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26 March 2014 Generation of Transgenic Pigs by Cytoplasmic Injection of piggyBac Transposase-Based pmGENIE-3 Plasmids
Zicong Li, Fang Zeng, Fanming Meng, Zhiqian Xu, Xianwei Zhang, Xiaoling Huang, Fei Tang, Wenchao Gao, Junsong Shi, Xiaoyan He, Dewu Liu, Chong Wang, Johann Urschitz, Stefan Moisyadi, Zhenfang Wu
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Abstract

The process of transgenesis involves the introduction of a foreign gene, the transgene, into the genome of an animal. Gene transfer by pronuclear microinjection (PNI) is the predominant method used to produce transgenic animals. However, this technique does not always result in germline transgenic offspring and has a low success rate for livestock. Alternate approaches, such as somatic cell nuclear transfer using transgenic fibroblasts, do not show an increase in efficiency compared to PNI, while viral-based transgenesis is hampered by issues regarding transgene size and biosafety considerations. We have recently described highly successful transgenesis experiments with mice using a piggyBac transposase-based vector, pmhyGENIE-3. This construct, a single and self-inactivating plasmid, contains all the transpositional elements necessary for successful gene transfer. In this series of experiments, our laboratories have implemented cytoplasmic injection (CTI) of pmGENIE-3 for transgene delivery into in vivo-fertilized pig zygotes. More than 8.00% of the injected embryos developed into transgenic animals containing monogenic and often single transgenes in their genome. However, the CTI technique was unsuccessful during the injection of in vitro-fertilized pig zygotes. In summary, here we have described a method that is not only easy to implement, but also demonstrated the highest efficiency rate for nonviral livestock transgenesis.

Zicong Li, Fang Zeng, Fanming Meng, Zhiqian Xu, Xianwei Zhang, Xiaoling Huang, Fei Tang, Wenchao Gao, Junsong Shi, Xiaoyan He, Dewu Liu, Chong Wang, Johann Urschitz, Stefan Moisyadi, and Zhenfang Wu "Generation of Transgenic Pigs by Cytoplasmic Injection of piggyBac Transposase-Based pmGENIE-3 Plasmids," Biology of Reproduction 90(5), (26 March 2014). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.113.116905
Received: 17 December 2013; Accepted: 1 March 2014; Published: 26 March 2014
KEYWORDS
pig
piggyBac
pmGENIE-3
transgenesis
transposase
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