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Establishment of a Human Allergy Model Using Human IL-3/GM-CSF−Transgenic NOG Mice This information is current as Ryoji Ito, Takeshi Takahashi, Ikumi Katano, Kenji Kawai, of September 26, 2021. Tsutomu Kamisako, Tomoyuki Ogura, Miyuki Ida-Tanaka, Hiroshi Suemizu, Satoshi Nunomura, Chisei Ra, Akio Mori, Sadakazu Aiso and Mamoru Ito J Immunol 2013; 191:2890-2899; Prepublished online 16 August 2013; Downloaded from doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203543 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/191/6/2890 Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2013/08/20/jimmunol.120354 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Material 3.DC1 References This article cites 45 articles, 24 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/191/6/2890.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. by guest on September 26, 2021 • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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The Journal of Immunology Establishment of a Human Allergy Model Using Human IL-3/GM-CSF–Transgenic NOG Mice Ryoji Ito,*,† Takeshi Takahashi,* Ikumi Katano,* Kenji Kawai,* Tsutomu Kamisako,* Tomoyuki Ogura,* Miyuki Ida-Tanaka,* Hiroshi Suemizu,* Satoshi Nunomura,‡ Chisei Ra,‡ Akio Mori,x Sadakazu Aiso,† and Mamoru Ito* The development of animal models that mimic human allergic responses is crucial to study the pathophysiology of disease and to generate new therapeutic methodologies. Humanized mice reconstituted with human immune systems are essential to study human immune reactions in vivo and are expected to be useful for studying human allergies. However, application of this technology to the study of human allergies has been limited, largely because of the poor development of human myeloid cells, especially granulocytes and mast cells, which are responsible for mediating allergic diseases, in conventional humanized mice. In this study, we developed a novel transgenic (Tg) strain, NOD/Shi-scid-IL2rgnull (NOG), bearing human IL-3 and GM-CSF genes (NOG IL-3/GM–Tg). In Downloaded from this strain, a large number of human myeloid cells of various lineages developed after transplantation of human CD34+ hema- topoietic stem cells. Notably, mature basophils and mast cells expressing Fc«RI were markedly increased. These humanized NOG IL-3/GM–Tg mice developed passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reactions when administered anti–4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl IgE Abs and 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl. More importantly, a combination of serum from Japanese cedar pollinosis patients and cedar pollen extract also elicited strong passive cutaneous anaphylaxis responses in mice. Thus, to our knowledge, our NOG IL-3/ GM–Tg mice are the first humanized mouse model to enable the study of human allergic responses in vivo and are excellent tools http://www.jimmunol.org/ for preclinical studies of allergic diseases. The Journal of Immunology, 2013, 191: 2890–2899. odent models for human allergies, including atopic der- humanized mouse technologies within the last 2 decades. These matitis (1), asthma (2), allergic rhinitis (3), and food al- mouse models were expected to recapitulate various human dis- R lergies (4, 5), have allowed researchers to elucidate im- eases, including cancer (6–9), infectious disease (10–14), and portant fundamental principles of the cellular and molecular graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) (15, 16), and to enhance basic mechanisms of these diseases. However, it was suggested that research in human physiology and pathology, as well as the de- animal models do not always reflect all aspects of human allergic velopment of clinical drugs. Recently, severely immunodeficient by guest on September 26, 2021 diseases because of differences between species. The gap between mouse strains, such as NOD/Shi-scid IL2rgnull (NOG) (17–19), these animal models and human clinical settings has prevented the NOD/LtSz-scid IL2rgnull (NSG) (20), and BALB/c Rag2null development of effective therapeutic strategies for the treatment of IL2rgnull (21, 22), enabled long-term engraftment of human tis- human allergies. sues because of the total lack of the endogenous mouse immune Reconstitution of human hematopoietic and immune systems in system, enormously improving the generation of humanized mice. immunodeficient mouse strains was a major advance in the field of Our group previously demonstrated that efficient human hemato- poiesis