Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 mice have the C9orf72_2 transgene encoding the human C9orf72 with 15 hexanucleotide repeats ([GGGGCC]15) in the intron between the alternatively-spliced non-coding first exons 1a and 1b. These mice may be useful in applications related to human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia.
Robert H Baloh, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Cathleen Lutz, The Jackson Laboratory
Genetic Background | Generation |
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Allele Type |
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Transgenic (Inserted expressed sequence, Humanized sequence) |
The most common genetic mutation associated with human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in a non-coding region of the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 gene (C9orf72). The C9orf72 transgenes C9orf72_3 and C9orf72_2 encode the human C9orf72 gene with a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the intron between the alternatively-spliced non-coding first exons 1a and 1b.
The Tg(C9orf72_3) line 112 mice (Stock No. 023099) have several tandem copies of the C9orf72_3 transgene, with each copy having between 100-1000 repeats ([GGGGCC]100-1000).
The Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 mice (Stock No. 023088) have the C9orf72_2 transgene with 15 hexanucleotide repeats ([GGGGCC]15). Line 8 may be used as a control strain for Line 112.
Hemizygous mice from Tg(C9orf72_3) line 112 and Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 are viable, fertile, born in Mendelian ratios and do not develop any locomotor or cognitive phenotype by 16 months of age.
By three months of age, however, hemizygous Tg(C9orf72_3) line 112 animals exhibit RNA foci (formed by hexanucleotide-repeat expansion-containing human C9ORF72 RNAs) and poly(GP) dipeptides (resulting from a non-ATG initiated translation of the repeat expansion) in most neuronal populations of the brain. No RNA foci or poly(GP) dipeptide phenotype is observed for hemizygous Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8.
The donating investigator reports that homozygous mice from Tg(C9orf72_3) line 112 and Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 are viable and fertile, with no phenotype until at least three months of age. Characterization of older mice is in progress (March 2015).
The C9orf72_2 transgene was designed by Dr. Cat Lutz (The Jackson Laboratory) and Dr. Robert Baloh (Cedars-Sinai) by first obtaining a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone derived from fibroblasts of a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), carrying the human chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 gene (C9orf72) with a hexanucleotide repeat expansion (GGGGCC) in the intron between the alternatively-spliced non-coding first exons 1a and 1b. Sequence isolated from the BAC included a ~166 kbp sequence (~36 kbp human C9orf72 genomic sequence, with ~110 kbp upstream and ~20 kbp downstream sequences). Upon amplification of different BAC subclones in bacteria, the repeat expansion underwent contraction in some clones. A BAC subclone with a contraction to 15 GGGGCC repeats was used, non-linearized, for microinjection into C57BL/6J blastocysts. Founder animals were bred to C57BL/6J inbred mice (Stock No. 000664) to establish founder line 8. The Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 colony was backcrossed to C57BL/6J for at least three generations prior to freezing sperm at The Jackson Laboratory Repository. To establish our living colony, an aliquot of the frozen sperm was used to fertilize oocytes from C57BL/6J females.
Expressed Gene | C9orf72, chromosome 9 open reading frame 72, human |
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Site of Expression |
Allele Name | transgene insertion 8, Cathy Lutz |
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Allele Type | Transgenic (Inserted expressed sequence, Humanized sequence) |
Allele Synonym(s) | |
Gene Symbol and Name | Tg(C9orf72_i2)8Lutzy, transgene insertion 8, Cathy Lutz |
Gene Synonym(s) | |
Promoter | C9orf72, chromosome 9 open reading frame 72, human |
Expressed Gene | C9orf72, chromosome 9 open reading frame 72, human |
Strain of Origin | C57BL/6J |
Chromosome | UN |
Molecular Note | The transgene construct was designed using a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone derived from fibroblasts of a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), carrying the human chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 gene (C9orf72) with a hexanucleotide repeat expansion (GGGGCC) in the intron between the alternatively-spliced non-coding first exons 1a and 1b. The BAC isolated a ~166 kbp sequence (~36 kbp human C9orf72 genomic sequence, with ~110 kbp upstream and ~20 kbp downstream sequences). Upon amplification of different BAC subclones in bacteria, the repeat expansion underwent contraction in some clones. A BAC subclone with a contraction to 15 GGGGCC repeats was used. |
When maintaining a live colony, hemizygous mice may be bred together, to wildtype (noncarrier) mice from the colony or to C57BL/6J inbred mice (Stock No. 000664).
When using the Tg(C9orf72_2) line 8 mouse strain in a publication, please cite the originating article(s) and include JAX stock #023088 in your Materials and Methods section.
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