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ArticleComparative medicine2008

Comparison of tetraploid blastocyst microinjection of outbred Crl:CD1(ICR), hybrid B6D2F1/Tac, and inbred C57BL/6NTac embryos for generation of mice derived from embryonic stem cells.

Sharron M Kirchain, Alison M Hayward, John M Mkandawire, Peimin Qi, Aurora A Burds

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Article in Comparative medicine, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors.

Sharron M KirchainDivision of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. sharron@mit.edu
Alison M Hayward
John M Mkandawire
Peimin Qi
Aurora A Burds

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI MATTHEW G. VANDER HEIDEN · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LEVINE, STUART S · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Reaction and Diffusion of NO in Biological SystemsP01CA026731 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI TANNENBAUM, STEVEN R · 1985 to 2018
$25.4M
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN COMPARATIVE MEDICINET32RR007036 · NCRR · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FOX, JAMES G · 1988 to 2011
$3.6M
NCI NIH HHS 5 P30 CA14051NCI NIH HHS P01 CA026731NCI NIH HHS P01CA26731NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCRR NIH HHS T32 RR007036NCRR NIH HHS T32RR07036NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS P30ES02109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Embryo electrofusion and tetraploid blastocyst microinjection is a modification of the traditional embryonic stem cell (ES cell)-based method to generate targeted mutant mice. Viability of tetraploid embryos is reportedly lower than with diploid embryos, with considerable interstrain variation. Here we assessed fetus and pup viability after ES cell microinjection of tetraploid blastocysts derived from outbred, hybrid, and inbred mice. Two-cell mouse embryos (C57BL/6NTac [B6], n = 788; B6D2F1/Tac [BDF1], n = 1871; Crl:CD1(ICR) [CD1], n = 1308) were electrofused; most resultant tetraploid blastocysts were injected with ES cells and surgically transferred into pseudopregnant recipient mice. Reproductive tracts were examined at midgestation for embryologic studies using B6 and BDF1 blastocysts; implantation sites and viable fetuses were counted. Pregnancies were carried to term for studies of targeted mutant mice using BDF1 and CD1 blastocysts, and pup yield was evaluated. Electrofusion rates of 2-cell embryos did not differ among B6, BDF1, and CD1 mice (overall mean, 92.8% +/- 5.4%). For embryologic studies, 244 B6 blastocysts were surgically transferred and 1 fetus was viable (0.41%), compared with 644 BDF1 blastocysts surgically transferred and 88 viable fetuses (13.7%). For targeted mutant mouse studies, 259 BDF1 blastocysts were surgically transferred yielding 10 pups (3.9%); 569 CD1 blastocysts yielded 44 pups (7.7%).

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAnimals, Outbred StrainsBlastocystCloning, OrganismEmbryonic Stem CellsFemaleFetal DevelopmentFetal ViabilityLongevityMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroinjectionsPolyploidyPregnancyStem Cells

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PMID18524172
PMCPMC2703175

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