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- the present invention relates to a transgenic animal useful as a model animal for atopic dermatitis, particularly chronic atopic dermatitis.
- Atopic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and allergic conjunctivitis show hypersensitivity to environmental antigens that normal humans do not respond to, It is a disorder that causes disability.
- Th2-type cytokines that enhance allergic reactions is assumed. Elucidation of its induction and regulation mechanisms has important physiological and pharmaceutical implications, but detailed mechanisms have not been clarified.
- treatment of atopic diseases is mainly based on the use of antihistamines, anti-inflammatory steroids, etc., which antagonize antigen evasion, antagonize the binding of mediator receptors such as histamine, etc., but are more specific.
- antihistamines anti-inflammatory steroids, etc.
- mediator receptors such as histamine, etc.
- NC / Nga mice have received attention as a model animal for atopic dermatitis.
- the incidence is unstable and the symptoms are not constant.
- an object of the present invention is to produce an animal useful as an atopic dermatitis model.
- interleukin 18 interleukin 18
- IL-18 is processed by a protease called caspase 1 (11 ⁇ -1 converting enzyme) and converted from its precursor form to its mature form.
- the functions of mature IL-18 include (1) induction of IFN- ⁇ production, (2) enhancement of Fas-mediated apoptosis by enhancing Fas ligand expression, and (3) induction of GM-CSF. (4) It is known that IgE production is suppressed by coexistence with IL-12.
- IL-18 is expressed in various tissues other than immune tissues, such as osteoblast-like stromal cells, keratinocytes, small intestinal epithelial cells, adrenal cortical cells, and pituitary cells.
- transgenic non-human mammal into which DNA having the caspase 1 gene integrated so as to specifically express the skin is introduced, and filed a patent application (International Publication WO 01/1992). 9 5 7 10).
- This transgenic animal exhibits symptoms of atopic dermatitis and is useful as a model animal.
- these transgenic animals also showed epidermal cell necrosis, acute dermatitis, and systemic liver damage due to bacterial infection.
- transgenic animals with atopic dermatitis can be produced even when bred under conditions that secrete IL-18 and exclude specific pathogenic microorganisms such as mites and molds. Also found that the transgenic animal had no epidermal cell necrosis symptoms or liver damage and was useful as a model animal closer to human atopic dermatitis, and completed the present invention.
- the present invention provides a transgenic non-human mammal having a DNA in which an exogenous IL-18 gene has been integrated so as to specifically express the skin, or a progeny thereof, and a method for producing the same. .
- the present invention also provides a method for screening a substance for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis, which comprises administering a test substance to the transgenic animal, and assaying the effect of ameliorating atopic dermatitis, and
- An object of the present invention is to provide a medicament for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis, comprising a substance determined to have an effect of improving atopic dermatitis by the screening.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the binding state of the recombinant DNA used for introduction.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the results of Northern blot analysis of the expression of mlL-18 mRNA in KI L-18 Tg ear epidermal tissue.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the expression of the mRNA of mIL-18 in ear epidermal tissue of KIL-18Tg analyzed by RT-PCR.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing changes in serum IL_18 concentration at 12 weeks and 36 weeks after birth in KI L — 18Tg, KCAS P1 Tg and wild type (WT).
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the results of measurement of the number of skin ruptures in KIL-18Tg, KCAS P1Tg, and wild type (WT).
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing blood IgE concentrations (36 weeks) of KIL-18Tg, KCAS P1 Tg, and wild type (WT).
- the transgenic animal of the present invention has a DNA in which an exogenous IL-18 gene has been incorporated into somatic cells and germ cells so as to specifically express the skin.
- an exogenous IL-18 gene human or mouse IL-18 gene is preferable, for example, human mature IL-18 (hIL-18), mouse mature IL-18
- mIL-18 human precursor IL-18
- mp ro IL-18 mouse precursor IL-18
- 0.63 kbc DNA of the complete coding region of mIL-18 is particularly preferred.
- a recombinant DNA containing an exogenous IL-18 gene and a promoter of a skin-specific protein is preferable.
- the promoter of a skin-specific protein include a promoter of a protein that is specifically present in the skin.
- keratin promoters such as keratin 14, keratin 5, keratin 1, and keratin 10; Although a motor is mentioned, a keratin promoter is particularly preferable.
