广西巴马小型猪克隆胚的构建及胚胎移植

通过胚胎移植验证构建的广西巴马小型猪克隆胚是否可以发育到期.利用刺入式手术胚胎移植法,将0.5～1.5日龄巴马小型猪克隆胚移植到2头巴马小型猪和2头陆川猪的输卵管壶腹部.其中2头巴马小型猪和1头陆川猪返情,另外一头陆川猪于2007年10月13日产下1头克隆雄性巴马小型猪.说明巴马小型猪克隆胚能够在受体猪体内发育到期并产仔.     

体细胞核移植生产转ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因sFat-1克隆猪

转ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因猪在优质猪培育及研究ω-3不饱和脂肪酸预防心血管和癌症疾病中的作用方面有着重大的应用．本研究首次通过体细胞核移植制备了转线虫ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因sFat-1猪．将sFat—1基因转染到大白猪胎儿成纤维细胞,获得转基因阳性细胞克隆,然后以转基因细胞为核供体、体外成熟的猪卵母细胞为核受体构建克隆胚胎,胚胎体外培养或进行移植．先后移植了1889枚1-4细胞期克隆胚胎到10头受体母猪的输卵管内,28天B超检测9头受体母猪妊娠（90％）,7头妊娠足月（70％）分娩产下21头仔猪,体细胞克隆猪的效率为1．1％（出生仔猪／移植胚胎）．体细胞克隆猪效率的提高,主要是对克隆胚胎的移植环节进行了改进,比较了受体母猪排卵状况对胚胎移植效率的影响．当受体母猪卵泡发育处于即将排卵或正在排卵阶段,能够获得较高的妊娠率和妊娠足月率（100％）,而排卵后移植妊娠足月率为0％．对健康存活15头克隆猪进行了PCR和Southern检测,证实13头为转基因猪,转基因阳性率为87％．RT—PCR检测13头转基因猪,12头表达sFat—1基因．以上结果表明,利用优化的体细胞转基因结合核移植技术,可以成功地批量生产转sFat-1基因的克隆猪．     

体细胞核移植生产转ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因sFat-1克隆猪

转ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因猪在优质猪培育及研究ω-3不饱和脂肪酸预防心血管和癌症疾病中的作用方面有着重大的应用.本研究首次通过体细胞核移植制备了转线虫ω-3脂肪酸去饱和酶基因sFat-1猪.将sFat-1基因转染到大白猪胎儿成纤维细胞,获得转基因阳性细胞克隆,然后以转基因细胞为核供体、体外成熟的猪卵母细胞为核受体构建克隆胚胎,胚胎体外培养或进行移植.先后移植了1889枚1~4细胞期克隆胚胎到10头受体母猪的输卵管内,28天B超检测9头受体母猪妊娠(90%),7头妊娠足月(70%)分娩产下21头仔猪,体细胞克隆猪的效率为1.1%(出生仔猪/移植胚胎).体细胞克隆猪效率的提高,主要是对克隆胚胎的移植环节进行了改进,比较了受体母猪排卵状况对胚胎移植效率的影响.当受体母猪卵泡发育处于即将排卵或正在排卵阶段,能够获得较高的妊娠率和妊娠足月率(100%),而排卵后移植妊娠足月率为0%.对健康存活15头克隆猪进行了PCR和Southern检测,证实13头为转基因猪,转基因阳性率为87%.RT-PCR检测13头转基因猪,12头表达sFat-1基因.以上结果表明,利用优化的体细胞转基因结合核移植技术,可以成功地批量生产转sFa...     

