The present invention provides methods and compostions to improve the efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and the consequent production of nuclear transfer ESC (ntESC) and transgenic cells and/or non-human animals. More specifically, the present invention relates to the discovery that trimethylation of Histone H3-Lysine 9 (H3K9me3) in reprogramming resistant regions (RRRs) in the nuclear genetic material of donor somatic cells prevents efficient somatic cell nuclear reprogramming or SCNT. The present invention provide methods and compositions to decrease H3K9me3 in methods to improve efficacy of SCNT by exogenous or overexpression of the demethylase Kdm4 family and/or inhibiting methylation of H3K9me3 by inhibiting the histone methyltransferases Suv39h1 and/or Suv39h2.
本发明提供了提高体细胞核移植(SCNT)效率以及由此产生核移植 ESC(NTESC)和转
基因细胞和/或非人动物的方法和合成方法。更具体地说,本发明涉及发现供体体细胞核遗传物质中的重编程抗性区域(RRRs)中组蛋白 H3-赖
氨酸 9(H3K9me3)的三甲基化会阻碍高效的体细胞核重编程或 SCNT。本发明提供了通过外源或过量表达去甲基化酶 Kdm4 家族和/或通过抑制组蛋白甲基转移酶 Suv39h1 和/或 Suv39h2 来抑制 H3K9me3 的甲基化,从而降低 H3K9me3 以提高 SCNT 效力的方法和组合物。