- the leader sequence of the parathyroid hormone gene for example, the prepro parathyroid hormone (PTH) gene, is linked to the IL-18 gene to promote secretion of 18.
- PTH prepro parathyroid hormone
- an intron such as the i3-g10 bin intron.
- the DNA preferably has a sequence (poly A, generally called terminator 1) that terminates transcription of the target messenger RNA in the transgenic mammal, and is, for example, derived from a virus or from various mammals.
- the gene expression can be manipulated using the sequence of each gene.
- the skin-specific protein poly A particularly preferably keratin poly A, is used.
- the splicing signal of each gene, the enhancer region, and a part of the intron of the eukaryotic gene are transferred 5 'upstream of the promoter region, between the promoter region and the translation region, or between the translation region and the translation region. It is also possible to connect 3 'downstream.
- non-human mammal into which the recombinant DNA obtained as described above is introduced examples include a porcupine, a bush, a higgin, a goat, a perch, a dog, a cat, a guinea pig, a hamster, a rat, a mouse, and the like. Preference is given to rabbits, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice or rats, among which rodents such as guinea pigs, hamsters, mice and rats are preferred, and mice are particularly preferred.
- the transgenic animal of the present invention comprises, for example, introducing into a fertilized egg of a non-human mammal a DNA in which the exogenous IL-18 gene is expressed in a skin-specific manner; Of a female.
- the fertilized egg is preferably at the pronucleus stage of the male sperm (about 12 hours after fertilization).
- a method for introducing the recombinant DNA include a calcium phosphate method, an electric pulse method, a lipofusion method, an agglutination method, a microinjection method, a particle gun method, and a DEAE-dextran method.
- the microinjection method is particularly preferred.
- a fertilized egg into which the recombinant DNA has been introduced is implanted in a female of the same animal as the fertilized egg.
- the implantation method is preferably a method of artificially implanting and implanting in a fallopian tube of a pseudopregnant female animal.
- an individual expressing the target gene can be selected from pups born from an animal in which a fertilized egg has been implanted, and the individual can be subcultured.
- Whether the target gene is contained in the obtained transgenic animal can be confirmed by collecting DNA from the skin and analyzing the transgene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blotting.
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- the transgenic animal of the present invention thus obtained exhibits the atopic dermatitis symptom and survives for a long period of time even in the absence of a specific pathogenic microorganism, since the exogenous IL-18 gene is expressed in the skin. It has the feature of.
- the transgenic animal of the present invention has an exogenous IL-18 gene only in the skin, and does not have it in other tissues such as liver, kidney, lung, brain, and spleen.
- the skin of the transgenic animal of the present invention secretes a large amount of mature IL-18.
- the blood of the transgenic animal of the present invention contains a large amount of mature IL-18 in comparison with normal animals.
- the transgenic animal of the present invention exhibits symptoms of atopic dermatitis from about 24 weeks of age, for example, lichenified dermatitis, erosive dermatitis and the like. Of these, the symptoms of lichenified dermatitis are more characteristically occurring than in the case of the above-mentioned caspase-1 transgenic animal, and the transgenic animal of the present invention is closer to human chronic dermatitis. It is shown that it is.
- the transgenic animal of the present invention was found to be about 24 weeks of age.
- the dermis of the lesion is infiltrated by mononuclear cells and mast cells.
- epidermal cell necrosis rarely occurs.
- liver damage is hardly observed in the transgenic animal of the present invention. Since epidermal cell death and liver damage are not usually observed in human atopic dermatitis, it is understood that the transgenic animal of the present invention exhibits symptoms very similar to human atopic dermatitis. .
- the transgenic animal of the present invention repeats an extremely large number of skin rupture behaviors as compared with the normal animal and the above-mentioned caspase-1 gene-transferred animal, and is accompanied by strong pruritus peculiar to atopic dermatitis.
- the transgenic animals of the present invention exhibit a very high level of histamine and IgE in blood, which is characteristic of atopic dermatitis.
- the transgenic animal of the present invention exhibits symptoms of atopic dermatitis in the absence of a specific pathogenic microorganism, and thus is useful as a symptom model for atopic dermatitis. That is, if a test substance is administered to the transgenic animal of the present invention or its progeny and the effect of ameliorating atopic dermatitis is assayed, screening for a substance for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis becomes possible.
