Ageing Cloning of mice to six generations

Mice have been cloned by nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes, and here we describe the reiterative cloning of mice to four and six generations in two independent lines. Successive generations showed no signs of prematureageing, as judged by gross behaviouralparameters, and there was no evidence...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2000-09, Vol.407 (6802), p.318-319
Main Authors: Wakayama, Teruhiko, Shinkai, Yoichi, Tamashiro, Kellie L. K, Niida, Hiroyuki, Blanchard, D. Caroline, Blanchard, Robert J, Ogura, Atsuo, Tanemura, Kentaro, Tachibana, Makoto, Perry, Anthony C. F, Colgan, Diana F, Mombaerts, Peter, Yanagimachi, Ryuzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Arthropods
Biology
Birds
Body temperature
Chromosomes
Cloning
Hibernation
Metabolism
Neurosciences
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Summary:Mice have been cloned by nuclear transfer into enucleated oocytes, and here we describe the reiterative cloning of mice to four and six generations in two independent lines. Successive generations showed no signs of prematureageing, as judged by gross behaviouralparameters, and there was no evidence of shortening of telomeres at the ends of chromosomes, normally an indicator of cellular senescence - in fact, these appeared to increase slightly in length. This increase is surprising, given that the number of mitotic divisions greatly exceeds that of sexually produced animals and that any deleterious effects of cloning might be expected to be amplified in sequentially cloned mice. Our results offer a new approach to the study of organismal ageing.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/35030301