广西巴马小型猪转基因克隆胚胎的体外生产

广西巴马小型猪是一种原产于广西巴马县的小型猪品种,非常适于实验动物化,进行广西巴马小型猪的基因修饰研究,可以显著提升其在生物医学研究中的利用价值。当前最有效的构建转基因猪方法是体细胞核移植,但因用于体细胞核移植生物供体细胞在经受转基因操作后活性显著下降,从而制约了转基因克隆猪的生产效率。Xfect polymer是一种新型转染试剂,具有细胞毒性低和操作简便等优点,已被证明适用于多种真核细胞的转基因操作。本研究旨在利用体细胞核移植技术来检验经Xfect polymer转染制备的广西巴马小型猪转基因体细胞,可否支持猪克隆胚胎完全的体外发育的能力,以期为将来生产模拟人类疾病的转基因克隆广西巴马小型猪奠定基础。     

Scriptaid处理可提高近交系五指山猪克隆胚胎的发育能力和克隆效率

为探讨一种新型低毒的组蛋白去乙酰化酶抑制剂Scriptaid处理克隆胚胎时对其发育能力和克隆效率的影响,本研究以近交系五指山小型猪胎儿成纤维细胞为供体细胞进行体细胞核移植构建重构胚胎,重构胚胎激活后培养在添加Scriptaid不同浓度(0～300 nmol/ L)的胚胎培养液中培养不同的时间(0～36 h),观察克隆胚胎的卵裂率和囊胚率,评价克隆胚胎体外的发育能力.实验结果发现100 nmol/L Scriptaid处理24 h组克隆胚胎的囊胚发育率(30.4%)较对照组(17.5%)显著提高,P<0.05.将100 nmol/L Scriptaid处理24 h组克隆胚胎和对照组胚胎分别移植到4头受体母猪中,进一步观察其体内的发育能力.处理组克隆胚胎的受体在平均窝产仔数和克隆效率(分别为5头,2.4%)均显著高于对照组(分别为1.5头,0.7%),P<0.05.以上结果表明,100 nmol/L Scriptaid处理24 h近交系五指山小型猪克隆胚胎,有利于提高克隆胚胎的发育能力和克隆效率.     

曲古抑菌素A对克隆猪端粒长度的影响

端粒是染色体末端结构, 在细胞分裂时随着DNA复制而缩短, 体细胞核移植能不同程度地延长端粒长度, 但有些克隆动物端粒的长度在体细胞核移植过程中不能有效恢复, 因而这些克隆动物就会表现出早衰现象。文章发现克隆东北民猪以及eGFP、Mx和PGC1α转基因克隆猪的端粒长度与核供体成体成纤维细胞相比显著缩短(P<0.05), 表明体细胞核移植的重编程过程没能延长细胞的“寿命”。曲古抑菌素A(Trichostatin A, TSA)是一种去乙酰化酶抑制剂, 有研究表明其能提高某些物种的体细胞核重编程效率。为了使端粒长度有效恢复, 文章利用40 nmol/L TSA处理1细胞期猪克隆胚胎24 h, 结果发现, 与对照组相比, TSA处理能显著地提高克隆胚胎体外发育的囊胚率(16.35% vs. 2 7.09%, 21.60% vs. 34.90%, P<0.05), 而且囊胚期端粒长度也得到显著延长(P<0.05)。克隆胚胎移植受体后得到了TSA处理组与非处理组的克隆猪, 虽然TSA处理并没有提高克隆效率(1.3% vs. 1.7%, TSA vs. control), 但端粒长度与对照组和供体细胞相比均显著延长(P<0.05)。猪体细胞核移植不能有效恢复端粒长度, 但是TSA处理能有效延长克隆猪端粒长度。     

广西德保黑猪的体细胞克隆与鉴定

研究旨在于运用体细胞克隆技术生产广西德保黑猪,并运用微卫星技术进行克隆猪胎儿的亲缘鉴定。试验选择广西德保黑猪体细胞作为核移植供体,巴马小型猪作为核移植受体猪;并选择9个微卫星位点以作克隆猪的亲缘鉴定。结果显示受体猪在夏季移植时受孕但流产,而冬季移植时均无受孕;微卫星分析也显示流产胎猪与供核成纤维细胞的亲缘关系一致。结果表明德保黑猪的体细胞克隆是可行的。     

