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Strain Information

Former Names C57BL/6-Pfptm1Sdz    (Changed: 15-DEC-04 ) Type Mutant Strain; Targeted Mutation; Additional information on Genetically Engineered Mutant Mice. Mating System Homozygote x Homozygote         (Female x Male) Species laboratory mouse Generation F?+40 (20-DEC-06)   Donating Investigator Hans Hengartner,   University Hospital Zurich

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Description
Mice homozygous for the targeted mutation are viable and fertile. Homozygous mutant mice have normal numbers of CD8⁺ T cells and NK cells. CTL and NK cells are unable to lyse virus-infected or allogeneic fibroblasts in vitro. Homozygotes fail to clear lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. Fibrosarcoma tumor cells are eliminated with reduced efficiency. Also known as perforin.

Development
A replacement vector was used containing the neo gene and which resulted in the disruption of exon 3 of the perforin gene without deletion of coding sequence. No fully function perforin mRNA was detected by reverse transcription PCR. The targeting construct was introduced into BL/6-III ES cells, which are derived from C57BL/6 male mice.

Control Information

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	000664 C57BL/6J
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004848	NOD.Cg-Rag1tm1Mom Prf1tm1Sdz/SzJ

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Additional Web Information

Genetic Quality Control Annual Report
JAX^® NOTES, Spring 2003; 489. Role of NK and NKT Cells in Immunity and Disease.

Phenotype

Phenotype Information

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Related Disease (OMIM) Terms

Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To; MS - Models with phenotypic similarity to human disease where etiologies are distinct.2

2 Human genes are associated with this disease. Orthologs of those genes do not appear in the mouse genotype(s).

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Mammalian Phenotype Terms

      assigned by genotype

Prf1^tm1Sdz/Prf1^tm1Sdz

        C57BL/6-Prf1^tm1Sdz

• life span-post-weaning/aging
• abnormal induced morbidity/mortality (MGI Ref ID J:113213)
  • all mice die between 40 and 60 days after injection of 10^7 MHC class-I deficient B cell lymphoma cells, while all wild-type mice survive
• immune system phenotype
• abnormal inflammatory response (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
  • fail to develop footpad swelling upon lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus injection into the footpad
• increased interleukin-10 secretion (MGI Ref ID J:123934)
  • following infection with a monocytotropic Ehrlichia bacteria from Ixodes ovatrus ticks (IOE), IL-10 production is increased relative to infected wild-type mice
• abnormal leukocyte physiology (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
• abnormal NK cell physiology (MGI Ref ID J:113213)
  • impaired ability to clear injected MHC class-I deficient B cell lymphoma cells resulting in increased mortality
• impaired NK cell cytolysis (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
  • NK-cell-mediated lysis is not evident in the spleen cells after viral infection
• defective cytotoxic T cell cytolysis (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
  • CD8+ T cells cannot lyse in vitro virus-infected, peptide-coated or allogeneic target cells of epithelial, neuroectodermal or mesodermal orgin, however activation and expansion of CD8+ T cells occurs normally
• increased susceptibility to infection (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
• increased susceptibility to bacterial infection (MGI Ref ID J:123934)
  • following infection with a monocytotropic Ehrlichia bacteria from Ixodes ovatrus ticks (IOE), mice have a higher burden of bacteria in the liver and lungs but not spleens, develop extensive partially confluent foci of apoptosis or necrosis of contiguous hepatocytes with mild to moderate liver injury, and more macrophage-rich inflammatory infiltrates compared to infected wild-type mice
  • following infection with IOE, IL-10 production is increased relative to infected wild-type mice
• increased susceptibility to parasitic infection (MGI Ref ID J:81397)
  • decreased clearance and survival after infection with Trypanosoma cruzi
• increased susceptibility to viral infection (MGI Ref ID J:17986)
  • unable to eliminate lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus 12 days after intravenous infection as in controls, with infection eventually leading to weight loss and death between days 13 and 16