- the effects of improving atopic dermatitis include measuring the blood mature IL-18 level, detecting mature IL-18 in the skin, visual observation, microscopic observation of skin tissue, and blood histamine level. The assay may be carried out singly or in combination as appropriate. Further, the test substance determined to have an atopic dermatitis ameliorating effect by the screening is useful as a drug for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis.
- Isogen reagent Frujitsu Gene
- the plot was washed twice at 42 ° C. with 1 ⁇ SSCZ 0.1% by weight SDS and twice with 2 ⁇ SSC / 0.1% by weight SDS. The plot was then exposed to X-ray film at 170 ° C.
- IL-18 The biological activity of IL-18 was measured by IFN-inducing activity using IL-18-reactive mouse NK cells.
- Recombinant mouse I L-18 (rmI L-18), perch anti-mouse IL-18 neutralizing antibody and mouse IL-18ELISA kit were obtained from Hayashibara Research Institute.
- the mouse IL-18 ELISA kit was able to detect 10-100 OpgZmL of IL-18.
- Biopsy specimens from transgenic and wild-type mice were fixed in phosphate-buffered formalin for 2 hours. It was then cut into paraffin sections. The samples were immediately frozen in OCT comound (Miles), a frozen tissue embedding medium, and stored at 170 ° C. The cryostat portion (5 m) was fixed with acetone for 5 minutes at 4 ° C and incubated for 1 hour with appropriately diluted primary antibody. After washing, visualization was performed with a Vectastein Elite kit (Vector Laboratories) using AEC (Dako Japan) with the bound primary antibody as a substrate. (4) Immunoblot
- Immunoblotting was performed according to J. Clin. Invest. 87: 1066 (1991). After removal of DNA and RNA using the Isogen kit, epidermal cell lysates from transgenic and control mice were suspended in SDS-sample buffer under reducing conditions. The electrophoresed protein was transferred to a nitrose-loose membrane (Sceicher & Schuell) using a semi-dry blotter (Bi'o_Rad). After incubating the membrane with the primary antibody for 1 hour, secondary incubation with alkaline phosphatase-labeled anti-mouse IgG or anti-Peagle IgG antibody, and finally, Western Blue substrate
- PTH Prepro parathyroid hormone gene leader-sequence
- K14 promoter is a keratin 14 promoter
- i3g1 obin Intron is a heron] 3g1 obin intron
- PTH- ml L-18 represents the 0.63 kb cDNA of the complete coding region of PTH and ml_18
- Kl4po1yA represents human keratin 14 polyA
- the epidermis of KIL_18Tg showed no particular histological changes up to 24 weeks.
- the thick epidermis of the KIL-18Tg lesion showed a chronic eczema-like change accompanied by scabies.
- the dermis of the lesion was infiltrated with many mononuclear cells and mast cells. Necrosis of epidermal cells was not observed.
- MRNA of KIL-18Tg in ear epidermis, epidermis, liver, kidney, colon, lung, brain and spleen by Northern blot analysis and RT-PCR
- lane 1 shows the results of detection of KIL-18Tg
- lane 2 shows the results of mRNA detection of non-transgenic (wild-type) ear epidermal tissue.
- lane 1 shows AH ind
- lane 2 shows KIL-18Tg
- lane 3 shows normal mouse
- lane 4 shows positive control.
- the number of skin ruptures in KIL-18Tg and wild type was measured for 60 minutes.
- KIL-18Tg and wild-type blood IgE concentrations were measured at 36 weeks of age.
- Figure 6 shows the results. These results indicate that the transgenic mice of the present invention have extremely high blood IgE levels of 120 PL gZmm or more at 36 weeks of age.
- the blood IgE level of KIL- 18 Tg was much higher than that of KCAS P1 Tg.
- the transgenic non-human mammal of the present invention spontaneously develops atopic dermatitis in the absence of a specific pathogenic microorganism, and is therefore useful as a disease model animal.
- the use of the transgenic animal of the present invention makes it possible to develop a medicament for the prevention and treatment of atopic dermatitis due to innate immunity, and to elucidate the onset mechanism of atopic disease.
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