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Transgenesis in Mouse
Chi-Kuang Leo Wang
September 22nd, 2008
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Genetic Manipulation
• Transgenesis
• Gene Targeting
• ENU
• Embryonic Stem Cells & Embryology
• Congenic, Assisted reproduction, ICSI &
Cloning
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Science reporters, BBC News
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Transgenic Research
BSA injection: 1966, Lin
SV40: 1974, Jaenisch & Mintz
Viral infection: 1976, Jaenisch
HSVtk: 1980, Anderson, Capecchi
Pronuclei injection: mRNA 1980, Brinster
DNA 1980, Gordon
YAC 1992, Schedl
BAC 1997, Antoch, Nielsen, Yang
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Transgenic Targeting
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Transgenic Technology
• Microinjection
• Retroviral infection
• Transformation
• Sperm-mediated gene transfer
• Transposon
“Overexpression”
“Random integration; Multiple copy”
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基因型鑑定
14天採樣檢驗
19天懷孕期
輸卵管胚移植手術
胚原核顯微注射
取單細胞受精卵
賀爾蒙刺激排卵
PolII EGFPEGFP pA
設計建構-轉殖基因
Transgenic Production
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Overexpression
• Reporter
• Wild type
• Inhibition
• Competition
• Replacement
• Rescue
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Heterochromatin HeterochromatinActive chromatin (Euchromatin)
LCR: Locus Control Region
E: Enhancer P: Promoter S: Silencer
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Reporter genes
• Secretory- hgh
• Enzyme activity- CAT, luc
• Positive selection- neo, hygro, puro
• Positive & negative selection- HyTK, tk*,
mhprt*
• Visual- lacZ, FPs (GFP, EGFP, hrGFP etc.)
• Combination-βgeo
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Accurate Transgene Expression
Pattern Temporal
Spatial
Level
Completeness
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Transgene expression
(overexpression)
Endogenous gene
(expressing)
Endogenous gene
(inactive)
• Functional (wild type)
• Mutated (active)
• Dominant negative (inactive)
• Anti-sense / dsRNAi
• Expression analysis (reporter)
• Gene dosage
• Miss expression (ectopic)
• Rescue / complementation (wild type)
• Replacement (mutated or different gene)
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Limitations in conventional transgenesis
• Construct capacity
• Expression accuracy
• Expression level
• Position effects, ectopic expression
• Copy number, repeats
• Transgene stability; expression variation, rearrangement
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Now and Future
• Accurate control- site, format, level
• Tools- animal model, drug testing, research
material, research tools
• Biofactory- DNA/ RNA/ protein products,
cell/ organ donor, cell/ organ recipient
• Gene delivery/ gene therapy
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Giraldo & Montoliu, Tg Res 10, 2001
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Giraldo & Montoliu, Tg Res 10, 2001
5.5 kb 0.28 kb
250 kb
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Recombinant DNA Vectors
• Plasmids 20+ kb
• Lambda vectors 30 kb
• Cosmid 40 kb
• PAC (P1 artificial chromosome) 80-90 kb
• BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) 100-300 kb
• YAC (yeast artificial chromosome) 100-1000+ kb
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Giraldo & Montoliu, Tg Res 10, 2001
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YAC (1993)
• Tyrosinase 250 kb
• Myf-5 680 kb
• Imprinting (Igf2 & H19) 130 kb
• Immunoglobulin loci 1.3 Mb
• Alzheimer disease 400 kb
• Down’s syndrome 2 Mb
• Human b-globin locus 250 kb
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BAC (1997)
• Mouse apolipoprotein B 207 kb
• Mouse clock 140 kb
• Goat α–lactalbimin 160 kb
• Mouse α 9acetilcholine receptor 140 kb
• Human β–globin locus 100 kb
• Mouse OCTN2 204 kb
• Human Spinal Muscular Atrophy 115 kb
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YAC / BAC Transgenesis
• Study gene structure-function relationships
• Human disease model
• Complement for mouse mutation
• Bioreactors / biofactories
• Genome / library screening in vivo
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Obstacles in YAC / BAC Transgenesis
• Construct engineering / modification capabilities
• DNA amplification / purification
• Construct release, linearization or uncut
• Construct purification / handling
• Injection; skill
• Genotyping; integrity
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Future-1
HACs - Next generation gene therapy vectors
“Synthetic, nonimmunogenic gene-transfer vector”
• Retroviruses Proliferating cells only
• Adenoviruses Do not stably integrate
Inflammatory response
• DNA-liposome complexes Inefficient & transient
• Origin of replication DNA synthesis
• Telomeres Stabilize chromosome ends
• Centromere/Kinetochore sequence Mitotic stability
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Future-2
HACs - Next generation gene therapy vectors
• Ethical issue
• Stability
• Removable / controllable / changeable
• Integrated form / free form
• Inheritable?
