Production of goats by somatic cell nuclear transfer

A Baguisi, E Behboodi, DT Melican, JS Pollock… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
A Baguisi, E Behboodi, DT Melican, JS Pollock, MM Destrempes, C Cammuso, JL Williams…
Nature biotechnology, 1999nature.com
In this study, we demonstrate the production of transgenic goats by nuclear transfer of fetal
somatic cells. Donor karyoplasts were obtained from a primary fetal somatic cell line derived
from a 40-day transgenic female fetus produced by artificial insemination of a nontransgenic
adult female with semen from a transgenic male. Live offspring were produced with two
nuclear transfer procedures. In one protocol, oocytes at the arrested metaphase II stage
were enucleated, electrofused with donor somatic cells, and simultaneously activated. In the …
Abstract
In this study, we demonstrate the production of transgenic goats by nuclear transfer of fetal somatic cells. Donor karyoplasts were obtained from a primary fetal somatic cell line derived from a 40-day transgenic female fetus produced by artificial insemination of a nontransgenic adult female with semen from a transgenic male. Live offspring were produced with two nuclear transfer procedures. In one protocol, oocytes at the arrested metaphase II stage were enucleated, electrofused with donor somatic cells, and simultaneously activated. In the second protocol, activated in vivo oocytes were enucleated at the telophase II stage, electrofused with donor somatic cells, and simultaneously activated a second time to induce genome reactivation. Three healthy identical female offspring were born. Genotypic analyses confirmed that all cloned offspring were derived from the donor cell line. Analysis of the milk of one of the transgenic cloned animals showed high-level production of human antithrombin III, similar to the parental transgenic line.
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