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Fatira E, Havelka M, Labbé C, Depincé A, Pšenička M, Saito T. A newly developed cloning technique in sturgeons; an important step towards recovering endangered species. Sci Rep 2019; 9:10453. [PMID: 31320687 PMCID: PMC6639416 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46892-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Several steps of sturgeon somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) have been recently established, but improvements are needed to make it a feasible tool to preserve the natural populations of this group of endangered species. The donor cell position inside the recipient egg seems to be crucial for its reprogramming; therefore by injecting multiple donor somatic cells instead of a single cell with a single manipulation, we increased the potential for embryo development. Using the Russian sturgeon Acipenser gueldenstaedtii as a multiple cell donor and sterlet Acipenser ruthenus as the non-enucleated egg recipient, we obtained higher proportion of eggs developing into embryos than previously reported with single-SCNT. Molecular data showed the production of a specimen (0.8%) contained only the donor genome with no contribution from the recipient, while two specimens (1.6%) showed both recipient and donor genome. These findings are the first report of donor DNA integration into a sturgeon embryo after interspecific cloning. In all, we provide evidence that cloning with the multiple donor somatic cells can be feasible in the future. Despite the fact that the sturgeon cloning faces limitations, to date it is the most promising technique for their preservation.
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- Effrosyni Fatira
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic.
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- South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Ainan, Ehime, 798-4206, Japan
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- INRA, Fish Physiology and Genomics department, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- INRA, Fish Physiology and Genomics department, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35000, Rennes, France
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic
- South Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University, Ainan, Ehime, 798-4206, Japan
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Autotetraploid cell line induced by SP600125 from crucian carp and its developmental potentiality. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21814. [PMID: 26898354 PMCID: PMC4761888 DOI: 10.1038/srep21814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Polyploidy has many advantages over diploidy, such as rapid growth, sterility, and disease resistance, and has been extensively applied in agriculture and aquaculture. Though generation of new polyploids via polyploidization has been achieved in plants by different ways, it is comparatively rare in animals. In this article, by a chemical compound, SP600125, polyploidization is induced in fish cells in vitro, and a stable autotetraploid cell line has been generated from diploid fibroblast cells of crucian carp. As a c-Jun N-terminal kinase (Jnk) inhibitor, SP600125 does not function during the induction process of polyploidization. Instead, the p53 signal pathway might be involved. Using the SP600125-induced tetraploid cells and eggs of crucian carp as the donors and recipients, respectively, nuclear transplantation was conducted such that tetraploid embryos were obtained. It suggests that combining polyploidization and the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique (SCNT) is an efficient way to generate polyploidy, and the presented method in this research for generating the tetraploid fish from diploid fish can provide a useful platform for polyploid breeding.
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Bubenshchikova E, Kaftanovskaya E, Adachi T, Hashimoto H, Kinoshita M, Wakamatsu Y. A protocol for adult somatic cell nuclear transfer in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) with a high rate of viable clone formation. Cell Reprogram 2013; 15:520-30. [PMID: 24219575 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2013.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Previously, we successfully generated fully grown, cloned medaka (the Japanese rice fish, Oryzias latipes) using donor nuclei from primary culture cells of adult caudal fin tissue and nonenucleated recipient eggs that were heat shock-treated to induce diploidization of the nuclei. However, the mechanism of clone formation using this method is unknown, and the rate of adult clone formation is not high enough for studies in basic and applied sciences. To gain insight into the mechanism and increase the success rate of this method of clone formation, we tested two distinct nuclear transfer protocols. In one protocol, the timing of transfer of donor nuclei was changed, and in the other, the size of the donor cells was changed; each protocol was based on our original methodology. Ultimately, we obtained an unexpectedly high rate of adult clone formation using the protocol that differed with respect to the timing of donor nuclei transfer. Specifically, 17% of the transplants that developed to the blastula stage ultimately developed into adult clones. The success rate with this method was 13 times higher than that obtained using the original method. Analyses focusing on the reasons for this high success rate of clone formation will help to elucidate the mechanism of clone formation that occurs with this method.
