Description

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Strain Information

Type Congenic; Mutant Strain; Targeted Mutation; Additional information on Genetically Engineered and Mutant Mice. Visit our online Nomenclature tutorial. Additional information on Congenic nomenclature. Species laboratory mouse Background Strain NOD Donor Strain B6.129S2/SvPas H2 Haplotype g7 Generation N12F5pN1 Generation Definitions   Donating Investigator Christophe Benoist,   Joslin Diabetes Center

Appearance
pink-eyed, albino
Related Genotype: A/A Tyr^c/Tyr^c

Description
Autoimmune regulator, Aire, located on Chromosome 10, 41.6cm controls, in part, ectopic gene expression involved with tolerance induction, and is specifically involved with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy in humans. Exon 2 and portions of the flanking introns of the Aire gene were deleted by Cre-lox-mediated homologous recombination. Analysis of the mutated Aire transcript identified a frameshift that precludes translation past exon 1. The Aire mutation originated on a 129B6F2 background and was backcrossed to NOD for 12 generations. NOD.Aire deficient mice are normoglycemic, but experience weight loss between 5 and 15 weeks of age. Approximately 79% die spontaneously or must be euthanized due to declining health at between 6 and 14 weeks of age. Pathology indicates lung lesions with generalized pneumonitis, severe exocrine (not endocrine) pancreatitis and lymphocytic infiltration in the liver, salivary, stomach, reproductive systems, and the presence of circulating autoantibodies against ovary, stomach, retina and exocrine pancreas.

This stock is useful in the study of Aire function in autoimmunity and tolerance induction.

Development
To create this mutant the originating investigator employed a targeting vector bearing a loxP site-flanked Pgk-neo cassette inserted into intron 2. An additional single loxP site was placed in intron 1. The targeting construct was electroporated into 129S2/SvPas-derived D3 embryonic stem (ES) cells, and correctly targeted ES cells were injected into C57BL/6 blastocysts. The resulting chimeric mice were mated with CMV-cre transgenic mice on a C57BL/6 background. Exon 2 and portions of introns 1 and 3 were excised in the offspring. The C57BL/6 Aire deficient stock was then backcrossed to NOD for 12 generations. In 2007, the T1DR received this strain at generation N12F5.

Control Information

	Control
	Wild-type from the colony
	001976 NOD/ShiLtJ
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Related Strains

Strains carrying   Aire^tm1.1Doi allele

004743

B6.129S2-Airetm1.1Doi/J

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Phenotype

Phenotype Information

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Related Disease (OMIM) Terms provided by MGI

- Model with phenotypic similarity to human disease where etiologies involve orthologs. Human genes are associated with this disease. Orthologs of those genes appear in the mouse genotype(s).

Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type I; APS1

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Mammalian Phenotype Terms provided by MGI

      assigned by genotype

Aire^tm1.1Doi/Aire^tm1.1Doi

        NOD.129S2(B6)-Aire^tm1.1Doi/Doi

• mortality/aging
• premature death
  • 79% of mice die between 6 and 14 weeks of age with the likely cause of death being inflammatory lesions of the lungs with generalized pneumoitis   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • over 95% of the mice die by 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• growth/size phenotype
• cachexia
  • mice are prone to losing weight between 5 and 15 weeks of age with weight loss correlating to the intensity of pancreas or lung inflammation   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• immune system phenotype
• increased autoantibody level
  • mice generate autoantibodies with a reactivity that mirror the histopathology associated with this mouse strain   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • the autoantibodies generated on the NOD background target numerous tissues including the pancreas   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • the pancreas is not targeted by autoantibodies when the mutant allele is present on other genetic backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• increased incidence of corneal inflammation
  • cornea inflammation occurs in 14% of mice of this background by 20 weeks of age but is not observed when the mutant allele is when the mutant allele is on the SJL or C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• liver inflammation
  • liver inflammation is observed in 86% of mice by 20 weeks of age while no inflammation is present when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• lung inflammation
  • lung inflammation is observed in 100% of mice by 20 weeks of age which is a much higher incidence than observed when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • lesions of the lung are severe enough to likely cause the runting and premature death associated with this strain   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• ovary inflammation
  • 88% of mice exhibit inflammation of the ovaries on this background while no inflammation is observed in C57BL/6 mice carrying the mutant allele   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• pancreas inflammation
  • all mice exhibit inflammation of the pancreas on this background while no inflammation is observed in C57BL/6 or BALB/c mice carrying this mutant allele   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • the lesions are highly localized within the pancreas and appear to progress from an initial extravasation into the perivascular connective tissue to a front of cell destruction that moves through the exocrine lobe   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • islet cells are spared from destruction and the mice remain normoglycemic through 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• prostate gland inflammation
  • all mice have inflammation of the prostate by 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• salivary gland inflammation
  • sialitis is observed in all mice by 20 weeks of age which is a much higher incidence than what is observed when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 or BALB/c backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• stomach inflammation
  • gastritis occurs in 87% of mice by 20 weeks of age but is rarely observed when the mutant allele is on C57BL/6   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• thyroid inflammation
  • inflammation of the thyroid occurs in 54% of mice on the NOD background but is not observed in when the mutant allele is present on C57BL/6, BALB/c, or SJL backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• vision/eye phenotype
• increased incidence of corneal inflammation
  • cornea inflammation occurs in 14% of mice of this background by 20 weeks of age but is not observed when the mutant allele is when the mutant allele is on the SJL or C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• retinal degeneration
  • retinal degeneration resulting from autoimmune disease occurs by 20 weeks of age in 93% of mice   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype
• pancreas inflammation
  • all mice exhibit inflammation of the pancreas on this background while no inflammation is observed in C57BL/6 or BALB/c mice carrying this mutant allele   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • the lesions are highly localized within the pancreas and appear to progress from an initial extravasation into the perivascular connective tissue to a front of cell destruction that moves through the exocrine lobe   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • islet cells are spared from destruction and the mice remain normoglycemic through 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• prostate gland inflammation
  • all mice have inflammation of the prostate by 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• salivary gland inflammation
  • sialitis is observed in all mice by 20 weeks of age which is a much higher incidence than what is observed when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 or BALB/c backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• thyroid inflammation
  • inflammation of the thyroid occurs in 54% of mice on the NOD background but is not observed in when the mutant allele is present on C57BL/6, BALB/c, or SJL backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• liver/biliary system phenotype
• liver inflammation
  • liver inflammation is observed in 86% of mice by 20 weeks of age while no inflammation is present when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• reproductive system phenotype
• ovary inflammation
  • 88% of mice exhibit inflammation of the ovaries on this background while no inflammation is observed in C57BL/6 mice carrying the mutant allele   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• prostate gland inflammation
  • all mice have inflammation of the prostate by 20 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• respiratory system phenotype
• lung inflammation
  • lung inflammation is observed in 100% of mice by 20 weeks of age which is a much higher incidence than observed when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 background   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
  • lesions of the lung are severe enough to likely cause the runting and premature death associated with this strain   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• digestive/alimentary phenotype
• salivary gland inflammation
  • sialitis is observed in all mice by 20 weeks of age which is a much higher incidence than what is observed when the mutant allele is on the C57BL/6 or BALB/c backgrounds   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)
• stomach inflammation
  • gastritis occurs in 87% of mice by 20 weeks of age but is rarely observed when the mutant allele is on C57BL/6   (MGI Ref ID J:107432)

