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  • Title: Novel method of gene transfer in birds: intracytoplasmic sperm injection for green fluorescent protein expression in quail blastoderms.
    Author: Mizushima S, Takagi S, Ono T, Atsumi Y, Tsukada A, Saito N, Sasanami T, Okabe M, Shimada K.
    Journal: Biol Reprod; 2010 Dec; 83(6):965-9. PubMed ID: 20720168.
    Abstract:
    This study was conducted to establish a new method of avian transgenesis by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). First, we evaluated the fertilization ability of quail oocytes after microinjection of Triton X-100 (TX-100)-treated quail sperm with PLCZ cRNA. The quail oocytes were cultured for 24 h, and blastoderm development was examined by histological observation. The TX-100 treatment induced damage to the quail sperm membrane and interfered with fertilization of oocytes injected with sperm. On the other hand, when quail oocytes were injected with TX-100-treated sperm and PLCZ cRNA simultaneously, 43.5% (10/23) of the oocytes developed into blastoderms. This rate of development was comparable to that for oocytes injected with sperm without TX-100 treatment but with PLCZ cRNA (6 [42.9%] of 14). Second, we evaluated the rate of transduction of the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene in quail oocytes injected with TX-100-treated sperm and PLCZ cRNA. The EGFP expression was assessed by histological observation of fluorescence emission in the embryos. The intracytoplasmic injection of sperm without TX-100 treatment but with PLCZ cRNA and EGFP vector induced blastoderm development in 40% (4/10) of the oocytes, but those oocytes showed no fluorescence emission. In contrast, the intracytoplasmic injection of TX-100-treated sperm and PLCZ cRNA induced blastoderm development in 43.8% (7/16) of the oocytes, and, importantly, 85.7% (6/7) of oocytes showed fluorescence emission. In addition, PCR analysis detected GFP fragments in 50% (3/6) of GFP-expressing blastoderms. These results indicate that this ICSI method with additional treatments described herein may be the first step toward the production of transgenic birds.
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