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Generation of reporter mice for detecting the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor of activated T cells
Yamasaki, Norimasa
Miura, Kento
Ogata, Sawako
Miura, Shuka
Uchimura, Arikuni
Satoh, Yasunari
Toshishige, Masaaki
Hosomi, Naohisa
Kitamura, Noriko
Kaminuma, Osamu
Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
2023
Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) is a transcription factor essential for immunological and other biological responses. To develop analyzing system for NFAT activity in vitro and in vivo, we generated reporter mouse lines introduced with NFAT-driven enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) expressing gene construct. Six tandem repeats of −286 to −265 of the human IL2 gene to which NFAT binds in association with its cotranscription factor, activator protein (AP)-1, was conjunct with thymidine kinase minimum promoter and following EGFP coding sequence. Upon introduction of the resulting reporter cassette into C57BL/6 fertilized eggs, the transgenic mice were obtained. Among 7 transgene-positive mice in 110 mice bone, 2 mice showed the designated reporter mouse character. Thus, the EGFP fluorescence of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in these mice was enhanced by stimulation through CD3 and CD28. Each of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin (IOM) stimulation weakly but their combined stimulation strongly enhanced EGFP expression. The stimulation-induced EGFP upregulation was also observed following T cell subset differentiation in a different manner. The EGFP induction by PMA + IOM stimulation was more potent than that by CD3/CD28 stimulation in helper T (Th)1, Th2, Th9, and regulatory T cells, while both stimulation conditions displayed the equivalent EGFP induction in Th17 cells. Our NFAT reporter mouse lines are useful for analyzing stimulation-induced transcriptional activation mediated by NFAT in cooperation with AP-1 in T cells.
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Activator protein-1
Enhanced green fluorescent protein
Helper T cell
Ionomycin
Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate