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. 2022 Feb 10;12(4):423. doi: 10.3390/ani12040423

Table A2.

Primordial germ cell transplantation in fish.

Donor Enrichment Recipient % of Recipients
with Gonadal Incorporation
of Donor Cells
% of Recipients Producing Donor-Derived Gametes Survival of Recipients (%) % of Donor-Derived
Offspring
Ref
Species Fish Age Cells Method Purity Species Fish Age Total Male Female
A. japonica WT Somito-genesis 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio WT Blastula 42.7 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A Con: 92.7
TP: 92.6
at 2 d
N/A [161]
C. auratus WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula N/A N/A Y at 10–12 mo N N/A N/A [16]
WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 63.5 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 69.0 at 2 d N/A [13]
Albino 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A C. auratus Dnd-KD Blastula 42.7 at 3 d 42.9 at 5 mo–2 y 62.5 at 5 mo–2 y 30.1 at 5 mo–2 y Dnd-KD: 88.3
TP: 84.9
92.5–100 [65]
D. albolineatus WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 45.1 at 2 d 89.5 at SM 93.8 at SM 66.7 at SM Dnd-KD: 59.2
TP: 74.7
at 2 d
100 [16]
WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 40.2 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 76.8 at 2 d N/A [13]
D. rerio WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC FACS 87.8–100 D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 31.5 at 1 dpt N/A N/A N/A Dnd-KD: 92.9
Dnd-KD + TP: 81.4
at 1 dpt
N/A [17]
WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 30.0 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 89.7 at 2 d N/A [13]
21–25 somite St 10.1 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 82.4 at 2 d N/A
Prim-5 St 5.3 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 78.4 at 2 d N/A
Prim-15 St 4.5 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 87.3 at 2 d N/A
WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 20.7 at prim-5 St N/A N/A N/A Con: 74.1
Dnd-KD: 59.4
TP: 66.7
N/A [8]
M. anguillicaudatus WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula N/A N/A Y at 10–12 mo N N/A N/A [16]
WT 10–15 somite St 1 PGC MC N/A D. rerio Dnd-KD Blastula 43.1 at 2 d N/A N/A N/A 85.7 at 2 d N/A [13]
O. masou WT 40 d 5–10 PGCs MC N/A O. mykiss WT Newly hatched 24.4 at 10 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A [66]
O. mykiss TG:pvasa-GFP 35 d 5–10 PGCs MC N/A O. mykiss WT 2.5 d 0 at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A 26 at 30 dpt ♂: 3.9
♀: 4.2–6.1
[15]
35 d 6 d 0 at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A 62 at 30 dpt
35 d 35 d 21.6 at 30 dpt 15.4 at 1–2 y 16.7 at 1 y 14.3 at 2 y 94 at 30 dpt
35 d 35 d 10–20 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
40 d 35 d 10–20 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
45 d 35 d 0–10 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
35 d 40 d 10–20 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
40 d 40 d 0–10 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
45 d 40 d 0 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
35 d 45 d 0 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
40 d 45 d 0 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
45 d 45 d 0 * at 30 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A
TG:pvasa-GFP 35 d 20 PGCs MC N/A O. masou WT Newly hatched 16.7 at 30 dpt N/A 13.5 at 1 y Y at 17 mo N/A ♂: 0.4 [154]
WT 32 d 5–10 PGCs MC N/A O. mykiss WT Newly hatched 12.3 at 10 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A [66]
TG:pvasa-GFP 30 dpf 15–20 PGCs MC N/A O. mykiss WT 32–34 dpf Fresh: 12.5
CP (d1): 10.1
at 30 dpt
Fresh: 10.9
CP (d1): 8.3 at 3 y
Fresh: 10.3
CP (d1): 7.8 at 3 y
Fresh: 12.1
CP (d1): 9.1 at 3 y
Fresh: 98.5
CP (d1): 86.5
at 30 dpt
Fresh ♂: 0.2–16.3
Fresh ♀: 0.2–7.6
CP (d1) ♂: 2.0–13.5
CP (d1) ♀: 0.1–3.3
[53]
S. trutta WT 40 d 5–10 PGCs MC N/A O. mykiss WT Newly hatched 9.4 at 10 dpt N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A [66]
Hybrid H. huso ×
A. ruthenus
Late-neural St 1 PGC MC N/A C. auratus WT Blastula 9.1 at 3 d N/A N/A N/A 95.7 at 3 d N/A [162]

Asterisk: estimated average value from the related graphs (no numerics presented), Con: control, CP: cryopreserved, Dnd: dead end, dpt: day post-transplantation, FACS: fluorescence-activated cell sorting, KD: knockdown, MC: manually collected under a fluorescence microscope, N: no (failed, no numerical data presented), N/A: not available, PGC: primordial germ cell, SM: sexual maturity, St: stage, TG: transgenic, TP: transplantation, Y: yes (succeeded, no numerical data presented), WT: wild-type.