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The generation of a tau-V337M point mutation mouse model using gene editing technology can provide an animal model with fast disease progression and more severe symptoms, which facilitate the study of pathogenesis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, single guide RNAs (sgRNA) and single-stranded oligonucleotides (ssODN) were designed and synthesized in vitro. The mixture of sgRNA, Cas9 protein and ssODN was microinjected into the zygotes of C57BL/6J mice. After DNA cutting and recombination, the site homologous to human 337 valine (GTG) in exon 11 was mutated into methionine (ATG). In order to improve the efficiency of recombination, a Rad51 protein was added. The female mice mated with the nonvasectomy male mice were used as the surrogates. Subsequently, the 2-cell stage gene edited embryos were transferred into the unilateral oviduct, and the F0 tau-V337M mutation mice were obtained. Higher mutation efficiency could be obtained by adding Rad51 protein. The F0 tau-V337M point mutation mice can pass the mutation on to the F1 generation mice. In conclusion, this study successfully established the first tau-V337M mutation mouse by using Cas9, ssODN and Rad51. These results provide a new method for developing AD mice model which can be used in further research on the pathogenesis and treatment of AD.
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Animals , Male , Female , Mice , Humans , CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics , RNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems , Rad51 Recombinase/genetics , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Disease Models, Animal , Recombination, GeneticABSTRACT
Objective: To clone human PKG I α gene and construct a recombinant adenovirus vector containing wild-type PKG I α. Methods: RT-PCR was used to amplify the full-length PKG gene from human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle. After T/A cloning, PKG I α cDNA was cloned into shuttle plasmid pAdTrack-CMV to construct pAdTrack-PKG I α. The plasmid was linearized by Pme I and transformed into BJ5183 E. coli, where the plasmid was recombined with pAdEasy-1 by homologous recombination, The recombinants were then transfected into Ad293 cells by Lipofectamine2000 for packaging the adenovirus; the recombinant adenovirus was traced by monitoring GFP expression under fluorescence microscope to determine the titer. Results: PKG I α was successfully amplified from human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle by RT-RCR. After 3 cycles of amplification, the titer of adenovirus containing wild-type PKG I α reached the indicated level. Conclusion: We have successfully constructed PKG I α gene and constructed the PKG I α recombinant adenovirus, which provides a foundation for the study of PKG Iα function and its role in hypoxia pulmonary vessel remodeling.
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Through genetic recombination technique, the rat glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (rGDNF) cDNA was in-serted into polylinker site of retroviral vector pLXSN, to generate a recombinant plasmid pLXSN-GDNF as transfer vector. Therecombinant plasmid was verified with restriction analysis, PCR, dot blot hybridization and Southern blot hybridization. The re-sults showed that GDNF cDNA was cloned correctly into retroviral vector pLXSN, recombinant retroviral vector was construct-ed. It is concluded that the eukaryotic cell expression vector was constructed successfully for gene therapy of Parkinson's,Alzheimer's and other central nervous system diseases.
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Objective:To construct high level prokaryotic cell expression vector carrying human upstream regulatory element binding protein1 (hureb1) gene for producing GST hureb1 fusion protein and generating anti hureb1 antibody Methods: After the Xho I/Not I fragment from hureb1 open reading frame was recombined into the prokaryotic expression vector pGEX 4T 2, the vector was transformed into E coli BL21(DE3) strain and induced with IPTG to express the fusion protein, GST hureb1 The crudely isolated fusion protein was applied to immunize rabbit and mouse for generating anti hureb1 polyclonal antibody and monoclonal antibody respectively Results:The prokaryotic expression vector expressing GST hureb1 fusion protein was constructed and induced to produce high level GST hureb1 that was detected up to 33 45% of the total bacterial protein expressed The GST hureb1 fusion protein immunizing animals generated high titer and specific anti hureb1 antibodies Conclusion:Recombinant hureb1 protein and anti hureb1 antibodies can be used to analyze the biological functions of hureb1