A novel transgenic chimaeric mouse system for the rapid functional evaluation of genes encoding secreted proteins

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作者
Kakitani, M
Oshima, T
Horikoshi, K
Yoshitome, T
Ueda, A
Kajikawa, M
Iba, Y
Ozone, Y
Ijima, Y
Yoshino, T
Itoh, M
Seki, S
Aoki, A
Ishihara, T
Shionoya, M
Makino, U
Kitada, R
Ohguma, A
Ohta, T
Yoshida, Y
Kudoh, H
Hanaoka, K
Sibuya, K
Ishida, I
Kakeda, M
Yagi, M
Yoneya, T
Tomizuka, K
机构
[1] Kirin Brewery Co Ltd, Div Pharmaceut, Pharmaceut Res Lab, Takasaki, Gumma 3701295, Japan
[2] Kitasato Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Biosci, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 2288555, Japan
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10.1093/nar/gni083
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A major challenge of the post-genomic era is the functional characterization of anonymous open reading frames (ORFs) identified by the Human Genome Project. In this context, there is a strong requirement for the development of technologies that enhance our ability to analyze gene functions at the level of the whole organism. Here, we describe a rapid and efficient procedure to generate transgenic chimaeric mice that continuously secrete a foreign protein into the systemic circulation. The transgene units were inserted into the genomic site adjacent to the endogenous immunoglobulin (Ig) kappa locus by homologous recombination, using a modified mouse embryonic stem(ES) cell line that exhibits a high frequency of homologous recombination at the Ig kappa region. The resultant ES clones were injected into embryos derived from a B- cell- deficient host strain, thus producing chimaerism- independent, B- cell- specific transgene expression. This feature of the system eliminates the time- consuming breeding typically implemented in standard transgenicstrategiesandallows for evaluating the effect of ectopic transgene expression directly in the resulting chimaeric mice. To demonstrate the utility of this system we showed high-level protein expression in the sera and severe phenotypes in human EPO ( hEPO) and murine thrombopoietin (mTPO) transgenic chimaeras.
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