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Giraldo & Montoliu, Tg Res 10, 2001
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Nat Rev Gen, 2, 743-755, 2001
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Nat Rev Gen, 2, 743-755, 2001
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RNA interference (RNAi) - Knockdown
Nat Chem Biol, 2, 2006
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Nat Chem Biol, 2, 2006
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Gene overexpression v.s. gene repression
Conventional BAC/LCR Knockdown
• DNA + + +
• RNA + +++ ---
• Protein + +++ ---
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RNAi – advantages; faster, easier, cheaper
• Tolerate polymorphism – Interstrains, interspecies
• Homologous sequence targeting
• Variable repression efficiency - Dosage analysis
• Less construction effort
• Small: Easy in cloning
• Activity higher than antisense oligonucleotides
• Effective at low concentration
• pre in vitro test
• Often potent with dramatic phenotype
• Powerful tool for experiments at pre-implantation stages
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Mol Biotech, 34, 2006
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J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2008
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Human Gene Therapy 19, 2008
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Human Gene Therapy 19, 2008
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Molecular Cell, 17, 1-10, 2005
RNAi –
Off-target effects
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Nat Methods, 3, 2006
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Neuron, 53, 2007
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RNAi - Methodology
Int. # Copy # Inheritable
• ES Single Single + Preselectable
• P. injection Single Mult. +
• Viral infection Mult. Single +
• Hydrodynamic - Single -
• Electroporation - Single -
• Sonoporation - Single -
• Lipo-transfection - Single -
• Magnetofection - Single -
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Methods Mol Biol 437, 2008
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Nat Chem Biol, 2, 2006
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Methods Mol Biol 437, 2008
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Nature Clin Pract 3, 2007
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Nat Chem Biol, 3, 2007
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J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2008
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Methods Mol Biol 437, 2008
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Nat Rev Genetics, 8, 2007
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Nat Rev Genetics, 8, 2007
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Pharm Res 25, 2008
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Pharm Res 25, 2008
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BioTechniques 41, 2006
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BioTechniques 41, 2006
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Inducible siRNA
• tet H1:
– van de Wetering et al. EMBO reports 4, 2003
– Wiznerowics & Trono J. Virology 77, 2003
– Szulc et al. Nature Methods 3, 2006
• tet U6:
– Ohkawa & Taira Hum. Gene Ther. 11, 2000
– Chen et al. Cancer Research 63, 2003
– Matsukura et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 31, 2003
• tet Cre U6 EGFP:
– Chang et al. Am. J. Pathology 165, 2004
• tet polII shRNA-mirs:
– Dickins et al. Nature Genetics 37, 2005
– Stegmeier et al. PNAS 102, 2005
• tet polII multiple shRNAs:
– Xia et al. BioTechniques 41, 2006
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EMBO reports 4, 2003
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Nat Methods, 3, 2006
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Nat Methods, 3, 2006
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Trends in Genetics 20, 2004
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PNAS 37, 2005
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Trends in Biotechnology 23, 2005
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Nature 441, 2006
Fatality due to oversaturation of miRNA/shRNA pathways