Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Introducing Growth Hormone Gene into Mud Loach : Gene Transfer via Electroporation

미꾸라지에 성장호르몬 유전자 이식을 위한 최적 조건 개발

Sperm from mud loach (Misgurnus mizolepis) were electroporated in the presence of plasmid DNA, pRSV/luc or pMT/hGH over a range of field strength of 0-1,625 V/cm with capacitance from 0 to 1,000 ${\mu}F$, and the effects of electroporation on fertilization, hatching, early survival, and efficiency of gene transfer were investigated. Average fertilization rate, hatching rate and early survival rate up to yolk sac absorption of all experimental groups were not significuntly different (P>0.05). The proportion of fish carrying pRSV/luc based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis was ranged from 0 to $20\%$, however, the values of gene transfer efficiency from the different eledctroporation conditions were not significantly different. PCR analysis of pMT/hGH transferred groups revealed that screening of pMT/hGH transferred fish by PCR was difficult because of significant nonspecific amplifications resulted from the homologous sequences in the genome of mud loach.

미꾸라지 (Misgurnus mizolepis) 정자에 electroporation 처리를 통해 난과 인공수정시킨 후 수정율, 부화율, 초기 생존율 및 유전자 이식 효율을 조사하였다. pRSV/luc을 reporter유전자로 이용하여$0\~1$ 625 V/cm의 field strength와 $0\~1,000$ ${\mu}F$의 capacitance 범위의 electroporation을 시도한 결과, 실험군간에 수정율, 부화율, 초기 생존율에서 유의한 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 유전자 이식 효율을 PCR 분석으로 조사한 결과, $0\~20\%$로 나타났으며 elertroporation조건에 따라 큰 차이는 관찰할 수 없었다. 그러나 pMT/hGH의 경우, 대조군 및 처리군 모두에서 homology sequence에 의한 nonspecific amplication이 관찰됨으로서 PCR을 이용한 transgene의 검색이 불가능한 것으로 나타났다