GSBS Student Publications
Title
Enhanced human CD4+ T cell engraftment in beta2-microglobulin-deficient NOD-scid mice
GSBS Program
Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
1997-04-15
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Medicine, Diabetes Division; Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Genetic crosses produced NOD/LtSz mice doubly homozygous for the severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mutation and the beta2m (B2m) null allele. Both NOD/LtSz-scid/scid and NOD/LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice lacked mature lymphocytes and serum Ig. However, homozygosity for the B2m(null) allele also resulted in the absence of MHC class I expression, loss of NK cell activity, accumulation of iron in the liver, and rapid clearance of human IgG1. NOD/LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice supported markedly elevated levels of human T cell engraftment, compared with NOD/LtSz-scid/scid control animals, following injection with human PBMC. The increased engraftment was associated with a major increase in the number of human CD4+ T cells. Following injection with 20 million human PBMC, levels of human CD4+ T cells in the peripheral blood and spleen of NOD/ LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice were 6- to 7-fold higher than those in NOD/LtSz-scid/scid mice and >50-fold higher than those in C.B-17-scid/scid mice. The resulting normalization of CD4+/CD8+ ratios in NOD/LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice is in sharp contrast to that observed in NOD/LtSz-scid/scid mice or in C.B-17-scid/scid mice. Circulating human IgG was cleared 6-fold more rapidly in NOD/LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice than in NOD/LtSz-scid/scid mice. This rapid IgG clearance suggested a failure of the engrafted human lymphoid cells to maintain high circulating levels of human IgG. The higher levels of human CD4+ T cells and the normalization of the CD4:CD8 ratio that are observed in human PBMC-engrafted NOD/LtSz-scid/scid B2m(null) mice suggest that this system may be an excellent model for studies of HIV pathogenesis.
Source
J Immunol. 1997 Apr 15;158(8):3578-86.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
Related Resources
PubMed ID
9103418
Repository Citation
Christianson, Sherri W.; Greiner, Dale L.; Hesselton, RuthAnn M.; Leif, Jean H.; Wagar, Eric James; Schweitzer, Isabelle B.; Rajan, Thiruchandurai V.; Gott, Bruce; Roopenian, Derry C.; and Shultz, Leonard D., "Enhanced human CD4+ T cell engraftment in beta2-microglobulin-deficient NOD-scid mice" (1997). GSBS Student Publications. 221.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/221