牛乳铁蛋白肽转基因小鼠的构建

目的:探讨牛乳铁蛋白肽在转基因鼠乳汁中的表达及其抑菌活性。方法:将实验室构建并保存的包含山羊β-酪蛋白基因启动子和牛乳铁蛋白肽基因的乳腺特异表达载体PI-bcp-LfcinB,用Xho I和Nru I双酶切,得到含有全部表达盒的显微注射DNA片段,采用常规显微注射技术获得转基因小鼠。并通过对泌乳期转基因雌鼠乳腺组织的RT-PCR检测,确定了牛乳铁蛋白肽在mRNA水平的表达,同时利用琼脂板扩散法检测了转基因鼠乳汁中表达产物的抑菌活性。结果:获得了牛乳铁蛋白肽转基因小鼠,且转基因小鼠乳汁中能够表达具有抑菌活性的牛乳铁蛋白肽。结论:通过转基因动物乳腺可以获得具有生物活性的牛乳铁蛋白肽,为进一步研究抗菌肽转基因牛、培育抗乳房炎奶牛新品种以及通过建立转基因动物生物反应器进行抗菌肽的大量生产奠定了基础。     

Aggregation-Prone Motifs in Human Immunoglobulin G

Therapeutic antibodies of many different IgG subclasses (IgG1, IgG2 and IgG4) are used in the treatment of various cancers, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory and infectious diseases. These antibodies are stored for long durations under high concentrations as required in the disease treatment. Unfortunately, these antibodies aggregate under these storage conditions, leading to a decrease in antibody activity and raising concerns about causing an immunological response. Thus, there is a tremendous need to identify the aggregation-prone regions in different classes of antibodies. We use the SAP (spatial-aggregation-propensity) technology based on molecular simulations to determine the aggregation-prone motifs in the constant regions of IgG1 classes of antibodies. Mutations engineered on these aggregation-prone motif regions led to antibodies of enhanced stability. Fourteen aggregation-prone motifs are identified, with each motif containing one to seven residues. While some of these motifs contain residues that are neighbors in primary sequence, others contain residues that are far apart in primary sequence but are close together in the tertiary structure. Comparison of the IgG1 sequence with those of other subclasses (IgG2, IgG3 and IgG4) showed that these aggregation-prone motifs are largely preserved among all IgG subclasses. Other broader classes of antibodies (IgA1, IgD, IgE and IgM), however, differed in these motif regions. The aggregation-prone motifs identified were therefore common to all IgG subclasses, but differ from those of non-IgG classes. Moreover, since the motifs identified are in the constant regions, they are applicable for all antibodies within the IgG class irrespective of the variable region. Thus, the motif regions identified could be modified on all IgGs to yield antibodies of enhanced stability.     

Pathogenesis in Transgenic Mice Expressing Bovine Cellular Retinoic Acid-Binding Protein

Transgenic mice with ectopic expression of bovine CRABP under the control of the human metallotheionein IIA promoter have shown a variety of pathological consequences. Expression of the transgene has been detected in most of the tissues examined, including heart, lung, liver, spleen, kidney, intestine, testis, and ovary, except pancreas. Two independent lines have been able to produce normal non-transgenic F₁ animals of both sexes but only female transgenic progenies. All of these F₁ female transgenic animals derived from both lines are sterile, and the ovaries from these animals appear to be significantly smaller as compared to their non-transgenic littermates. Histopathological examinations have shown no maturing follicles in these transgenic ovaries in which abnormal cells have been observed. Another independent line has generated transgenic F₁ animals which have been growing retardly. These animals all have small spleen and liver and have become very sick at the age of 4 to 5 weeks. Histopathological examinations on these transgenic progenies have shown hepatocytes to be reduced in the cytoplasmic portion in which glycogen is highly depleted. The spleen is poorly developed as no well organized germinal centers can be observed in the spleen sections of these transgenic animals.     

