Journal
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume 75, Issue 9, Pages 1372-1378Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20890
Keywords
nuclear transfer; alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase; transgenic knockout pig; xenotransplantation
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The objective of the present study was to isolate alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase (GalGT)-gene double knockout (DKO) cells using a novel simple method of cell selection method. To obtain GalGT-DKO cells, GalGT-gene single knockout (SKO) fetal fibroblast cells were cultured for three to nine passages and GalGT-null cells were separated using a biotin-labeled 1B4 lectin attached to streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. After 15-17 days of additional cultivation, seven GalGT-DKO cell colonies were obtained from a total of 2.5 x 10(7) GalGT-SKO cells. A total of 926 somatic nuclear transferred embryos reconstructed with the DKO cells were transferred into eight recipient pigs, producing four farrowed, three liveborns, and six stillborns. Absence of GalGT gene in the cloned pigs was confirmed by PCR and Southern blotting. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that alpha Gal antigens were not present in the cells of the cloned DKO pigs.
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