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Nottle MB, Hawthorne WJ, Cowan PJ. The birth of Dolly and xenotransplantation 25 years on. Xenotransplantation 2023; 30:e12782. [PMID: 36413478 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A number of reviews have been written recently celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep and the effect this breakthrough has had on various fields of research. However, arguably the biggest impact Dolly has had is on the field of xenotransplantation, described here based on our own experience and that of others.
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- Mark B Nottle
- School of Biomedicine and Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- The Centre for Transplant & Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.,Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Immunology Research Centre, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Pagadala NS, Syed K, Tuszynski J. Software for molecular docking: a review. Biophys Rev 2017; 9:91-102. [PMID: 28510083 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-016-0247-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 644] [Impact Index Per Article: 92.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Molecular docking methodology explores the behavior of small molecules in the binding site of a target protein. As more protein structures are determined experimentally using X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, molecular docking is increasingly used as a tool in drug discovery. Docking against homology-modeled targets also becomes possible for proteins whose structures are not known. With the docking strategies, the druggability of the compounds and their specificity against a particular target can be calculated for further lead optimization processes. Molecular docking programs perform a search algorithm in which the conformation of the ligand is evaluated recursively until the convergence to the minimum energy is reached. Finally, an affinity scoring function, ΔG [U total in kcal/mol], is employed to rank the candidate poses as the sum of the electrostatic and van der Waals energies. The driving forces for these specific interactions in biological systems aim toward complementarities between the shape and electrostatics of the binding site surfaces and the ligand or substrate.
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- Nataraj S Pagadala
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, 6-020 Katz Group Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E1, Canada.
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- Unit for Drug Discovery Research, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, 9300, Free State, South Africa
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Liu H, Lv P, Zhu X, Wang X, Yang X, Zuo E, Lu Y, Lu S, Lu K. In vitro development of porcine transgenic nuclear-transferred embryos derived from newborn Guangxi Bama mini-pig kidney fibroblasts. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2014; 50:811-21. [PMID: 24879084 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-014-9776-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Porcine transgenic cloning has potential applications for improving production traits and for biomedical research purposes. To produce a transgenic clone, kidney fibroblasts from a newborn Guangxi Bama mini-pig were isolated, cultured, and then transfected with red and green fluorescent protein genes using lipofectamine for nuclear transfer. The results of the present study show that the kidney fibroblasts exhibited excellent proliferative capacity and clone-like morphology, and were adequate for generation of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)-derived embryos, which was confirmed by their cleavage activity and blastocyst formation rate of 70.3% and 7.9%, respectively. Cells transfected with red fluorescent protein genes could be passed more than 35 times. Transgenic embryos cloned with fluorescent or blind enucleation methods were not significantly different with respect to cleavage rates (92.5% vs. 86.8%, p > 0.05) and blastocyst-morula rates (26.9% vs. 34.0%, p > 0.05), but were significantly different with respect to blastocyst rates (3.0% vs. 13.2%, p < 0.05). Cleavage (75.3%, 78.5% vs. 78.0%, p > 0.05), blastocyst (14.1%, 16.1% vs. 23.1%, p > 0.05) and morula/blastocyst rates (43.5%, 47.0% vs. 57.6%, p > 0.05) were not significantly different between the groups of transgenic cloned embryos, cloned embryos, and parthenogenetic embryos. This indicates that long-time screening by G418 caused no significant damage to kidney fibroblasts. Thus, kidney fibroblasts represent a promising new source for transgenic SCNT, and this work lays the foundation for the production of genetically transformed cloned Guangxi Bama mini-pigs.