Prf1^tm1Sdz/Prf1^tm1Sdz

        C57BL/6-Prf1^tm1Sdz/J

• nervous system phenotype
• CNS inflammation (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • by 7 days after TMEV infection, inflammation is present in the meninges and gray matter of spinal cords in controls as well
  • by 21 days, inflammation with macrophage infiltration persists in the gray matter in mutants but not in controls
• brain inflammation (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • by 7 days after TMEV infection, inflammation is present, decreasing slightly by 21 days, but widespread tissue damage is present, similar to controls (B6)
  • by 45 days, inflammation with parenchymal disease is seen in hippocampus, striatum, and corpus callosum in some mice
  • persistent inflammation is found in the brainstem of mutants
  • at 180 days, brain pathology is still present
• demyelination (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • at 45 days after infection, foci of demyelination are observed in spinal cord (in 11% of 537 quadrants examined)
  • lesions are located mainly in the anterior and anterolateral white matter of the spinal cord; demyelination is chronic and progressive (16% of quadrants at 90 days and 20% of quadrants at 180 days)
  • demyelinated axons in close proximity to inflammatory cells and macrophages with intracytoplasmic vacuoles containing myelin debris are seen in mutants, but not in control or other null mice
• immune system phenotype
• *normal* immune system phenotype (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reaction elicited in the ear by intradermal injection of inactive virus is comparable to that of controls
• CNS inflammation (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • by 7 days after TMEV infection, inflammation is present in the meninges and gray matter of spinal cords in controls as well
  • by 21 days, inflammation with macrophage infiltration persists in the gray matter in mutants but not in controls
• brain inflammation (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • by 7 days after TMEV infection, inflammation is present, decreasing slightly by 21 days, but widespread tissue damage is present, similar to controls (B6)
  • by 45 days, inflammation with parenchymal disease is seen in hippocampus, striatum, and corpus callosum in some mice
  • persistent inflammation is found in the brainstem of mutants
  • at 180 days, brain pathology is still present
• abnormal lymphocyte physiology (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • CNS-infiltrating mononuclear cells have impaired lytic activity LP- and VP2-transfected target cells in vitro (TMEV leader peptide and VP2 capsid protein), in contrast to effective lysis demonstrated by control cells
• increased susceptibility to viral infection (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • inflammation and tissue damage in the brain are greater than in control, resistant mice at 45 and 180 days
  • at 45 days, viral mRNA is still detected in spinal cords of mutants but not in controls or Fas and Fasl mutants
• behavior/neurological phenotype
• *normal* behavior/neurological phenotype (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • mice infected with TMEV and monitored daily do not show clinical signs of TMEV infecion, including unkempt appearance, decreased spontaneous movement and hind-limb paralysis, at 45 days and 90 days, whereas 12% of susceptible SJL mice show clinical disease at 90 days and 64% by 180 days
• abnormal behavior (MGI Ref ID J:120427)
  • some chronically infected mice demonstrate minor alterations in stride with normal activity levels, despite presence of demyelination

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Genes & Alleles

Gene & Allele Information

Allele Symbol		Prf1tm1Sdz
Allele Name		targeted mutation 1, Sandoz Pharmaceutical
Allele Type		Targeted (knock-out)
Common Name(s)		P0; Pfptm1Sdz; Prf1-; perf-; perforin 0; pfp-; pko;
Mutation Made By		Birgit Lederman,   University of Zurich
Strain of Origin		C57BL/6
ES Cell Line Name		BL/6-III
ES Cell Line Strain		C57BL/6
Gene Symbol and Name		Prf1, perforin 1 (pore forming protein)
Chromosome		10
Gene Common Name(s)		Cyta; FLH2; HPLH2; MGC108712; MGC65093; P1; PFN1; PFP; Pfn; Pfp; Prf-1; RATCYTA; perforin; perforin 1; pore forming protein;
Molecular Note		A neomycin selection cassette was inserted into exon 3. RT-PCR analysis on RNA derived from homozygous mice demonstrated that an abnormal transcript was produced from this allele. However, immunocytochemistry experiments on activated spleen cells derived from homozygous mice confirmed that no detectable protein was made from this allele. [MGI Ref ID J:17986] [MGI Ref ID J:96542]

Genotyping

Genotyping Information

Genotyping Protocols

Prf1^tm1Sdz, STD PCR, vers. 1

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References

References

Selected Reference(s)

Kagi D; Ledermann B; Burki K; Seiler P; Odermatt B; Olsen KJ; Podack ER; Zinkernagel RM; Hengartner H. 1994. Cytotoxicity mediated by T cells and natural killer cells is greatly impaired in perforin-deficient mice [see comments] Nature 369(6475):31-7. [PubMed: 8164737]  [MGI Ref ID J:17986]

Additional References

Chang E; Galle L; Maggs D; Estes DM; Mitchell WJ. 2000. Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus type 1-induced corneal inflammation in perforin-deficient mice J Virol 74(24):11832-40. [PubMed: 11090183]  [MGI Ref ID J:65895]

Choy JC; Kerjner A; Wong BW; McManus BM; Granville DJ. 2004. Perforin mediates endothelial cell death and resultant transplant vascular disease in cardiac allografts. Am J Pathol 165(1):127-33. [PubMed: 15215168]  [MGI Ref ID J:91236]

Christensen JE; Wodarz D; Christensen JP; Thomsen AR. 2004. Perforin and IFN-gamma do not significantly regulate the virus-specific CD8+ T cell response in the absence of antiviral effector activity. Eur J Immunol 34(5):1389-94. [PubMed: 15114672]  [MGI Ref ID J:89390]

Ledermann B; Burki K. 1991. Establishment of a germ-line competent C57BL/6 embryonic stem cell line. Exp Cell Res 197(2):254-8. [PubMed: 1959560]  [MGI Ref ID J:2753]

Majlessi L; Bordenave G. 2001. Role of CD40 in a T cell-mediated negative regulation of Ig production. J Immunol 166(2):841-7. [PubMed: 11145658]  [MGI Ref ID J:88840]

Murphy EA; Sathiyaseelan J; Parent MA; Zou B; Baldwin CL. 2001. Interferon-gamma is crucial for surviving a Brucella abortus infection in both resistant C57BL/6 and susceptible BALB/c mice. Immunology 103(4):511-8. [PubMed: 11529943]  [MGI Ref ID J:71148]

Takeda K; Hayakawa Y; Van Kaer L; Matsuda H; Yagita H; Okumura K. 2000. Critical contribution of liver natural killer T cells to a murine model of hepatitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97(10):5498-503. [PubMed: 10792025]  [MGI Ref ID J:62215]

