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Pensoft Publishers, Research Results in Pharmacology, 3(7), p. 33-39, 2021

DOI: 10.3897/rrpharmacology.7.72784

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Transgenic mice Cre-dependently expressing mutant polymerase-gamma: novel test-system for pharmacological study of mitoprotective drugs

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Abstract

Introduction: PolG-alpha is a nuclear-encoded enzyme which provides replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA. D257A mutation of PolG-alpha leads to change in the N-terminal ”proofreading” domain, which deprives the enzyme of 3′-5′ exonuclease activity, resulting in accumulation of mutations in the mitochondrial genome. Materials and methods: Murine zygotes were microinjected with transgene construction carrying mutant murine Polg coding sequence and GFP coding sequence by a loxP-flanked STOP-cassette. Two Cre-activator strains, CMV-Cre (systemic activation) and Tie2-Cre (endothelial activation), were used for activation of the transgene. To confirm the insertion and Cre-dependent activation of the transgene, genotyping and qPCR copy number measurement of mutant Polg were performed, and GFP fluorescence was assessed. Results: Two primary transgenic animals were used as the founders for two lines with copy numbers of transgene ~7 and ~5. After systemic activation, the number of the transgene copies decreases to ~1.0 while endothelial specific activation does not affect the number of transgene copies in tail tissue. Discussion: A murine model with spatial control of mutant Polgexpression has been developed. To our knowledge, this is the first transgenic model of tissue-specific mitochondrial dysfunction. Conclusion: Transgenic mice Cre-dependent expressing mutant polymerase-gamma are a novel test-system for studying mitochondrial biology and efficacy of mitoprotective drugs.