Designing A Transgenic Chicken: Applying New Approaches toward A Promising Bioreactor

Bahrami, Salahadin; Amiri-Yekta, Amir; Daneshipour, Abbas; Jazayeri, Seyedeh Hoda; Mozdziak, Paul Edward; Sanati, Mohammad Hossein

doi:10.22074/cellj.2020.6738

Designing A Transgenic Chicken: Applying New Approaches toward A Promising Bioreactor

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

¹ .Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

² .Physiology Graduate Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

³ .Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran;.Department of Medical Genetics, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechn

10.22074/cellj.2020.6738

Abstract

Specific developmental characteristics of the chicken make it an attractive model for the generation of transgenic organisms. Chicken possess a strong potential for recombinant protein production and can be used as a powerful bioreactor to produce pharmaceutical and nutritional proteins. Several transgenic chickens have been generated during the last two decades via viral and non-viral transfection. Culturing chicken primordial germ cells (PGCs) and their ability for germline transmission ushered in a new stage in this regard. With the advent of CRISPR/Cas9 system, a new phase of studies for manipulating genomes has begun. It is feasible to integrate a desired gene in a predetermined position of the genome using CRISPR/Cas9 system. In this review, we discuss the new approaches and technologies that can be applied to generate a transgenic chicken with regards to recombinant protein productions.

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