METHOD FOR PRODUCING YY SUPER-MALE AND XY PHYSIOLOGICAL FEMALE COMMON CARPS

Abstract

Method for producing YY super-male and XY physiological female common carps, with which YY-chromosome super-male common carp can be cultivated and androgenetic YY super-male common carp is produced, where microsatellite markers are used for paternity testing and test crossing confirmation. The YY common carp is crossed with normal female common carp to produce the progenies of only male common carp, and without sex identification, the juvenile male common carp with known sex are subjected to artificial sex reversal to produce XY physiological female common carp.

Claims

1. A method for producing genetically altered common carps, comprising: providing eggs of female parent common carp in a cell culture medium, treating the eggs with UV irradiation, artificially inseminating the treated eggs with sperms of male parent common carp to obtain embryos and incubating the embryos in water, identifying androgenetic offspring from the incubated embryos by using molecular marker M1 having SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2 and molecular marker M2 having SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4, and selecting the androgenetic offspring that only inherit genetic materials from the male parent common carp, cultivating the androgenetic offspring to sexual maturation, selecting and using sperms of the sexually mature androgenetic offspring to fertilize eggs from normal female common carp to obtain test-crossed offspring, cultivating the test-crossed offspring to sexual maturation, and identifying sexes of the test-crossed offspring and obtaining YY super-male common carps, wherein parents of the test-crossed offspring that are only male common carps are YY super-male common carps.

2. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 1, further comprising: performing sex reversal treatment on the male test-crossed offspring of the YY super-male common carps to produce XY physiological female common carps.

3. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 1, wherein the eggs of the female parent common carp are dispersed and suspended in the cell culture medium at a concentration of about 1200 to 1800 eggs per 50 ml cell culture medium.

4. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 1, wherein the eggs are treated with UV irradiation by using a 30 W UV sterilization lamp with a wavelength of 254 nm at an irradiation distance of 24-28 cm for about 3.5 to 4.5 minutes.

5. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 2, wherein the male test-crossed offspring of the YY super-male common carps are treated with estrogen and an androgen receptor antagonist to produce the XY physiological female common carps.

6. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 5, wherein the androgen receptor antagonist is Flutamide.

7. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 6, wherein sex reversal treatment of the male test-crossed offspring is performed by cultivating the male test-crossed offspring of the YY super-male common carps to 2 months old, feeding the male test-crossed offspring of the YY super-male common carps with a feed mixed with estradiol and Flutamide twice per day for 3 months, feeding the male test-crossed offspring of the YY super-male common carps with a normal feed without estradiol and Flutamide to produce the XY physiological female common carp, wherein feed concentration of the estradiol is at 200 mg/kg, and feed concentration of the Flutamide is at 200 mg/kg.

8. The method for producing genetically altered common carps according to claim 2, wherein the sex reversal treatment is performed on the male test-crossed offspring at juvenile stage.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 shows maps for microsatellite marker identification of offspring with molecular markers, among which, FIG. 1(a) shows the result with the molecular marker M1, and FIG. 1(b) shows the result with the molecular marker M2. In both figures, denotes male parent; denotes female parent; electrophoresis lanes 1-10 shows androgenetic offspring only inheriting the genetic information of the male parents.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND EMBODIMENT

[0018] The method of the present invention may be carried out in the following detailed steps:

[0019] (1) dispersing and suspending 1200-1800 eggs of the common carp in a 50 mL M-199 cell culture medium contained in a round stainless-steel container having the bottom diameter of 22-28 cm, and placing the container on a standard orbital shake with a speed of 90-110 rpm; and vertically irradiating the eggs using a 30 W UV sterilization lamp with the wavelength of 254 nm at an irradiation distance of 24-28 cm for the irradiation time of 3.5-4.5 min;

[0020] (2) after the UV irradiation of the eggs of the common carp, draining the M-199 cell culture medium, adding 0.1-0.3 ml of sperm from the common carp, gently blending uniformly with a piece of dry and clean chicken feather, performing artificial insemination with aerated water at 23-25 C., spreading the eggs on a mesh uniformly, placing the mesh to which embryos of the common carp are attached in a water bath at 400.5 C. within 25-35 min after insemination to perform heat shock treatment for 1.5-2.5 min, aerating the treated embryos at room temperature and then incubating the resultant embryos in tap water or pond water;

[0021] (3) identifying incubated androgenetic common carp offspring with molecular markers M1 (SEQ ID NO: 1, 5-mAAGCATTCGTAAGCAGTGTCATC-3 and SEQ ID NO: 2, 5-TCTGTAACTAATGTGCCAAAAAG-3), as well as M2 (SEQ ID NO: 3, 5-mCACTCTTACCTTTCCTGTTTGT-3 and SEQ ID NO: 4, 5-CAGTTAGTTATTTGGGTTTTGC-3), and selecting the offspring only inheriting genetic materials (male parent stripes) from the male parents;

[0022] (4) cultivating the androgenetic common carp selected in Step (3) to sexual maturation, selecting sexually mature common carp whose sperm can be squeezed artificially, fertilizing eggs from normal female common carp with the sperm to obtain test-crossed offspring; and cultivating the test-crossed offspring to sexual maturation and identifying sexes thereof, wherein parents of which the test-crossed offspring are only male common carp are YY super-male common carps produced through artificially induced androgenesis;

[0023] (5) performing sex reversal on the resultant only male offspring (MXY) from the test crossing of the YY super-male common carp (MYY) with estrogen and Flutamide, an androgen receptor antagonist, to produce XY physiological female common carp.

