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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 680, Issue -, Pages 119-126Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.09.020
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Round spermatid injection; ROSI; Carried over histones; TSA treatment
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Round spermatid injection (ROSI) is a last resort for men with nonobstructive azoospermia. However, ROSI has lower success rates compared to intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This study explored histone modifications and found abnormalities in H3K36me3 in ROSI-zygotes. Treatment with TSA showed effectiveness in correcting epigenetic abnormalities.
Round spermatid injection (ROSI) is the last resort and recourse for men with nonobstructive azoospermia to become biological fathers of their children. However, the ROSI-derived offspring rate is lower than intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) in mice (20% vs. 60%). This low success rate has hindered the spread of ROSI in ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology). However, the cause of the ROSI-zygote-derived low offspring rate is currently unknown. In the previous studies, we reported that H3K9me3 and H3K27me3 exhibited ectopic localizations in male pronuclei (mPN) of ROSI-zygotes, suggesting that the carried over histone to zygotes conveys epigenetic information. In this study, we analyzed other histone modifications to explore unknown abnormalities. H3K36me3 showed an increased methylation state compared to ICSI-derived embryos but not for H3K4me3. Abnormal H3K36me3 was corrected until 2-cell stage embryos, suggesting a long window of reprogramming ability in ROSI-embryos. Treatment with TSA of ROSI-zygotes, which was reported to be capable of correcting ectopic DNA methylation in ROSI-zygotes, caused abnormalities of H3K36me3 in male and female PN (fPN) of the zygotes. In contrast, round spermatid TSA treatment before ROSI, which was reported to improve the preimplantation development of ROSI-zygotes, showed beneficial effects without toxicity in fPN. Therefore, the results suggest that TSA has some negative effects, but overall, it is effective in the correction of epigenetic abnormalities in ROSI-zygotes. When attempting to correct epigenetic abnormalities, attention should be paid to epigenomes not only in male but also in female pronuclei.
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