Journal of Embryo Transfer (한국수정란이식학회지)

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Production of Transgenic Animals derived from In Vitro Fertilized Eggs cryopreserved by Ultrarapid Freezing

초급속 동결보존한 체외수정란 유래의 형질전환 마우스 생산효율성 검토

  • Kim, Hyun (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Choe, Changyong (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Seong, Hwan-Hoo (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
  • 김현 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 최창용 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 성환후 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터)
  • Received : 2015.02.09
  • Accepted : 2015.09.09
  • Published : 2015.09.30
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Abstract

Many pronuclear stage eggs were used to generate transgenic mice (Tg) by microinjection. In this study, we used in vitro fertilized mouse eggs, followed by ultrarapid freezing to establish a simple procedure for production of Tg mice. We produced in vitro fertilized mouse eggs and cryopreserved them by ultrarapid freezing method. A total of 139 cryopreserved-thawed pronuclear eggs, of which 101 (72.6%) were survived following microinjection of chicken ${\beta}-actin$ promoter-driven firefly improved luciferase cDNA (${\beta}-act/luc^+$) and were transferred into 5 recipients. All recipients became pregnant and gave birth to a total of 15 (14.8%) pups. As a control, same DNA construction (${\beta}-act/luc^+$) was also injected into 450 in vitro fertilized eggs, of which 338 (75.1%) were survived and then were transferred into 14 recipients. Eleven (78%) mice became pregnant and littered a total of 54 (19.1%) pups. Southern blotting analysis of Tg mice indicated that one (1/15, 6.6%) and three (3/54, 5.5%) transgenic mice were production from cryopreserved and in vitro fertilized eggs, respectively. All Tg mice produced from both eggs showed the expression of improved luciferase gene. These results indicated that efficiency of produced of Tg mice from cryopreserved eggs was comparable to that from in vitro fertilized eggs. Furthermore, it is suggested that microinjection of transgene into in vitro fertilized eggs cryopreserved by ultrarapid freezing is an easy and conveniently method for production of Tg mice.

미세주입법에 의한 형질전환 마우스 제작에는 대량의 전핵기란을 필요로 한다. 본 실험에서는 심플한 형질전환 마우스 제작방법을 확립하기 위해 초급속 동결한 전핵기란을 공시했다. 초급속 동결법으로 동결한 전핵기 체외수정란 139개를 융해 후 공시하고, ${\beta}-actin/luc^+$ 융합유전자를 미세주입하였다. 주입 조작 후, 형태학적으로 정상적인 수정란 101개(72.6%)를 5마리의 수란암컷 마우스에 이식하였다. 그 결과, 이식한 모든 마우스가 임신하고, 최종적으로 15마리(14.8%)의 산자가 태어났다. 한편, 450개의 체외수정란에 대해 동일한 배아조작 후에 338개(75.1%)가 생존하고 14마리의 수란암컷 마우스에 이식 하였다. 그 중에 78%의 수정암컷 마우스가 임신하고, 54마리(19.1%)의 산자가 태어났다. 태어난 산자에 대해서는 southern blot 법에 의해 염색체 내의 도입유전자의 도입을 확인한 결과, 동결수정란 처리구와 체외수정란구에서 각각 6.6%(1/15), 5.5% (3/54)의 마우스에서 도입유전자의 도입이 확인되었다. 더욱이 두 처리구 전부의 형질전환 마우스의 미부조직에서 도입유전자인 루시페라제 유전자의 발현이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과에 의해 체외수정란 초급속 동결보존법을 사용한 Tg 마우스 제작방법의 확립을 확인하였고, 이러한 결과들로부터 실험기간의 단축과 작업의 간소화에 크게 이바지할 것으로 사료된다.

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