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Zhao X, Yang Q, Zhao K, Jiang C, Ren D, Xu P, He X, Liao R, Jiang K, Ma J, Xiao S, Ren J, Xing Y. Production of Transgenic Pigs with an Introduced Missense Mutation of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Type IB Gene Related to Prolificacy. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2015; 29:925-37. [PMID: 26954151 PMCID: PMC4932586 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.15.0505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In the last few decades, transgenic animal technology has witnessed an increasingly wide application in animal breeding. Reproductive traits are economically important to the pig industry. It has been shown that the bone morphogenetic protein receptor type IB (BMPR1B) A746G polymorphism is responsible for the fertility in sheep. However, this causal mutation exits exclusively in sheep and goat. In this study, we attempted to create transgenic pigs by introducing this mutation with the aim to improve reproductive traits in pigs. We successfully constructed a vector containing porcine BMPR1B coding sequence (CDS) with the mutant G allele of A746G mutation. In total, we obtained 24 cloned male piglets using handmade cloning (HMC) technique, and 12 individuals survived till maturation. A set of polymerase chain reactions indicated that 11 of 12 matured boars were transgene-positive individuals, and that the transgenic vector was most likely disrupted during cloning. Of 11 positive pigs, one (No. 11) lost a part of the terminator region but had the intact promoter and the CDS regions. cDNA sequencing showed that the introduced allele (746G) was expressed in multiple tissues of transgene-positive offspring of No.11. Western blot analysis revealed that BMPR1B protein expression in multiple tissues of transgene-positive F1 piglets was 0.5 to 2-fold higher than that in the transgene-negative siblings. The No. 11 boar showed normal litter size performance as normal pigs from the same breed. Transgene-positive F1 boars produced by No. 11 had higher semen volume, sperm concentration and total sperm per ejaculate than the negative siblings, although the differences did not reached statistical significance. Transgene-positive F1 sows had similar litter size performance to the negative siblings, and more data are needed to adequately assess the litter size performance. In conclusion, we obtained 24 cloned transgenic pigs with the modified porcine BMPR1B CDS using HMC. cDNA sequencing and western blot indicated that the exogenous BMPR1B CDS was successfully expressed in host pigs. The transgenic pigs showed normal litter size performance. However, no significant differences in litter size were found between transgene-positive and negative sows. Our study provides new insight into producing cloned transgenic livestock related to reproductive traits.
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- Xueyan Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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Carlson DF, Garbe JR, Tan W, Martin MJ, Dobrinsky JR, Hackett PB, Clark KJ, Fahrenkrug SC. Strategies for selection marker-free swine transgenesis using the Sleeping Beauty transposon system. Transgenic Res 2011; 20:1125-37. [PMID: 21221779 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9481-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Swine transgenesis by pronuclear injection or cloning has traditionally relied on illegitimate recombination of DNA into the pig genome. This often results in animals containing concatemeric arrays of transgenes that complicate characterization and can impair long-term transgene stability and expression. This is inconsistent with regulatory guidance for transgenic livestock, which also discourages the use of selection markers, particularly antibiotic resistance genes. We demonstrate that the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system effectively delivers monomeric, multi-copy transgenes to the pig embryo genome by pronuclear injection without markers, as well as to donor cells for founder generation by cloning. Here we show that our method of transposon-mediated transgenesis yielded 38 cloned founder pigs that altogether harbored 100 integrants for five distinct transposons encoding either human APOBEC3G or YFP-Cre. Two strategies were employed to facilitate elimination of antibiotic genes from transgenic pigs, one based on Cre-recombinase and the other by segregation of independently transposed transgenes upon breeding.
