Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of the Cftr_1hnT_1hng_1hnH_1hn(_1hnn_1hne_1hno_1hni_1hnm_1hn)_1hnH_1hng_1hnu cystic fibrosis mouse models [Elektronische Ressource] = Mausmodelle für die zystische Fibrose: geno- und phänotypische Charakterisierung der Cftr_1hnT_1hng_1hnH_1hn(_1hnn_1hne_1hno_1hni_1hnm_1hn)_1hnH_1hng_1hnu-Mäusestämme / von Nikoletta Charizopoulou

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• Publié par: gottfried_wilhelm_leibniz_universitat_hannover
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2004
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TgH(neoim)HguGenetic and phenotypic characterisation of the Cftr
cystic fibrosis mouse models
Mausmodelle für die zystische Fibrose: Geno-und phänotypische
TgH(neoim)HguCharakterisierung der Cftr Mäusestämme
Von Fachbereich Chemie
der Universität Hannover
zur Erlangung des Grades
Doktorin der Naturwissenschaften
Dr.rer.nat
genehmigte Dissertation
von
Dr.rer.nat. Nikoletta Charizopoulou
geboren am 14.03.1977 in Alexandroupolis, GriechenlandReferent: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Tümmler
Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Hans. J. Hedrich
Tag der Promotion: 30.01.04
2To my parents.
( In Greek) Στους γο ν ε ί ς µου.
„Whoever you are, or whateverit is that you do, when you really want
something it is because that desire originated in the soul of the universe,
and so when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping
you to achieve it.”
Paulo Coelho
“The Alchemist”
3Acknowledgements
The work for this thesis started in September 2000 and was accomplished in July 2003 at the
laboratory of the Klinischen Forschergruppe under the supervision of Prof. B. Tümmler and
Prof. H.J. Hedrich.
My special thanks go to Prof. B. Tümmler and Prof. H.J. Hedrich for trusting me with this
project and for giving me the opportunity with their unlimited support and guidance to
improve my academic qualifications.
I would also like to thank Dr. J. Dorin (MRC, Edinburgh) for providing us with the mouse
model.
Many thanks to all the members of the Clinical Research Group for their help in all aspects
inside and outside the laboratory but most of all for making me feel at home, even though I
am far away from it.
Special thanks to:
Dr. Frauke Stanke (MHH, Hannover) for her excellent guidance through all the issues of
molecular biology involved in this project and for her unlimited psychological support, which
was most of the times extremely necessary.
Ms. Silke Jansen (MHH, Hannover) for the Southern blot analysis of the congenic animals
and for her help with the DNA and RNA isolations.
Dr. Oleg Reva (MHH, Hannover) for his help with the parsimony analysis.
Dr. Martina Dorsch (MHH, Hannover) for taking care of the animal breeding and for primary
data collection.
Ms. Petra Adomat and Mr. Harry Rahner (MHH, Hannover) for excellent animal care.
Special thanks go to Prof. H. de Jonge (Erasmus University Rotterdam) for the excellent
collaboration and assistance on the phenotypic characterisation of the animals. Many thanks
go to:
Dr Martina Wilke for her help with the Ussing chamber experiments.
Ms Alice Bot for her help with the Western blot experiments.
Dr Huub Jorna for his help with the immunocytochemical experiments.
4Table of Contents
Contents Page
Abstract 9
Abstakt 10
1. Chapter 1 11
1.1. Cystic Fibrosis 12
1.2. Generation of mouse models of cystic fibrosis 13
1.2.1. The murine CF gene 13
1.2.2. Mouse models 13
1.3. Phenotypes of mouse models of CF 14
1.3.1. Survival of mouse models 14
1.3.2. Intestinal disease 15
1.3.3. Lung disease 16
1.3.4. Lung pathology 18
1.3.5. Pancreatic disease 20
1.3.6. Reproductive tissue 21
1.4. Phenotype modification 22
1.4.1. Genetic background 22
1.4.2. Modifier loci 22
Scope of this thesis 24
General introduction –references 26
2. Chapter 2 30
Abstract 31
2.1. Introduction 32
2.2. Materials and methods 35
2.2.1. Experimental animals 35
TgH(neoim)Hgu 2.2.2. Generation of inbred Cftr mutant mice 35
TgH(neoim)Hgu 2.2.3. Generation of congenic Cftr mutant mice 35
2.2.4. DNA purification 36
5 2.2.5. Southern blot genotyping 36
2.2.6. Microsatellite selection 36
2.2.7. Genotyping of microsatellites 37
2.2.8. Long-range PCR 37
2.2.9. Neo PCR 38
2.2.10. Excision scanning by primer walking 38
2.2.11. Sequencing 39
2.3. Results 40
2.3.1. Allele distribution between the strains. Consistent genotyping 40
2.3.2. Recombination 42
2.3.3. Excision of the pIV3.5H vector 43
2.3.4. Primer walking 45
2.4. Discussion 46
2.4.1. Recombination 47