利用CRISPR/Cas9系统建立Xist基因敲除猪模型

体细胞核移植技术在家畜良种繁育、基因修饰动物生产、濒危动物的拯救和人类疾病的治疗等领域具有重要的应用价值,但目前克隆动物生产效率较低,平均不超过5%。低下的克隆效率极大地限制了该技术的快速发展。在影响克隆猪生产效率的诸多因素中,X染色体的异常失活是导致克隆效率低下的重要原因,而与X染色体失活密切相关的一个重要基因是Xist基因,这表明Xist基因可能直接或间接地影响猪的克隆效率。本文以CRISPR/Cas系统为基础,在Xist基因上设计5个CRISPR/Cas系统打靶位点,并筛选出有效的Target 3、Target 4 sgRNA,在细胞水平切割效率为1%和3%,在胚胎水平为75%和85.7%。同时将有效的sgRNA体外转录并显微注射至胚胎体内,发现Target 3和Target 4组合效果最好,敲除效率为100%。通过胞浆注射和胚胎移植方法生产出6头克隆猪,有2头活仔实现完全敲除。本文成功建立Xist基因敲除猪模型,为后续通过敲除猪Xist基因提高克隆效率的研究奠定了基础。     

有性克隆动物

克隆动物是多种新型生物技术结合的产物。它不同于向受精卵内转移目的基因或部分DNA的基因工程．它是把细胞核转移至卵胞质体内,培育新型生物品种的细胞工程技术。现在人们可用早早期胚胎细胞的核（Zn）作为供体,移植至卵胞质体内形成克隆动物。近10年来,我国已先后制备成了克隆猪、牛、羊等多种克隆动物,最近美国制备成了克隆猴。不少学者据此认为受精卵分裂至32个细胞或64个细胞的早早期胚胎细胞为全能性细胞。这种实验方法和有性生殖存在明显差别,它不是精子与卵结合形成的产物,但从细胞分化的角度来看,早早期胚胎细胞同受精卵…     

兔体细胞核移植的初步研究

实验以兔胎儿成纤维细胞为核供体,对兔体细胞核移植技术的融合,激活和发育等环节进行了初步研究。实验通过比较不同电场强度对兔2细胞胚胎卵裂球融合以及卵母细胞激活的影响,证实200和260V/mm的电场强度可有效地诱导2细胞胚胎的融合和兔卵母细胞的孤雌激活。然后将200和260V／mm电场强度用于体细胞核移植,融合率分别为44．4％和48．4％,卵裂率分别为58．8％和53．8％,桑椹胚／囊胚发育率分别为5．9％和5．5%。但112枚核移植胚胎移植到5只受体后没有幼子出生。结果表明,实验中所建立的程序至少可以支持兔体细胞克隆胚胎的早期发育。     

Production of transgenic cloned piglets from genetically transformed fetal fibroblasts selected by green fluorescent protein

This study was performed to develop a system for porcine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) and to produce human erythropoietin (hEPO)-transgenic cloned piglets. Porcine fetal fibroblasts were transfected with an expression plasmid (phEPO-GFP). In Experiment 1, the effect of transfection of phEPO-GFP transgene on development of porcine SCNT embryos was investigated. Three fetal fibroblast cell lines (two male and one female) with or without transfected with phEPO-GFP trasngene were used as donor cells for SCNT. Lower fusion rates were observed in two lines of transfected cells as compared to those of the control cells. In Experiment 2, the effect was examined of elevated Ca2+ concentration in the fusion/activation medium on development of transfected SCNT embryos. The rates of fusion and blastocyst formation were significantly increased by supplementing 1.0 mM of CaCl2 (versus 0.1 mM) into the fusion/activation medium. In Experiment 3, the effect was studied of a chemical treatment (cytochalasin B) after electric fusion/activation (F/A) on porcine transgenic SCNT embryo development. The electric F/A + cytochalasin B treatment increased total cell number in blastocysts as compared to that of electric F/A treatment alone. In Experiment 4, transgenic cloned embryos were transferred to surrogate mothers and a total of six cloned piglets were born. Transgenic cloned piglets were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction and Southern blot analysis. From a single surrogate mother, female and male transgenic cloned piglets were produced by transferring pooled SCNT embryos derived from female and male transfected donor cells. In conclusion, a system for porcine SCNT was developed and led to the successful production of hEPO transgenic cloned piglets.     

