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New Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rat transgenic models with ubiquitous expression of green fluorescent protein
Ana Isabel Garcia Diaz, Ben Moyon, Philip M. Coan, Neza Alfazema, Lara Venda, Kevin Woollard, Tim Aitman
Disease Models & Mechanisms 2016 9: 463-471; doi: 10.1242/dmm.024208
Ana Isabel Garcia Diaz
Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UKMRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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Ben Moyon
Embryonic Stem Cell and Transgenics Facility, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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Philip M. Coan
Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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Neza Alfazema
Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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Lara Venda
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK
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MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UKInstitute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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    GFP transgenic rat design. (A) Schematic plasmid representation. Rat elongation factor 1 alpha promoter (rEF1a) replaces CAG promoter (CAGGS). IR, inverted repeats; GFP, green fluorescent protein cDNA. (B) Photograph of WKY-GFP pups (left) and adult (right) rats under excitation light 489 nm, showing wild-type and GFP Tg animals. (C) Schematic genome locus showing TA integration sites location of transgene for SHR-GFP in chromosome 5, and WKY-GFP in chromosome 1 and 8. Genomic sequence (left junction) in capitals and transgene in lowercase, dotted horizontal line refers to intergenic, continuous black line to intronic, and vertical blocks to exonic sequences.

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    GFP expression in embryos. Female WKT-GFP rats were crossed with wild-type WKY male rats and one-cell embryos removed and imaged under confocal microscope. Representation of three experiments from one-cell embryos at E4.5 and E4.5 plus 12 h showing bright field (BF) images and expression of GFP. Scale bar: 15 μm (top panel); 40 μm (bottom panel).

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    GFP expression in organs and tissues. Wild type (from SHR strain), WKY-GFP and SHR-GFP rats were examined for gross GFP expression in dissected heart, brain, kidney, eyes, thymus, gut, liver, spleen and muscle tissues. Whole organ extracts were mounted for white light (left three panels) and stereo-fluorescence imaging (right three panels). Scale bar: 2 mm.

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    GFP expression in blood leukocyte populations. Anticoagulated blood from wild-type, WKY-GFP and SHR-GFP rats were examined for GFP expression with or without fluorescent-labelled antibodies using flow cytometry. (A) Histograms of GFP expression in SSChi and SSClow populations. (B) Lower panels: dot plots of GFP expression versus granulocyte (Gran)-, MHC class II (MHC-II)- or CD68-positive populations, in cells gated by R1 (upper panel). Representative of at least n=4 rats.

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    GFP expression in BMDM and intravital microscopy. (A) Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) were harvested and cultured for 5 or 10 days and intensity of GFP examined in WKY-GFP and SHR-GFP rats. Scale bar: 75 μm. (B). WKY rats underwent irradiation and bone marrow transplant from a WKY-GFP donor. After successful chimerisation, kidney cortex was imaged after injection of 70 kDa fluorescent dextran under anaesthesia. Snapshot is shown of GFP-positive cells interacting with endothelial surfaces within the kidney (arrows). Representative of at least n=4 rats. Scale bar: 40 μm.

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New Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rat transgenic models with ubiquitous expression of green fluorescent protein
Ana Isabel Garcia Diaz, Ben Moyon, Philip M. Coan, Neza Alfazema, Lara Venda, Kevin Woollard, Tim Aitman
Disease Models & Mechanisms 2016 9: 463-471; doi: 10.1242/dmm.024208
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New Wistar Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rat transgenic models with ubiquitous expression of green fluorescent protein
Ana Isabel Garcia Diaz, Ben Moyon, Philip M. Coan, Neza Alfazema, Lara Venda, Kevin Woollard, Tim Aitman
Disease Models & Mechanisms 2016 9: 463-471; doi: 10.1242/dmm.024208

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