Zhou P; Freidag BL; Caldwell CC; Seder RA. 2001. Perforin is required for primary immunity to Histoplasma capsulatum. J Immunol 166(3):1968-74. [PubMed: 11160245]  [MGI Ref ID J:67094]

Prf1^tm1Sdz related

Abdool K; Cretney E; Brooks AD; Kelly JM; Swann J; Shanker A; Bere EW Jr; Yokoyama WM; Ortaldo JR; Smyth MJ; Sayers TJ. 2006. NK cells use NKG2D to recognize a mouse renal cancer (Renca), yet require intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression on the tumor cells for optimal perforin-dependent effector function. J Immunol 177(4):2575-83. [PubMed: 16888019]  [MGI Ref ID J:138353]

Alsharifi M; Lobigs M; Simon MM; Kersten A; Muller K; Koskinen A; Lee E; Mullbacher A. 2006. NK cell-mediated immunopathology during an acute viral infection of the CNS. Eur J Immunol 36(4):887-96. [PubMed: 16541469]  [MGI Ref ID J:114787]

Baker MB; Altman NH; Podack ER; Levy RB. 1996. The role of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in acute GVHD after MHC-matched allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice. J Exp Med 183(6):2645-56. [PubMed: 8676085]  [MGI Ref ID J:33612]

Balkow S; Kersten A; Tran TT; Stehle T; Grosse P; Museteanu C; Utermohlen O; Pircher H; von Weizsacker F; Wallich R; Mullbacher A; Simon MM. 2001. Concerted action of the FasL/Fas and perforin/granzyme A and B pathways is mandatory for the development of early viral hepatitis but not for recovery from viral infection. J Virol 75(18):8781-91. [PubMed: 11507223]  [MGI Ref ID J:71217]

Banuelos SJ; Shultz LD; Greiner DL; Burzenski LM; Gott B; Lyons BL; Rossini AA; Appel MC. 2004. Rejection of human islets and human HLA-A2.1 transgenic mouse islets by alloreactive human lymphocytes in immunodeficient NOD-scid and NOD-Rag1(null)Prf1(null) mice. Clin Immunol 112(3):273-83. [PubMed: 15308121]  [MGI Ref ID J:91764]

Beilke JN; Kuhl NR; Van Kaer L; Gill RG. 2005. NK cells promote islet allograft tolerance via a perforin-dependent mechanism. Nat Med 11(10):1059-65. [PubMed: 16155578]  [MGI Ref ID J:101693]

Bitsaktsis C; Winslow G. 2006. Fatal recall responses mediated by CD8 T cells during intracellular bacterial challenge infection. J Immunol 177(7):4644-51. [PubMed: 16982903]  [MGI Ref ID J:139316]

Blazar BR; Carreno BM; Panoskaltsis-Mortari A; Carter L; Iwai Y; Yagita H; Nishimura H; Taylor PA. 2003. Blockade of programmed death-1 engagement accelerates graft-versus-host disease lethality by an IFN-gamma-dependent mechanism. J Immunol 171(3):1272-7. [PubMed: 12874215]  [MGI Ref ID J:120213]

Blazar BR; Lees CJ; Martin PJ; Noelle RJ; Kwon B; Murphy W; Taylor PA. 2000. Host T cells resist graft-versus-host disease mediated by donor leukocyte infusions. J Immunol 165(9):4901-9. [PubMed: 11046015]  [MGI Ref ID J:118027]

Blohm U; Potthoff D; van der Kogel AJ; Pircher H. 2006. Solid tumors 'melt' from the inside after successful CD8 T cell attack. Eur J Immunol 36(2):468-77. [PubMed: 16385625]  [MGI Ref ID J:113858]

Bokhari SM; Kim KJ; Pinson DM; Slusser J; Yeh HW; Parmely MJ. 2008. NK cells and gamma interferon coordinate the formation and function of hepatic granulomas in mice infected with the Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain. Infect Immun 76(4):1379-89. [PubMed: 18227174]  [MGI Ref ID J:133531]

Bour-Jordan H; Thompson HL; Bluestone JA. 2005. Distinct effector mechanisms in the development of autoimmune neuropathy versus diabetes in nonobese diabetic mice. J Immunol 175(9):5649-55. [PubMed: 16237054]  [MGI Ref ID J:119359]

Chang E; Galle L; Maggs D; Estes DM; Mitchell WJ. 2000. Pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus type 1-induced corneal inflammation in perforin-deficient mice J Virol 74(24):11832-40. [PubMed: 11090183]  [MGI Ref ID J:65895]

Chen L; Woo M; Hakem R; Miller RG. 2003. Perforin-dependent activation-induced cell death acts through caspase 3 but not through caspases 8 or 9. Eur J Immunol 33(3):769-78. [PubMed: 12616497]  [MGI Ref ID J:82433]

Chen M; Wang YH; Wang Y; Huang L; Sandoval H; Liu YJ; Wang J. 2006. Dendritic cell apoptosis in the maintenance of immune tolerance. Science 311(5764):1160-4. [PubMed: 16497935]  [MGI Ref ID J:105747]