Production of second-generation cloned cats by somatic cell nuclear transfer

We successfully produced second-generation cloned cats by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) using skin cells from a cloned cat. Skin cells from an odd-eyed, all-white male cat (G0 donor cat) were used to generate a cloned cat (G1 cloned cat). At 6 months of age, skin cells from the G1 cloned cat were used for SCNT to produce second-generation cloned cats. We compared the in vitro and in vivo development of SCNT embryos that were derived from the G0 donor and G1 cloned donor cat's skin fibroblasts. The nuclei from the G0 donor and G1 cloned donor cat's skin fibroblasts fused with enucleated oocytes with equal rates of fusion (60.7% vs. 58.8%, respectively) and cleavage (66.3% vs. 63.4%). The 2-4-cell SCNT embryos were then transferred into recipients. One of the five recipients of G0 donor derived NT embryos (20%) delivered one live male cloned kitten, whereas 4 of 15 recipients of the G1 cloned donor cat derived NT embryos (26%) delivered a total of seven male second-generation cloned kittens (four live kittens from one surrogate, plus two stillborn kittens, and one live kitten that died 2d after birth from three other surrogate mothers). The four second-generation cloned kittens from the same surrogate all had a white coat color; three of the four second-generation cloned kittens had two blue eyes, and one of the second-generation cloned kittens had an odd-eye color. Despite low cloning efficiency, cloned cats can be used as donor cats to produce second-generation cloned cats.     

Production of Pigs Expressing a Transgene under the Control of a Tetracycline-Inducible System

Pigs are anatomically and physiologically closer to humans than other laboratory animals. Transgenic (TG) pigs are widely used as models of human diseases. The aim of this study was to produce pigs expressing a tetracycline (Tet)-inducible transgene. The Tet-on system was first tested in infected donor cells. Porcine fetal fibroblasts were infected with a universal doxycycline-inducible vector containing the target gene enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP). At 1 day after treatment with 1 µg/ml doxycycline, the fluorescence intensity of these cells was increased. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) was then performed using these donor cells. The Tet-on system was then tested in the generated porcine SCNT-TG embryos. Of 4,951 porcine SCNT-TG embryos generated, 850 were cultured in the presence of 1 µg/ml doxycycline in vitro. All of these embryos expressed eGFP and 15 embryos developed to blastocyst stage. The remaining 4,101 embryos were transferred to thirty three surrogate pigs from which thirty eight cloned TG piglets were obtained. PCR analysis showed that the transgene was inserted into the genome of each of these piglets. Two TG fibroblast cell lines were established from these TG piglets, and these cells were used as donor cells for re-cloning. The re-cloned SCNT embryos expressed the eGFP transgene under the control of doxycycline. These data show that the expression of transgenes in cloned TG pigs can be regulated by the Tet-on/off systems.     

Comparison of the Efficiency of Banna Miniature Inbred Pig Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer among Different Donor Cells

Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is an important method of breeding quality varieties, expanding groups, and preserving endangered species. However, the viability of SCNT embryos is poor, and the cloned rate of animal production is low in pig. This study aims to investigate the gene function and establish a disease model of Banna miniature inbred pig. SCNT with donor cells derived from fetal, newborn, and adult fibroblasts was performed, and the cloning efficiencies among the donor cells were compared. The results showed that the cleavage and blastocyst formation rates did not significantly differ between the reconstructed embryos derived from the fetal (74.3% and 27.4%) and newborn (76.4% and 21.8%) fibroblasts of the Banna miniature inbred pig (P>0.05). However, both fetal and newborn fibroblast groups showed significantly higher rates than the adult fibroblast group (61.9% and 13.0%; P<0.05). The pregnancy rates of the recipients in the fetal and newborn fibroblast groups (60% and 80%, respectively) were higher than those in the adult fibroblast group. Eight, three, and one cloned piglet were obtained from reconstructed embryos of the fetal, newborn, and adult fibroblasts, respectively. Microsatellite analyses results indicated that the genotypes of all cloning piglets were identical to their donor cells and that the genetic homozygosity of the Banna miniature inbred pig was higher than those of the recipients. Therefore, the offspring was successfully cloned using the fetal, newborn, and adult fibroblasts of Banna miniature inbred pig as donor cells.     

