Somatic cell nuclear transfer

Effects of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor RG108 on methylation in buffalo adult fibroblasts and subsequent embryonic development following somatic cell nuclear transfer

H. L. Sun, Meng, L. N., Zhao, X., Jiang, J. R., Liu, Q. Y., Shi, D. S., Lu, F. H., Sun, H. L., Meng, L. N., Zhao, X., Jiang, J. R., Liu, Q. Y., Shi, D. S., and Lu, F. H., Effects of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor RG108 on methylation in buffalo adult fibroblasts and subsequent embryonic development following somatic cell nuclear transfer, vol. 15, p. -, 2016.

Buffalo are characteristic livestock of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, but their low reproductive capacity necessitates the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). We investigated the effects of RG108 on DNA methylation in buffalo adult fibroblasts, and on subsequent SCNT embryo development. RG108 treatment (0, 5, 10, 20, and 100 mM) had no effect on cell morphology, viability, or karyotype (2n = 48), and cell growth followed a typical “S” curve.

Targeting exogenous GDNF gene to the bovine somatic cell beta-casein locus for the production of transgenic bovine animals

X. M. Zhang, Luo, F. H., Ding, H. M., Li, B., Zhang, J. J., and Wu, Y. J., Targeting exogenous GDNF gene to the bovine somatic cell beta-casein locus for the production of transgenic bovine animals, vol. 14, pp. 14989-14998, 2015.

Considerable attention is currently being directed toward methods for producing recombinant human proteins in the mammary glands of genetically modified transgenic livestock. However, the expression of inserted genes in transgenic animals is variable and often very low because of the randomness of the site of transgene integration. One possible strategy to avoid the expression problem associated with random integration is to use site-specific integration by targeting integration to a high expression locus and, thereby, to improve expression of the transferred gene.

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