Chiarle R; Martinengo C; Mastini C; Ambrogio C; D'Escamard V; Forni G; Inghirami G. 2008. The anaplastic lymphoma kinase is an effective oncoantigen for lymphoma vaccination. Nat Med 14(6):676-80. [PubMed: 18469826]  [MGI Ref ID J:136968]

Choy JC; Kerjner A; Wong BW; McManus BM; Granville DJ. 2004. Perforin mediates endothelial cell death and resultant transplant vascular disease in cardiac allografts. Am J Pathol 165(1):127-33. [PubMed: 15215168]  [MGI Ref ID J:91236]

Christensen JE; Wodarz D; Christensen JP; Thomsen AR. 2004. Perforin and IFN-gamma do not significantly regulate the virus-specific CD8+ T cell response in the absence of antiviral effector activity. Eur J Immunol 34(5):1389-94. [PubMed: 15114672]  [MGI Ref ID J:89390]

Chrobak P; Gress RE. 2001. Veto activity of activated bone marrow does not require perforin and Fas ligand. Cell Immunol 208(2):80-7. [PubMed: 11333140]  [MGI Ref ID J:127838]

Ciurea A; Hunziker L; Martinic MM; Oxenius A; Hengartner H; Zinkernagel RM. 2001. CD4+ T-cell-epitope escape mutant virus selected in vivo. Nat Med 7(7):795-800. [PubMed: 11433343]  [MGI Ref ID J:134010]

Cretney E; Degli-Esposti MA; Densley EH; Farrell HE; Davis-Poynter NJ; Smyth MJ. 1999. m144, a murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)-encoded major histocompatibility complex class I homologue, confers tumor resistance to natural killer cell-mediated rejection. J Exp Med 190(3):435-44. [PubMed: 10430631]  [MGI Ref ID J:56787]

Dudek NL; Thomas HE; Mariana L; Sutherland RM; Allison J; Estella E; Angstetra E; Trapani JA; Santamaria P; Lew AM; Kay TW. 2006. Cytotoxic T-cells from T-cell receptor transgenic NOD8.3 mice destroy beta-cells via the perforin and Fas pathways. Diabetes 55(9):2412-8. [PubMed: 16936188]  [MGI Ref ID J:116592]

Duthie MS; Kahn SJ. 2006. During acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection highly susceptible mice deficient in natural killer cells are protected by a single alpha-galactosylceramide treatment. Immunology 119(3):355-61. [PubMed: 16879622]  [MGI Ref ID J:118525]

Dyer CM; Zhan Y; Brady JL; Carbone FR; Smyth MJ; Lew AM. 2004. Unexpectedly, induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes enhances the humoral response after DNA immunization. Blood 103(8):3073-5. [PubMed: 15070687]  [MGI Ref ID J:115473]

Edinger M; Hoffmann P; Ermann J; Drago K; Fathman CG; Strober S; Negrin RS. 2003. CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells preserve graft-versus-tumor activity while inhibiting graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation. Nat Med 9(9):1144-50. [PubMed: 12925844]  [MGI Ref ID J:126172]

Ehl S; Hombach J; Aichele P; Rulicke T; Odermatt B; Hengartner H; Zinkernagel R; Pircher H. 1998. Viral and bacterial infections interfere with peripheral tolerance induction and activate CD8+ T cells to cause immunopathology. J Exp Med 187(5):763-74. [PubMed: 9480986]  [MGI Ref ID J:132027]

Epardaud M; Elpek KG; Rubinstein MP; Yonekura AR; Bellemare-Pelletier A; Bronson R; Hamerman JA; Goldrath AW; Turley SJ. 2008. Interleukin-15/interleukin-15R alpha complexes promote destruction of established tumors by reviving tumor-resident CD8+ T cells. Cancer Res 68(8):2972-83. [PubMed: 18413767]  [MGI Ref ID J:133960]

Fehniger TA; Cai SF; Cao X; Bredemeyer AJ; Presti RM; French AR; Ley TJ. 2007. Acquisition of murine NK cell cytotoxicity requires the translation of a pre-existing pool of granzyme B and perforin mRNAs. Immunity 26(6):798-811. [PubMed: 17540585]  [MGI Ref ID J:123588]

Feng HM; Walker DH. 2004. Mechanisms of immunity to Ehrlichia muris: a model of monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. Infect Immun 72(2):966-71. [PubMed: 14742542]  [MGI Ref ID J:87862]

Fujiwara D; Wei B; Presley LL; Brewer S; McPherson M; Lewinski MA; Borneman J; Braun J. 2008. Systemic Control of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by CD8+ T Cells and Commensal Microbiota. J Immunol 180(9):5843-52. [PubMed: 18424703]  [MGI Ref ID J:134320]

Gondek DC; Lu LF; Quezada SA; Sakaguchi S; Noelle RJ. 2005. Cutting edge: contact-mediated suppression by CD4+CD25+ regulatory cells involves a granzyme B-dependent, perforin-independent mechanism. J Immunol 174(4):1783-6. [PubMed: 15699103]  [MGI Ref ID J:96542]

Grayson MH; Cheung D; Rohlfing MM; Kitchens R; Spiegel DE; Tucker J; Battaile JT; Alevy Y; Yan L; Agapov E; Kim EY; Holtzman MJ. 2007. Induction of high-affinity IgE receptor on lung dendritic cells during viral infection leads to mucous cell metaplasia. J Exp Med 204(11):2759-69. [PubMed: 17954569]  [MGI Ref ID J:126124]

