These mice are most commonly called NRG and are extremely immunodeficient. The mice carry two mutations on the NOD/ShiLtJ genetic background; a targeted knockout mutation in recombination activating gene 1 (Rag1) and a complete null allele of the IL2 receptor common gamma chain (IL2rgnull). The Rag1null mutation renders the mice B and T cell deficient and the IL2rgnull mutation prevents cytokine signaling through multiple receptors, leading to a deficiency in functional NK cells. The severe immunodeficiency allows the mice to be humanized by engraftment of human CD34+ hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) and patient derived xenografts (PDX) at high efficiency. The immunodeficient NRG mice are more resistant to irradiation and genotoxic drugs than mice with a scid mutation in the DNA repair enzyme Prkdc.
Dr. Leonard D. Shultz, The Jackson Laboratory
Genetic Background | Generation |
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Allele Type | Gene Symbol | Gene Name |
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Targeted (Null/Knockout) | Rag1 | recombination activating gene 1 |
Allele Type | Gene Symbol | Gene Name |
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Targeted (Null/Knockout) | Il2rg | interleukin 2 receptor, gamma chain |
These NRG mice are NOD-congenic mice harboring the Rag1null mutation (Rag1KO or Rag1tm1Mom) on chromosome 2 and the IL2rγnull mutation (IL2RγcKO or Il2rgtm1Wjl) on the X chromosome. These NRG mutant mice are also called NOD-Rag1null IL2rγnull double mutant mice or NOD.Rag1KO.IL2RγcKO mice. Females homozygous for both mutations (and males homozygous for Rag1null; hemizygous for the X-linked IL2rγnull mutation) are viable and fertile. When compared to NOD-scid IL2rgnull mice
(NSG mice; Stock No. 005557), these NRG mice tolerate much higher levels of irradiation conditioning. Additionally, NRG mice support higher levels of both human cord blood stem cell engraftment following irradiation-conditioning (leading to multi-lineage hematopoietic cell populations and a complete repertoire of human immune cells, including human T cells) and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells engraftment in unconditioned adult mice with respect to NOD-Rag1null (Stock No. 003729) or NOD-scid (Stock No. 001303) mice. These NRG mice may be useful for cell or tissue transplantation studies, particularly as a model for human lymphohematopoietic cell engraftment studies that require a radioresistant host.
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These NRG mice are NOD-congenic mice harboring the Rag1null mutation (Rag1KO or Rag1tm1Mom) on chromosome 2 and the IL2rγnull mutation (IL2RγcKO or Il2rgtm1Wjl) on the X chromosome. These NRG mutant mice (also called NOD-Rag1null IL2rγnull double mutant mice or NOD.Rag1KO.IL2RγcKO mice) were produced by breeding NOD-Rag1null (Stock No. 003729) mice with NOD-scid IL2rgnull
(Stock No. 005557)
mice. Offspring were intercrossed and bred to be homozygous for the Rag1null mutation, homozygous (for females; or hemizygous for males) for the X-linked IL2rγnull mutation, and wild-type for the scid mutation. The donating investigator reports that the genetic background is equivalent to approximately N9 prior to arrival at The Jackson Laboratory Repository.
Allele Name | targeted mutation 1, Peter Mombaerts |
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Allele Type | Targeted (Null/Knockout) |
Allele Synonym(s) | Rag-; Rag1tm1Mom; RAG-1-; Rag1-; RAG1null; Rag-1KO |
Gene Symbol and Name | Rag1, recombination activating gene 1 |
Gene Synonym(s) | |
Site of Expression | expression is seen in bone marrow derived cell lines. |
Strain of Origin | 129S7/SvEvBrd-Hprt+ |
Chromosome | 2 |
Molecular Note | A 1356 bp genomic fragment of the Rag1 gene, encoding the nuclear localization signal and the zinc-finger motif, was replaced by a neomycin cassette. A mutant transcript expressed from this allele was detected by Northern blot in bone marrow derived cell lines from homozygous mice. |
Mutations Made By | Peter Mombaerts, Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics |
Allele Name | targeted mutation 1, Warren J Leonard |
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Allele Type | Targeted (Null/Knockout) |
Allele Synonym(s) | [KO]gammac; CD132-; gammac-; gc-; Il2rgtm1Wjll; IL2Rgammanull |
Gene Symbol and Name | Il2rg, interleukin 2 receptor, gamma chain |
Gene Synonym(s) | |
Site of Expression | Primarily lymphoid cells. |
Strain of Origin | 129S4/SvJae |
Chromosome | X |
Molecular Note | A neomycin resistance cassette replaced part of exon 3 and all of exons 4 - 8 of the gene, resulting in the loss of most of the extracellular domain and all of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains of the protein. |
Mutations Made By | Dr. Warren Leonard, NHLBI, NIH |
When maintaining a live colony, females homozygous for both the Rag1null and IL2rγnull mutations may be bred with males homozygous for the Rag1null mutation and hemizygous for the X-linked IL2rγnull mutation. The donating investigator suggests that NOD.129S7(B6)-Rag1tm1Mom/J (Stock No. 003729), NOD/ShiLtJ (Stock No. 001976), or NOD/ShiLtSz may be appropriate controls.
When using the NRG mouse strain in a publication, please cite the originating article(s) and include JAX stock #007799 in your Materials and Methods section.
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