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- Ekaterina Bubenshchikova
- 1 Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University , Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan
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Hattori M, Hashimoto H, Bubenshchikova E, Wakamatsu Y. Nuclear transfer of embryonic cell nuclei to non-enucleated eggs in zebrafish, Danio rerio. Int J Biol Sci 2011; 7:460-8. [PMID: 21547063 PMCID: PMC3088288 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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We previously established a novel method for nuclear transfer in medaka (Oryzias latipes) using non-enucleated, diploidized eggs as recipients for adult somatic cell nuclei. Here we report the first attempt to apply this method to another fish species. To examine suitability of using non-enucleated eggs as recipients for nuclear transfer in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), we transferred blastula cell nuclei from a wild-type donor strain to non-enucleated, unfertilized eggs from a golden recipient strain. As a result, 31 of 184 (16.8%) operated eggs developed normally and reached the adult stage. Twenty-eight (15.2%) of these transplants showed wild-type phenotype and the remaining three (1.6%) were golden. Except for one individual that exhibited diploid/tetraploid mosaicism, all of the wild-type nuclear transplants were either triploid or diploid. While all of 19 triploid transplants were infertile, a total of six transplants (21.4%) were fertile (five of the eight diploid transplants and one transplant exhibiting ploidy mosaicism). Except for one diploid individual, all of the fertile transplants transferred both the wild-type golden gene allele (slc24a5) as well as the phenotype, the wild-type body color, to their F1 and F2 progeny in a typical Mendelian fashion. PCR analysis of slc24a5 suggested that triploidy originated from a fused nucleus in the diploid donor and haploid recipient nuclei, and that the sole origin of diploidy was the diploid donor nucleus. The results of the present study demonstrated the suitability of using non-enucleated eggs as recipients for nuclear transfer experiments in zebrafish.
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- Manabu Hattori
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Cows I, Bolland J, Nunn A, Kerins G, Stein J, Blackburn J, Hart A, Henry C, Britton JR, Coop G, Peeler E. Defining environmental risk assessment criteria for genetically modified fishes to be placed on the EU market. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2010.en-69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- I.G. Cows
- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, Food and Environmental Research Agency, Bournemouth University, Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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Bail PYL, Depince A, Chenais N, Mahe S, Maisse G, Labbe C. Optimization of somatic cell injection in the perspective of nuclear transfer in goldfish. BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2010; 10:64. [PMID: 20529309 PMCID: PMC2889862 DOI: 10.1186/1471-213x-10-64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background Nuclear transfer has the potential to become one strategy for fish genetic resources management, by allowing fish reconstruction from cryopreserved somatic cells. Survival rates after nuclear transfer are still low however. The part played by unsuitable handling conditions is often questioned, but the different steps in the procedure are difficult to address separately. In this work led on goldfish (Carassius auratus), the step of somatic cells injection was explored. Non-enucleated metaphase II oocytes were used as a template to explore the toxicity of the injection medium, to estimate the best location where the cell should be injected, and to assess the delay necessary between cell injection and oocyte activation. Results Trout coelomic fluid was the most suitable medium to maintain freshly spawned oocytes at the metaphase II stage during oocyte manipulation. Oocytes were then injected with several media to test their toxicity on embryo development after fertilization. Trout coelomic fluid was the least toxic medium after injection, and the smallest injected volume (10 pL) allowed the same hatching rates as the non injected controls (84.8% ± 23). In somatic cell transfer experiments using non enucleated metaphase II oocytes as recipient, cell plasma membrane was ruptured within one minute after injection. Cell injection at the top of the animal pole in the oocyte allowed higher development rates than cell injection deeper within the oocyte (respectively 59% and 23% at mid-blastula stage). Embryo development rates were also higher when oocyte activation was delayed for 30 min after cell injection than when activation was induced without delay (respectively 72% and 48% at mid-blastula stage). Conclusions The best ability of goldfish oocytes to sustain embryo development was obtained when the carrier medium was trout coelomic fluid, when the cell was injected close to the animal pole, and when oocyte activation was induced 30 min after somatic cell injection. Although the experiments were not designed to produce characterized clones, application of these parameters to somatic cell nuclear transfer experiments in enucleated metaphase II oocytes is expected to improve the quality of the reconstructed embryos.