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- Daniel F Carlson
- The Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Carlson DF, Geurts AM, Garbe JR, Park CW, Rangel-Filho A, O'Grady SM, Jacob HJ, Steer CJ, Largaespada DA, Fahrenkrug SC. Efficient mammalian germline transgenesis by cis-enhanced Sleeping Beauty transposition. Transgenic Res 2010; 20:29-45. [PMID: 20352328 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9386-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Heightened interest in relevant models for human disease increases the need for improved methods for germline transgenesis. We describe a significant improvement in the creation of transgenic laboratory mice and rats by chemical modification of Sleeping Beauty transposons. Germline transgenesis in mice and rats was significantly enhanced by in vitro cytosine-phosphodiester-guanine methylation of transposons prior to injection. Heritability of transgene alleles was also greater from founder mice generated with methylated versus non-methylated transposon. The artificial methylation was reprogrammed in the early embryo, leading to founders that express the transgenes. We also noted differences in transgene insertion number and structure (single-insert versus concatemer) based on the influence of methylation and plasmid conformation (linear versus supercoiled), with supercoiled substrate resulting in efficient transpositional transgenesis (TnT) with near elimination of concatemer insertion. Combined, these substrate modifications resulted in increases in both the frequency of transgenic founders and the number of transgenes per founder, significantly elevating the number of potential transgenic lines. Given its simplicity, versatility and high efficiency, TnT with enhanced Sleeping Beauty components represents a compelling non-viral approach to modifying the mammalian germline.
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Le Saux A, Houdebine LM, Jolivet G. Chromosome integration of BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome): evidence of multiple rearrangements. Transgenic Res 2010; 19:923-31. [PMID: 20107893 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9368-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This paper reports our attempts to characterize transgene integration sites in transgenic mouse lines generated by the microinjection of large (from 30 to 145 kb) pig DNA fragments encompassing a mammary specific gene, the whey acidic protein gene (WAP). Among the various methods used, the thermal asymmetric interlaced (TAIL-) PCR method allowed us (1) to analyze transgene/genomic borders and internal concatamer junctions for eleven transgenic lines, (2) to obtain sequence information for seven borders, (3) to place three transgenes in the mouse genome, and (4) to obtain sequence data for seven transgene junctions in concatamers. Finally, we characterized various rearrangements in the borders and the inner parts of the transgene. The possibility of such complex rearrangements should be carefully considered when transgenic animals are produced with large genomic DNA fragments.
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- Agnès Le Saux
- Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, UMR1198, INRA ENVA, 78352, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Swine production has been an important part of our lives since the late Mesolithic or early Neolithic periods, and ranks number one in world meat production. Pig production also contributes to high-value-added medical markets in the form of pharmaceuticals, heart valves, and surgical materials. Genetic engineering, including the addition of exogenous genetic material or manipulation of the endogenous genome, holds great promise for changing pig phenotypes for agricultural and medical applications. Although the first transgenic pigs were described in 1985, poor survival of manipulated embryos; inefficiencies in the integration, transmission, and expression of transgenes; and expensive husbandry costs have impeded the widespread application of pig genetic engineering. Sequencing of the pig genome and advances in reproductive technologies have rejuvenated efforts to apply transgenesis to swine. Pigs provide a compelling new resource for the directed production of pharmaceutical proteins and the provision of cells, vascular grafts, and organs for xenotransplantation. Additionally, given remarkable similarities in the physiology and size of people and pigs, swine will increasingly provide large animal models of human disease where rodent models are insufficient. We review the challenges facing pig transgenesis and discuss the utility of transposases and recombinases for enhancing the success and sophistication of pig genetic engineering. 'The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings.' (GK Chesterton).
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- Karl J Clark
- Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota, Fitch Ave, St, Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Enzymatic engineering of the porcine genome with transposons and recombinases. BMC Biotechnol 2007; 7:42. [PMID: 17640337 PMCID: PMC1939997 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-7-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2007] [Accepted: 07/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Swine is an important agricultural commodity and biomedical model. Manipulation of the pig genome provides opportunity to improve production efficiency, enhance disease resistance, and add value to swine products. Genetic engineering can also expand the utility of pigs for modeling human disease, developing clinical treatment methodologies, or donating tissues for xenotransplantation. Realizing the full potential of pig genetic engineering requires translation of the complete repertoire of genetic tools currently employed in smaller model organisms to practical use in pigs. Results Application of transposon and recombinase technologies for manipulation of the swine genome requires characterization of their activity in pig cells. We tested four transposon systems- Sleeping Beauty, Tol2, piggyBac, and Passport in cultured porcine cells. Transposons increased the efficiency of DNA integration up to 28-fold above background and provided for precise delivery of 1 to 15 transgenes per cell. Both Cre and Flp recombinase were functional in pig cells as measured by their ability to remove a positive-negative selection cassette from 16 independent clones and over 20 independent genomic locations. We also demonstrated a Cre-dependent genetic switch capable of eliminating an intervening positive-negative selection cassette and activating GFP expression from episomal and genome-resident transposons. Conclusion We have demonstrated for the first time that transposons and recombinases are capable of mobilizing DNA into and out of the porcine genome in a precise and efficient manner. This study provides the basis for developing transposon and recombinase based tools for genetic engineering of the swine genome.