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- Hongbo Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, and College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, 100 Daxuedong Road, Nanning, 530004, China
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Naso F, Gandaglia A, Bottio T, Tarzia V, Nottle MB, d'Apice AJF, Cowan PJ, Cozzi E, Galli C, Lagutina I, Lazzari G, Iop L, Spina M, Gerosa G. First quantification of alpha-Gal epitope in current glutaraldehyde-fixed heart valve bioprostheses. Xenotransplantation 2013; 20:252-61. [PMID: 23865597 DOI: 10.1111/xen.12044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glutaraldehyde fixation does not guarantee complete tissue biocompatibility in current clinical bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs). Particularly, circulating anti-αGal human antibodies increase significantly from just 10 days after a BHV implantation. The inactivation of such epitope should be mandatory to meet the requirements for a perspectively safe clinical application; nevertheless, its quantitative assessment in commercially available BHVs has never been carried out. METHODS In this investigation, seven different models of BHVs were tested. The number of epitopes was determined with reference to a standard αGal source by an ELISA test. The presence of xenoantigen was subsequently confirmed by immunofluorescence analysis. Porcine tissue, knockout for the αGal epitopes, was used as negative control. RESULTS Epic™ valve was the only model among those tested, in which the αGal antigen appeared to be completely shielded. Composite Trifecta™ valve exhibited conflicting results: cusps of bovine pericardial tissue were devoid of reactive αGal epitopes, while the stent cover strip of porcine pericardium still maintained 30% of active antigens originally present in native tissue. All other tested BHVs express an αGal amount not significantly different from that exhibited by porcine Mosaic(®) valve (5.2 ± 0.6 × 10(10) each 10 mg of tissue). CONCLUSIONS For the first time, the quantitative evaluation of the αGal epitope in heart valve bioprostheses, already in clinical practice for about 40 yrs, was finally determined. Such quantification might provide indications of biocompatibility relevant for the selection of bioprosthetic devices and an increase in the confidence of the patient. It might become a major quality control tool in the production and redirection of future investigation in the quest for αGal-free long-lasting substitutes.
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- Filippo Naso
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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Walters EM, Wolf E, Whyte JJ, Mao J, Renner S, Nagashima H, Kobayashi E, Zhao J, Wells KD, Critser JK, Riley LK, Prather RS. Completion of the swine genome will simplify the production of swine as a large animal biomedical model. BMC Med Genomics 2012; 5:55. [PMID: 23151353 PMCID: PMC3499190 DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-5-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Anatomic and physiological similarities to the human make swine an excellent large animal model for human health and disease. Methods Cloning from a modified somatic cell, which can be determined in cells prior to making the animal, is the only method available for the production of targeted modifications in swine. Results Since some strains of swine are similar in size to humans, technologies that have been developed for swine can be readily adapted to humans and vice versa. Here the importance of swine as a biomedical model, current technologies to produce genetically enhanced swine, current biomedical models, and how the completion of the swine genome will promote swine as a biomedical model are discussed. Conclusions The completion of the swine genome will enhance the continued use and development of swine as models of human health, syndromes and conditions.
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- Eric M Walters
- National Swine Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Beaton BP, Mao J, Murphy CN, Samuel MS, Prather RS, Wells KD. Use of single stranded targeting DNA or negative selection does not further increase the efficiency of a GGTA1 promoter trap. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 2. [PMID: 25309937 DOI: 10.4172/2325-9787.1000101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although several techniques have been developed to create gene knockouts in pigs, homologous recombination will continue to be required for site-specific genome modifications that are more sophisticated than gene disruption (base changes, domain exchanges, conditional knockouts). The objective of the present paper was to improve the efficiency of homologous recombination in porcine fetal fibroblasts, which would be used to produce gene knockout pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer. A promoter-trap was used to enable selection of GGTA1 targeted cells. Cells were transfected with either a single stranded or double stranded targeting vector, or a vector, with or without a negative selectable marker gene (diphtheria toxin-A). Although targeting efficiencies were numerically lower for single stranded targeting vectors, statistical differences could not be detected. Similarly, the use of a negative selectable marker (in cis or trans) provided numerically lower targeting efficiencies, statistical differences again could not be detected. Overall, the targeting efficiencies ranged from 1.5×10-5 to 2.5×10-6 targeting events per transfected cell. Given the results, it may be applicable to investigate multiple enrichment techniques for homologous recombination, given that every targeted locus is different.
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- Benjamin P Beaton
- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, Animal Science Research Center, University of Missouri, 920 East Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Gock H, Nottle M, Lew AM, d'Apice AJ, Cowan P. Genetic modification of pigs for solid organ xenotransplantation. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2011; 25:9-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2010.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Revised: 08/13/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Laible G, Alonso-González L. Gene targeting from laboratory to livestock: current status and emerging concepts. Biotechnol J 2009; 4:1278-92. [PMID: 19606430 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The development of methods for cell-mediated transgenesis, based on somatic cell nuclear transfer, provides a tremendous opportunity to shape the genetic make-up of livestock animals in a much more directed approach than traditional animal breeding and selection schemes. Progress in the site-directed modulation of livestock genomes is currently limited by the low efficiencies of gene targeting imposed by the low frequency of homologous recombination and limited proliferative capacity of primary somatic cells that are used to produce transgenic animals. Here we review the current state of the art in the field, discuss the crucial aspects of the methodology and provide an overview of emerging approaches to increase the efficiency of gene targeting in somatic cells.
