Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (4): 1731-1743.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.04.022

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Establishment and Pluripotency Analysis of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mengshan Cattle

ZHAO Wenxuan(), GAO Xue, YU Dawei, GAO Chen*(), LI Junya*()   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2024-05-27 Online:2025-04-23 Published:2025-04-28
  • Contact: GAO Chen, LI Junya E-mail:wxzhao9927@163.com;gaochen@caas.cn;Lijunya@caas.cn

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to establish Mengshan cattle induced pluripotent stem cells that can be stably passaged and meet the criteria for pluripotency. Initially, fibroblasts were isolated from the ear skin of adult Mengshan cattle bulls using enzyme digestion, and cell viability and growth curves were assessed. Meanwhile, a doxycycline-inducible, non-viral reprogramming system was used to induce the reprogramming of Mengshan cattle fibroblasts in 3i/LIF and NBFR culture systems. The pluripotency of the resulting induced pluripotent stem cells was subsequently evaluated. The results showed that the Mengshan cattle ear fibroblasts obtained in this study exhibited normal proliferation and good condition. The induced pluripotent stem cells from Mengshan cattle displayed a smooth-edged, dome-shaped colony morphology. Alkaline phosphatase staining was positive, and the expression of pluripotency marker genes was significantly higher than that of fibroblasts (P < 0.001). Immunofluorescence staining for pluripotency proteins OCT4, SOX2, and NANOG was positive, demonstrating a pluripotent state similar to that observed in bovine embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells reported in previous studies. This achievement provides a new direction for the research and application of bovine induced pluripotent stem cells and helps to further explore their potential in the field of agricultural biotechnology. It lays a material foundation for in vitro gamete production and the restoration of endangered or extinct local cattle breeds.

Key words: Mengshan cattle, pluripotency, somatic cell reprogramming, induced pluripotent stem cells

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