PUBLICATION

Nuclear Transfer of Embryonic Cell Nuclei to Non-enucleated Eggs in Zebrafish, Danio rerio

Authors
Hattori, M., Hashimoto, H., Bubenshchikova, E., and Wakamatsu, Y.
ID
ZDB-PUB-110520-15
Date
2011
Source
International journal of biological sciences   7(4): 460-468 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Hashimoto, Hisashi
Keywords
nuclear transfer, embryonic cells, non-enucleated eggs, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Antiporters/genetics
  • Cell Nucleus/physiology
  • Cell Nucleus/ultrastructure
  • Diploidy
  • Fertility
  • Genotype
  • Nuclear Transfer Techniques*
  • Ovum/cytology
  • Ovum/ultrastructure
  • Triploidy
  • Zebrafish/anatomy & histology
  • Zebrafish/embryology*
  • Zebrafish/physiology
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
PubMed
21547063 Full text @ Int. J. Biol. Sci.
Abstract
We previously established a novel method for nuclear transfer in medaka (Oryzias latipes) using non-enucleated, diploidized eggs as recipients for adult somatic cell nuclei. Here we report the first attempt to apply this method to another fish species. To examine suitability of using non-enucleated eggs as recipients for nuclear transfer in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), we transferred blastula cell nuclei from a wild-type donor strain to non-enucleated, unfertilized eggs from a golden recipient strain. As a result, 31 of 184 (16.8%) operated eggs developed normally and reached the adult stage. Twenty-eight (15.2%) of these transplants showed wild-type phenotype and the remaining three (1.6%) were golden. Except for one individual that exhibited diploid/tetraploid mosaicism, all of the wild-type nuclear transplants were either triploid or diploid. While all of 19 triploid transplants were infertile, a total of six transplants (21.4%) were fertile (five of the eight diploid transplants and one transplant exhibiting ploidy mosaicism). Except for one diploid individual, all of the fertile transplants transferred both the wild-type golden gene allele (slc24a5) as well as the phenotype, the wild-type body color, to their F1 and F2 progeny in a typical Mendelian fashion. PCR analysis of slc24a5 suggested that triploidy originated from a fused nucleus in the diploid donor and haploid recipient nuclei, and that the sole origin of diploidy was the diploid donor nucleus. The results of the present study demonstrated the suitability of using non-enucleated eggs as recipients for nuclear transfer experiments in zebrafish.
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Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
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Mapping