Recently, we published a microinjection method for generating transgenic cattle using the DNA transposon system and their analysis by next-generation sequencing (Yum et al. Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 21;6:27185). In that study, we generated transgenic cattle using two different types of DNA transposon system, sleeping beauty (SB) and piggybac (PB), carrying Yellow fluorescent protein with SB (SB-YFP, female) and green fluorescent protein with PB (PB-GFP, male) under the control of the ubiquitous CAG promoter, respectively. The female and male founder cattle have been grown up to date (the female age: 40 months old, the male age: 33 months old) without any health issues. In genomic instability and blood analysis, there was no significant differences between wild type and founder cattle. In the present study, we confirmed germ-line transmission of the transposon-mediated transgene integrations and ubiquitous and persistent expression of transgene in second generation of offspring (F1). The F1 was born without any assistance and expressed GFP in the eyes without UV light. The ubiquitous expression of GFP was detected in skin fibroblast from the ear tissue and confirmed by genomic DNA PCR, which suggest that the transgene from the PB-GFP was successfully transmitted. Unfortunately, no transgene from SB-YFP were identified. To confirm the transgene integration site, the genomic DNA from blood was extracted and performed next-generation sequencing (NGS). The GFP gene was integrated in chromosome 4 (two copies), and 6. As results, a total of two copies of paternal transgene transmitted into the F1. All the integrated position was not related with coding region and there was no significant difference in genomic variants between transgenic and non-transgenic cattle. To our knowledge, this is the first report of germ-line transmission through non-viral transgenic founder cattle. Those transgenic cattle will be valuable resource to many fields of biomedical research and agricultural science.

지방췌장(Fatty pancreas)은 세포 내에 비정상적으로 지질이 침착되는 과정으로 지방조직이 증가하여 축척되고, 그 결과 심혈관 및 대사성 질환의 위험인자로 나타난다. 이에 본 논문에서는 췌장 초음파검사에서 췌장 지방이 심혈관계 질환 및 대사증후군의 예측 인자로서의 유용성을 알아보고자 한다. 부산에 위치한 W 병원 건강검진센터에서 2018년 9월 2일부터 2018년 12월 31일까지 종합검진을 시행한 407명을 대상으로 복부초음파검사 결과 중 췌장에 지방이 침착된 정도를 경도, 중등도, 고도 3단계로 분류하였다. 췌장의 지방 침착과 심혈관 질환 및 대사성증후군의 연관성을 알아보기 위하여 비폐쇄성 죽상경화, BMI, 고지혈증, 고혈압, 당뇨병의 데이터를 수집하였고 추가적으로 지방췌장의 정도가 증가될수록 간기능 이상과 갑상선 기능 이상과의 상관관계를 분석하고자 하였다. 지방췌장을 가진 환자 중 비폐쇄성 죽상경화, BMI, 고지혈증, 고혈압, 당뇨병, 간기능이상, 갑상선기능이상 등 6가지 매개변수의 관련성을 살펴보았고 이 중 심혈관질환 위험인자인 비폐쇄성 중상경화의 경동맥 내중막두께가 지방췌장과 가장 밀접하게 연관되어 있음을 확인하였다.