BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
11 April 2023 Reprogramming efficiency and pluripotency of mule iPSCs over its parents
Jia Zhang, Lixia Zhao, Yuting Fu, Fangyuan Liu, Zixin Wang, Yunxia Li, Gaoping Zhao, Wei Sun, Baojiang Wu, Yongli Song, Shaohua Li, Chunxia Hao, Bilige Wuyun, Rihan Wu, Moning Liu, Guifang Cao, Buhe Nashun, M. Azim Surani, Qingyuan Sun, Siqin Bao, Pentao Liu, Xihe Li
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

The mule is the interspecific hybrid of horse and donkey and has hybrid vigor in muscular endurance, disease resistance, and longevity over its parents. Here, we examined adult fibroblasts of mule (MAFs) compared with the cells from their parents (donkey adult fibroblasts and horse adult fibroblasts) (each species has repeated three independent individuals) in proliferation, apoptosis, and glycolysis and found significant differences. We subsequently derived mule, donkey, and horse doxycycline (Dox)-independent induced pluripotent stem cells (miPSCs, diPSCs, and hiPSCs) from three independent individuals of each species and found that the reprogramming efficiency of MAFs was significantly higher than that of cells of donkey and horse. miPSCs, diPSCs, and hiPSCs all expressed the high levels of crucial endogenous pluripotency genes such as POU class 5 homeobox 1 (POU5F1, OCT4), SRY-box 2 (SOX2), and Nanog homeobox (NANOG) and propagated robustly in single-cell passaging. miPSCs exhibited faster proliferation and higher pluripotency and differentiation than diPSCs and hiPSCs, which were reflected in co-cultures and separate-cultures, teratoma formation, and chimera contribution. The establishment of miPSCs provides a unique research material for the investigation of “heterosis” and perhaps is more significant to study hybrid gamete formation.

Summary Sentence

We found that mule adult fibroblasts have significant advantages in reprogramming efficiency compared with donkey and horse adult fibroblasts, and the establishment of mule iPSCs provides an accessible in vitro model to study hybrid gamete formation.

Graphical Abstract

img-z2-2_887.jpg
Jia Zhang, Lixia Zhao, Yuting Fu, Fangyuan Liu, Zixin Wang, Yunxia Li, Gaoping Zhao, Wei Sun, Baojiang Wu, Yongli Song, Shaohua Li, Chunxia Hao, Bilige Wuyun, Rihan Wu, Moning Liu, Guifang Cao, Buhe Nashun, M. Azim Surani, Qingyuan Sun, Siqin Bao, Pentao Liu, and Xihe Li "Reprogramming efficiency and pluripotency of mule iPSCs over its parents ," Biology of Reproduction 108(6), 887-901, (11 April 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioad041
Received: 14 December 2022; Accepted: 4 April 2023; Published: 11 April 2023
KEYWORDS
Donkey
horse
iPSCs
mule
pluripotency
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top