Lipopolysaccharide Disrupts the Milk-Blood Barrier by Modulating Claudins in Mammary Alveolar Tight Junctions

Mastitis, inflammation of the mammary gland, is the most costly common disease in the dairy industry, and is caused by mammary pathogenic bacteria, including Escherichia coli. The bacteria invade the mammary alveolar lumen and disrupt the blood-milk barrier. In normal mammary gland, alveolar epithelial tight junctions (TJs) contribute the blood-milk barrier of alveolar epithelium by blocking the leakage of milk components from the luminal side into the blood serum. In this study, we focused on claudin subtypes that participate in the alveolar epithelial TJs, because the composition of claudins is an important factor that affects TJ permeability. In normal mouse lactating mammary glands, alveolar TJs consist of claudin-3 without claudin-1, -4, and -7. In lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced mastitis, alveolar TJs showed 2-staged compositional changes in claudins. First, a qualitative change in claudin-3, presumably caused by phosphorylation and participation of claudin-7 in alveolar TJs, was recognized in parallel with the leakage of fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated albumin (FITC-albumin) via the alveolar epithelium. Second, claudin-4 participated in alveolar TJs with claudin-3 and claudin-7 12 h after LPS injection. The partial localization of claudin-1 was also observed by immunostaining. Coinciding with the second change of alveolar TJs, the severe disruption of the blood-milk barrier was recognized by ectopic localization of β-casein and much leakage of FITC-albumin. Furthermore, the localization of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) on the luminal side and NFκB activation by LPS was observed in the alveolar epithelial cells. We suggest that the weakening and disruption of the blood-milk barrier are caused by compositional changes of claudins in alveolar epithelial TJs through LPS/TLR4 signaling.     

人促红细胞生成素在转基因小鼠乳汁中表达

将山羊的β乳球蛋白启动子连接人促红细胞生成素基因,构建转基因表达载体。通过显微注射的方法转基因小鼠。经PCR斑点杂交和Southern杂交检测验证,获得4只转基因阳性小鼠,其中3只母鼠哺乳期收集乳汁,经EpoELISA检测为阳性。对4组转基因阳性小鼠的部分子代母鼠,经PCR和Southern杂交分析,又鉴定出6只获得遗传的阳性G1代母鼠以Dot-ELISA的方法检测,其中两只G1代母鼠乳汁中的Epo含量为0.5μg/mL。实验证实,867bp的β乳球蛋白启动子可以指导人促红细胞生成素在小鼠乳汁中表达。     

牛α—sl酪蛋白基因序列指导htPA突变体小基因在小鼠乳腺中的表达

将包括α－sl酪蛋白基因的启动子、LAtPA小基因、α－sl酪蛋白基因下游调控序列的融合基因经显微注射至小鼠的受精卵中,获得了5只转基因阳性鼠,其中1只转基因阳性雌鼠乳清中LAtPA的含量为0．18αg/ml,说明构建的LAtPA小基因能够正确表达出有生物活性的LAtPA, 在酪蛋白基因调控序列的指导下在小鼠乳汁中表达。     

Cleavage of Human Immunoglobulin G by Treponema denticola

Mechanisms by which microbial proteases may counteract the local host immune system include the degradation of immunoglobulins. In this study, we report the capacity of the periodontopathogen Treponema denticola to degrade immunoglobulin G (IgG). Intact IgG was not hydrolysed by whole cells, as revealed by SDS-PAGE analysis. When IgG molecules were treated with endoglycosidase F to remove the carbohydrate moiety, significant degradation was observed. However, pre-treatment with glycosidases possessing specificities different from endoglycosidase F (lysozyme or neuraminidase) did not render the molecule susceptible to cleavage by T. denticola. SDS-PAGE analysis of the IgG degradation products suggests that T. denticola cleaves inside the heavy chain polypeptide. Serine-specific protease inhibitors were highly effective in inhibiting the degradation of glycosidase-treated IgG molecules by T. denticola. The synergistic effect of glycolytic enzymes andT. denticola proteases on IgG may occur during periodontitis since both glycolytic activities and spirochete numbers significantly increase in diseased periodontal sites.     

Transmissibility of H-Type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy to Hamster PrP Transgenic Mice

Two distinct forms of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathies (H-BSE and L-BSE) can be distinguished from classical (C-) BSE found in cattle based on biochemical signatures of disease-associated prion protein (PrP^Sc). H-BSE is transmissible to wild-type mice—with infected mice showing a long survival period that is close to their normal lifespan—but not to hamsters. Therefore, rodent-adapted H-BSE with a short survival period would be useful for analyzing H-BSE characteristics. In this study, we investigated the transmissibility of H-BSE to hamster prion protein transgenic (TgHaNSE) mice with long survival periods. Although none of the TgHaNSE mice manifested the disease during their lifespan, PrP^Sc accumulation was observed in some areas of the brain after the first passage. With subsequent passages, TgHaNSE mice developed the disease with a mean survival period of 220 days. The molecular characteristics of proteinase K-resistant PrP^Sc (PrP^res) in the brain were identical to those observed in first-passage mice. The distribution of immunolabeled PrP^Sc in the brains of TgHaNSE mice differed between those infected with H-BSE as compared to C-BSE or L-BSE, and the molecular properties of PrP^res in TgHaNSE mice infected with H-BSE differed from those of the original isolate. The strain-specific electromobility, glycoform profiles, and proteolytic cleavage sites of H-BSE in TgHaNSE mice were indistinguishable from those of C-BSE, in which the diglycosylated form was predominant. These findings indicate that strain-specific pathogenic characteristics and molecular features of PrP^res in the brain are altered during cross-species transmission. Typical H-BSE features were restored after back passage from TgHaNSE to bovinized transgenic mice, indicating that the H-BSE strain was propagated in TgHaNSE mice. This could result from the overexpression of the hamster prion protein.     