Gupta M; Greer P; Mahanty S; Shieh WJ; Zaki SR; Ahmed R; Rollin PE. 2005. CD8-mediated protection against Ebola virus infection is perforin dependent. J Immunol 174(7):4198-202. [PubMed: 15778381]  [MGI Ref ID J:97965]

Hashimoto W; Osaki T; Okamura H; Robbins PD; Kurimoto M; Nagata S; Lotze MT; Tahara H. 1999. Differential antitumor effects of administration of recombinant IL-18 or recombinant IL-12 are mediated primarily by Fas-Fas ligand- and perforin-induced tumor apoptosis, respectively. J Immunol 163(2):583-9. [PubMed: 10395644]  [MGI Ref ID J:56128]

Hayakawa Y; Screpanti V; Yagita H; Grandien A; Ljunggren HG; Smyth MJ; Chambers BJ. 2004. NK cell TRAIL eliminates immature dendritic cells in vivo and limits dendritic cell vaccination efficacy. J Immunol 172(1):123-9. [PubMed: 14688317]  [MGI Ref ID J:87568]

He KM; Ma Y; Wang S; Min WP; Zhong R; Jevnikar A; Zhang ZX. 2007. Donor double-negative Treg promote allogeneic mixed chimerism and tolerance. Eur J Immunol 37(12):3455-66. [PubMed: 18000953]  [MGI Ref ID J:128537]

Hegde S; Niederkorn JY. 2000. The role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in corneal allograft rejection. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 41(11):3341-7. [PubMed: 11006223]  [MGI Ref ID J:115389]

Hollenbaugh JA; Reome J; Dobrzanski M; Dutton RW. 2004. The rate of the CD8-dependent initial reduction in tumor volume is not limited by contact-dependent perforin, Fas ligand, or TNF-mediated cytolysis. J Immunol 173(3):1738-43. [PubMed: 15265903]  [MGI Ref ID J:92134]

Howe CL; Adelson JD; Rodriguez M. 2007. Absence of perforin expression confers axonal protection despite demyelination. Neurobiol Dis 25(2):354-9. [PubMed: 17112732]  [MGI Ref ID J:119009]

Hunter CA; Yu D; Gee M; Ngo CV; Sevignani C; Goldschmidt M; Golovkina TV; Evans S; Lee WF; Thomas-Tikhonenko A. 2001. Cutting edge: systemic inhibition of angiogenesis underlies resistance to tumors during acute toxoplasmosis. J Immunol 166(10):5878-81. [PubMed: 11342601]  [MGI Ref ID J:124573]

Ismail N; Crossley EC; Stevenson HL; Walker DH. 2007. Relative importance of T-cell subsets in monocytotropic ehrlichiosis: a novel effector mechanism involved in ehrlichia-induced immunopathology in murine ehrlichiosis. Infect Immun 75(9):4608-20. [PubMed: 17562770]  [MGI Ref ID J:123934]

Ito K; Karasawa M; Kawano T; Akasaka T; Koseki H; Akutsu Y; Kondo E; Sekiya S; Sekikawa K; Harada M; Yamashita M; Nakayama T; Taniguchi M. 2000. Involvement of decidual Valpha14 NKT cells in abortion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97(2):740-4. [PubMed: 10639149]  [MGI Ref ID J:59892]

Johansson MH; Taylor MA; Jagodic M; Tus K; Schatzle JD; Wakeland EK; Bennett M. 2006. Mapping of quantitative trait loci determining NK cell-mediated resistance to MHC class I-deficient bone marrow grafts in perforin-deficient mice. J Immunol 177(11):7923-9. [PubMed: 17114464]  [MGI Ref ID J:116666]

Jordan MB; Hildeman D; Kappler J; Marrack P. 2004. An animal model of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): CD8+ T cells and interferon gamma are essential for the disorder. Blood 104(3):735-43. [PubMed: 15069016]  [MGI Ref ID J:92260]

Kafrouni MI; Brown GR; Thiele DL. 2003. The role of TNF-TNFR2 interactions in generation of CTL responses and clearance of hepatic adenovirus infection. J Leukoc Biol 74(4):564-71. [PubMed: 12960267]  [MGI Ref ID J:85969]

Kagi D; Ho A; Odermatt B; Zakarian A; Ohashi PS; Mak TW. 1999. TNF receptor 1-dependent beta cell toxicity as an effector pathway in autoimmune diabetes. J Immunol 162(8):4598-605. [PubMed: 10201999]  [MGI Ref ID J:120458]

Kagi D; Odermatt B; Seiler P; Zinkernagel RM; Mak TW; Hengartner H. 1997. Reduced incidence and delayed onset of diabetes in perforin-deficient nonobese diabetic mice. J Exp Med 186(7):989-97. [PubMed: 9314549]  [MGI Ref ID J:43468]

Kagi D; Vignaux F; Ledermann B; Burki K; Depraetere V; Nagata S; Hengartner H; Golstein P. 1994. Fas and perforin pathways as major mechanisms of T cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Science 265(5171):528-30. [PubMed: 7518614]  [MGI Ref ID J:127697]