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- Götz Laible
- AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Klymiuk N, Aigner B, Brem G, Wolf E. Genetic modification of pigs as organ donors for xenotransplantation. Mol Reprod Dev 2009; 77:209-21. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Petersen B, Lucas-Hahn A, Oropeza M, Hornen N, Lemme E, Hassel P, Queisser AL, Niemann H. Development and Validation of a Highly Efficient Protocol of Porcine Somatic Cloning Using Preovulatory Embryo Transfer in Peripubertal Gilts. CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2008; 10:355-62. [DOI: 10.1089/clo.2008.0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Björn Petersen
- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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Zaunbrecher GM, Dunne PW, Mir B, Breen M, Piedrahita JA. Enhancement of extra chromosomal recombination in somatic cells by affecting the ratio of homologous recombination (HR) to non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Anim Biotechnol 2008; 19:6-21. [PMID: 18228172 DOI: 10.1080/10495390701670099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Advancements in somatic cell gene targeting have been slow due to the finite lifespan of somatic cells and the overall inefficiency of homologous recombination. The rate of homologous recombination is determined by mechanisms of DNA repair, and by the balance between homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). A plasmid-to-plasmid, extra chromosomal recombination system was used to study the effects of the manipulation of molecules involved in NHEJ (Mre11, Ku70/80, and p53) on HR/NHEJ ratios. In addition, the effect of telomerase expression, cell synchrony, and DNA nuclear delivery was examined. While a mutant Mre11 and an anti-Ku aptamer did not significantly affect the rate of NHEJ or HR, transient expression of a p53 mutant increased overall HR/NHEJ by 2.5 fold. However, expression of the mutant p53 resulted in increased aneuploidy of the cultured cells. Additionally, we found no relationship between telomerase expression and changes in HR/NHEJ. In contrast, cell synchrony by thymidine incorporation did not induce chromosomal abnormalities, and increased the ratio of HR/NHEJ 5-fold by reducing the overall rate of NHEJ. Overall our results show that attempts at reducing NHEJ by use of Mre11 or anti-Ku aptamers were unsuccessful. Cell synchrony via thymidine incorporation, however, does increase the ratio of HR/NHEJ and this indicates that this approach may be of use to facilitate targeting in somatic cells by reducing the numbers of colonies that need to be analyzed before a HR is identified.
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- Gretchen M Zaunbrecher
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Meehan DT, Zink MA, Mahlen M, Nelson M, Sanger WG, Mitalipov SM, Wolf DP, Ouellette MM, Norgren RB. Gene targeting in adult rhesus macaque fibroblasts. BMC Biotechnol 2008; 8:31. [PMID: 18366794 PMCID: PMC2292692 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-8-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Gene targeting in nonhuman primates has the potential to produce critical animal models for translational studies related to human diseases. Successful gene targeting in fibroblasts followed by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) has been achieved in several species of large mammals but not yet in primates. Our goal was to establish the protocols necessary to achieve gene targeting in primary culture of adult rhesus macaque fibroblasts as a first step in creating nonhuman primate models of genetic disease using nuclear transfer technology. Results A primary culture of adult male fibroblasts was transfected with hTERT to overcome senescence and allow long term in vitro manipulations. Successful gene targeting of the HPRT locus in rhesus macaques was achieved by electroporating S-phase synchronized cells with a construct containing a SV40 enhancer. Conclusion The cell lines reported here could be used for the production of null mutant rhesus macaque models of human genetic disease using SCNT technology. In addition, given the close evolutionary relationship and biological similarity between rhesus macaques and humans, the protocols described here may prove useful in the genetic engineering of human somatic cells.
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- Daniel T Meehan
- Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985805 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5805, USA.
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Petersen B, Carnwath JW, Niemann H. The perspectives for porcine-to-human xenografts. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 2008; 32:91-105. [PMID: 18280567 DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2007.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The shortage of donated human organs for transplantation continues to be a life threatening problem for patients suffering from complete organ failure. Although this gap is increasing due to the demographic changes in aging Western populations, it is generally accepted that international trading in human organ is not an ethical solution. Alternatives to the use of human organs for transplantation must be developed and these alternatives include stem cell therapy, artificial organs and organs from other species, i.e. xenografts. For practical reasons but most importantly because of its physiological similarity with humans, the pig is generally accepted as the species of choice for xenotransplantation. Nevertheless, before porcine organs can be used in human xenotransplantation, it is necessary to make a series of precise genetic modifications to the porcine genome, including the addition of genes for factors which suppress the rejection of transplanted porcine tissues and the inactivation or removal of undesirable genes which can only be accomplished at this time by targeted recombination and somatic nuclear transfer. This review will give an insight into the advances in transgenic manipulation and cloning in pigs--in the context of porcine-to-human xenotransplantation.
