title: Defective TCR expression in transgenic mice constructed using cDNA-based alpha- and beta-chain genes under the control of heterologous regulatory elements.
abstract: We describe the generation of ovalbumin (OVA)-specific, MHC class II-restricted alpha beta T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mice. Initial attempts at generating these transgenic mice utilized heterologous regulatory elements to drive the expression of cDNA genes encoding the separate alpha- and beta-chains of the TCR. Unexpectedly, T cells bearing the transgenic alpha beta TCR failed to emerge from the thymus in these mice, although the transgenes did modify endogenous TCR expression. However, subsequent modification of the approach which enabled expression of the TCR beta-chain under the control of its natural regulatory elements generated mice whose peripheral T cells expressed the transgenic TCR and were capable of antigen-dependent proliferation. These results show that successful generation of MHC class II-restricted, OVA-specific alpha beta TCR transgenic mice was dependent upon combining cDNA- and genomic DNA-based constructs for expression of the respective alpha- and beta-chains of the TCR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Monash Medical School, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barnden
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Allison
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Carbone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015870:Gene Expression; D019673:Genes, T-Cell Receptor alpha; D019674:Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*; D010641:Phenotype; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010047:Ovalbumin