Kapp JA; Honjo K; Kapp LM; Xu X; Cozier A; Bucy RP. 2006. TCR transgenic CD8+ T cells activated in the presence of TGFbeta express FoxP3 and mediate linked suppression of primary immune responses and cardiac allograft rejection. Int Immunol 18(11):1549-62. [PubMed: 16966495]  [MGI Ref ID J:114951]

Khan IA; Schwartzman JD; Kasper LH; Moretto M. 1999. CD8+ CTLs are essential for protective immunity against Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection. J Immunol 162(10):6086-91. [PubMed: 10229850]  [MGI Ref ID J:120238]

Khan S; van den Broek M; Schwarz K; de Giuli R; Diener PA; Groettrup M. 2001. Immunoproteasomes largely replace constitutive proteasomes during an antiviral and antibacterial immune response in the liver. J Immunol 167(12):6859-68. [PubMed: 11739503]  [MGI Ref ID J:73089]

Klein MA; Frigg R; Flechsig E; Raeber AJ; Kalinke U; Bluethmann H; Bootz F; Suter M; Zinkernagel RM; Aguzzi A. 1997. A crucial role for B cells in neuroinvasive scrapie [see comments] Nature 390(6661):687-90. [PubMed: 9414161]  [MGI Ref ID J:44933]

Laffont S; Seillet C; Ortaldo J; Coudert JD; Guery JC. 2008. Natural killer cells recruited into lymph nodes inhibit alloreactive T-cell activation through perforin-mediated killing of donor allogeneic dendritic cells. Blood 112(3):661-71. [PubMed: 18505782]  [MGI Ref ID J:138424]

Licon Luna RM; Lee E; Mullbacher A; Blanden RV; Langman R; Lobigs M. 2002. Lack of both Fas ligand and perforin protects from flavivirus-mediated encephalitis in mice. J Virol 76(7):3202-11. [PubMed: 11884544]  [MGI Ref ID J:126472]

Lin JS; Yang CW; Wang DW; Wu-Hsieh BA. 2005. Dendritic cells cross-present exogenous fungal antigens to stimulate a protective CD8 T cell response in infection by Histoplasma capsulatum. J Immunol 174(10):6282-91. [PubMed: 15879127]  [MGI Ref ID J:109987]

Lin X; Pease LR; Murray PD; Rodriguez M. 1998. Theiler's virus infection of genetically susceptible mice induces central nervous system-infiltrating CTLs with no apparent viral or major myelin antigenic specificity. J Immunol 160(11):5661-8. [PubMed: 9605173]  [MGI Ref ID J:47789]

Liu B; Mori I; Hossain MJ; Dong L; Chen Z; Kimura Y. 2003. Local immune responses to influenza virus infection in mice with a targeted disruption of perforin gene. Microb Pathog 34(4):161-7. [PubMed: 12668139]  [MGI Ref ID J:119311]

Liu C; Lou Y; Lizee G; Qin H; Liu S; Rabinovich B; Kim GJ; Wang YH; Ye Y; Sikora AG; Overwijk WW; Liu YJ; Wang G; Hwu P. 2008. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells induce NK cell-dependent, tumor antigen-specific T cell cross-priming and tumor regression in mice. J Clin Invest 118(3):1165-75. [PubMed: 18259609]  [MGI Ref ID J:135308]

Maeda Y; Levy RB; Reddy P; Liu C; Clouthier SG; Teshima T; Ferrara JL. 2005. Both perforin and Fas ligand are required for the regulation of alloreactive CD8+ T cells during acute graft-versus-host disease. Blood 105(5):2023-7. [PubMed: 15466930]  [MGI Ref ID J:98137]

Martin SF; Dudda JC; Delattre V; Bachtanian E; Leicht C; Burger B; Weltzien HU; Simon JC. 2004. Fas-mediated inhibition of CD4+ T cell priming results in dominance of type 1 CD8+ T cells in the immune response to the contact sensitizer trinitrophenyl. J Immunol 173(5):3178-85. [PubMed: 15322178]  [MGI Ref ID J:92718]

Medana I; Li Z; Flugel A; Tschopp J; Wekerle H; Neumann H. 2001. Fas ligand (CD95L) protects neurons against perforin-mediated T lymphocyte cytotoxicity. J Immunol 167(2):674-81. [PubMed: 11441070]  [MGI Ref ID J:109872]

Medema JP; de Jong J; van Hall T; Melief CJ; Offringa R. 1999. Immune escape of tumors in vivo by expression of cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein. J Exp Med 190(7):1033-8. [PubMed: 10510093]  [MGI Ref ID J:115086]

Meissner NN; Lund FE; Han S; Harmsen A. 2005. CD8 T cell-mediated lung damage in response to the extracellular pathogen pneumocystis is dependent on MHC class I expression by radiation-resistant lung cells. J Immunol 175(12):8271-9. [PubMed: 16339567]  [MGI Ref ID J:122256]

Mirosavljevic D; Quinn JM; Elliott J; Horwood NJ; Martin TJ; Gillespie MT. 2003. T-cells mediate an inhibitory effect of interleukin-4 on osteoclastogenesis. J Bone Miner Res 18(6):984-93. [PubMed: 12817750]  [MGI Ref ID J:111463]