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Foreign DNA integration is one of the most widely exploited cellular processes in molecular biology. Its technical use permits us to alter a cellular genome by incorporating a fragment of foreign DNA into the chromosomal DNA. This process employs the cell's own endogenous DNA modification and repair machinery. Two main classes of integration mechanisms exist: those that draw on sequence similarity between the foreign and genomic sequences to carry out homology-directed modifications, and the nonhomologous or 'illegitimate' insertion of foreign DNA into the genome. Gene therapy procedures can result in illegitimate integration of introduced sequences and thus pose a risk of unforeseeable genomic alterations. The choice of insertion site, the degree to which the foreign DNA and endogenous locus are modified before or during integration, and the resulting impact on structure, expression, and stability of the genome are all factors of illegitimate DNA integration that must be considered, in particular when designing genetic therapies.
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- H Würtele
- Programme de Biologie Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Wronka G, Fechteler K, Schmitz B, Doerfler W. Integrative recombination between adenovirus type 12 DNA and mammalian DNA in a cell-free system: joining by short sequence homologies. Virus Res 2002; 90:225-42. [PMID: 12457977 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(02)00201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A cell-free system was developed to investigate the mechanism of how junctions are formed between viral and cellular DNAs during adenoviral DNA integration into the hamster cell genome. Recombination between the segment of adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) DNA, that comprises sequence coordinates 20885-24053, subsequently termed PstI-D fragment and the hamster preinsertion DNA sequence p7 was studied in a cell-free system. The p7 DNA segment had served as viral DNA integration site in the Ad12-induced tumor CLAC1. Nuclear extracts initially from uninfected BHK21 hamster cells were fractionated by a series of chromatographic steps. DNAs of the in vitro generated recombinants were analyzed in detail. In the course of the recombination reaction, the two linear molecules were joined. The reaction took place between two short homologous sequences one of which was always at or very close to a DNA terminus, the second one could be several kilobase pairs remote from a DNA terminus. Apparently, the nucleotide sequence at the terminus of one recombining molecule determined the point of junction by searching for short homologies in the partner molecule. The recombination reaction was not conservative, the sequences in-between the short sequence homologies and one of the short sequence homologies were deleted in the in vitro recombinants. Two main criteria influenced the choice of interacting short sequence homologies: perfect homologies of 8-9 bp were most frequently found, they were preferred over more extended, but less perfect homologies. Comparing different short sequence homologies with similar stabilities, those combinations seemed to be chosen in the reaction which led to a minimal loss of nucleotides in the recombinants. The in vitro activity was found in nuclear extracts from both hamster and human cells. The activity was, hence, available for Ad12 DNA in productively infected human and abortively infected hamster cells. The specific recombination activity was increased in nuclear extracts of hamster cells abortively infected with Ad12. The junction sites in the recombinants, which were generated by the cell-free system, were very similar to junctions between adenoviral and cellular DNAs cloned from Ad12-induced tumor cells and Ad12-transformed cell lines.