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- Bjoern Petersen
- Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Department of Biotechnology, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt, Germany
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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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Fischer-Lougheed J, Gregory C, White Z, Shulkin I, Gunthart M, Kearns-Jonker M. Identification of an anti-idiotypic antibody that defines a B-cell subset(s) producing xenoantibodies in primates. Immunology 2007; 123:390-7. [PMID: 17916162 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02704.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Synthetic anti-idiotypic antibodies represent a potentially valuable tool for the isolation and characterization of B cells that produce xenoantibodies. An anti-idiotypic antibody that binds to a subset of B cells producing antibodies encoded by the variable-region heavy chain 3 (V(H)3) germline genes DP35 [immunoglobulin variable-region heavy chain 3-11 (IGHV3-11)], DP-53 and DP-54 plus a small number of V(H)4 gene-encoded antibodies in humans has recently been identified. These germline progenitors also encode xenoantibodies in humans. We tested whether the small, clearly defined group of B cells identified with this anti-idiotypic antibody produce xenoantibodies in non-human primates mounting active immune responses to porcine xenografts. Peripheral blood B cells were sorted by flow cytometry on the basis of phenotype, and cDNA libraries were prepared from each of these sorted groups of cells. Immunoglobulin V(H) gene libraries were prepared from the sorted cells, and the V(H) genes expressed in each of the sorted groups were identified by nucleic acid sequencing. Our results indicate that xenoantibody-producing peripheral blood B cells, defined on the basis of binding to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated galactose alpha(1,3) galactose-bovine serum albumin (Gal-BSA) and the anti-idiotypic antibody 2G10, used the IGHV3-11 germline gene to encode xenoantibodies and were phenotypically CD11b+ (Mac-1+) and CD5-. This novel reagent may be used in numerous applications including definition of xenoantibody-producing B-cell subsets in humans and non-human primates and immunosuppression by depletion of B cells producing anti-Gal xenoantibodies.
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- Jacqueline Fischer-Lougheed
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nottle MB, Beebe LFS, Harrison SJ, McIlfatrick SM, Ashman RJ, O'Connell PJ, Salvaris EJ, Fisicaro N, Pommey S, Cowan PJ, d'Apice AJF. Production of homozygous alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout pigs by breeding and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Xenotransplantation 2007; 14:339-44. [PMID: 17669176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We report here our experience regarding the production of double or homozygous Gal knockout (Gal KO) pigs by breeding and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Large White x Landrace female heterozygous Gal KO founders produced using SCNT were mated with Hampshire or Duroc males to produce a F1 generation. F1 heterozygous pigs were then bred to half-sibs to produce a F2 generation which contained Gal KO pigs. To determine the viability of mating Gal KO pigs with each other, one female F2 Gal KO pig was bred to a half-sib and subsequently a full-sib Gal KO. F1 and F2 heterozygous females were also mated to F2 Gal KO males. All three types of matings produced Gal KO pigs. To produce Gal KO pigs by SCNT, heterozygous F1s were bred together and F2 fetuses were harvested to establish primary cultures of Gal KO fetal fibroblasts. Gal KO embryos were transferred to five recipients, one of which became pregnant and had a litter of four piglets. Together our results demonstrate that Gal KO pigs can be produced by breeding with each other and by SCNT using Gal KO fetal fibroblasts.
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- Mark B Nottle
- Research Centre for Reproductive Health & Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Shen W, Lan G, Yang X, Li L, Min L, Yang Z, Tian L, Wu X, Sun Y, Chen H, Tan J, Deng J, Pan Q. Targeting the exogenoushtPAm gene on goat somatic cellbeta-casein locus for transgenic goat production. Mol Reprod Dev 2007; 74:428-34. [PMID: 16998796 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Combining gene targeting of animal somatic cells with nuclear transfer technique has provided a powerful method to produce transgenic animal mammary gland bioreactor. The objective of this study is to make an efficient and reproducible gene targeting in goat fetal fibroblasts by inserting the exogenous htPAm cDNA into the beta-casein locus with liposomes or electroporation so that htPAm protein might be produced in gene-targeted goat mammary gland. By gene-targeting technique, the exogenous htPAm gene was inserted to milk goat beta-casein gene sequences. Fetal fibroblasts were isolated from Day 35 fetuses of Guanzhong milk goats, and transfected with linear gene-targeting vector pGBC4htPAm using Lipefectamin-2000 and electoporation, respectively. Forty-eight gene-targeted cell colonies with homologous recombination were obtained, and three cell colonies were verified by DNA sequence analysis within the homologous recombination region. Using gene-targeted cell lines as donor cells for nuclear transfer, a total of 600 reconstructed embryos had been obtained, and 146 developed cloned embryos were transferred to 16 recipient goats, and finally three goats showed pregnancy at Day 90.
