• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2013

The objective of this study was to understand the physiological response and cadmium accumulation of MuS1 transgenic tobacco exposed to high concentration of Cd in soil. For this, a pot experiment was carried out in a greenhouse for a month, with two lines of MuS1 transgenic tobaccos (S4 and S6) and non-transgenic tobacco cultivated in the soils spiked at three different Cd concentrations (0, 60 and 180 mg $kg^{-1}$). Both transgenic and non-transgenic tobacco showed visible toxic symptoms such as chlorosis and leaf roll as treated concentration increased. The net photosynthetic rates of MuS1 plants (S4 and S6) exposed at 180 mg $kg^{-1}$ Cd were 6.3 and $7.7{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$, being higher than those of the non-transgenic plant ($4.8{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$). Values of stomatal conductance of MuS1 transgenic plants (0.05 and 0.008 mmol $H_2O\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$) were also higher than those of non-transgenic plant (0.03 mmol $H_2O\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$). In addition, fresh and dry weights of MuS1 transgenic plants were heavier than those of non-transgenic plant. Likewise, MuS1 transgenic plants appeared to be better physiological performance than non-transgenic tobacco when exposed at high concentration of Cd in soil. With regard to metal accumulation, MuS1 transgenic tobaccos accumulated more Cd in their roots than non-transgenic tobacco implying that MuS1 transgenic tobacco is suggested to be used for phytostabilization of heavy metals.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2009

In an attempt to simultaneously produce two human proteins, hGH and hG-CSF, in the milk of transgenic mice, we constructed goat $\beta$-casein-directed hGH and hG-CSF expression cassettes individually and generated transgenic mice by co-injecting them into mouse zygotes. Out of 33 transgenic mice, 29 were identified as double transgenic harboring both transgenes on their genome. All analyzed double transgenic females secreted both hGH and hG-CSF in their milks. Concentrations ranged from 2.1 to $12.4\;mg/m{\ell}$ for hGH and from 0.04 to $0.13\;mg/m{\ell}$ for hG-CSF. hG-CSF level was much lower than hGH level but very similar to that of single hG-CSF mice, which were introduced with hG-CSF cassette alone. In order to address the causes of concentration difference between hGH and hG-CSF in milk, we examined mRNA level of hGH and hG-CSF in the mammary glands of double transgenic mice and tissue specificity of hG-CSF mRNA expression in both double and single transgenic mice. Likewise protein levels in milk, hGH mRNA level was much higher than hG-CSF mRNA, and hG-CSF mRNA expression was definitely specific to the mammary glands of both double and single transgenic mice. These results demonstrated that two transgenes have distinct transcriptional potentials without interaction each other in double transgenic mice although two transgenes co-integrated into same genomic sites and their expressions were directed by the same goat $\beta$-casein promoter. Therefore goat $\beta$-casein promoter is very useful for the multiple production of human proteins in the milk of transgenic animals.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.235-239
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• 2005

This study was conducted to test whether the transgenic cattle pass the transgene to their progeny through germ cells, and whether the transgene is expressed in the mammary gland of ransgenic cows. Two male ransgenic calves were born from IVF-derived embryos injected with bovine $\beta-casein/human$ lactoferrin fusion gene and then grew up to be reproducible. Semen was collected from a transgenic bull after 18 mon of age and then frozen. Bovine oocytes matured in vitro were fertilized with spermatozoa of the transgenic bull and cultured in $50\;{\mu}L$ drops of CRlaa medium supplemented with 3 mg/mL BSA. After 48 h of culture, cleaved embryos were determined for the presence of transgenes by DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Proportion of transgene positives among bovine embryos fertilized with sperm of the transgenic bull was $20.9\%$ (28/134). One of transgenic bulls did not produce transgenic sperm. Out of 34 calves produced from recipient heifers inseminated with semen of the other bull, 3 $(8.8\%)$ were transgenic animals (2 females and 1 male). Thus, one transgenic bull showed a low transmission frequency below Mendelian levels in both the IVF-derived embryos and his progeny. It was demonstrated by Southern blot that copy numbers of the transgene in the transgenic progeny enhanced about 1.8 times as compared to those of the founder bull The results demonstrate that the transgenic bull carrying human lactoferrin gene could pass his transgene to the progeny through germ cells, although he is a germ-line mosaic.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2012

