Ya-Chen Liu1, Qu Chen, Xing-Long Yang, Qing-Shuang Tang, Kai-Tai Yao, Yang Xu. 1. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Immunotherapy, Cancer Research Institute, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. E-mail: raoxia920927@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The NOD/SCID/IL2Rγ- /- (NSG) mouse strain is the most widely used immunodeficient strain for xenograft transplantation. However, the existing SCID mutation is a spontaneous mutation of the Prkdc gene, which leads to leaky T cell developmental block and difficulty in genotyping. It is therefore important to develop a new strain of NSG mice with targeted disruption of Prkdc and IL2Rγ genes. METHODS: Targeted disruption of Prkdc and IL2Rγ genes was achieved using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. By intercrossing the knockout and NOD mice, we obtained a novel strain of NOD/SCID/IL2Rγ- /-(NSG) mice, denoted as cNSG (Chinese NSG) mice. RESULTS: In addition to the NOD mutation, cNSG mice exhibited a complete absence of T cells, B cells and NK cells. cNSG mice allowed more efficient engraftment of human cancer cells than the commonly used immunodeficient nude mice. CONCLUSION: cNSG mice will provide an important xenotransplantation model for biomedical research.
OBJECTIVE: The NOD/SCID/IL2Rγ- /- (NSG) mouse strain is the most widely used immunodeficient strain for xenograft transplantation. However, the existing SCID mutation is a spontaneous mutation of the Prkdc gene, which leads to leaky T cell developmental block and difficulty in genotyping. It is therefore important to develop a new strain of NSG mice with targeted disruption of Prkdc and IL2Rγ genes. METHODS: Targeted disruption of Prkdc and IL2Rγ genes was achieved using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. By intercrossing the knockout and NOD mice, we obtained a novel strain of NOD/SCID/IL2Rγ- /-(NSG) mice, denoted as cNSG (Chinese NSG) mice. RESULTS: In addition to the NOD mutation, cNSG mice exhibited a complete absence of T cells, B cells and NK cells. cNSG mice allowed more efficient engraftment of humancancer cells than the commonly used immunodeficientnude mice. CONCLUSION: cNSG mice will provide an important xenotransplantation model for biomedical research.
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