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- Wei Shen
- Department of Animal Sciences, Institute of Animal Reproduction, Development and Genetic Engineering, Laiyang Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Marques MM, Thomson AJ, McCreath KJ, McWhir J. Conventional gene targeting protocols lead to loss of targeted cells when applied to a silent gene locus in primary fibroblasts. J Biotechnol 2006; 125:185-93. [PMID: 16621085 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Revised: 02/03/2006] [Accepted: 03/03/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Gene targeting in livestock fibroblasts has proven difficult to achieve, particularly if the target gene is silent. We first tested whether efficient gene targeting at the transcriptionally active ovine alpha1(I) procollagen (COL1A1) locus required the use of a promoter trap vector. We compared gene targeting frequencies at the ovine COL1A1 locus using both a promoter trap and a non-promoter trap selection strategy. We demonstrated that targeted cells could be isolated regardless of whether an enrichment step (promoter trap) was used. Next, we used our optimised protocol to target a non-expressed gene, ovine beta-casein. We obtained clones that were scored positive by PCR for the targeting event, but were negative after cell expansion and Southern analysis. We propose that targeted cells were initially generated but that they were at a selective growth disadvantage during culture. We suggest modifications to the conventional targeting protocol that would prevent such loss of targeted cells.
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- Margarita M Marques
- Instituto de Desarrollo Ganadero, Universidad de León, Campus de Vegazana s/n, 24071 León, Spain
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Harrison S, Boquest A, Grupen C, Faast R, Guildolin A, Giannakis C, Crocker L, McIlfatrick S, Ashman R, Wengle J, Lyons I, Tolstoshev P, Cowan P, Robins A, O'Connell P, D'Apice AJF, Nottle M. An efficient method for producing alpha(1,3)-galactosyltransferase gene knockout pigs. Stem Cells Cloning 2005; 6:327-31. [PMID: 15671659 DOI: 10.1089/clo.2004.6.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We have reported relatively efficient methods for somatic cell nuclear transfer and for knocking out the alpha(1,3)-galactosyltransferase (alpha1,3-GT) gene in porcine fetal fibroblasts using a nonisogenic promoterless construct approach. Here we report the production of alpha1,3-GT gene knockout pigs using these procedures. Seven alpha1,3-GT gene knockout cell clones were identified by long-range PCR from 108 neomycin resistant (neo(R)) colonies, giving a 6.5% targeting efficiency. Three cell clones were used for nuclear transfer. Nuclear transfer was performed using a fusion before activation protocol using in vitro-matured adult oocytes. Between 51 and 110 fused couplets were transferred to 10 recipients synchronized 1 day behind the embryos. Parturition was induced on day 115, and piglets were delivered by caesarean section. Four recipients gave birth to a total of 18 live piglets. All pigs were female, and all three clones resulted in the birth of live pigs. alpha1,3-GT gene knockout pigs were identified by long-range PCR and confirmed by Southern blot analysis. The efficiency (embryos transferred/piglets born) of our cloning protocol was 1.9% for all transfers and 4.6% for animals that gave birth.
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Maruyama M, Totsugawa T, Kunieda T, Okitsu T, Shibata N, Takesue M, Kurabayashi Y, Oshita M, Nakaji S, Kodama M, Tanaka N, Kobayashi N. Hepatocyte isolation and transplantation in the pig. Cell Transplant 2004; 12:593-8. [PMID: 14579927 DOI: 10.3727/000000003108747190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Hepatocyte transplantation (HTX) has received great expectation for the treatment of a wide spectrum of liver diseases. Considering the severe shortage of human livers for hepatocyte isolation, porcine hepatocytes are an attractive alternative to normal human hepatocytes. To develop such therapy, establishment of an efficient hepatocyte isolation and transplantation model that enables accurate assessment of safety and efficacy of HTX is extremely important. Porcine hepatocytes were isolated from a surgically removed liver segment with a four-step retrograde perfusion using dispase and collagenase. The resultant hepatocytes of > 84% viability were used for transplantation experiment in a pig model of acute liver failure induced by intravenous administration of D-galactosamine (D-gal) (0.5 mg/kg). Twenty-four hours after D-gal injection, transplantation of freshly isolated porcine hepatocytes (1 x 10(9)) was safely conducted and prolonged the survival of D-gal-treated pigs. We describe an efficient porcine hepatocyte isolation and subsequent cell transplantation in pigs with D-gal-induced liver failure.
