NANOG is dispensable for hypoblast but essential for embryonic disc development during conceptus elongation in sheep
Martinez de los Reyes, N.; Carvajal-Serna, M.; Marigorta, P.; Toledano-Diaz, A.; Santiago-Moreno, J.; Bermejo-Alvarez, P.; Ramos-Ibeas, P.
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NANOG is a conserved regulator of epiblast identity and is essential for hypoblast development and embryo survival after the blastocyst stage in mice. However, its role during post-blastocyst development remains poorly understood in non-rodent mammals. Here, we investigated the function of NANOG during ovine embryogenesis using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene ablation. NANOG ablation did not affect blastocyst formation or the initial development of the epiblast. However, NANOG-deficient blastocysts contained significantly fewer SOX17+ hypoblast cells by day (D) 8, followed by reduced hypoblast migration during early post-hatching stages in D12 in vitro embryos. These defects were transient, as hypoblast development was comparable between NANOG-deficient and wild-type conceptuses during subsequent in vivo conceptus elongation from embryonic day (E) 11 onwards. In contrast, although extraembryonic membranes development and conceptus elongation proceeded normally, NANOG-deficient conceptuses lacked SOX2+ epiblast cells and failed to form an embryonic disc (ED) from E11 onwards. These findings demonstrate that NANOG is dispensable for hypoblast development but is required for epiblast maintenance and ED formation during conceptus elongation in sheep.
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