Transgenic animals and related aspects
AssigneeUniversity of Medicine & Denistry of New Jersey
InventorsOleg Mirochnitchenko, Masayori Inouye
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Abstract
A transgenic animal, the genome of which comprises a transgene for superoxide dismutase (SOD), erythrocyte-glutathione peroxidase (GPE), or plasma-glutathione peroxidase (GPP), is disclosed. A double transgenic animal comprising the transgenes for both SOD and GPE is also disclosed. Methods for making the transgenic animals are disclosed. Both the SOD gene and the two GP genes code for proteins which control the level of reactive oxidative species (ROS) which accumulate in cells as a result of metabolism. Cell lines from both SOD and GP transgenic animals and methods for use of the transgenic animals as models are also disclosed.
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A transgenic mouse whose somatic cells comprise and overexpress a transgene coding for glutathione peroxidase (GP) wherein the total native and transgenic GP expressed in the transgenic mouse is higher than the GP expressed in a non-transgenic mouse, which transgenic mouse has a phenotype of increased sensitivity to hyperthermia which is a decreased survival time due to the overexpression of the transgene.
A transgenic mouse whose somatic cells comprise and overexpress ubiquitously in all tissues a transgene coding for glutathione peroxidase (GP) wherein the total native and transgenic GP expressed in the transgenic mouse is higher than the GP expressed in a non-transgenic mouse, which transgenic mouse has a phenotype of increased sensitivity to hyperthermia which is a decreased survival time as a result of overexpression of the transgene.
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