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Experimental Primates and Non-Human Primate ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH Volume 35, Issue 6 18 November 2014 CONTENTS Special Topic for Primates and Animal Models of Human Diseases Review Experimental primates and non-human primate (NHP) models of human diseases in China: current status and progress ····················································································································································· ·················Xiao-Liang ZHANG, Wei PANG, Xin-Tian HU, Jia-Li LI, Yong-Gang YAO, Yong-Tang ZHENG (447) Articles Flow cytometric characterizations of leukocyte subpopulations in the peripheral blood of northern pig-tailed macaques (Macaca leonina)·······························································Hong-Yi ZHENG, Ming-Xu ZHANG, Lin-Tao ZHANG, Xiao-Liang ZHANG, Wei PANG, Long-Bao LYU, Yong-Tang ZHENG (465) Birth seasonality and pattern in black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) at Mt. Lasha, Yunnan ··················································································· Jin-Fa LI, Yu-Chao HE, Zhi-Pang HUANG, Shuang-Jin WANG, Zuo-Fu XIANG, Juan-Jun ZHAO, Wen XIAO, Liang-Wei CUI (474) Experimental infection of tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri) with Coxsackie virus A16 ··············· Jian-Ping LI, Yun LIAO, Ying ZHANG, Jing-Jing WANG, Li-Chun WANG, Kai FENG, Qi-Han LI, Long-Ding LIU (485) Isolation and identification of symbiotic bacteria from the skin, mouth, and rectum of wild and captive tree shrews··············Gui LI, Ren LAI, Gang DUAN, Long-Bao LYU, Zhi-Ye ZHANG, Huang LIU, Xun XIANG (492) Articles Acoustic signal characteristic detection by neurons in ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in mice ······························································································· Hui-Hua LIU, Cai-Fei HUANG, Xin WANG (500) Morphological analysis of the Chinese Cipangopaludina species (Gastropoda; Caenogastropoda: Viviparidae) ·············································· Hong-Fa LU, Li-Na DU, Zhi-Qiang LI, Xiao-Yong CHEN, Jun-Xing YANG (510) Genetic diversity and population structure of a Sichuan sika deer (Cervus sichuanicus) population in Tiebu Nature Reserve based on microsatellite variation··············Ya HE, Zheng-Huan WANG, Xiao-Ming WANG (528) Complete mitochondrial genome of yellow meal worm (Tenebrio molitor)············Li-Na LIU, Cheng-Ye WANG (537) Zoological Research again recognized for Excellence and Impact in Science and Technology Publishing in 2014 (484) 广告：Comin 牌检测试剂盒·························································································································· (546) Cover image: Macaca leonine. Photo by Xiao-Feng MA Zoological Research Website: http://www.zoores.ac.cn/ Zoological Research 35 (6): 447−464 DOI:10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2014.6.447 Experimental primates and non-human primate (NHP) models of human diseases in China: current status and progress Xiao-Liang ZHANG1,3, Wei PANG1, Xin-Tian HU1,2, Jia-Li LI1,2, Yong-Gang YAO1,2, Yong-Tang ZHENG1,2,3,* 1. Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China 2. Kunming Primate Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China 3. Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming Yunnan 650500, China Abstract: Non-human primates (NHPs) are phylogenetically close to humans, with many similarities in terms of physiology, anatomy, immunology, as well as neurology, all of which make them excellent experimental models for biomedical research. Compared with developed countries in America and Europe, China has relatively rich primate resources and has continually aimed to develop NHPs resources. Currently, China is a leading producer and a major supplier of NHPs on the international market. However, there are some deficiencies in feeding and management that have hampered China’s growth in NHP research and materials. Nonetheless, China has recently established a number of primate animal models for human diseases and achieved marked scientific progress on infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, endocrine diseases, reproductive diseases, neurological diseases, and ophthalmic diseases, etc. Advances in these fields via NHP models will undoubtedly further promote the development of China’s life sciences and pharmaceutical industry, and enhance China’s position as a leader in NHP research. This review covers the current status of NHPs in China and other areas, highlighting the latest developments in disease models using NHPs, as well as outlining basic problems and proposing effective countermeasures to better utilize NHP resources and further