본 연구는 Protox 저해형 제초제 저항성인 형질전환벼 라인(MX, PX, AP37)과 비형질전환벼(WT)에서 저온, 고온, NaCl 및 chemical(paraquat) 스트레스에 대한 생리적 반응차이를 파악하기 위해 수행되었다. 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼는 저온실험의 경우 $5^{\circ}C$에 1일 그리고 회복을 위해 $25^{\circ}C$에 6일 두었고, 고온 실험은 $45^{\circ}C$에 4일 그리고 회복을 위해 $25^{\circ}C$에 8일 두었다. 또한 0.5%와 1% NaCl 처리 후 6일간 그리고 ${0{\sim}300\mu}M$ paraquat 처리 후 5일간 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼의 잎의 피해율, 지상부 생체중 및 생리적 반응(porphyrin 생합성 중간물질, 엽록소 함량)을 조사하였다. 형질전환벼 라인과 WT간에 잎 피해율 및 생제중은 저온처리와 저온처리 후 회복기간에는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 한편 고온과 고온처리 후 회복 5일까지는 형질전환 라인과 WT간에 초장과 생체중에서 유의적인 차이가 없었으나 회복 6일째에 MX와 PX는 WT에 비해 초장 및 생체중의 감소가 컸다. NaCl 처리 후 잎의 피해율, 엽록소 함량 및 Mg-Proto IX ME 함량은 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼간에 유의적인 차이가 없었으나 AP37의 Proto IX 함량과 PX와 AP37의 지상부 생체중은 0.5% NaCl 처리에서 WT에 비해 유의적으로 감소하였다. 그러나 paraquat 처리 후 잎의 피해율과 지상부 생체중의 변화는 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼간에 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 비록 일부 환경스트레스의 일부 조사기간에서 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼간에 다른 반응차이를 보였지만 일반적으로 형질전환벼와 비형질전환벼간에 환경스트레스에 유사한 반응차이를 보였다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.191-197
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• 1990

The transgenic mice were produced by microinjection of human growth hormone gene fused with mouse metallothionein Ⅰ promoter. They were mated with momal mice by backcross or brother-sister mating. The reproduction efficiencies of female and male n the FO transgenic mice were 17.6%(3/17 mice) and 31.2%(5/16 mice), respectively, and were very lower than that in normal mice(85.7% and 100%, respectively). Interestingly, a few of female transgenic mice were fertile which was different from the previous reports. Of 6 fertile transgenic mice, 2 mice were identified as mosaic type by the reduced frequency of genetic transmission to successive generation below Mendelian levle and the enhanced copy numbers of transgene in progeny mice compared with the transgenic parent. In the group of F1, F2, F3 transgenic mice the reproduction efficiencies of males were gradually improved, whereas females were absolutely infertile. It was consequently shown that the transgenic mice expressing human growth hormone gene were frequently infertile, but the genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of the fertile transgenic mice were normally passed on to the progeny through herm line. Therefore it must be considered wheter or not the products of foreign DNA introduced into animals will detrimentally affect their physiological aspects.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2012

Growth hormone (GH) transgenesis in fish has the potential to improve aquaculture efficiency and capacity. However, many fast-growing transgenic fish have experienced side effects caused by excess GH expression. To overcome this unwanted issue associated with several GH transgenic mud loach Misgurnus mizolepis lines carrying GH construct driven by a strong ${\beta}$-actin regulator ($pml{\beta}$-actGH), we performed an alternative version of GH autotransgenesis using a weaker but more stable regulator, the mud loach lectin promoter. GH transgenesis with a pmlectGH construct consisting of the mud loach GH gene driven by the 2.3-kb lectin promoter exhibited significant growth stimulation. However, the extent of the growth acceleration in pmlectGH transgenics (six times maximum when assessed 2 months post hatching) was much less than that in transgenic individuals carrying the $pml{\beta}$-actGH construct. Additionally, the extraordinary gigantism that was common in $pml{\beta}$-actGH-transgenic mud loaches was diminished in transgenic loaches harboring the pmlectGH construct. Transgenic founders (pmlectGH) successfully transmitted their transgene into the next generation with up to 41% frequency. Growth stimulation also persisted in the transgenic F1 strains, with a seven-fold increase in maximum body weight at 6 months of age.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.225-236
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• 2010