Mullbacher A; Hla RT; Museteanu C; Simon MM. 1999. Perforin is essential for control of ectromelia virus but not related poxviruses in mice. J Virol 73(2):1665-7. [PubMed: 9882377]  [MGI Ref ID J:120474]

Mullbacher A; Waring P; Tha Hla R; Tran T; Chin S; Stehle T; Museteanu C; Simon MM. 1999. Granzymes are the essential downstream effector molecules for the control of primary virus infections by cytolytic leukocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96(24):13950-5. [PubMed: 10570179]  [MGI Ref ID J:120037]

Muller U; Sobek V; Balkow S; Holscher C; Mullbacher A; Museteanu C; Mossmann H; Simon MM. 2003. Concerted action of perforin and granzymes is critical for the elimination of Trypanosoma cruzi from mouse tissues, but prevention of early host death is in addition dependent onthe FasL/Fas pathway. Eur J Immunol 33(1):70-8. [PubMed: 12594834]  [MGI Ref ID J:81397]

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Niederkorn JY; Stevens C; Mellon J; Mayhew E. 2006. Differential roles of CD8+ and CD8- T lymphocytes in corneal allograft rejection in 'high-risk' hosts. Am J Transplant 6(4):705-13. [PubMed: 16539627]  [MGI Ref ID J:135761]

Oakley MS; McCutchan TF; Anantharaman V; Ward JM; Faucette L; Erexson C; Mahajan B; Zheng H; Majam V; Aravind L; Kumar S. 2008. Host biomarkers and biological pathways that are associated with the expression of experimental cerebral malaria in mice. Infect Immun 76(10):4518-29. [PubMed: 18644885]  [MGI Ref ID J:140145]

Palma JP; Lee HG; Mohindru M; Kang BS; Dal Canto M; Miller SD; Kim BS. 2001. Enhanced susceptibility to Theiler's virus-induced demyelinating disease in perforin-deficient mice. J Neuroimmunol 116(2):125-35. [PubMed: 11438167]  [MGI Ref ID J:102966]

Pao LI; Sumaria N; Kelly JM; van Dommelen S; Cretney E; Wallace ME; Anthony DA; Uldrich AP; Godfrey DI; Papadimitriou JM; Mullbacher A; Degli-Esposti MA; Smyth MJ. 2005. Functional analysis of granzyme M and its role in immunity to infection. J Immunol 175(5):3235-43. [PubMed: 16116214]  [MGI Ref ID J:113213]

Pearson T; Shultz LD; Lief J; Burzenski L; Gott B; Chase T; Foreman O; Rossini AA; Bottino R; Trucco M; Greiner DL. 2008. A new immunodeficient hyperglycaemic mouse model based on the Ins2 ( Akita ) mutation for analyses of human islet and beta stem and progenitor cell function. Diabetologia 51(8):1449-56. [PubMed: 18563383]  [MGI Ref ID J:138005]

Peshes-Yaloz N; Rosen D; Sondel PM; Krammer PH; Berke G. 2007. Up-regulation of Fas (CD95) expression in tumour cells in vivo. Immunology 120(4):502-11. [PubMed: 17343612]  [MGI Ref ID J:122702]

Price GE; Huang L; Ou R; Zhang M; Moskophidis D. 2005. Perforin and Fas cytolytic pathways coordinately shape the selection and diversity of CD8+-T-cell escape variants of influenza virus. J Virol 79(13):8545-59. [PubMed: 15956596]  [MGI Ref ID J:99433]

Ramirez-Montagut T; Chow A; Hirschhorn-Cymerman D; Terwey TH; Kochman AA; Lu S; Miles RC; Sakaguchi S; Houghton AN; van den Brink MR. 2006. Glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor family related gene activation overcomes tolerance/ignorance to melanoma differentiation antigens and enhances antitumor immunity. J Immunol 176(11):6434-42. [PubMed: 16709800]  [MGI Ref ID J:131776]

Riera L; Gariglio M; Pagano M; Gaiola O; Simon MM; Landolfo S. 2001. Control of murine cytomegalovirus replication in salivary glands during acute infection is independent of the Fas ligand/Fas system. New Microbiol 24(3):231-8. [PubMed: 11497079]  [MGI Ref ID J:109866]

Riera L; Gariglio M; Valente G; Mullbacher A; Museteanu C; Landolfo S; Simon MM. 2000. Murine cytomegalovirus replication in salivary glands is controlled by both perforin and granzymes during acute infection. Eur J Immunol 30(5):1350-5. [PubMed: 10820381]  [MGI Ref ID J:62197]

Rottenberg ME; Gigliotti Rothfuchs A; Gigliotti D; Ceausu M; Une C; Levitsky V; Wigzell H. 2000. Regulation and role of IFN-gamma in the innate resistance to infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae. J Immunol 164(9):4812-8. [PubMed: 10779789]  [MGI Ref ID J:124531]

Rottenberg ME; Gigliotti Rothfuchs AC; Gigliotti D; Svanholm C; Bandholtz L; Wigzell H. 1999. Role of innate and adaptive immunity in the outcome of primary infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae, as analyzed in genetically modified mice. J Immunol 162(5):2829-36. [PubMed: 10072530]  [MGI Ref ID J:124536]

