CPR1997 Control of Pig Reproduction V Advances in Biotechnology in Pig Reproduction (4 abstracts)
Advances in the generation of transgenic pigs via embryo-derived and primordial germ cell-derived cells
J. A. Piedrahita *1,2,3 , K. Moore1 1,3 , C. Lee 2,3 , B. Oetama 1,3 , R. Weakso 1,3 , J. Ramsoondat 1,3 & J. Thomson 1,3 and J. Vasquez
1Department of Veterinany Anatomy and Public Health, 2Department of Animal Sciences, and 3Center for Animal Biotechnology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4458, USA
The development of new technologies that would increase the efficiency for generation of transgenic livestock and would overcome some of the problems associated with random insertion of the transgene will greatly benefit animal agriculture. A potential alternative technology to pronuclear injection for the generation of transgenic pigs involves the isolation, culture and genetic manipulation of cell lines that can be reintroduced into the embryo for participation in the formation of the germ cells We have isolated and cultured pig primordial germ cells (PGC) while maintaining them in an undifferentiated state as determined by morphology and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity. More importantly, PGC-derived cells were stably transformed with the green fluorescent protein . marker driven by the cytomegalovirus promoter. After visual identification of transgenic colonies, the pluripotential characteristics of the transgenic PGC-derived cells were tested by chirnaera formation and to date we have identified, by genomic Southern blots, two chimaeric fetuses that contain tissues with the transgene incorporated into their chromosomes. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a chimaeric transgenic pig fetus obtained via a cultured cell line.
© 1997 Journals of Reproduction and Fertility Ltd
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