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- Pierre-Yves Le Bail
- INRA, Cryopreservation and Regeneration of Fish, UR1037 SCRIBE, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35 000 Rennes, France
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Bubenshchikova E, Kaftanovskaya E, Hattori M, Kinoshita M, Adachi T, Hashimoto H, Ozato K, Wakamatsu Y. Nuclear Transplants from Adult Somatic Cells Generated by a Novel Method Using Diploidized Eggs as Recipients in Medaka Fish (Oryzias latipes). CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2008; 10:443-52. [DOI: 10.1089/clo.2008.0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Ekaterina Bubenshchikova
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Wakamatsu Y. Novel method for the nuclear transfer of adult somatic cells in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes): Use of diploidized eggs as recipients. Dev Growth Differ 2008; 50:427-36. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2008.01050.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bubenshchikova E, Kaftanovskaya E, Motosugi N, Fujimoto T, Arai K, Kinoshita M, Hashimoto H, Ozato K, Wakamatsu Y. Diploidized eggs reprogram adult somatic cell nuclei to pluripotency in nuclear transfer in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). Dev Growth Differ 2007; 49:699-709. [PMID: 17868280 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00963.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reprogramming of adult somatic cell nuclei to pluripotency has been unsuccessful in non-mammalian animals, primarily because of chromosomal aberrations in nuclear transplants, which are considered to be caused by asynchrony between the cell cycles of the recipient egg and donor nucleus. In order to normalize the chromosomal status, we used diploidized eggs by retention of second polar body release, instead of enucleated eggs, as recipients in nuclear transfer of primary culture cells from the caudal fin of adult green fluorescent protein gene (GFP) transgenic medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). We found that 2.7% of the reconstructed embryos grew into adults that expressed GFP in various tissues in the same pattern as in the donor fish. Moreover, these fish were diploid, fertile and capable of passing the marker gene to the next generation in Mendelian fashion. We hesitate to call these fish 'clones' because we used non-enucleated eggs as recipients; in effect, they may be chimeras consisting of cells derived from diploid recipient nuclei and donor nuclei. In either case, fish adult somatic cell nuclei were reprogrammed to pluripotency and differentiated into a variety of cell types including germ cells via the use of diploidized recipient eggs.
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- Ekaterina Bubenshchikova
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Bubenshchikova E, Ju B, Pristyazhnyuk I, Niwa K, Kaftanovskaya E, Kinoshita M, Ozato K, Wakamatsu Y. Generation of Fertile and Diploid Fish, Medaka (Oryzias latipes), from Nuclear Transplantation of Blastula and Four-Somite-Stage Embryonic Cells into Nonenucleated Unfertilized Eggs. CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2005; 7:255-64. [PMID: 16390261 DOI: 10.1089/clo.2005.7.255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In two experimental series of transplantation of embryonic cell nuclei into nonenucleated unfertilized eggs in medaka (Oryzias latipes), fertile and diploid nuclear transplants were successfully generated. In the first experiment, nuclei from blastula cells of a medaka stock with the wild-type body color were transplanted into 1722 eggs from the orange-red variety. Of 26 adult nuclear transplants with the wild-type body color, 22 were, as expected, triploid and sterile, but the other four were fertile. Three of the four were diploid, and the last one was tetraploid. They transmitted the wild-type body color to the F1 and F2 progenies in a Mendelian fashion. In the second experiment, cell nuclei from four-somite-stage embryos of the orangered variety carrying the green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgene were transplanted into 1688 recipients of the same strain. Three adult nuclear transplants expressing GFP were obtained. Two of them were triploid and sterile, but the remaining one was fertile and diploid. The transgene of the donor nuclei was transmitted to the F(1) and F(2) offspring in a Mendelian fashion. These observations that diploid and fertile nuclear transplants could be obtained without enucleation of the recipient eggs may have important implications for future nuclear transplantation in medaka.
