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A pilot study of large-scale production of mutant pigs by ENU mutagenesis

  1. Tang Hai
  2. Chunwei Cao
  3. Haitao Shang
  4. Weiwei Guo
  5. Yanshuang Mu
  6. Shulin Yang
  7. Ying Zhang
  8. Qiantao Zheng
  9. Tao Zhang
  10. Xianlong Wang
  11. Yu Liu
  12. Qingran Kong
  13. Kui Li
  14. Dayu Wang
  15. Meng Qi
  16. Qianlong Hong
  17. Rui Zhang
  18. Xiupeng Wang
  19. Qitao Jia
  20. Xiao Wang
  21. Guosong Qin
  22. Yongshun Li
  23. Ailing Luo
  24. Weiwu Jin
  25. Jing Yao
  26. Jiaojiao Huang
  27. Hongyong Zhang
  28. Menghua Li
  29. Xiangmo Xie
  30. Xuejuan Zheng
  31. Kenan Guo
  32. Qinhua Wang
  33. Shibin Zhang
  34. Liang Li
  35. Fei Xie
  36. Yu Zhang
  37. Xiaogang Weng
  38. Zhi Yin
  39. Kui Hu
  40. Yimei Cong
  41. Peng Zheng
  42. Hailong Zou
  43. Leilei Xin
  44. Jihan Xia
  45. Jinxue Ruan
  46. Hegang Li
  47. Weiming Zhao
  48. Jing Yuan
  49. Zizhan Liu
  50. Weiwang Gu
  51. Ming Li
  52. Yong Wang
  53. Hongmei Wang  Is a corresponding author
  54. Shiming Yang  Is a corresponding author
  55. Zhonghua Liu  Is a corresponding author
  56. Hong Wei  Is a corresponding author
  57. Jianguo Zhao  Is a corresponding author
  58. Qi Zhou  Is a corresponding author
  59. Anming Meng  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  2. Third Military Medical University, China
  3. Chinese PLA General Hospital, China
  4. Northeast Agricultural University of China, China
  5. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
  6. College of Life Science, China
  7. Pearl Laboratory Animal Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd, China
  8. Tsinghua University, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26248
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  1. Tang Hai
  2. Chunwei Cao
  3. Haitao Shang
  4. Weiwei Guo
  5. Yanshuang Mu
  6. Shulin Yang
  7. Ying Zhang
  8. Qiantao Zheng
  9. Tao Zhang
  10. Xianlong Wang
  11. Yu Liu
  12. Qingran Kong
  13. Kui Li
  14. Dayu Wang
  15. Meng Qi
  16. Qianlong Hong
  17. Rui Zhang
  18. Xiupeng Wang
  19. Qitao Jia
  20. Xiao Wang
  21. Guosong Qin
  22. Yongshun Li
  23. Ailing Luo
  24. Weiwu Jin
  25. Jing Yao
  26. Jiaojiao Huang
  27. Hongyong Zhang
  28. Menghua Li
  29. Xiangmo Xie
  30. Xuejuan Zheng
  31. Kenan Guo
  32. Qinhua Wang
  33. Shibin Zhang
  34. Liang Li
  35. Fei Xie
  36. Yu Zhang
  37. Xiaogang Weng
  38. Zhi Yin
  39. Kui Hu
  40. Yimei Cong
  41. Peng Zheng
  42. Hailong Zou
  43. Leilei Xin
  44. Jihan Xia
  45. Jinxue Ruan
  46. Hegang Li
  47. Weiming Zhao
  48. Jing Yuan
  49. Zizhan Liu
  50. Weiwang Gu
  51. Ming Li
  52. Yong Wang
  53. Hongmei Wang
  54. Shiming Yang
  55. Zhonghua Liu
  56. Hong Wei
  57. Jianguo Zhao
  58. Qi Zhou
  59. Anming Meng
(2017)
A pilot study of large-scale production of mutant pigs by ENU mutagenesis
eLife 6:e26248.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26248
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Abstract

N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis is a powerful tool to efficiently generate large scale of mutants and discover genes with novel functions at the whole-genome level in C. elegans, flies, zebrafish and mice, but has never been tried in large model animals. In the current study, we reported a successful systematic three-generation ENU mutagenesis screening in pigs with the establishment of Chinese Swine Mutagenesis Consortium. A total of 6,770 G1 and 6,800 G3 pigs were screened, 36 dominant and 91 recessive novel pig families with various phenotypes were established. The causative mutations in 10 mutant families were further mapped. As examples, the mutation of SOX10 (R109W) in pig causes inner ear malfunctions and mimics human Mondini dysplasia, and up-regulated expression of FBXO32 is associated with congenital splay legs. This study demonstrates the feasibility of artificial random mutagenesis in pigs and opens an avenue for generating a reservoir of mutants for agriculture production and biomedicine research.

