Conditioning of karyoplasts for producing somatic nuclear transferred gonadal germ cells in domestic chickens |
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| Authors: | Kohara Yusaku Minematsu Takeo Aikawa Takeshi Kanai Yukio Tajima Atsushi |
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| Institution: | Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | The objective of this study was to establish a protocol for generating karyoplasts that can be used to produce somatic nuclear transferred gonadal germ cells (snt-GGCs) in domestic chickens. Karyoplasts were produced by centrifuging cultured fibroblasts from 10-day-old chick embryos at 10,000 x g in the presence of 1.0 microg/ml cytochalasin B. The number of karyoplasts was significantly (P<0.05) higher and the diameters of the karyoplasts were significantly (P<0.05) smaller when fibroblasts were centrifuged for 60 min than for 10 or 30 min. It was possible to generate snt-GGCs by electrofusion of GGCs with karyoplasts produced from cryopreserved or serum-starved fibroblasts. These results indicate that karyoplasts generated from 10-day-old chick embryos can be used to produce snt-GGCs even after cryopreservation and serum starvation of the fibroblasts. |
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