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- Gerd Wronka
- Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 121, D-50931, Köln, Germany
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Chen CM, Wang CH, Wu SC, Lin CC, Lin SH, Cheng WTK. Temporal and spatial expression of biologically active human factor VIII in the milk of transgenic mice driven by mammary-specific bovine alpha-lactalbumin regulation sequences. Transgenic Res 2002; 11:257-68. [PMID: 12113458 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015651302674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hemophilia A is one of the major inherited bleeding disorders caused by a deficiency or abnormality in coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Hemophiliacs have been treated with whole plasma or purified FVIII concentrates. The risk of transmitting blood-borne viruses and the cost of highly purified FVIII are the major factors that restrict prophylaxis in hemophilia therapy. One of the challenges created by the biotechnology revolution is the development of methods for the economical production of highly purified proteins in large scales. Recent developments indicate that manipulating milk composition using transgenesis has focused mainly on the mammary gland as a bioreactor to produce pharmaceuticals. In the present study, a hybrid gene containing bovine alpha-lactalbumin and human FVIII cDNA was constructed for microinjection into the pronuclei of newly fertilized mouse eggs. The alphaLA-hFVIII hybrid gene was confirmed to be successfully integrated and stably germ-line transmitted in 12 (seven females/five males) lines. Western-blot analysis of milk samples obtained from eight of the transgenic founders and F1 offspring indicated that the recombinant hFVIII was secreted into the milk of the transgenic mice. The concentrations of rFVIII ranged from 7.0 to 50.2 microg/ml, over 35-200-fold higher than that in normal human plasma. Up to 13.4 U/ml of rFVIII was detected in an assay in which rFVIII restored normal clotting activity to FVIII-deficient human plasma.
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- Chuan-Mu Chen
- Department of Zoology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
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Grippo PJ, Nowlin PS, Cassaday RD, Sandgren EP. Cell-specific transgene expression from a widely transcribed promoter using Cre/lox in mice. Genesis 2002; 32:277-86. [PMID: 11948915 DOI: 10.1002/gene.10080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Mice carrying two or more transgenes are used frequently to evaluate oncogene interactions during carcinogenesis. However, neoplastic transformation typically results in reduced expression both of differentiation-specific genes and of transgenes that use their promoters. In contrast, the more widely expressed metallothionein (MT) gene remains expressed at a high level in certain neoplasms, including those developing in pancreas. We have developed a system to maintain high-level, tissue-specific transgene expression during pancreatic carcinogenesis that uses Cre recombinase and a lox site-containing target transgene. Cre was expressed in pancreatic acinar cells under control of the elastase promoter (EL). Cre-mediated target transgene recombination placed a previously silent open-reading frame, encoding rat transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha), under control of the MT gene promoter. As long as DNA rearrangement does not occur in other cell types that express MT, TGFalpha expression will be restricted to acinar cells. Development of an effective target transgenic mouse required evaluation of multiple lineages to identify one with sufficient TGFalpha expression to induce pancreatic lesions after transgene rearrangement.
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- Paul J Grippo
- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53226, USA
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Kang YK, Park JS, Lee CS, Yeom YI, Chung AS, Lee KK. Efficient integration of short interspersed element-flanked foreign DNA via homologous recombination. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:36585-91. [PMID: 10593959 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We investigated whether mouse short interspersed elements (SINEs) could influence the recombination frequency of foreign DNA. Vectors harboring a reporter gene in combinations of SINEs B1 and/or B2 or a portion of long interspersed element-1 were prepared and tested in vitro by a colony assay using HC11 murine mammary epithelial cells and in vivo by microinjection into fertilized mouse eggs. In transfected HC11 cells, the number of colonies surviving G418 selection increased by 3.5-fold compared with control when the reporter was flanked by fused B1-B2 sequences. Similar results were obtained from microinjection study; in fetuses 11.5 days post coitum, transgene positives in control and SINE-flanked vectors were 16 and 53%, respectively. Individual B1- and B2-harboring vectors showed equivalent activities with each other, as determined by the colony assay (2.8-fold versus 3.2-fold compared with control). We determined the contribution of homologous recombination to the SINE-mediated increase in integration frequency through a polymerase chain reaction-based strategy; in more than half of embryos transgenes underwent homologous recombinations involving B1 sequences. These results demonstrate that the SINE sequences can increase the integration rate of foreign DNA and that such an increase is most likely due to the enhancement of homologous recombination.
