Stem Cell Reports
Stem Cell Reports
5 years ago

Transfer of a Mouse Artificial Chromosome into Spermatogonial Stem Cells Generates Transchromosomic Mice

Transfer of a Mouse Artificial Chromosome into Spermatogonial Stem Cells Generates Transchromosomic Mice
The introduction of megabase-sized large DNA fragments into the germline has been a difficult task. Although microcell-mediated chromosome transfer into mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) allows the production of transchromosomic mice, ESCs have unstable karyotypes and germline transmission is unreliable by chimera formation. As spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are the only stem cells in the germline, they represent an attractive target for germline modification. Here, we report successful transfer of a mouse artificial chromosome (MAC) into mouse germline stem cells (GSCs), cultured spermatogonia enriched for SSCs. MAC-transferred GSCs maintained the host karyotype and MAC more stably than ESCs, which have significant variation in chromosome number. Moreover, MAC-transferred GSCs produced transchromosomic mice following microinjection into the seminiferous tubules of infertile recipients. Successful transfer of MACs to GSCs overcomes the problems associated with ESC-mediated germline transmission and provides new possibilities in germline modification.

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In this article, Kazuki and colleagues show that spermatogonial stem cells can maintain a minichromosome vector more stably than ESCs, which often undergo karyotype abnormalities and loss of minichromosomes during long-term culture. Because transchromosomic mice can be produced in F1 generation, this method overcomes problems associated with previous methods using ESCs and provides new possibilities for germline manipulation.

Publisher URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science

DOI: S2213671117303697

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