We compared the composition of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) to assess the microbial community structure in the soil and rhizosphere community of non-transgenic watermelons and transgenic watermelons in Miryang farmlands in Korea during the spring and summer of 2005. The PLFA data were seasonally examined for the number of PLFA to determine whether there is any difference in the microbial community in soils from two types of watermelons, non-transgenic and transgenic. We identified 78 PLFAs from the rhizosphere samples of the two types of watermelons. We found eight different PLFAs for the type of plants and sixteen PLFAs for the interaction of plant type and season. The PLFA data were analyzed by analysis of variance separated by plant type (P<0.0085), season (P<0.0154), and the plant type${\times}$season interaction (P<0.1595). Non-parametric multidimensional scaling (NMS showed a small apparent difference but multi-response permutation procedures (MRPP) confirmed that there was no difference in microbial community structure for soils of both plant types. Conclusively, there was no significant adverse effect of transgenic watermelon on bacterial and fungal relative abundance as measured by PLFA. We could reject our hypothesis that there might be an adverse effect from transgenic watermelon with our statistical results. Therefore, we can suggest the use of this PLFA methodology to examine the adverse effects of transgenic plants on the soil microbial community.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2000년도 국제심포지움
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• pp.7-8
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• 2000

Transgenic animals are very useful for scientific, pharmaceutical, and agricultural purposes. In livestock, transgenic technology has been used forthe genetic alteration of farm animals, the production of human proteins inlarge quantities in the milk of transgenic farm animals, and the generation of animals with organs suitable for xenotransplantation. To date, the transfer of foreign genes into farm animals has been performed mainly by microinjection of DNA into the pronuclei of fertilized eggs. However, the overall success rate of transgenic animals in livestock so far has been disappointingly low, eg., the efficiency is 0∼5% in swine, and less than 1% in sheep and cattle, compared with the rate in mice where 5% microinjected develop into transgenic animals. Recently, McGreath et al. (2000) have succeeded in producing the gene targeted sheep by the use of nuclear transfer from cultured somatic cells transfected with a foreign gene in vitro. However, we may need plenty of time until currently employ this method for gene transfer to farm animals. We have been studying to exploit the method for improving production efficiencies of transgenic animals with emphasis of its application to farm animals. The present paper describes three approaches that we have made in our laboratory to improve production efficiencies of transgenic animals, based on the DNA microinjection method. 1. Co-injection of restriction enzyme with foreign DNA into the pronucleus for elevating production efficiencies of transgenic animals. 2. Efficient selection of transgenic mouse embryos using EGFP as a marker gene. 3. Phenotypes of tansgenic mice expressing WAP/hGH-CAG/EGFP fusion gene produced by selecting transgenic embryos. 4. Efficient site-specific integration of the transgene targeting an endogenous lox like site in early mouse embryos.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.253-259
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• 1999

제초제 bialaphos에 저항성인 phosphinothricin ace-tytransferase gene이 도입된 형질전환 감자 식물체에서 유전자의 간편한 확인방법을 확립하였다. 먼저 형질전환체와 대조식물체의 잎 disc를 취해 bialaphos 5mg/l를 처리한 액체배지에 치상하였을 때 배양 25일이면 대조식물체의 잎 disc는 완전히 고사되어 형질전환체와 구별이 가능하였다. 감자의 뿌리 생육 비교실험에서는 bialaphos 0.5mg/l의 농도에 agar를 0.6% 첨가한 선발배지에서 식물체의 정단부위를 치상하여 비교하였을 때 7-10일이면 뿌리의 생육차이를 이용하여 간편하게 형질전환여부를 판정할 수 있었다. 또한 감자의 잎 disc를 제초제 bialaphos 0.5mg/l를 처리한 액체배지에 치상하여 15일이 경과한 후 chlorophyll A의 함량을 측정하였을때 형질전환체는 대조식물체보다 2.5배 정도 많은 chlorophyll A를 가지고 있어 형질전환체의 조기 판별시 chlorophyll A함량에 의해 검증이 가능하였다. 한편, 이렇게 형질전환 여부가 확인된 감자 식물체를 이용하여 PAT효소의 활성을 측정한 결과 대조 식물체에서는 PAT효소의 활성을 보이지 않았으나 형질전환 식물체에서는 모두 효소의 활성이 높았다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.381-391
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• 1999

During the last 20 years, transgenic animal technology has provided revolutionary new opportunities in many aspects of agriculture and biotechnology. Several gene delivery systems including pronuclear injection, retroviral vectors, sperm vectors, and somatic cell cloning have developed for making transgenic animals. In the future major improvements in transgenic animal generation will be mainly covered by somatic cell cloning technology. Many factors affecting integration frequency and expression of the transgenes should be overcome to facilitate the industrial applications of transgenic technology. Transgenic animal technology has settled down in some areas of the biotechnology, especially the mass production of valuable human proteins and xenotransplantation. In the 21st century animal biotechnology will further contribute to welfare of human being.