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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Bovine Oviduct Epithelial Cell-Derived Culture Media and Exosomes Improve Mitochondrial Health by Restoring Metabolic Flux during Pre-Implantation Development.

Tabinda Sidrat, Abdul Aziz Khan, Myeon-Don Joo, Yiran Wei, Kyeong-Lim Lee, Lianguang Xu, Il-Keun Kong

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tabinda SidratDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
Abdul Aziz KhanCenter for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ 07110, USA.
Myeon-Don JooDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
Yiran WeiDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
Kyeong-Lim LeeThe King Kong Corp. Ltd., Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6707-2736
Lianguang XuDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
Il-Keun KongDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Four), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5567-1088
Gyeongsang National University · KRHackensack University Medical Center · US

Funding

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) 120066-01National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2020R1A2C2006614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oviduct flushing is enriched by a wide variety of nutrients that guide the 3-4 days journey of pre-implantation embryo through the oviduct as it develops into a competent blastocyst (BL). However, little is known about the specific requirement and role of these nutrients that orchestrate the early stages of embryonic development. In this study, we aimed to characterize the effect of in vitro-derived bovine oviduct epithelial cell (BOECs) secretion that mimics the in vivo oviduct micro-fluid like environment, which allows successful embryonic development. In this study, the addition of an in vitro derived BOECs-condition media (CM) and its isolated exosomes (Exo) significantly enhances the quality and development of BL, while the hatching ability of BLs was found to be high (48.8%) in the BOECs-Exo supplemented group. Surprisingly, BOECs-Exo have a dynamic effect on modulating the embryonic metabolism by restoring the pyruvate flux into TCA-cycle. Our analysis reveals that Exo treatment significantly upregulates the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GLUD1) expression, required for metabolic fine-tuning of the TCA-cycle in the developing embryos. Exo treatment increases the influx into TCA-cycle by strongly suppressing the PDH and GLUD1 upstream inhibitors, i.e., PDK4 and SIRT4. Improvement of TCA-cycle function was further accompanied by higher metabolic activity of mitochondria in BOECs-CM and Exo in vitro embryos. Our study uncovered, for the first time, the possible mechanism of BOECs-derived secretion in re-establishing the TCA-cycle flux by the utilization of available nutrients and highlighted the importance of pyruvate in supporting bovine in vitro embryonic development.

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AnimalsBlastocystCattleCells, CulturedCitric Acid CycleCulture Media, ConditionedEpithelial CellsExosomesFemaleGlutamate DehydrogenaseMitochondriaOviductsPyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexPyruvic AcidCulture Media, ConditionedGlutamate DehydrogenasePyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexPyruvic Acidbovine embryoexosomesmetabolismoviduct epithelial cellsTCA-cycle

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PMID33066562
PMCPMC7593913
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