could be seen in NOG mice upon transplantation of human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs; hu-HSC NOG mice) (17, 23). In *Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa particular, lymphopoiesis was evident, and human B and T cells 210-0821, Japan; †Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan; ‡Division of Molecular Cell Immunology and accounted for the majority of human cells in hu-HSC NOG mice. Allergology, Nihon University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Itabashi-ku, Accumulating evidence suggests that these human lymphocytes can Tokyo 173-8610, Japan; and xNational Hospital Organization, Sagamihara Na- tional Hospital, Clinical Research Center, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa mediate proper immune reactions, even if the response remains 252-0315, Japan suboptimal. In contrast, the differentiation of human myeloid line- Received for publication December 27, 2012. Accepted for publication July 16, 2013. age cells, especially granulocytes and mast cells, in conventional hu- This work was supported by a grant from the Research Foundation for Pharmaceu- HSC NOG mice has been inefficient (23, 24). Considering the tical Sciences and by Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 22700458 and Scientific emerging roles of granulocytes and mast cells in allergic inflam- Research (S) 22220007 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and matory diseases, it is important to establish useful animal models in Technology of Japan. which we can analyze and manipulate the functions of human Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Mamoru Ito, Central Institute for Experimental Animals, 3-25-12 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa granulocytes and mast cells. Poor differentiation of these cells may 210-0821, Japan. E-mail address: [email protected] be attributed, in part, to an insufficient supply of cytokines, such as The online version of this article contains supplemental material. G-CSF, GM-CSF, IL-3, IL-6, Fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand, Abbreviations used in this article: BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; BM, bone thrombopoietin (TPO), and stem cell factor (SCF) (25–29). Re- marrow; CIEA, Central Institute for Experimental Animals; GVHD, graft-versus-host cently, several groups attempted to improve the efficiency of human disease; h, human; HSC, hematopoietic stem cell; KI, knock-in; m, mouse; MCC, mast cell chymase; MCT, mast cell containing tryptase; MCTC, mast cell containing granulopoiesis in humanized mice by engineering mice to express tryptase and chymase; NOG, NOD/Shi-scid IL2rgnull; NP, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl- human genes encoding these cytokines. Billerbeck et al. (30) de- null acetyl; NSG, NOD/LtSz-scid IL2rg ; PB, peripheral blood; PCA, passive cutane- veloped a transgenic (Tg) NSG mouse strain expressing human (h) ous anaphylaxis; SCF, stem cell factor; Tg, transgenic; TPO, thrombopoietin. SCF, hGM-CSF, and hIL-3 (SGM3-Tg) and demonstrated that the + + Copyright Ó 2013 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/13/$16.00 development of CD33 myeloid cells and CD15 granulocytes was www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1203543 The Journal of Immunology 2891 slightly enhanced in SGM3-Tg mice compared with non-Tg control hCD56–PE, anti-hCD203c–PE, anti-hCD38–PE, anti-hCD34–PE–Cy7, mice following transplantation with hHSCs. Furthermore, Rongvaux anti-hCD3–PE–Cy7, anti–hc-kit–PE–Cy7, anti-CD14–PE–Cy7, anti-hFcεRI– et al. (31) established hTPO knock-in (KI) mice in which the mouse allophycocyanin, and anti-hCD11c–allophycocyanin (BioLegend, San Diego, CA). TPO gene locus was replaced with the corresponding human gene locus. Upon transplantation of hHSCs, this strain showed remark- Determination of human granulocytes able differentiation of monocytes and granulocytes. However, gen- At 11 wk after HSC transplantation, PB was collected from the orbital vein eration of mast cells and several granulocyte subpopulations of humanized NOG IL-3/GM–Tg and non-Tg NOG mice under anesthesia. remained insufficient. Moreover, although the efficient develop- Single-cell suspensions were prepared using BD Pharm Lyse (BD Bio- + + ment of human granulocytes and mast cells was demonstrated in sciences), and hCD45 cells were purified by eliminating mCD45 cells using MACS. Briefly, the cells were stained with biotinylated anti-mCD45 humanized membrane-bound SCF-Tg NSG mice (32), the func- Abs in MACS running buffer