To improve the cloning efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and to establish nuclear transfer embryonic stem cells (NT-ESCs) reliably, it is necessary to produce high-quality blastocysts derived from mice SCNT embryos. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate an optimal method for mouse SCNT embryo production and NT-ESCs derivation by comparing the effects of two methods: the treatment of histone deacetylase inhibitor PXD101 after SCNT, embryo aggregation and their combination treatment. The results suggest that embryo aggregation at four-cell stage and 50 nM PXD101 treated for 10 hours during and after activation could improve both mouse SCNT embryos' development (PXD101: 40.0% vs. 18.5%; p < 0.05; aggregation: 40.2% vs. 18.5%; p < 0.05) and also enhance the isolation rate of NT-ESCs (PXD101: 38.2% vs. 12.5%; p < 0.05; aggregation: 39.0% vs. 12.5%; p < 0.05). The combination of their treatments had a higher development rate (43.6%) and significantly higher NT-ESCs isolation rate (54.7%), therefore, we concluded that the combination of these two methods (50 nM PXD101 treated for 10 hours after SCNT and then aggregated at four-cell stage) is considered as the optimal way for the in vitro development of SCNT embryo and subsequent NT-ESCs isolation in mice, providing a new approach for the practical improvement of mouse cloning techniques and opening new opportunities to improve cloning efficiencies in other species.
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