-gPSC-S4 4N-comp mouse with a uniformly black coat and its F 1 progeny from its mating to an ICR female mouse. (F) Bar plot showing the developmental rate of full-term 4N-comp pups derived from PSCs, numbers of animals obtained per total number of transferred embryos are shown. Groups are indicated by colors. See for details. (G) Dot plot showing the body weight of 4N-comp mice born by Caesarean section in this study on day 0 postnatal. Groups are indicated by colors. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t -test, * P < 0.05, ns, not significant. (H) Survival curves of 4N-comp mice obtained in this study. n, total numbers of 4N-comp mice derived from each group. Groups are indicated by colors. (I) Growth curves of 4N-comp mice obtained in this study at the indicated weeks postnatal. Groups are indicated by colors. (J) Bar plot showing the DNA methylation level of the whole genome (left) and total ICRs (right) in ESCs (p10), 5C-gPSCs (p25), gPSCs (p25), respectively. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t -test, P values were shown above the lines, ** P < 0.01, ns, not significant. (K) Heatmaps showing the mean methylation levels of the paternal ICRs in SSCs (p20), gPSCs (p25), 5C-gPSCs (p25), ESCs (p10). The color key from dark blue to red indicates low to high levels, respectively. (L) Line plot shows the mean methylation levels of Dlk1-Dio3 region in SSCs (p20), 5C-gPSCs (p25), ESCs (p10), gPSCs (p25), respectively. Grey shadows indicate gene regions, the red shadow indicates IG- Gtl2 ICR region. (M) Box plots show the mean DNA methylation levels across gene bodies (from transcription start site (TSS) to transcription end site (TES)) and the 50-bp flanking regions of each miRNA encoded locus in Dlk1-Dio3 region in ESCs, gPSCs and 5C-gPSCs. One dot represents an miRNA encoded locus, the same loci in distinct PSCs are connected by grey lines. Paired two-tailed Student’s t -test was performed between ESCs and other PSCs. (N) Heatmaps showing the mean methylation levels of the maternal ICRs in SSCs (p20), gPSCs (p25), 5C-gPSCs (p25), ESCs (p10). The color key from dark blue to red indicates low to high levels, respectively. (O) qPCR analysis of relative expression of Igf2r , Kcnq1ot1 , Peg3 , and Snrpn normalized to the geometric mean of Rps2 and Gapdh in ESCs, gPSCs, and 5C-gPSCs. Unpaired two-tailed Student’s t -test, ** P < 0.01, *** P < 0.001, ns, not significant. See also .
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used in this study were listed: Goat anti-GFRa1 (R&D, AF714), Mouse anti-ZBTB16 (Santa, sc-28319), Rabbit anti-DDX4 (Abcam, ab13840), Mouse anti-POU5F1 (OCT4) (Abcam, ab19857), Mouse anti-POU5F1 (OCT4) (Santa, sc-5279), Mouse anti-SSEA1(Sigma-Aldrich, MAB4301), Rabbit anti-NANOG (Abcam, ab70482), Rabbit anti-RHOX5 (Abcam, ab31922), Rabbit anti-PRDM14 (Cell Signaling Technology, 83527), Goat anti-OTX2 (R&D, AF1979), Rabbit anti-DPPA3 (Abcam, ab19878), Rabbit anti-L1TD1(Biorbyt, orb35537), Mouse anti-TFAP2C (Santa, sc-12762), Rabbit anti-DNMT3B (proteintech, 26971-1-AP), Rabbit anti-DNMT1 (abclonal, A16729), Mouse anti-UHRF1 (Santa, sc-373750), and Mouse anti-ACTIN (proteintech, CL594-66009).
Techniques: Sequencing, Marker, Fluorescence, Derivative Assay, Two Tailed Test, DNA Methylation Assay, Methylation, Expressing