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Summary for Patent: 5,811,633
Title: Transgenic mouse expressing APP.sub.770
Abstract:The construction of transgenic mouse models for testing potential treatments for Alzheimer\'s disease are described. The models are characterized by a greater similarity to the conditions existing in naturally occurring Alzheimer\'s disease, based on expression of all three forms of the .beta.-amyloid precursor protein (APP), APP.sub.695, APP.sub.751, and APP.sub.770), as well as various point mutations based on naturally occurring mutations, such as the London and Indiana familial Alzheimer\'s disease (FAD) mutations at amino acid 717, and predicted mutations in the APP gene. The APP gene constructs are prepared using the naturally occurring promoter, as well as inducible promoters such as the mouse metallothionine promoter, which can be regulated by addition of heavy metals such as zinc to the mouse\'s water or diet, and promoters such as the rat neuron specific enolase promoter, human .beta. actin gene promoter, human platelet derived growth factor B (PDGF-B) chain gene promoter, rat sodium channel gene promoter, mouse myelin basic protein gene promoter, human copper-zinc superoxide dismutase gene promoter, and mammalian POU-domain regulatory gene promoter. The constructs are introduced into mouse embryos using standard techniques such as microinjection. Mouse cells can be isolated from the transgenic mice or prepared using the same constructs with standard techniques such as lipofection or electroporation. The transgenic mice, or mouse cells, are used to screen for compounds altering the pathological course of Alzheimer\'s Disease as measured by their effect on the amount and histopathology of APP and .beta.-amyloid peptide in the mice, as well as by behavioral alterations.
Inventor(s): Wadsworth; Samuel (Shrewsbury, MA), Snyder; Benjamin (Worcester, MA), Wei; Cha-Mer (Framingham, MA), Leibowitz; Paul J. (Brookline, MA)
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Application Number:08/482,027
Patent Claims:1. A transgenic mouse whose somatic and germ cells comprise a nucleic acid construct wherein the construct comprises a mammalian promoter operatively linked to a cDNA-genomic DNA hybrid sequence, wherein the hybrid sequence comprises a cDNA sequence encoding APP770 or APP770 comprising a naturally occurring mutation, wherein a genomic APP DNA sequence consisting of exon 6 and an amount of the adjacent downstream intron sufficient for splicing, the KI and OX-2 coding region and an amount of each of their upstream and downstream introns sufficient for splicing, and exon 9 and an amount of the adjacent upstream intron sufficient for splicing, is substituted into the cDNA sequence encoding APP770 or APP770 comprising a naturally occurring mutation, and wherein the construct is transcribed and differentially spliced in brain cells of the mouse to form mRNA which is translated into detectable levels of APP695, APP751 and APP770.

2. The transgenic mouse of claim 1 wherein the promoter is the platelet derived growth factor B chain gene promoter.

3. The transgenic mouse of claim 2 wherein the codon encoding the val amino acid residue at 717 in the APP770 cDNA sequence is mutated to encode a an amino acid selected from the group consisting of ile, phe, gly, tyr, leu, ala, pro, trp, met, ser, thr, asn and gln.

4. Cells from the transgenic mouse of claim 1, wherein expression of the cDNA-genomic DNA construct results in the production of detectable levels of APP695, APP751 and APP770.

5. Cells from the transgenic mouse of claim 2, wherein expression of the CDNA-genomic DNA construct results in the production of detectable levels of APP695, APP751 and APP770.

6. Cells from the transgenic mouse of claim 3, wherein expression of the CDNA-genomic DNA construct results in the production of detectable levels of APP695, APP751 and APP770.

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