Rederivation of Transgenic and Gene-Targeted Mice by Embryo Transfer

Research on genetically engineered mice provides insights into the etiology, therapy, and genetic basis of human diseases. An important variable that affects the results of mouse studies is the health status of the animals. Pathogen burdens may confound observations and obscure underlying mechanisms. Mouse resource centers frequently rederive infected mouse strains. We review our experience on the use of a well-established technique, embryo transfer to rederive infected mouse strains. The following mouse pathogens were eliminated by embryo transfer: Mouse Parvovirus, Mouse Hepatitis Virus, Mouse Rotavirus, Mouse Encephalomyelitis Virus, Mouse Adenovirus, Helicobacter species, endoparasites, and ectoparasites. We rederived transgenic mouse lines, gene-targeted mouse lines, and lines with spontaneous mutations. In the majority of strains, fertilized eggs for embryo transfer were obtained by mating superovulated egg donors with males of the desired genotype. A total of 309 embryo transfers were performed to rederive 96 mouse strains. The pregnancy rate was 76%; 1996 pups were born, of which 43% carried the desired genotype. We performed 44 additional embryo transfers to rederive 15 other strains. The pregnancy rate was lower (45%) and none of the 135 pups carried the desired genotype. Although we successfully eliminated the pathogens in all transfers, we were unable to obtain pups with the desired genotype in 15 of 111 mouse lines. Multiple factors affect the efficiency of rederivation by embryo transfer. They include the response to superovulation by embryo donors, the number and age of stud males, the yield of fertilized eggs, the number of embryo transfers, and genotyping.     

人促血小板生成素在转基因小鼠乳腺中定位表达的研究(英文)

通过转基因动物乳腺生物反应器大规模生产药用蛋白质已成为现代生物技术新的生长点之一。为研制表达人促血小板生成素的哺乳动物生物反应器的转基因小鼠模型,本论文以小鼠乳清酸蛋白 (mWAP) 基因5挾说骺厍团-s1-酪蛋白基因3挾说骺厍魑鹘谠菇擞糜诒泶锶舜傺“迳伤氐娜橄僮橹匾煨员泶镌靥錺WAPTPO(Fig.1)。通过常规显微注射的方法把mWAP启动子指导的hTPO表达载体导入小鼠受精卵,获得出生小鼠16只。经PCR检测,有6只为转基因阳性(Fig.2)。G0代小鼠中转基因整合率为37.5% (6/16),用ELISA方法在G0代转基因雌鼠的乳汁中检测了促血小板生成素的表达,表达量在0.8 mg/mL以上(Table 1)。这些结果表明我们已建立了乳腺表达hTPO 的转基因小鼠模型,为以后大型家畜乳腺生物反应器的研制提供了科学依据。     

人类疾病转基因小鼠模型在基因治疗研究中的作用

基因治疗一度红红火火,激起公众极大的期望。但是初期试验远不如预期的好。科研人员理智地认识到目前阶段应把研究重点放在更基础的基因结构与功能、基因表达调控及基因载体构建研究等方面。建立人类疾病相关转基因小鼠模型是开展上述研究的一个重要基础,将为基因治疗的临床实施奠定坚实的基础 。     

人β_2m转基因小鼠的制备及鉴定(英文)

