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Production of insulin in egg white by transgenic chicken

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13555225
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field 生物・生体工学
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

IIJIMA Shinji  Nagoya Univ., Dept. Biotechnol., Professor, 工学研究科, 教授 (00168056)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KAKUTANI Tetsu  鐘淵化学工業株式会社ライフサイエンスセンター高砂研究所, 基幹研究員
KAMIHIRA Masamichi  Nagoya Univ., Dept. Biotechnol., Assistant Professor, 工学研究科, 助教授 (40202022)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2002
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2002)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥5,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥7,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,800,000)
KeywordsTransgenic / Avian / In vitro hatching / Retrovirus / Pantropic / Quail
Research Abstract

In previous study, we used pantropic retrovirus vector and constructed transgenic quails that transmitted transgene to offsprings. In this vector, GFP (Green fluorescence protein) gene controlled by virus LTR promoter and Neomycin resistant gene neo^r controlled by RSV promoter were incorporated. By this system, 80% of G_1 offsprings which were produced by crossing transgenic G_0 and no transgenic birds, contained the transgene.
For the practical application of transgenic bird, accumulation of useful proteins in eggwhite is essential. To attain this, we will use ovalbumin expression and secretion system, since ovalbumin is a major protein component of eggwhite. First, we molecularly cloned ovalbumn gene by RCR from chicken genome and obtained 3.5kb DNA fragment. After ligating this fragment with human-growth factor cDNA, this expression cassette was inserted in the retrovirus vector, and replication defective virus particles were produced. After condensation of virus solution, virus particles were injected in blastderm of chicken and quail. Eggs were hatched by our in vitro culture method. The presence of transgene was confirmed by PCR in all G_0 birds. Furthermore, human growth hormone was produced by the G_0 females exclusively in eggwhite but the amount was very low. G_1-transgenic bird produced by G_0-transgenic and non-transgenic birds produced l-10ng/ml human-growth hormone in eggwhite. By the RT-PCR analyses of the cell samples from various organs, it was shown that the expression of the transgene was oviduct-specific.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2002 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All Other

All Publications (2 results)

  • [Publications] 上平正道, 西島謙一, 飯島信司: "金の卵を産むニワトリをつくる"化学と生物、41(2). 3 (2003)

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    • Related Report
      2002 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 上平正道, 西島謙一, 飯島信司: "金の卵を産むニワトリをつくる"化学と生物、41(2). 136 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2001-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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