TY - JOUR
T1 - A PCR-based method to genotype mice knocked out for all four CD3 subunits, the standard recipient strain for retrogenic TCR/CD3 bone marrow reconstitution technology
AU - Ferrer, Alejandro
AU - Schrum, Adam G.
AU - Gil, Diana
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - The novel T-cell receptor (TCR)/CD3-retrogenic-reconstitution system represents a very useful strategy for studying TCR/CD3 signaling. Two retroviral vectors containing genes for all six subunits of the TCR/CD3 complex are used to transduce bone marrow precursors and reconstitute lethally irradiated recipient mice. Mice used in this system as bone marrow donors lack all four CD3 subunits (CD3γδÉζ-/-). These mice are generated by crossing the strains CD3ζ-/- and CD3γδÉ-/-, the latter resulting from a knockout construct targeted to CD3É that additionally silences the linked genes, CD3γ and CD3δ. Lacking mature T-cell function, CD3γδ Éζ-/- mice are immunocompromised animals often produced by heterozygous breeding strategies on the C57BL/6 background. As a more rapid and reliable means to identify CD3γδÉζ-/- mice than previously described Northern and Southern blots, we designed polymerase chain reactions to distinguish knockout from wild-type CD3É and CD3ζ alleles, facilitating the identification of CD3γδ Éζ-/- mice.
AB - The novel T-cell receptor (TCR)/CD3-retrogenic-reconstitution system represents a very useful strategy for studying TCR/CD3 signaling. Two retroviral vectors containing genes for all six subunits of the TCR/CD3 complex are used to transduce bone marrow precursors and reconstitute lethally irradiated recipient mice. Mice used in this system as bone marrow donors lack all four CD3 subunits (CD3γδÉζ-/-). These mice are generated by crossing the strains CD3ζ-/- and CD3γδÉ-/-, the latter resulting from a knockout construct targeted to CD3É that additionally silences the linked genes, CD3γ and CD3δ. Lacking mature T-cell function, CD3γδ Éζ-/- mice are immunocompromised animals often produced by heterozygous breeding strategies on the C57BL/6 background. As a more rapid and reliable means to identify CD3γδÉζ-/- mice than previously described Northern and Southern blots, we designed polymerase chain reactions to distinguish knockout from wild-type CD3É and CD3ζ alleles, facilitating the identification of CD3γδ Éζ-/- mice.
KW - DNA; genes; genetic testing; immunology; PCR
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U2 - 10.1089/biores.2013.0002
DO - 10.1089/biores.2013.0002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85042076995
SN - 2164-7860
VL - 2
SP - 222
EP - 226
JO - BioResearch Open Access
JF - BioResearch Open Access
IS - 3
ER -