制备人 β2m转基因小鼠 ,研究HLA B2 70 4基因的表达 .应用显微注射将人 β2m基因注入C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠和昆明鼠×昆明鼠F1代受精卵 .出生动物及其后代经PCR筛选 ,采用斑点杂交和Southern杂交对阳性鼠基因组DNA标本进行进一步鉴定和测定整合拷贝数 ,利用RT PCR检测阳性鼠中人 β2m转基因的表达 .6只原代仔鼠及 7只它们的下一代鼠 (F1)带有人 β2m基因 .由微注射基因后移卵出生的 86只小鼠中 ,C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 35只 ,其中 4只阳性 (11 4 % ) ,昆明鼠×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 5 1只 ,其中 2只阳性 (3 9% ) ,含有人 β2m基因的原代鼠×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 2 0只 ,其中 7只阳性 .整合的转基因均为单拷贝 .Southern杂交证实上述阳性鼠确有转基因整合 .阳性鼠的皮肤、结肠、睾丸和脾脏组织中均有人β2m转基因mRNA的表达 .在转基因动物制备中 ,C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠F1代明显优于昆明鼠×昆明鼠F1代 .与人HLA B2 70 4基因相比 ,人 β2m基因不易整合 ,其整合率与整合拷贝数均较低 .得到的人 β2m转基因小鼠能够将人 β2m基困传给下一代 ,并可与人HLA B2 70 4转基因鼠交配 ,研究它的致病性     

人β_2m转基因小鼠的制备及鉴定(英文)

 制备人 β2m转基因小鼠 ,研究HLA B2 70 4基因的表达 .应用显微注射将人 β2m基因注入C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠和昆明鼠×昆明鼠F1代受精卵 .出生动物及其后代经PCR筛选 ,采用斑点杂交和Southern杂交对阳性鼠基因组DNA标本进行进一步鉴定和测定整合拷贝数 ,利用RT PCR检测阳性鼠中人 β2m转基因的表达 .6只原代仔鼠及 7只它们的下一代鼠 (F1)带有人 β2m基因 .由微注射基因后移卵出生的 86只小鼠中 ,C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 35只 ,其中 4只阳性 (11 4 % ) ,昆明鼠×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 5 1只 ,其中 2只阳性 (3 9% ) ,含有人 β2m基因的原代鼠×昆明鼠杂交仔鼠 2 0只 ,其中 7只阳性 .整合的转基因均为单拷贝 .Southern杂交证实上述阳性鼠确有转基因整合 .阳性鼠的皮肤、结肠、睾丸和脾脏组织中均有人β2m转基因mRNA的表达 .在转基因动物制备中 ,C5 7BL 6×昆明鼠F1代明显优于昆明鼠×昆明鼠F1代 .与人HLA B2 70 4基因相比 ,人 β2m基因不易整合 ,其整合率与整合拷贝数均较低 .得到的人 β2m转基因小鼠能够将人 β2m基困传给下一代 ,并可与人HLA B2 70 4转基因鼠交配 ,研究它的致病性     

精子介导法建立sFat-1转基因小鼠模型

利用精子介导的基因转移(Sperm-mediated gene transfer,SMGT)方法,将sFat-1 DNA片段直接和小鼠精子孵育,再通过体外受精、胚胎移植等技术建立sFat-1转基因小鼠模型。经PCR检测,16只后代中发现2只阳性个体,Southern blot进一步鉴定的结果显示有2只后代整合了sFat-1基因,成功建立sFat-1转基因小鼠模型,转基因率为12.5%。本研究运用精子介导的转基因方法将sFat-1基因整合到小鼠基因组中,为进一步研究sFat-1的生物学功能提供了实验动物模型。     

表达乙肝病毒受体人ASGPR转基因小鼠的建立

目的：建立表达乙肝病毒受体人ASGPR的转基因小鼠。方法：克隆人的脱唾液酸糖蛋白受体（ASGPR）两个亚基的cDNA,连入PCAGGS构建转基因表达载体,以显微共注射的方法将两种各3.9kb的转基因片段引入小鼠的受精卵。采用PCR、Southern印迹、RT-PCR、Western印迹的方法对转基因小鼠进行鉴定。结果与结论：获得了在小鼠肝脏组织中共表达有乙肝病毒（HBV）受体ASGPR H1和ASGPR H2的一个转基因小鼠系,可为HBV的研究提供一种良好的感染动物模型。     

Assessing the Susceptibility of Transgenic Mice Overexpressing Deer Prion Protein to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

Several transgenic mouse models have been developed which facilitate the transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) of cervids and allow prion strain discrimination. The present study was designed to assess the susceptibility of the prototypic mouse line, Tg(CerPrP)1536^+/−, to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions, which have the ability to overcome species barriers. Tg(CerPrP)1536^+/− mice challenged with red deer-adapted BSE resulted in 90% to 100% attack rates, and BSE from cattle failed to transmit, indicating agent adaptation in the deer.     