2.4.2. Excision 47
2.5. Conclusion 49
Chapter 2-references 50
3. Chapter 3 52
Abstract 53
3.1. Introduction 54
3.2. Materials and methods 56
3.2.1. Experimental animals 56
TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.2.2. Generation of congenic Cftr mutant mice 56
3.2.3. Isolation of RNA and RT-PCR 58
3.2.4. Sequencing 58
3.2.5. Western blot analysis 58
3.2.6. CFTR antibody 59
3.2.7. Immunocytochemical analysis 59
3.2.8. Short current measurements 60
3.2.9. CFTR immunostaining in mouse nasal epithelium 61
3.3. Results 62
TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.3.1. Generation of the inbred CF/1- Cftr and
TgH(neoim)Hgu CF/3- Cftr mutant mice 62
6 3.3.2. Cftr mRNA analysis 62
TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.3.3. Cftr processing in CF/1- Cftr and CF/3- Cftr mice 62
TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.3.4. Phenotype of the inbred CF/1- Cftr and
TgH(neoim)Hgu CF/3- Cftr mutant mice 64
3.3.5. CFTR immunostaining 64
TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.3.6. Electrophysiological characteristics of CF/1- Cftr and
TgH(neoim)Hgu CF/3-Cftr 66
3.4. Discussion 68
TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hgu 3.4.1. CF/1- Cftr and CF/3- Cftr express trace levels
of wild type Cftr mRNA and low amount of protein 68
3.4.2. Electrophysiological phenotype in the intestinal and nasal epithelium 70
3.4.3. Mechanisms of function 70
3.4.3.1. Selection during inbreeding 70
3.4.3.2. At the level of transcription 70
3.4.3.3. Efficient protein processing mechanism 72
3.4.3.4. Efficient Cftr protein trafficking and improved capacity
at the apical membrane 73
3.4.4. Comparison with the human 75
3.5. Conclusion 77
Chapter 3-references 78
4. Chapter 4 82
4.1. Introduction 83
4.1.1. The laboratory mouse 83
4.1.2. Generation of inbred mice 84
4.1.3. Genetic background of the cystic fibrosis mouse models 84
4.1.4. Generation of congenic CF mouse models 85
4.1.5. Microsatellite markers 86
4.1.6. Genetic relationships between inbred strains 86
4.2. Materials and methods 89
4.2.1. Animals 89
TgH(neoim)Hgu 4.2.2. Generation of inbred Cftr mutant mice 89
4.2.3. Microsatellite selection 89
4.2.4. High molecular weight DNA isolation 92
4.2.5. Genotyping of microsatellites 92
74.2.5.1. PCR 92
4.2.5.2. Analysis of polymorphisms by direct blotting electrophoresis 93
4.2.6. Parsimony analysis 93
4.3. Results and Discussion 95
4.3.1. Analysis of results 95
4.3.2. Strain distribution pattern between the two CF strains and the
three wild type inbred strains 97
TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hgu 4.3.3. Analysis of results for CF/1- Cftr and CF/3- Cftr 101
4.3.3.1. Informative microsatellites between the two inbred CF strains 101
4.3.3.2. Heterozygosity 101
4.3.4. Stability of the inbred strains 102
4.3.5. Comparison of strain distribution patterns 102
4.3.5.1. Comparison of the three inbred strains (C57BL/6, BALB/c
and DBA/2J) 102
4.3.5.2. Comparison of the two inbred CF strains and the three inbred
wild type strains 103
4.3.6. Family tree by parsimony analysis. 106
4.5. Conclusions 108
Chapter 4- references 110
Summary 112
Appendix 114
1.1. Abreviations 114
1.2. Material and equipment 115
1.3. List of figures and tables 119
Curriculum Vitae 121
List of publications 122
8Abstract
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease, caused by mutations in the gene
encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a
- phosphorylation –regulated Cl channel expressed in the apical membrane of epithelia,
and is characterised by pathological features of variable severity. Isolation of the murine
homologue (Cftr) of the human gene enabled the development of transgenic cystic
fibrosis mouse models. Using insertional mutagenesis in Cftr exon 10 Dorin et al., 1992
TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hgudeveloped the Cftr mouse model of CF. A pair of homozygous Cftr
animals with a mixed genetic background became the founders for the generation of two
TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hgu TgH(neoim)Hguinbred Cftr strains CF/1- Cftr and CF/3- Cftr . In the
context of this thesis these two inbred CF strains were both genetically and
phenotypically characterised. Biochemical and functional analysis of the two strains
revealed that, unlike their progenitors with a mixed genetic background, trace amounts
of correctly spliced mRNA and subsequent production of low amounts of Cftr protein
(10-20%) substantiated for the amelioration of the basic defect in the nose and the