中国组织工程研究 ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (19): 3013-3018.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1248

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基于Cre/LoxP系统建立软骨组织特异性印第安刺猬蛋白
基因敲除小鼠模型

袁  涛1,王勇卓1,黄远章1,席  刚1,魏  垒1,2,张  民1   

  1. (1山西医科大学附属第二临床医学院,骨与软组织损伤修复山西省重点实验室,山西省太原市  030001;2美国布朗大学医学院骨科/罗德岛州医院骨科,RI02903美国罗德岛州)
  • 收稿日期:2018-10-31 出版日期:2019-07-08 发布日期:2019-07-08
  • 通讯作者: 张民,副教授,山西医科大学附属第二临床医学院,骨与软组织损伤修复山西省重点实验室,山西省太原市 030001
  • 作者简介:袁涛,男,1990年生,山西省太原市人,汉族,山西医科大学在读硕士,主要从事骨关节炎、骨与软骨损伤修复的研究。
  • 基金资助:

    国家国际科技合作专项项目(2015DFA33050),项目参与者:张民;山西省人社厅择优资助重点项目(2017-19),项目负责人:张民

Establishment of Indian hedgehog protein conditional knockout mouse models based on Cre/LoxP system

Yuan Tao1, Wang Yongzhuo1, Huang Yuanzhang1, Xi Gang1, Wei Lei1, 2, Zhang Min1   

  1.  (1Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China; 2Department of Orthopedics, Brown University Hospital/Rhode Island Hospital, Rhode Island RI02903, USA)
  • Received:2018-10-31 Online:2019-07-08 Published:2019-07-08
  • Contact: Zhang Min, Associate professor, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • About author:Yuan Tao, Master candidate, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Bone and Soft Tissue Injury Repair, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National International Science and Technology Cooperation Project, No. 2015DFA33050 (to ZM); the Key Project of Shanxi Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Sciences, No. 2017-19 (to ZM)

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文题释义:
印第安刺猬蛋白(Indian hedgehog,Ihh)基因:是刺猬蛋白(Hedgehog,Hh)家族中的一员,其主要在软骨细胞中表达,并在软骨细胞增殖和分化的过程中起着重要的调控作用。
基因敲除(knockout):是指一种遗传工程技术,针对某个序列已知但功能未知的序列,改变生物的遗传基因,令特定的基因功能丧失作用,从而使部分功能被屏障,并可进一步对生物体造成影响,进而推测出该基因的生物学功能。
摘要
背景
:印第安刺猬蛋白(Ihh)条件性基因敲除小鼠动物模型的建立,实现了印第安刺猬蛋白条件性基因敲除能够在时间和组织上具有选择性,能够为进一步研究与生长板有关的严重遗传病提供实验基础。
目的:基于Cre/LoxP系统建立软骨组织特异性印第安刺猬蛋白基因敲除小鼠模型,并进一步观察其表型变化差异。
方法:SPF级亲代Ihhfl/fl小鼠与Col2a1-CreERT2小鼠,均由美国布朗大学魏垒教授赠予。将亲代Ihhfl/fl小鼠与Col2a1-CreERT2小鼠杂交,获得基因型Col2a1- CreERT2,Ihhfl/-小鼠;再将此基因型小鼠自交,获得刚出生的小鼠。通过琼脂糖凝胶电泳对刚出生小鼠进行基因鉴定,随机分为2组:实验组小鼠于出生后第1天开始腹腔注射玉米油溶解的20 g/L 他莫昔芬10 μL,连续注射3 d;对照组小鼠腹腔注射等量玉米油。出生后第6天RT-qPCR检测印第安刺猬蛋白基因的敲除率;第8天小鼠膝关节行番红固绿染色、Von Kassa染色进行初步表型观察;第8周行小鼠大体形态观察、记录后肢股骨/胫骨长度,后肢X射线片观察。
结果与结论:①通过RT-qPCR证实了印第安刺猬蛋白条件性基因敲除率为76.83%,8周龄小鼠大体形态表现为肢体短小畸形(P < 0.01);②X射线显示敲除小鼠胫骨明显缩短且骨骺端发育异常;③番红固绿染色显示印第安刺猬蛋白条件性敲除表达在发育中的小鼠胫骨生长板软骨组织这一特定区域;④Von Kassa染色显示Ihhd/d小鼠生长板过早闭合;⑤初步建立了印第安刺猬蛋白条件性基因敲除小鼠模型,印第安刺猬蛋白条件性基因敲除后引起小鼠生长板区软骨细胞增殖紊乱,生长板区软骨细胞提前矿化,生长板过早骨化闭合,小鼠表现为肢体短小畸形。

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程
ORCID: 0000-0002-4599-4091(袁涛)

关键词: 组织构建, 骨组织工程, 软骨生长板, 条件基因敲除, 动物模型, 他莫昔芬, 小鼠, Ihh

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The establishment of an animal model of Indian hedgehog protein (Ihh) conditional knockout mice can realize the time and tissue selectivity of Ihh conditional gene knockout, which can provide an experimental basis for further research on some serious genetic diseases related to growth plates.
OBJECTIVE: To establish a cartilage tissue-specific Ihh knockout mouse model by Cre/LoxP system, and further observe the difference in phenotypic changes.
METHODS: Ihhfl/fl and Col2a1-CreERT2 mice, SPF grade, were provided by Prof. Wei Lei from Brown University. Ihhfl/fl and Col2a1-CreERT2 mice were hybrided to obtain Col2a1-CreERT2, and Ihhfl/- mice, and then self-matched to obtain newly born mice. Genetic identification of newly born mice was performed by agarose gel electrophoresis, and then randomized into two groups. The mice received intraperitoneal injection of 20 g/L tamoxifen (10 μL) dissolved in corn oil at the first day after born for 3 consecutive days (experimental group). The controls were given the same volume of corn oil. The knockdown rate of the Ihh gene was detected by RT-qPCR at 6 days after birth. The initial phenotype of the mouse knee was observed by Safranin O and Von Kassa staining on day 8. The gross morphology of the 8-week-old mice was observed, the length of femur and tibia in the hind limb was recorded, and the lower extremity was observed by X-ray film.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The Ihh conditional gene knockout rate was 76.83% by RT-qPCR. The result of gross morphology showed short limb deformity (P < 0.01). (2) X-ray showed that the tibia of the knockout mice was significantly shortened. (3) Safranin O staining showed that Ihh conditional knockout was expressed in a specific region of the developing mouse tibia growth plate cartilage tissue. (4) Von Kassa staining showed that Ihhd/d mouse growth plates closed prematurely. The Ihh conditional knockout mouse model was initially established. (5) After the Ihh conditional gene knockout, the chondrocyte proliferation disorder in the growth plate area of mice was induced. The cells in the growth plate area were mineralized in advance, the growth plate was prematurely ossified, and the mice showed short limb deformities.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程

Key words: tissue construction, bone tissue engineering, cartilage growth plate, conditional gene knockout, animal model, tamoxifen, mice, Ihh

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