[0024] In the method of the present invention, preferably, the method for the sex reversal of the common carp in Step (5) specifically comprises: cultivating the only male offspring (MXY) produced from the test crossing of the YY super-male common carp (MYY) to 2 months old, feeding with feed mixed with estradiol (200 mg/kg) and Flutamide (200 mg/kg) twice a day for 3 months and then with normal feed to produce the XY physiological female common carp.

[0025] The advantages of the present invention include:

[0026] (1) According to the present invention, no special instrument is needed for making clear of the specific UV dose, the maternal genome can be genetically inactivated by controlling the UV irradiation distance and time, all the reagents and materials used are commercially available, and operators may operate without special research training, therefore, the method is simpler and easier to conduct.

[0027] (2) During the UV irradiation, the M-199 cell culture medium and the orbital shaker are used to allow the eggs to favorably disperse and suspend in the medium without activation and moreover, to be irradiated uniformly in a better way, achieving the optimum effect of the genetic inactivation of the maternal genome.

[0028] (3) The intensity and duration of the UV irradiation treatment are keys to the genetic inactivation of the maternal genome, however, there will always be some eggs that are not genetically inactivated somehow, as such, there will be normally fertilized ova among the offspring; with the microsatellite markers to possibly distinguish male and female parents and to screen androgenetic individuals, i.e., individuals only inheriting the genetic materials of the male parents, in the offspring population, the cost of subsequent test crossing confirmation can be greatly reduced and the genuine YY super-male common carp can be screened rapidly.

[0029] (4) The sexually mature YY super-male common carp is successfully cultivated according to the invention, and it is demonstrated that their test crossing offspring with the normal control female common carp are only males. By directly performing artificial sex reversal on these male fries with known sex, all the resultant female common carp are the XY psychological female common carp, making a breakthrough in the feminization of the male common carp.

Embodiment

[0030] In the embodiment of the present invention, production of YY super-male and XY physiological female common carps is conducted with the following steps:

[0031] (1) Disperse and suspend 1500 eggs of common carp in a 50 mL M-199 cell culture medium contained in a round stainless-steel container having the bottom diameter of 25 cm, with the M-199 cell culture medium exactly submerging the eggs; place the container on a standard orbital shake (SCILOGEX SK-O180-E) with a speed of 100 rpm; and vertically irradiate the eggs using a 30 W UV sterilization lamp with the wavelength of 254 nm at an irradiation distance of 26 cm for the irradiation time of 4 min (that is, a distance from a light source to the bottom of the container was 26 cm).

[0032] (2) After the UV irradiation of the eggs, drain the M-199 cell culture medium, add 0.25 ml of sperm from the common carp, gently mix uniformly with a piece of dry and clean chicken feather, perform artificial insemination with aerated water at 24 C., spread the eggs on a mesh uniformly, place the mesh to which embryos of the common carp were attached in a water bath at 400.5 C. within 30 min after insemination to perform heat shock treatment for 2 min, aerate the treated embryos at room temperature and then incubate the resultant embryos in tap water.

[0033] (3) Cultivate the incubated common carp following a conventional method, and identify the androgenetic offspring of the incubated common carp using molecular markers M1 (SEQ ID NO: 1, 5-mAAGCATTCGTAAGCAGTGTCATC-3 and SEQ ID NO: 2, 5-TCTGTAACTAATGTGCCAAAAAG-3) and M2 (SEQ ID NO: 3, 5-mCACTCTTACCTTTCCTGTTTGT-3 and SEQ ID NO: 4, 5-CAGTTAGTTATTTGGGTTTTGC-3), and select the offspring only inheriting the genetic materials (male parent stripes) of the male parents as shown in FIGS. 1(a) and 1(b) of FIG. 1, where a PCR system includes 1 ul of common carp genomic DNA (50ng/ul), 5 ul of 2Taq Master Mix, 0.2 ul of each of forward and reverse primers (10 umol/ml), 0.32 ul of M13 fluorescent joint and 3.28 ul of ddH2O. A PCR process consists of pre-denaturation at 94 C. for 3 min, 28 cycles of amplification (denaturation at 94 C. for 30s, annealing at 56 C. for 25s and extension at 72 C. for 25s), and a final extension at 72 C. for 5 min. PCR products were analyzed using the LI-COR 4300 DNA gel electrophoresis system.

[0034] (4) Cultivate the androgenetic common carp selected in Step (3) to sex maturation, select sexually mature common carp from which sperm can be squeezed artificially, fertilize eggs from normal female common carp with the sperm to obtain test-crossed offspring. Cultivate the crossed offspring to sexual maturation and identify their sexes, where the male parents of which the crossed offspring were only male common carp were the androgenetic YY super-male common carp.

[0035] With the method as described, 25 out of 69 embryos have developed to sexual maturation, with 10 inheriting the genetic information of the male parents, with 4 out of 10 from which the sperm can be squeezed and which has the only male test-crossed offspring.

[0036] (5) Cultivate the only male offspring (MXY) resulting from the test crossing of the YY super-male common carp (MYY) to 2 months old according to the conventional cultivation method for the common carp, select 100 fries, and feed them with feed mixed with estradiol (200 mg/kg) and Flutamide (200 mg/kg) twice a day for 3 months and then with normal feed. Till 6 months old, 17 common carp thereamong are detected randomly, with 10 developing with female ovaries, and the 10 common carp have the XY physiological female common carp, with the feminization rate of 58.8%.

[0037] The YY super-male common carp cultivated with the method of the present invention can be applied to either controlling of the population of common carp as exotic species or fundamental researches such as sex determination and differentiation of the common carp. The technique for producing the XY physiological female common carp provides references for further developing YY female common carp.