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1 December 2005 Variation in Gene Expression and Aberrantly Regulated Chromosome Regions in Cloned Mice
Takashi Kohda, Kimiko Inoue, Narumi Ogonuki, Hiromi Miki, Mie Naruse, Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino, Atsuo Ogura, Fumitoshi Ishino
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Abstract

DNA microarray analysis was used to determine the precise genome-wide gene expression profiles of somatic cloned mice derived from Sertoli and cumulus cells. It demonstrated unexpectedly large epigenetic diversity in neonatal cloned mice, despite their normal appearance and genetic identity. In three neonatal tissues of the cloned mice, the expression of 9–40% of the genes examined was more than two times higher or lower in donor cell-dependent or -independent manners compared with normal controls. Relatively few (0.4–4%) of the genes exhibited up- or downregulation in the same manner in both types of clone. A cluster analysis of the variation in gene expression led to the identification of several chromosome regions in which gene expression was aberrantly controlled in the somatic clones. These results provide a more complete understanding of how somatic clones differ from each other and from normal individuals produced by sexual reproduction and indicate the significant difficulties that face the application of somatic cloning in regenerative medicine.

Takashi Kohda, Kimiko Inoue, Narumi Ogonuki, Hiromi Miki, Mie Naruse, Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino, Atsuo Ogura, and Fumitoshi Ishino "Variation in Gene Expression and Aberrantly Regulated Chromosome Regions in Cloned Mice," Biology of Reproduction 73(6), 1302-1311, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.105.044958
Received: 27 June 2005; Accepted: 1 August 2005; Published: 1 December 2005
KEYWORDS
cumulus cells
developmental biology
gene regulation
Sertoli cells
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