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. 2020 Apr;87(4):471-481.
doi: 10.1002/mrd.23335. Epub 2020 Mar 12.

Generation of viable PDX1 gene-edited founder pigs as providers of nonmosaics

Fuminori Tanihara  1 , Maki Hirata  1 , Nhien Thi Nguyen  1 , Quynh Anh Le  1 , Takayuki Hirano  1 , Takeshige Otoi  1
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Generation of viable PDX1 gene-edited founder pigs as providers of nonmosaics

Fuminori Tanihara et al. Mol Reprod Dev. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Pancreatic duodenal homeobox 1 (PDX1) is a crucial gene for pancreas development during the fetal period. PDX1-modified pigs have the potential to be used as a model of diabetes mellitus. However, the severe health problems caused by the PDX1 mutation limit phenotypic studies of PDX1-modified pigs as diabetes models. In this study, we generated PDX1-modified pigs by the CRISPR/Cas9 system introduced into zygotes via electroporation and investigated the mosaicism, phenotypes, and inheritance of the resulting pigs. After the embryo transfer of PDX1-modified zygotes, nine mutant piglets were delivered. Two piglets were apancreatic biallelic mutants. For the other seven piglets, the ratio of mutant alleles to total alleles was 17.5-79.7%. Two mutant piglets with high mutation rates (67.7% and 79.7%) exhibited hypoplasia of the pancreas, whereas the other five piglets were healthy. One of the male mutant piglets was further analyzed. The ejaculated semen from the pig contained PDX1-mutant spermatozoa and the pig showed normal reproductive ability. In conclusion, the frequency of the PDX1 mutation is presumed to relate to pancreas formation, and PDX1 mutant founder pigs generated from zygotes introduced to the CRISPR/Cas9 system can serve as providers of nonmosaics to contribute to medical research on diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: CRISPR/Cas9; IVF; PDX1-mutant pigs; diabetes mellitus; electroporation.

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