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  1. Tang Hai

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  2. Chunwei Cao

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  3. Haitao Shang

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  4. Weiwei Guo

    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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  5. Yanshuang Mu

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  6. Shulin Yang

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  7. Ying Zhang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  8. Qiantao Zheng

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  9. Tao Zhang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  10. Xianlong Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  11. Yu Liu

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqin, China
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  12. Qingran Kong

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  13. Kui Li

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  14. Dayu Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  15. Meng Qi

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  16. Qianlong Hong

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  17. Rui Zhang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  18. Xiupeng Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  19. Qitao Jia

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  20. Xiao Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  21. Guosong Qin

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  22. Yongshun Li

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  23. Ailing Luo

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  24. Weiwu Jin

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  25. Jing Yao

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  26. Jiaojiao Huang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  27. Hongyong Zhang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  28. Menghua Li

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  29. Xiangmo Xie

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  30. Xuejuan Zheng

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China
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  31. Kenan Guo

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqin, China
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  32. Qinhua Wang

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Beijing, China
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  33. Shibin Zhang

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  34. Liang Li

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  35. Fei Xie

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  36. Yu Zhang

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  37. Xiaogang Weng

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  38. Zhi Yin

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  39. Kui Hu

    Northeast Agricultural University of China, College of Life Science, Harbin, China
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  40. Yimei Cong

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  41. Peng Zheng

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  42. Hailong Zou

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  43. Leilei Xin

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  44. Jihan Xia

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  45. Jinxue Ruan

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  46. Hegang Li

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  47. Weiming Zhao

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  48. Jing Yuan

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  49. Zizhan Liu

    Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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  50. Weiwang Gu

    Pearl Laboratory Animal Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd, Guangzhou, China
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  51. Ming Li

    Pearl Laboratory Animal Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd, Guangzhou, China
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  52. Yong Wang

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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  53. Hongmei Wang

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijng, China
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    wanghm@ioz.ac.cn
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  54. Shiming Yang

    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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    yangsm301@263.net
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  55. Zhonghua Liu

    College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University of China, Harbin, China
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  56. Hong Wei

    Department of Laboratory Animal Science, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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    weihong63528@163.com
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  57. Jianguo Zhao

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  58. Qi Zhou

    State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  59. Anming Meng

    School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (National Basic Research Program of China)

  • Jianguo Zhao

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National High Technology Research and Development Program of China)

  • Jianguo Zhao

Chinese Academy of Sciences (Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS)

  • Jianguo Zhao

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All experiments involving animals were performed according to the protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. All surgery was performed under sodium pentobarbital anesthesia, and every effort was made to minimize suffering.

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  1. Hong Zhang, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Publication history

  1. Received: February 23, 2017
  2. Accepted: June 15, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: June 22, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: July 11, 2017 (version 2)
  5. Version of Record updated: July 17, 2017 (version 3)

Copyright

© 2017, Hai et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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  1. Tang Hai
  2. Chunwei Cao
  3. Haitao Shang
  4. Weiwei Guo
  5. Yanshuang Mu
  6. Shulin Yang
  7. Ying Zhang
  8. Qiantao Zheng
  9. Tao Zhang
  10. Xianlong Wang
  11. Yu Liu
  12. Qingran Kong
  13. Kui Li
  14. Dayu Wang
  15. Meng Qi
  16. Qianlong Hong
  17. Rui Zhang
  18. Xiupeng Wang
  19. Qitao Jia
  20. Xiao Wang
  21. Guosong Qin
  22. Yongshun Li
  23. Ailing Luo
  24. Weiwu Jin
  25. Jing Yao
  26. Jiaojiao Huang
  27. Hongyong Zhang
  28. Menghua Li
  29. Xiangmo Xie
  30. Xuejuan Zheng
  31. Kenan Guo
  32. Qinhua Wang
  33. Shibin Zhang
  34. Liang Li
  35. Fei Xie
  36. Yu Zhang
  37. Xiaogang Weng
  38. Zhi Yin
  39. Kui Hu
  40. Yimei Cong
  41. Peng Zheng
  42. Hailong Zou
  43. Leilei Xin
  44. Jihan Xia
  45. Jinxue Ruan
  46. Hegang Li
  47. Weiming Zhao
  48. Jing Yuan
  49. Zizhan Liu
  50. Weiwang Gu
  51. Ming Li
  52. Yong Wang
  53. Hongmei Wang
  54. Shiming Yang
  55. Zhonghua Liu
  56. Hong Wei
  57. Jianguo Zhao
  58. Qi Zhou
  59. Anming Meng
(2017)
A pilot study of large-scale production of mutant pigs by ENU mutagenesis
eLife 6:e26248.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.26248

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