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There are growing numbers of recombinant proteins that have been expressed in milk. Thus one can consider the placement of any gene of interest under the control of the regulatory elements of a milk protein gene in a dairy farm animal. Among the transgene introducing techniques, only nuclear transfer (NT) allows 100 % efficiency and bypasses the mosaicism associated with counterpart techniques. In this study, in an attempt to produce a transgenic goat carrying the human coagulation factor IX (hFIX) transgene, goat fetal fibroblasts were electroporated with a linearized marker-free construct in which the transgene was juxtaposed to β-casein promoter designed to secret the recombinant protein in goat milk. Two different lines of transfected cells were used as donors for NT to enucleated oocytes. Two transgenic goats were liveborn. DNA sequencing of the corresponding transgene locus confirmed authenticity of the cloning procedure and the complementary experiments on the whey demonstrated expression of human factor IX in the milk of transgenic goats. In conclusion, our study has provided the groundwork for a prosperous and promising approach for large-scale production and therapeutic application of hFIX expressed in transgenic goats.
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This work was supported by grant of Royan Institute for reproductive medicine, stem cell Biology and Biotechnology. The authors are thankful to laboratory Animal department of Royan institute, Dr. Seyed Mahdi Ghamsari and Dr. Taghi Taghipoor Bazargani for health care to transgenic goats and also Mr. Mehdi Totonchi for his technical assistance.
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Amiri Yekta, A., Dalman, A., Eftekhari-Yazdi, P. et al. Production of transgenic goats expressing human coagulation factor IX in the mammary glands after nuclear transfer using transfected fetal fibroblast cells. Transgenic Res 22, 131–142 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-012-9634-y
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