Mutant fus model for als
A mutant type, FUS-R521 technology, applied in the field of ALS model construction, can solve the problems of genome integrity damage, uncertain genome insertion site, unstable copy number, etc., achieve stable copy number and avoid non-directed mutation
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[0089] Generation of the mFUS-R513C mouse model of ALS
[0090] The inventors employed a CRISPR-Cas9-based knock-in (KI) approach. They chose hFUS-R521C to generate the KIALS mouse model for three reasons. First, the R521C mutation is located at the C-terminus of FUS, which is an atypical PY nuclear localization signal (NLS), where more than half of the ALS-associated FUS mutations are gathered. Among these mutations, R521C was the most common mutation, accounting for 30% of the total. Second, the R521C mutation has been identified in familial sporadic ALS patients with high disease incidence. Third, the FUS R521C transgenic mouse and rat models exhibit strong features of ALS-like lesions.
[0091] To generate the KI mouse strain, the inventors first analyzed the conservation of the FUS protein across species ( figure 1 A). The C-terminal NLS encoded by the last exon of mouse FUS is similar to human (515GEHRQD R RERPY526) has the same C-terminal NLS. The mouse equivalen...
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