用于可比细胞和动物模型的改良 GeneSwitch 工具包:在模拟 Charcot-Marie-Tooth 神经病方面的概念验证。

An Adapted GeneSwitch Toolkit for Comparable Cellular and Animal Models: A Proof of Concept in Modeling Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy.

机构信息

Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium.

出版信息

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 9;24(22):16138. doi: 10.3390/ijms242216138.

Abstract

Investigating the impact of disease-causing mutations, their affected pathways, and/or potential therapeutic strategies using disease modeling often requires the generation of different in vivo and in cellulo models. To date, several approaches have been established to induce transgene expression in a controlled manner in different model systems. Several rounds of subcloning are, however, required, depending on the model organism used, thus bringing labor-intensive experiments into the technical approach and analysis comparison. The GeneSwitch™ technology is an adapted version of the classical UAS-GAL4 inducible system, allowing the spatial and temporal modulation of transgene expression. It consists of three components: a plasmid encoding for the chimeric regulatory pSwitch protein, Mifepristone as an inducer, and an inducible plasmid. While the pSwitch-containing first plasmid can be used both in vivo and in cellulo, the inducible second plasmid can only be used in cellulo. This requires a specific subcloning strategy of the inducible plasmid tailored to the model organism used. To avoid this step and unify gene expression in the transgenic models generated, we replaced the backbone vector with standard pUAS-attB plasmid for both plasmids containing either the chimeric GeneSwitch™ cDNA sequence or the transgene cDNA sequence. We optimized this adapted system to regulate transgene expression in several mammalian cell lines. Moreover, we took advantage of this new system to generate unified cellular and fruit fly models for YARS1-induced Charco-Marie-Tooth neuropathy (CMT). These new models displayed the expected CMT-like phenotypes. In the N2a neuroblastoma cells expressing YARS1 transgenes, we observed the typical "teardrop" distribution of the synthetase that was perturbed when expressing the YARS1 mutation. In flies, the ubiquitous expression of YARS1 induced dose-dependent developmental lethality and pan-neuronal expression caused locomotor deficit, while expression of the wild-type allele was harmless. Our proof-of-concept disease modeling studies support the efficacy of the adapted transgenesis system as a powerful tool allowing the design of studies with optimal data comparability.

摘要

研究致病突变、受影响的途径和/或使用疾病建模的潜在治疗策略,通常需要生成不同的体内和细胞模型。迄今为止,已经建立了几种方法来在不同的模型系统中以受控的方式诱导转基因表达。然而,根据所使用的模式生物,需要进行几轮亚克隆,从而将劳动密集型实验引入技术方法和分析比较中。GeneSwitch™技术是经典 UAS-GAL4 诱导系统的改编版本,允许转基因表达的时空调节。它由三个组件组成:一个编码嵌合调节 pSwitch 蛋白的质粒、米非司酮作为诱导剂和一个可诱导质粒。虽然含有 pSwitch 的第一个质粒可在体内和细胞中使用,但可诱导的第二个质粒只能在细胞中使用。这需要针对所使用的模式生物定制特定的可诱导质粒亚克隆策略。为了避免这一步骤并统一生成的转基因模型中的基因表达,我们用标准的 pUAS-attB 质粒替换了这两个质粒的骨架载体,这两个质粒都含有嵌合 GeneSwitch™ cDNA 序列或转基因 cDNA 序列。我们优化了这个适应系统,以调节几种哺乳动物细胞系中的转基因表达。此外,我们利用这个新系统为 YARS1 诱导的 Charco-Marie-Tooth 神经病(CMT)生成了统一的细胞和果蝇模型。这些新模型表现出预期的 CMT 样表型。在表达 YARS1 转基因的 N2a 神经母细胞瘤细胞中,我们观察到合成酶的典型“泪滴”分布,当表达 YARS1 突变时,这种分布受到干扰。在果蝇中,YARS1 的广泛表达诱导了剂量依赖性的发育致死性和全神经元表达引起的运动缺陷,而野生型等位基因的表达是无害的。我们的概念验证疾病建模研究支持了适应转基因系统的有效性,它是一种强大的工具,可以设计具有最佳数据可比性的研究。

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