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- Ekaterina Bubenshchikova
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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For the study of development of pigmentation, compared with mammalian models, fish offer the advantage of multiple chromatophore types and ready access to the developing embryo for observation and experimental manipulation. Compared with zebrafish embryos, medaka embryos have an additional unique chromatophore-type and superb properties for conditional mutation studies. The rich resources of medaka mutants, combined with data obtainable from other species, potentially offer information not otherwise readily available regarding chromatophore lineage. Here we summarize the embryonic development of normal medaka pigment pattern, based on observations using embryos of a panel of wild type and mutant fish. A more detailed description of development is available in the appendix of the on-line version of this paper (see Supplementary Material). We make some comparisons with zebrafish development to emphasize the increased power of both systems when utilized together. These two models will, in combination, be a powerful system for studies of the embryogenesis and evolution of pigmentation.
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- M Lynn Lamoreux
- Comparative Medicine Program, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Ju B, Pristyazhnyuk I, Ladygina T, Kinoshita M, Ozato K, Wakamatsu Y. Development and gene expression of nuclear transplants generated by transplantation of cultured cell nuclei into non-enucleated eggs in the medaka Oryzias latipes. Dev Growth Differ 2003; 45:167-74. [PMID: 12752504 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2004.00687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To develop nuclear transplantation techniques for the medaka Oryzias latipes, nuclei of cultured cells from transgenic fish were transplanted into unfertilized eggs of the orange-red variety of O. latipes, without enucleation, in two experimental series. In the first experimental series, fibroblast cells cultured from the adult caudal fin were used as donors, which carried the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene driven by the promoter of the medaka elongation factor 1alpha-A gene. Wild-type body color was another donor genetic marker used in this experimental series. In the second experimental series, cells cultured from 6-day-old embryos were used as donors, which carried the GFP genetic marker driven by the promoter of the medaka beta-actin gene. From more than 1000 eggs transplanted in each experiment, a considerable number of nuclear transplants developed to various embryonic stages showing stage- and tissue-specific expression of the donor genetic markers, although the expression was mosaic in many cases. Three and six of the transplanted eggs in the first and second experimental series (0.3 and 0.5%, respectively) hatched, and the hatchlings expressing the genetic markers survived for up to 3 weeks. The chromosome number varied among cells in a single transplant embryo. The results obtained in these experiments may help future cloning efforts in fish.
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- Bensheng Ju
- Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience Center, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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The coupling of the GFP reporter system with the optical clarity of embryogenesis in model fish such as zebrafish and medaka is beginning to change the picture of transgenic fish study. Since the advent of first GFP transgenic fish in 1995, GFP transgenic fish technology have been quickly employed in many areas such as analyses of gene expression patterns and tissue/organ development, dissection of promoters/enhancers, cell lineage and axonal pathfinding, cellular localization of protein products, chimeric embryo and nuclear transplantation, cell sorting, etc. The GFP transgenic fish also have the potentials in analysis of upstream regulatory factors, mutagenesis screening and characterization, and promoter/enhancer trap. Our own studies indicate that GFP transgenic fish may become a new source of novel variety of ornamental fish. Efforts are also being made in our laboratory to turn GFP transgenic fish into biomonitoring organisms for surveillance of environmental pollution.
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- Z Gong
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Wakamatsu Y, Ju B, Pristyaznhyuk I, Niwa K, Ladygina T, Kinoshita M, Araki K, Ozato K. Fertile and diploid nuclear transplants derived from embryonic cells of a small laboratory fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:1071-6. [PMID: 11158596 PMCID: PMC14710 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.3.1071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fertile and diploid nuclear transplants were successfully generated by using embryonic cells as donors in a small laboratory fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes). Embryonic cell nuclei from transgenic fish carrying the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene were transplanted into unfertilized eggs enucleated by x-ray irradiation. In this study, 1 out of 588 eggs transplanted in the first experiment and 5 out of 298 eggs transplanted in the second experiment reached the adult stage. All of these nuclear transplants were fertile and diploid, and the natural and GFP markers of the donor nuclei were transmitted to the F(1) and F(2) offspring in a Mendelian fashion. This systematic study proves the feasibility of generating nuclear transplants by using embryonic cells from fish as donors, and it is supported by convincing evidence.
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- Y Wakamatsu
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience Center, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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