Application of ES cells for generation of respiration-deficient mice carrying mtDNA with a large-scale deletion

Autor: Naoki Watanabe, Atsuko Kasahara, Yoko Suda, Akitsugu Sato, Kaori Ishikawa, Jun-Ichi Hayashi, Shinichi Aizawa, Kazuto Nakada
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 333:590-595
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.155
Popis: In a previous study, we used mouse zygotes as recipients of mtDNA with a large-scale deletion mutation (DeltamtDNA) and generated respiration-deficient mice (mito-mice) carrying DeltamtDNA. In this study, we used mouse ES cells as recipients of DeltamtDNA, and generated mito-mice with DeltamtDNA only when the ES cells carried 17% DeltamtDNA. No chimera mice or their F(1) progenies were obtained from ES cells carrying more than 61% DeltamtDNA. These observations suggest that respiratory defects of ES cells inhibit their normal differentiation into chimera mice and mito-mice, and that ES cells are more effective than zygotes for generation of mito-mice carrying mtDNAs without significant pathogenic mutations.
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