Piglets produced from cloned blastocysts cultured in vitro with GM‐CSF

In general, pig embryos established by somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) are transferred at the one‐cell stage because of suboptimal embryo culture conditions. Improvements in embryo culture can increase the practical application of late embryo transfer. The goal of this study was to evaluate embryos cultured with granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) in vitro, and to track the in vivo developmental competency of SCNT‐derived blastocysts from these GM‐CSF embryos. The receptor for GM‐CSF was up‐regulated in in vitro‐produced embryos when compared to in vivo‐produced cohorts, but the level decreased when GM‐CSF was present. In vitro fertilized (IVF) embryos, supplemented with GM‐CSF (2 or 10 ng/ml), showed a higher frequency of development to the blastocyst stage compared to controls. The total cell numbers of the blastocysts also increased with supplementation of GM‐CSF. Molecular analysis demonstrates that IVF‐derived blastocysts cultured with GM‐CSF exhibit less apoptotic activity. Similarly, an increase in development to the blastocyst stage and an increase in the average total‐cell number in the blastocysts were observed when SCNT‐derived embryos were cultured with either concentration of GM‐CSF (2 or 10 ng/ml). When SCNT‐derived embryos, cultured with 10 ng/ml GM‐CSF, were transferred into six surrogates at Day 6, five of the surrogates became pregnant and delivered healthy piglets. Our findings suggest that supplementation of GM‐CSF can provide better culture conditions for IVF‐ and SCNT‐derived embryos, and pig SCNT‐derived embryos cultured with GM‐CSF in vitro can successfully produce piglets when transferred into surrogates at the blastocyst stage. Thus, it may be practical to begin performing SCNT‐derived embryo transfer at the blastocyst stage. Mol. Reprod. Dev. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Production of transgenic chimera rabbit fetuses using somatic cell nuclear transfer

We produced aggregate chimeric embryos between blastomeres from the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos and blastomeres from normal embryos. The SCNT embryos were produced by fusing enucleated oocytes with GFP gene introduced fibroblast cells, which were derived from a day 16 fetus. GFP gene-introduced fibroblast cells were cultured and passaged four to 12 times over a period of 45-79 days before SCNT. After transferring them into pseudopregnant recipient rabbits, the 15-day postcoitus fetuses were collected. We examined the existence of the cells derived from SCNT embryos in the fetus stage of pregnancy to detect the GFP gene. Fetuses that were not collected continued to develop into newborn rabbits. Two hundred and thirty-six chimeric embryos were produced using 39 SCNT morula stage embryos, and these embryos were transferred to 11 recipient rabbits. As a result, 27 normally developed and 16 degenerated concepti were obtained. The GFP gene-positive signals were detected in one of the fetuses, two of the placentae, and two of the degenerated concepti. In this study, we found that the rabbit SCNT embryos have the ability to develop and differentiate in vivo. We also demonstrated a novel method of producing a transgenic rabbit using SCNT.     

Generation of cloned calves from different types of somatic cells

Remarkable progress has been made in animal cloning research since the first mammal was success-fully cloned[1], and the technique of SCNT is now widely used in biological studies. In theory, successful development of live offspring from SCNT embryos demonstrates that a fully differentiated somatic cell can be reprogrammed and restore its totipotency; in practice, animal cloning can be applied for duplication of elite animals, production of transgenic animals, rescue of endangered species …