Ts65Dn“唐氏综合征”小鼠雄性生殖成功增加。

Increased male reproductive success in Ts65Dn "Down syndrome" mice.

机构信息

Department of Biology, Franklin and Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604, USA.

出版信息

Mamm Genome. 2010 Dec;21(11-12):543-9. doi: 10.1007/s00335-010-9300-8. Epub 2010 Nov 26.

Abstract

The Ts65Dn mouse is trisomic for orthologs of about half the genes on Hsa21. A number of phenotypes in these trisomic mice parallel those in humans with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), including cognitive deficits due to hippocampal malfunction that are sufficiently similar to human that "therapies" developed in Ts65Dn mice are making their way to human clinical trials. However, the impact of the model is limited by availability. Ts65Dn cannot be completely inbred and males are generally considered to be sterile. Females have few, small litters and they exhibit poor care of offspring, frequently abandoning entire litters. Here we report identification and selective breeding of rare fertile males from two working colonies of Ts65Dn mice. Trisomic offspring can be propagated by natural matings or by in vitro fertilization (IVF) to produce large cohorts of closely related siblings. The use of a robust euploid strain as recipients of fertilized embryos in IVF or as the female in natural matings greatly improves husbandry. Extra zygotes cultured to the blastocyst stage were used to create trisomic and euploid embryonic stem (ES) cells from littermates. We developed parameters for cryopreserving sperm from Ts65Dn males and used it to produce trisomic offspring by IVF. Use of cryopreserved sperm provides additional flexibility in the choice of oocyte donors from different genetic backgrounds, facilitating rapid production of complex crosses. This approach greatly increases the power of this important trisomic model to interrogate modifying effects of trisomic or disomic genes that contribute to trisomic phenotypes.

摘要

Ts65Dn 小鼠是 Hsa21 上约一半基因的同源基因的三体。这些三体小鼠的许多表型与 21 三体(唐氏综合征)患者相似,包括由于海马功能障碍导致的认知缺陷,这些表型与人类非常相似,以至于在 Ts65Dn 小鼠中开发的“疗法”正在进入人类临床试验。然而,该模型的影响受到可用性的限制。Ts65Dn 不能完全近交,雄性通常被认为是不育的。雌性产仔数量少且体型小,并且它们对后代的照顾很差,经常会遗弃整个窝仔。在这里,我们报告了从两个 Ts65Dn 小鼠工作品系中鉴定和选择性繁殖罕见的可育雄性的情况。可以通过自然交配或体外受精(IVF)繁殖三体后代,以产生大量密切相关的同窝兄弟姐妹。使用健壮的整倍体品系作为 IVF 中受精卵的受体或自然交配中的雌性,极大地改善了饲养条件。将培养至囊胚阶段的额外受精卵用于从同窝兄弟姐妹中创建三体和整倍体胚胎干细胞(ES 细胞)。我们开发了从 Ts65Dn 雄性中冷冻保存精子的参数,并使用它通过 IVF 产生三体后代。使用冷冻保存的精子提供了从不同遗传背景的卵母细胞供体中选择的额外灵活性,有利于快速产生复杂的杂交。这种方法极大地增加了这个重要的三体模型的威力,以研究导致三体表型的三体或二倍体基因的修饰效应。

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