Construction and verification of humanized mouse model of IL - 9R CDS gene

Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2025, 06, v.60 1015-1021     font:big middle small

Found programs: Distinguished Young Scholars Support Project of Anhui Educational Committee(No.2022AH020052)

Authors:Liu Chong; Zhou Yuanyuan; Xue Hui Xue; Zimeng; Chen Weile ;Tu Jiajie

Keywords:gene humanization; IL-9R; CRISPR/Cas9; PCR; Western blot;

DOI:10.19405/j.cnki.issn1000-1492.2025.06.006

〔Abstract〕 Objective To construct a humanized mouse model of the interleukin-9 receptor(IL-9R) coding DNA sequence(CDS) gene and to verify the genotype and IL-9R expression in mice. Methods The CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology was used to replace the exon 2-7 fragment of the il-9r gene in mouse embryonic stem cells with the corresponding human IL-9R sequence. After verifying the completion of the gene fragment replacement, tetraploid embryos were constructed and microinjected back into the oviducts of surrogate mice. Through surrogacy by female mice, homozygous humanized mice were obtained. DNA was extracted from the homozygous humanized mice IL-9R CDS gene, and their genotypes were identified by agarose gel electrophoresis after PCR amplification. Western blot was used to detect the expression of IL-9R in the spleen and thymus of homozygous humanized mice with either wild-type(WT) or IL-9R gene humanization. Results Gel electrophoresis after PCR amplification showed that mice with only a 1 805 bp band amplified using WT primers were wild-type, while mice with 2 553 bp and 2 340 bp bands amplified using 5KI and 3KI primers, respectively, were homozygous humanized mice with IL-9R CDS gene. Western blot results indicated that the tissues of homozygous humanized mice model with IL-9R CDS gene expressed IL-9R significantly. Conclusion The humanized mouse model with IL-9R CDS gene has been successfully constructed and characterized.