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- Masanobu Maruyama
- Department of Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Marques MM, Thomson AJ, McWhir J. Challenges and prospects for targeted transgenesis in livestock. Practical applications of gene targeting. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2004; 534:265-78. [PMID: 12903726 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0063-6_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- Margarita M Marques
- Department of Gene Expression and Development, Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland EH 25 9PS, UK
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Piedrahita JA, Mir B. Cloning and transgenesis in mammals: implications for xenotransplantation. Am J Transplant 2004; 4 Suppl 6:43-50. [PMID: 14871273 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6135.2004.0344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Availability of suitable organs for transplantation remains of major concern and projections indicate that the problem will continue to increase. Therefore, alternatives to the use of human organs for transplantation, continue to be explored including use of stem cells, artificial organs, and organs from other species (xenotransplantation). In xenotransplantation, the species of choice remains the pig due to its physiological similarities to humans, reduced costs, ease of manipulation, and reduced ethical concerns to its use. However, in order to develop pig organs that are suitable for xenotransplantation, complex genetic modification need to be undertaken. These modifications require the introduction of precise genetic changes into the pig that can only be accomplished at this time using somatic cell nuclear transfer. We cover in this review advances in transgenic manipulation and cloning in swine and how the development of these two technologies is critical to the eventual utilization of the pig as a human organ donor.
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- Jorge A Piedrahita
- Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, College Of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, USA.
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Kragh PM, Vajta G, Corydon TJ, Purup S, Bolund L, Callesen H. Production of transgenic porcine blastocysts by hand-made cloning. Reprod Fertil Dev 2004. [DOI: 10.1071/rd04007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Recently, a zona-free technique for bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (NT) with no requirement for micromanipulation (i.e. hand-made cloning (HMC)) has been described. The present study demonstrates the application of the HMC technique in the production of transgenic porcine blastocysts. In vitro-matured zona-free porcine oocytes were bisected manually using a microblade and halves containing no chromatin (i.e. the cytoplasts) were selected. Two cytoplasts were electrofused with one transgenic fibroblast expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein and reconstructed embryos were activated in calcium ionophore (A23187) followed by 6-dimethylaminopurine. Subsequently, embryos were cultured in NCSU-23 medium supplemented with 4 mg mL–1 bovine serum albumin for 7 days. In five replicates, 93.0 ± 7.0% (mean ± s.e.m.) of attempted reconstructed embryos fused and survived activation (31/31, 15/23, 28/28, 37/37 and 28/28). On Day 7 after activation, the respective blastocyst rates (per successfully reconstructed embryos) were 6% (2/31), 7% (1/15), 7% (2/28), 3% (1/37) and 7% (2/28), resulting in an average of 6.0 ± 0.8%. Enhanced green fluorescent protein was expressed in all cells of all eight developing blastocysts. Efforts are now directed towards the production of offspring from such transgenic NT blastocysts.
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Wang B, Zhou J. Specific genetic modifications of domestic animals by gene targeting and animal cloning. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2003; 1:103. [PMID: 14614774 PMCID: PMC305327 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The technology of gene targeting through homologous recombination has been extremely useful for elucidating gene functions in mice. The application of this technology was thought impossible in the large livestock species until the successful creation of the first mammalian clone "Dolly" the sheep. The combination of the technologies for gene targeting of somatic cells with those of animal cloning made it possible to introduce specific genetic mutations into domestic animals. In this review, the principles of gene targeting in somatic cells and the challenges of nuclear transfer using gene-targeted cells are discussed. The relevance of gene targeting in domestic animals for applications in bio-medicine and agriculture are also examined.
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- Bin Wang
- Nexia Biotechnologies Inc., 1000, Ave. St-Charles, Vaudreuil Dorion, Quebec, Canada, J7V 8P5
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- Neumain Inc., 170B, Ronald Drive, Montreal West, Quebec, Canada, H4X 1M8
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