foster NHP research in China. Keywords: Non-human primates; Experimental primates; Animal models; Current status Employing animal models for biomedical research been widely used in lab settings since the 1950s. 1There has been done to speed along research by bypassing has been a corresponding increase in the prominence and ethical restrictions on using humans as experimental importance of using NHP models that have been widely subjects, which averts risks associated with direct used as subjects in infectious diseases (Kaushal et al, research on humans, especially in clinical trials. There 2012; Liu & Zhang, 2010), mental and neurological are likewise numerous advantages to using animal disorders (Perretta, 2009), cardio-cerebrovascular diseases models such as strong controllability of experimental (Sy et al, 2014), and endocrine diseases (Kamath et al, conditions, high repeatability, ease of scale, comparabi- lity of results. However, the effectiveness of animal mod- Received: 11 June 2014; Accepted: 15 August 2014 els is hampered by intrinsic species differences between Foundation items: This work was supported by the National Natural animal models and humans. For example, experimental Science Foundation of China (81172876, 81273251, U1202228, data obtained from rodents, who are phylogenetically 81471620); the National Special Science Research Program of China distant from humans, does not always appropriately (2012CBA01305); the National Science and Technology Major predict the efficacy of a drug treatment or its potential Project (2013ZX10001-002, 2012ZX10001-007) and the Knowledge toxicity in humans (Van Der Worp et al 2010; Xu, 2011). Innovation Program of CAS (KSCX2-EW-R-13, KJZD-EW-L10-02) To bridge the gaps, non-human primates (NHPs) have *Corresponding author, E-mail: [email protected] Science Press Volume 35 Issue 6 448 ZHANG, et al. 2011; Pound et al, 2014), to name just a few. utilization of NHP resources in China. The key advantage of using NHPs is that NHPs are phylogenetically the most proximate models to humans, Status of experimental primates abroad bearing many distinctive similarities not found in other There is a disagreement on the total number of animal models. Previous reports found that DNA primate species in existence. According to the 2005 sequence similarities between NHPs and humans can Mammal Species of the World (http: //vertebrates.si.- reach up to 98.77% (Fujiyama et al, 2002) and the edu/msw/mswCFApp/msw/index.cfm), there are 376 pri- concordances rates of gene transcription levels of spleen, mate species. However, the latest statistics from IUCN peripheral blood monocyte cells (PBMCs) and liver Red List of Threatened Species (http: //www.iucnredlist.org) between NHPs and humans can reach as high 91.41%, declare 420 primate species. Occasionally, new primate 84.36%, and 74.29%, respectively (Lu et al, 2008). As a species are described, such as Rhinopithecus strykeri that consequence, NHPs remain the first or the only choice was discovered recently (Geissmann et al, 2011; Long et for investigating major human diseases including al, 2012), make the numbers subject to change. More HIV/AIDS, measles, malaria, hepatitis, but also in the important to the total number of primates are threats study of human cognition and brain diseases (Xu et al, from humans, whose development often interferes with 2013). In addition, NHPs are also used for human cancer primate habitat. As a result, most primate species are research (Xia & Chen, 2011). The data garnered from considered to be endangered. To overcome the threats to such NHP experiments is invaluable as a starting point, NHPs, numerous countries have adopted strict protective because it ensures greater efficiency and surety of future measures on NHP resources, and some have began to pay clinical application, making NHPs the “gold standard” greater detail to utilizing these resources more rationally. for preclinical studies (He et al, 2013). While America has no wild NHPs, it is home to It was half a century ago that the NHP model was primate research institutes including 8 national primate gained traction in Europe and America where most of the research centers (NPRCs) funded by the National scientific research were conducted at the time. They Institutes of Health (NIH) that develop NHP models for began to develop the NHP resources by importing NHPs basic and applied studies of human health: California from other countries, developing husbandry programs National Primate Research Center, New England Primate and exploring the nature of NHPs. As more recent Research Center, Southwest National Primate Research advances in medical research and biotechnology invol- Center, Tulane National Primate
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