Method of establishing mouse strain
AssigneeNational University Corporation Kumamoto University
InventorsMasatake Araki, Kimi Araki
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Abstract
A method of producing a chimera animal, characterized by transplanting, into a host animal, an aggregate of a first pluripotent stem cell that is of interest to strain establishment, a second pluripotent stem cell in which the ability to form germ cells is absent or decreased, and embryo.
Claims4
A method for producing a chimeric mouse, the method comprising the step of transferring an aggregate of a first pluripotent stem cell, a second pluripotent stem cell comprising an epigenetic modification associated with lack of or low ability to form germ cells, and an embryo into a host mouse, wherein the first pluripotent stem cell is incorporated into the germline of the embryo for the purpose of strain establishment, wherein the second pluripotent stem cell is a cell deposited with the Patent Microorganisms Depositary, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Japan), and identified by accession number NITE BP-973, accession number NITE BP-1135, or accession number NITE BP-1136, and wherein the host mouse is a prepared pseudopregnant mouse and the embryo in the aggregate is a chimeric embryo, and wherein, upon transfer to the uterus of the host mouse, the host mouse carries the embryo to term, thereby producing the chimeric mouse.
A helper cell for enhancing strain establishment efficiency of a pluripotent stem cell that is to be incorporated into the germline of an embryo for the purpose of strain establishment, wherein the helper cell is a cell deposited with the Patent Microorganisms Depositary, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Japan), and identified by accession number NITE BP-973, NITE BP-1135 or NITE BP-1136.
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