Familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in cloned minipigs created by DNA transposition of a human PCSK9 gain-of-function mutant
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Familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in cloned minipigs created by DNA transposition of a human PCSK9 gain-of-function mutant. / Al-Mashhadi, Rozh Husain; Sørensen, Charlotte Brandt; Kragh, Peter M.; Christoffersen, Christina; Mortensen, Martin Bødtker; Tolbod, Lars Poulsen; Thim, Troels; Du, Yutao; Li, Juan; Liu, Ying; Moldt, Brian; Schmidt, Mette; Vajta, Gabor; Larsen, Torben; Purup, Stig; Bolund, Lars; Nielsen, Lars Bo; Callesen, Henrik; Falk, Erling; Mikkelsen, Jacob Giehm; Bentzon, Jacob Fog.
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T1 - Familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in cloned minipigs created by DNA transposition of a human PCSK9 gain-of-function mutant
AU - Al-Mashhadi, Rozh Husain
AU - Sørensen, Charlotte Brandt
AU - Kragh, Peter M.
AU - Christoffersen, Christina
AU - Mortensen, Martin Bødtker
AU - Tolbod, Lars Poulsen
AU - Thim, Troels
AU - Du, Yutao
AU - Li, Juan
AU - Liu, Ying
AU - Moldt, Brian
AU - Schmidt, Mette
AU - Vajta, Gabor
AU - Larsen, Torben
AU - Purup, Stig
AU - Bolund, Lars
AU - Nielsen, Lars Bo
AU - Callesen, Henrik
AU - Falk, Erling
AU - Mikkelsen, Jacob Giehm
AU - Bentzon, Jacob Fog
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Lack of animal models with human-like size and pathology hampers translational research in atherosclerosis. Mouse models are missing central features of human atherosclerosis and are too small for intravascular procedures and imaging. Modeling the disease in minipigs may overcome these limitations, but it has proven difficult to induce rapid atherosclerosis in normal pigs by high-fat feeding alone, and genetically modified models similar to those created in mice are not available. D374Y gain-of-function mutations in the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene cause severe autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia and accelerates atherosclerosis in humans. Using Sleeping Beauty DNA transposition and cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, we created Yucatan minipigs with liver-specific expression of human D374Y-PCSK9. D374Y-PCSK9 transgenic pigs displayed reduced hepatic low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor levels, impaired LDL clearance, severe hypercholesterolemia, and spontaneous development of progressive atherosclerotic lesions that could be visualized by noninvasive imaging. This model should prove useful for several types of translational research in atherosclerosis.
AB - Lack of animal models with human-like size and pathology hampers translational research in atherosclerosis. Mouse models are missing central features of human atherosclerosis and are too small for intravascular procedures and imaging. Modeling the disease in minipigs may overcome these limitations, but it has proven difficult to induce rapid atherosclerosis in normal pigs by high-fat feeding alone, and genetically modified models similar to those created in mice are not available. D374Y gain-of-function mutations in the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene cause severe autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia and accelerates atherosclerosis in humans. Using Sleeping Beauty DNA transposition and cloning by somatic cell nuclear transfer, we created Yucatan minipigs with liver-specific expression of human D374Y-PCSK9. D374Y-PCSK9 transgenic pigs displayed reduced hepatic low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor levels, impaired LDL clearance, severe hypercholesterolemia, and spontaneous development of progressive atherosclerotic lesions that could be visualized by noninvasive imaging. This model should prove useful for several types of translational research in atherosclerosis.
KW - Animals
KW - Animals, Genetically Modified
KW - Atherosclerosis
KW - Cloning, Organism
KW - DNA
KW - Disease Models, Animal
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Hypercholesterolemia
KW - Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
KW - Liver
KW - Male
KW - Mutation
KW - Phenotype
KW - Proprotein Convertases
KW - RNA, Messenger
KW - Receptors, LDL
KW - Serine Endopeptidases
KW - Swine
KW - Swine, Miniature
KW - Transgenes
U2 - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004853
DO - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3004853
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23283366
VL - 5
JO - Science Translational Medicine
JF - Science Translational Medicine
SN - 1946-6234
IS - 166
M1 - 166ra1
ER -
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