NOD/LtSz-Rag1null mice: an immunodeficient and radioresistant model for engraftment of human hematolymphoid cells, HIV infection, and adoptive transfer of NOD mouse diabetogenic T cells.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Keywords

Aging, Animal, Diabetes-Mellitus-Insulin-Dependent, Disease-Models-Animal, Erythrocyte-Count, Female, Fetal-Blood, Genes-RAG-1, Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Transplantation, Human, HIV-Infections, Immunoglobulins, Immunologic-Deficiency, Immunophenotyping, Killer-Cells-Natural, Leukocyte-Count, Leukocytes-Mononuclear, Longevity, Lymphoid-Tissue, Lymphoma, Male, Mice, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Mice-Inbred-NOD, Mice-Knockout, Mice-SCID, Poly-I-C, Radiation-Tolerance, Spleen, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, T-Lymphocytes

First Page

2496

Last Page

2507

JAX Source

J Immunol 2000 Mar; 164(5):2496-2507.

Grant

AI30389/AI/NIAID, DK57199/DK/NIDDK, DK32520/DK/NIDDK

Abstract

Development of a small animal model for the in vivo study of human immunity and infectious disease remains an important goal, particularly for investigations of HIV vaccine development. NOD/Lt mice homozygous for the severe combined immunodeficiency (Prkdcscid) mutation readily support engraftment with high levels of human hematolymphoid cells. However, NOD/LtSz-scid mice are highly radiosensitive, have short life spans, and a small number develop functional lymphocytes with age. To overcome these limitations, we have backcrossed the null allele of the recombination-activating gene (Rag1) for 10 generations onto the NOD/LtSz strain background. Mice deficient in RAG1 activity are unable to initiate V(D)J recombination in Ig and TCR genes and lack functional T and B lymphocytes. NOD/LtSz-Rag1null mice have an increased mean life span compared with NOD/LtSz-scid mice due to a later onset of lymphoma development, are radioresistant, and lack serum Ig throughout life. NOD/LtSz-Rag1null mice were devoid of mature T or B cells. Cytotoxic assays demonstrated low NK cell activity. NOD/LtSz-Rag1null mice supported high levels of engraftment with human lymphoid cells and human hemopoietic stem cells. The engrafted human T cells were readily infected with HIV. Finally, NOD/LtSz-Rag1null recipients of adoptively transferred spleen cells from diabetic NOD/Lt+/+ mice rapidly developed diabetes. These data demonstrate the advantages of NOD/LtSz-Rag1null mice as a radiation and lymphoma-resistant model for long-term analyses of engrafted human hematolymphoid cells or diabetogenic NOD lymphoid cells.

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