人肾素转基因小鼠的建立

为研究人肾素基因在体内的功能和建立其药物干预实验的动物模型,采用显微注射法,将纯化的人肾素基因导入小鼠受精卵,再培育成转基因小鼠.通过DIG DNA印迹和PCR分析,进行转基因整合检测.在出生的13只子代鼠中,得到一只转基因阳性鼠.整合率为7.7%,有效率0.3%,转基因已稳定传代.RT-PCR显示转基因阳性鼠的肾、心和肺组织中有肾素基因表达,而在肝脏与骨骼肌中则未检测到.阳性鼠血浆肾素活性较对照鼠明显升高,而肾与心脏组织的肾素活性则无明显变化.人肾素转基因小鼠可用于研究循环或组织的RAS中肾素基因的功能及有关其药物抑制实验.     

Variability of Inducible Expression across the Hematopoietic System of Tetracycline Transactivator Transgenic Mice

The tetracycline (tet)-regulated expression system allows for the inducible overexpression of protein-coding genes, or inducible gene knockdown based on expression of short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs). The system is widely used in mice, however it requires robust expression of a tet transactivator protein (tTA or rtTA) in the cell type of interest. Here we used an in vivo tet-regulated fluorescent reporter approach to characterise inducible gene/shRNA expression across a range of hematopoietic cell types of several commonly used transgenic tet transactivator mouse strains. We find that even in strains where the tet transactivator is expressed from a nominally ubiquitous promoter, the efficiency of tet-regulated expression can be highly variable between hematopoietic lineages and between differentiation stages within a lineage. In some cases tet-regulated reporter expression differs markedly between cells within a discrete, immunophenotypically defined population, suggesting mosaic transactivator expression. A recently developed CAG-rtTA3 transgenic mouse displays intense and efficient reporter expression in most blood cell types, establishing this strain as a highly effective tool for probing hematopoietic development and disease. These findings have important implications for interpreting tet-regulated hematopoietic phenotypes in mice, and identify mouse strains that provide optimal tet-regulated expression in particular hematopoietic progenitor cell types and mature blood lineages.     

Recombinant Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) RL13 Binds Human Immunoglobulin G Fc

The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protein RL13 has recently been described to be present in all primary isolates but rapidly mutated in culture adapted viruses. Although these data suggest a crucial role for this gene product in HCMV primary infection, no function has so far been assigned to this protein. Working with RL13 expressed in isolation in transfected human epithelial cells, we demonstrated that recombinant RL13 from the clinical HCMV isolates TR and Merlin have selective human immunoglobulin (Ig)-binding properties towards IgG1 and IgG2 subtypes. An additional Fc binding protein, RL12, was also identified as an IgG1 and IgG2 binding protein but not further characterized. The glycoprotein RL13 trafficked to the plasma membrane where it bound and internalized exogenous IgG or its constant fragment (Fcγ). Analysis of RL13 ectodomain mutants suggested that the RL13 Ig-like domain is responsible for the Fc binding activity. Ligand-dependent internalization relied on a YxxL endocytic motif located in the C-terminal tail of RL13. Additionally, we showed that the tyrosine residue could be replaced by phenylalanine but not by alanine, indicating that the internalization signal was independent from phosphorylation events. In sum, RL13 binds human IgG and may contribute to HCMV immune evasion in the infected host, but this function does not readily explain the instability of the RL13 gene during viral propagation in cultured cells.     

多巴胺D5受体转基因小鼠的建立

目的建立人多巴胺D5受体突变基因F173 L（D5F173L）,S390G（D5S390G）及正常人D5基因（hD5 WT）的转基因小鼠,利用该转基因动物模型来研究D5受体在原发性高血压中的发病机制。方法利用显微注射的技术将插入CMV启动子下游的D5F173L,D5S390G及hD5 WT基因的转基因载体注射入C57BL/6小鼠体内,建立多巴胺D5F173L,D5S390G及hD5 WT的转基因小鼠。通过PCR鉴定转基因小鼠的基因型。利用Western Blotting方法鉴定该受体蛋白在肾脏的表达情况。使用智能无创血压测量仪测量转基因小鼠的血压值。结果分别建立了多巴胺D5F173L,D5S390G及hD5 WT转基因C57BL/6小鼠,Western Blotting方法鉴定结果显示,与非转基因C57BL/6小鼠比较,D5转基因小鼠D5受体在肾脏有较高的表达。3-6月龄D5 F173L转基因小鼠的收缩压、舒张压和平均动脉血压均明显高于多巴胺D5S390G及hD5 WT转基因小鼠（n=6-8,P〈0.05）。结论多巴胺D5受体在原发性高血压发病中具有重要作用,但作用机理还有待于进一步研究。