Reproductive and Developmental Biology

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Autophagy Inhibitor, 3-Methyladenine, Reduces Preimplantation Development and Blastocyst Qualities in Pigs

  • Park, Jin-Mo (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Min, Sung-Hun (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Hong, Joo-Hee (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Lee, E-Nok (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Son, Hyeong-Hoon (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Park, Hum-Dai (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Koo, Deog-Bon (Department of Biotechnology, College of Engineering, Daegu University)
  • Received : 2011.08.26
  • Accepted : 2011.09.02
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Autophagy is a process of intracellular bulk protein degradation, in which the accumulated proteins and cytoplasmic organelles are degraded. It plays important roles in cellular homeostasis, apoptosis, and development, but its role during early embryo development remains contentious. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the effects of 3-methyladenine (3-MA) on early embryonic development in pigs, we also investigated several indicators of developmental potential, including mitochondrial distribution, genes expressions (autophagy-, apoptosis- related genes), apoptosis and ER-stress, which are affected by 3-MA. After in vitro maturation and fertilization, presumptive pig embryos were cultured in PZM-3 medium supplemented with 3-MA for 2 days at $39^{\circ}C$ 5% $CO_2$ in air. Developmental competence to the blastocyst stage in the presence of 3-MA was gradually decreased according to increasing concentration. Thus, all further experiments were performed using 2 mM 3-MA. Blastocysts that developed in the 3-MA treated group decreased LC3-II intensity and expressions of autophagy related genes than those of the untreated control, resulting in down-regulates the autophagy. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) showed that the number of containing fragmented DNA at the blastocyst stage increased in the 3-MA treated group compared with control ($6.0{\pm}1.0$ vs $3.3{\pm}0.6$, p<0.05). Also, the expression of the pro-apoptotic gene Bax increased in 3-MA treated group, whereas expression of the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-XL decreased. Mito Tracker Green FM staining showed that blastocysts derived from the 3-MA treated group had lower mitochondrial integrity than that of the untreated control, resulting in decrease the embryonic qualities of preimplantation porcine blastocysts. Then, the expression of the spliced form of pXBP-1 product (pXBP-1s) increased in 3-MA treated group, resulting increase of ER-stress. Taken together, these results indicate that inhibition of autophagy by 3-MA is closely associated with apoptosis and ER-stress during preimplantation periods of porcine embryos.

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