| First Author | Oishi H | Year | 2013 |
| Journal | J Immunol | Volume | 190 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 2129-37 |
| PubMed ID | 23365086 | Mgi Jnum | J:193457 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5468581 | Doi | 10.4049/jimmunol.1202196 |
| Citation | Oishi H, et al. (2013) A Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Transgene with Polymorphic Cd72 Inhibits the Development of Glomerulonephritis and Vasculitis in MRL-Faslpr Lupus Mice. J Immunol 190(5):2129-37 |
| abstractText | Systemic lupus erythematosus is considered to be under the control of polygenic inheritance, developing according to the cumulative effects of susceptibility genes with polymorphic alleles; however, the mechanisms underlying the roles of polygenes based on functional and pathological genomics remain uncharacterized. In this study, we substantiate that a CD72 polymorphism in the membrane-distal extracellular domain impacts on both the development of glomerulonephritis and vasculitis in a lupus model strain of mice, MRL/MpJ-Fas(lpr), and the reactivity of BCR signal stimulation. We generated mice carrying a bacterial artificial chromosome transgene originating from C57BL/6 (B6) mice that contains the Cd72(b) locus (Cd72(B6) transgenic [tg]) or the modified Cd72(b) locus with an MRL-derived Cd72(c) allele at the polymorphic region corresponding to the membrane-distal extracellular domain (Cd72(B6/MRL) tg). Cd72(B6) tg mice, but not Cd72(B6/MRL) tg mice, showed a significant reduction in mortality following a marked improvement of disease associated with decreased serum levels of IgG3 and anti-dsDNA Abs. The number of splenic CD4(-)CD8(-) T cells in Cd72(B6) tg mice was decreased significantly in association with a reduced response to B cell receptor signaling. These results indicate that the Cd72 polymorphism affects susceptibility to lupus phenotypes and that novel functional rescue by a bacterial artificial chromosome transgenesis is an efficient approach with wide applications for conducting a genomic analysis of polygene diseases. |