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- Y K Kang
- Animal Developmental Biology Research Unit, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Taejon 305-600, South Korea
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Chen CM, Hu CL, Wang CH, Hung CM, Wu HK, Choo KB, Cheng WT. Gender determination in single bovine blastomeres by polymerase chain reaction amplification of sex-specific polymorphic fragments in the amelogenin gene. Mol Reprod Dev 1999; 54:209-14. [PMID: 10497342 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199911)54:3<209::aid-mrd1>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A sensitive technique for the sexing of bovine embryos was developed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the bovine amelogenin (bAML) gene on the X- and Y-chromosomes of Holstein dairy cattle. Cloning and DNA sequencing showed a 45.1% homology between the fifth intron of the bAML-X and bAML-Y gene with multiple deletions. A pair of sex-specific primers was designed to allow amplification of a single fragment of 467-bp from the X-chromosome of female cattle and two fragments of 467-bp and 341-bp from the X- and Y-chromosomes of male cattle. The primers were successfully applied to bovine sexing from single blastomeres isolated from day-6 to day-7 cow embryos by direct cell lysis and PCR. Our protocol of embryo sexing should be applicable to the diagnosis of defective genes in vitro in human embryos and in other domestic or recreational animals.
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- C M Chen
- Department of Zoology, College of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Schenkel J, Gaissert H, Protopapa EE, Weiher H, Gissmann L, Alonso A. The human papillomavirus type 11 upstream regulatory region triggers hair-follicle-specific gene expression in transgenic mice. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 112:893-8. [PMID: 10383735 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00589.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have generated transgenic mice carrying the URR of the human papillomavirus type 11 ligated in front of the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase coding region sequence. Using X-Gal staining to demonstrate beta-galactosidase production, we observed a hair-specific transcription of the reporter gene. This transcription was limited to the epithelial cells of the hair bulge region. The transgene was developmentally regulated, as no LacZ staining was demonstrated during embryogenesis and specific staining was first observed after birth. Surprisingly, dexamethasone and ultraviolet B, but not phorbol myristate acetate or progesterone treatment of the animals resulted in an increase in number and intensity of hair follicles expressing the reporter gene.
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- J Schenkel
- Deutsces Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany
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McFarlane M, Wilson JB. A model for the mechanism of precise integration of a microinjected transgene. Transgenic Res 1996; 5:171-7. [PMID: 8673144 DOI: 10.1007/bf01969706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A unique transgenic mouse line has undergone transgene integration in a very precise fashion. The phenotype displayed by mice of the line followed the predicted inheritance patterns for X-linked transgene insertion which has been confirmed. In order to investigate the mechanism of integration the DNA sequence of the transgene and cellular junctions have been determined. A comparison between wild type and transgenic mutant sequences at the site of insertion revealed that there was no loss or rearrangement of cellular DNA upon integration of the transgene. The cellular sequences at the transgene 5' and 3' joins are contiguous in the wild type. The integrant exists as a head to tail tandem dimer with minimal loss of sequence compared with the injected monomer. Analysis of the site of insertion has revealed a 5 bp homology between the 5' end of the transgene and the cellular sequences. In addition, adjacent to the site of insertion within the cellular sequences, there are several sequence motifs implicated in recombination events including a clustering of strong consensus sites of DNA topoisomerase type I and a region of homology to the human minisatellite consensus core sequence, the Escherichia coli Chi site and the meiotic recombination hotspot within the E beta gene of the murine major histocompatibility complex. This clustering of features is likely to have been factorial in the integrity of the insertion event. A model depicting the mechanism of this precise integration is proposed.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cleft Palate/genetics
- DNA/genetics
- DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/metabolism
- DNA, Recombinant/genetics
- Epidermis/pathology
- Female
- Gene Conversion
- Genes, Viral
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Humans
- Hyperplasia
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic/genetics
- Microinjections
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polyomavirus/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transgenes
- Viral Matrix Proteins/biosynthesis
- Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics
- X Chromosome/genetics
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- M McFarlane
- Robertson Laboratory of Biotechnology, Division of Molecular Genetics, University of Glasgow, UK
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