Resurrection of an alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-targeted miniature pig by recloning using postmortem ear skin fibroblasts

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Title
Resurrection of an alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-targeted miniature pig by recloning using postmortem ear skin fibroblasts
Author(s)
K S Ahn; Y J Kim; M Kim; B H Lee; S Y Heo; M J Kang; Yong-Kook KangJeong Woong Lee; K K Lee; J H Kim; W G Nho; S S Hwang; J S Woo; J K Park; S B Park; H Shim
Bibliographic Citation
Theriogenology, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 933-939
Publication Year
2011
Abstract
Animals with a targeted disruption of genes can be produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). However, difficulties in clonal selection of somatic cells with a targeted mutation often result in heterogeneous nuclear donor cells, including gene-targeted and non-targeted cells, and impose a risk of producing undesired wildtype cloned animals after SCNT. In addition, the efficiency of cloning by SCNT has remained extremely low. Most cloned embryos die in utero, and the few that develop to term show a high incidence of postnatal death and abnormalities. In the present study, resurrection of an alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (αGT) gene-targeted miniature pig by recloning using postmortem ear skin fibroblasts was attempted. Three cloned piglets were produced from the first round of SCNT, including one stillborn and two who died immediately after birth due to respiratory distress syndrome and cardiac dysfunction. Among the three piglets, two were confirmed to be αGT gene-targeted. Fibroblasts derived from postmortem ear skin biopsies were used as nuclear donor cells for the second round of SCNT, and a piglet was produced. As expected, PCR and Southern analyses confirmed that the piglet produced from recloning was αGT gene-targeted. Currently, the piglet is fourteen months of age, and no overt health problems have been observed. Results from the present study demonstrate that loss of an invaluable animal, such as a gene-targeted miniature pig, may be rescued by recloning, with assurance of the desired genetic modification.
Keyword
Alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferaseGene targetingMiniature pigNuclear transferRecloning
ISSN
0093-691X
Publisher
Elsevier
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.001
Type
Article
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