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Improved Germline Transmission in Chicken Chimeras Produced by Transplantation of Gonadal Primordial Germ Cells into Recipient Embryos¹

School of Agricultural Biotechnology,³ Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Korea Central Research Center, Hanmi Pharm Company Limited,⁴ Kyunggi Province 463-400, Korea Avicore Biotechnology Institute,⁵ Kyunggi Province 437-020, Korea

In the avian species, germline chimera production could be possible by transfer of donor germ cells into the blood vessel of recipient embryos. This study was conducted to establish an efficient transfer system of chicken gonadal primordial germ cells (gPGCs) for producing the chimeras having a high capacity of germline transmission. Gonadal PGCs retrieved from 5.5-day-old embryos (stage 28) of Korean Ogol chicken (KOC with i/i gene) were transferred into the dorsal aorta of 2.5-day-old embryos (stage 17) of White Leghorn chicken (WL with I/I gene). Prospective evaluations of whether culture duration (0, 5, or 10 days) and subsequent Ficoll separation of gPGCs before transfer affected chimera production and germline transmission in the chimeras were made while retrospective analysis was conducted for examining the effect of chimera sexuality. A testcross analysis by artificial insemination of presumptive chimeras with adult KOC was performed for evaluating each treatment effect. First, comparison was made for evaluating whether experimental treatments could improve chimera production, but none of the treatments were significantly (P = 0.6831) influenced (5.1%–14.4%). Second, it was determined whether each treatment could enhance germline transmission in produced chimeras. More (P < 0.0001) progenies with black feathers (i/i) were produced in the germline chimeras derived from the transfer of 10-day-cultured gPGCs than from the transfer of 0- or 5-day-cultured gPGCs (0.6%–7.8% vs. 10.7%–49.7%). Ficoll separation was negatively affected (P < 0.0001), whereas there was no effect in chimera sexuality (P = 0.6011). In conclusion, improved germline transmission of more than a 45% transmission rate was found in chicken chimeras produced by transfer of 10-day-cultured gPGCs being separated without Ficoll treatment.

¹ Supported by a Special Grant Research Program of the Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Korea, and a graduate fellowship provided by the Korean Ministry of Education through the Brain Korea 21 project.

² Correspondence: Jae Yong Han, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Suwon 441-744, Korea. FAX: 82 31 294 6543; jaehan{at}snu.ac.kr