Sad S; Krishnan L. 1999. Cytokine deprivation of naive CD8+ T cells promotes minimal cell cycling but maximal cytokine synthesis and autonomous proliferation subsequently: a mechanism of self-regulation. J Immunol 163(5):2443-51. [PubMed: 10452979]  [MGI Ref ID J:118912]

Schiller NK; Boisvert WA; Curtiss LK. 2002. Inflammation in atherosclerosis: lesion formation in LDL receptor-deficient mice with perforin and Lyst(beige) mutations. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 22(8):1341-6. [PubMed: 12171798]  [MGI Ref ID J:103214]

Seki N; Brooks AD; Carter CR; Back TC; Parsoneault EM; Smyth MJ; Wiltrout RH; Sayers TJ. 2002. Tumor-specific CTL kill murine renal cancer cells using both perforin and Fas ligand-mediated lysis in vitro, but cause tumor regression in vivo in the absence of perforin. J Immunol 168(7):3484-92. [PubMed: 11907109]  [MGI Ref ID J:75575]

Seki N; Hayakawa Y; Brooks AD; Wine J; Wiltrout RH; Yagita H; Tanner JE; Smyth MJ; Sayers TJ. 2003. Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-mediated apoptosis is an important endogenous mechanism for resistance to liver metastases in murine renal cancer. Cancer Res 63(1):207-13. [PubMed: 12517799]  [MGI Ref ID J:81226]

Sharma V; Delgado M; Ganea D. 2006. Granzyme B, a new player in activation-induced cell death, is down-regulated by vasoactive intestinal peptide in Th2 but not Th1 effectors. J Immunol 176(1):97-110. [PubMed: 16365400]  [MGI Ref ID J:126251]

Shimamura K; Kawamura H; Nagura T; Kato T; Naito T; Kameyama H; Hatakeyama K; Abo T. 2005. Association of NKT cells and granulocytes with liver injury after reperfusion of the portal vein. Cell Immunol 234(1):31-8. [PubMed: 15963482]  [MGI Ref ID J:100654]

Shultz LD; Banuelos S; Lyons B; Samuels R; Burzenski L; Gott B; Lang P; Leif J; Appel M; Rossini A; Greiner DL. 2003. NOD/LtSz-Rag1nullPfpnull mice: a new model system with increased levels of human peripheral leukocyte and hematopoietic stem-cell engraftment. Transplantation 76(7):1036-42. [PubMed: 14557749]  [MGI Ref ID J:109843]

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Smith DJ; McGuire MJ; Tocci MJ; Thiele DL. 1997. IL-1 beta convertase (ICE) does not play a requisite role in apoptosis induced in T lymphoblasts by Fas-dependent or Fas-independent CTL effector mechanisms. J Immunol 158(1):163-70. [PubMed: 8977187]  [MGI Ref ID J:110640]

Smyth MJ; Johnstone RW; Cretney E; Haynes NM; Sedgwick JD; Korner H ; Poulton LD ; Baxter AG. 1999. Multiple deficiencies underlie NK cell inactivity in lymphotoxin-alpha gene-targeted mice. J Immunol 163(3):1350-3. [PubMed: 10415034]  [MGI Ref ID J:56397]

Smyth MJ; Snook MB. 1999. Perforin-dependent cytolytic responses in beta2-microglobulin-deficient mice. Cell Immunol 196(1):51-9. [PubMed: 10486155]  [MGI Ref ID J:57956]

Smyth MJ; Street SE; Trapani JA. 2003. Cutting edge: granzymes A and B are not essential for perforin-mediated tumor rejection. J Immunol 171(2):515-8. [PubMed: 12847210]  [MGI Ref ID J:123462]

Smyth MJ; Swann J; Cretney E; Zerafa N; Yokoyama WM; Hayakawa Y. 2005. NKG2D function protects the host from tumor initiation. J Exp Med 202(5):583-8. [PubMed: 16129707]  [MGI Ref ID J:100684]

Smyth MJ; Thia KY; Cretney E; Kelly JM; Snook MB; Forbes CA; Scalzo AA. 1999. Perforin is a major contributor to NK cell control of tumor metastasis. J Immunol 162(11):6658-62. [PubMed: 10352283]  [MGI Ref ID J:55335]

Smyth MJ; Thia KY; Street SE; Cretney E; Trapani JA; Taniguchi M; Kawano T; Pelikan SB; Crowe NY; Godfrey DI. 2000. Differential tumor surveillance by natural killer (NK) and NKT cells. J Exp Med 191(4):661-8. [PubMed: 10684858]  [MGI Ref ID J:124663]

Smyth MJ; Wallace ME; Nutt SL; Yagita H; Godfrey DI; Hayakawa Y. 2005. Sequential activation of NKT cells and NK cells provides effective innate immunotherapy of cancer. J Exp Med 201(12):1973-85. [PubMed: 15967825]  [MGI Ref ID J:99284]

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Breeding & Husbandry	This colony is maintained by breeding homozygous siblings, reproduction performance is similar to C57LB/6J. Young mutants are susceptible to mouse hepatitis virus, but after reaching about 8 weeks of age, they survive well conventional animal housing conditions. Expected coat color from breeding:Black
Mating System	Homozygote x Homozygote         (Female x Male)
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