Aire^tm1.1Doi/Aire^tm1.1Doi

        NOD.129S2-Aire^tm1.1Doi

• immune system phenotype
• abnormal CD4-positive T cell physiology
  • there is increased percentage of CD4 T cells in the spleen that are activated based on surface marker expression (CD62L^lo CD44^hi)   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• chronic pancreas inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks have age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the pancreas   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• insulitis
  • mice 25 weeks of age have intra-islet infiltration of lymphocytes   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• lacrimal gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• lung inflammation
  • lymphocyte infiltrates are found in mice by 10 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• salivary gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• stomach inflammation
  • occurs in mice by 10 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• thyroid inflammation
  • severe thyroiditis is observed in mice 15 to 25 weeks in age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• uveitis
  • retinal lymphocytic infiltration occurs in the eye   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype
• chronic pancreas inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks have age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the pancreas   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• insulitis
  • mice 25 weeks of age have intra-islet infiltration of lymphocytes   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• lacrimal gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• salivary gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• thyroid inflammation
  • severe thyroiditis is observed in mice 15 to 25 weeks in age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• respiratory system phenotype
• lung inflammation
  • lymphocyte infiltrates are found in mice by 10 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• vision/eye phenotype
• lacrimal gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the lacrimal glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• uveitis
  • retinal lymphocytic infiltration occurs in the eye   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• digestive/alimentary phenotype
• salivary gland inflammation
  • mice 10 weeks of age have severe lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)
• stomach inflammation
  • occurs in mice by 10 weeks of age   (MGI Ref ID J:135154)

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Research Applications

This mouse can be used to support research in many areas including:

Immunology, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Research
Autoimmunity
      autoimmune pancreatitis and sialoadenitis
      autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy

Genes & Alleles

Gene & Allele Information provided by MGI

Allele Symbol		Airetm1.1Doi
Allele Name		targeted mutation 1.1, Christophe Benoist and Diane Mathis
Allele Type		Targeted (knock-out)
Common Name(s)		Aire-; Aireo; HD Aire-;
Mutation Made By		Diane Mathis,   Joslin Diabetes Center
Strain of Origin		129S2/SvPas
ES Cell Line Name		D3
ES Cell Line Strain		129S2/SvPas
Gene Symbol and Name		Aire, autoimmune regulator (autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy)
Chromosome		10
Gene Common Name(s)		AIRE1; APECED; APS1; APSI; PGA1;
Molecular Note		The floxed fragment containing exon 2, portions of the surrounding introns, and a neo cassette were excised via cre mediated recombination in vivo. While shortened transcript was detected by RT-PCR analysis of homozygous mutant thymii, sequence analysis of the transcript identified a frameshift mutation resulting from the splicing of exons 1 and 3 that precludes translation past exon 1. [MGI Ref ID J:83422]

Genotyping

Genotyping Information

Genotyping Protocols

Aire^tm1.1Doi, Standard PCR

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References

References provided by MGI

Selected Reference(s)

Jiang W; Anderson MS; Bronson R; Mathis D; Benoist C. 2005. Modifier loci condition autoimmunity provoked by Aire deficiency. J Exp Med 202(6):805-15. [PubMed: 16172259]  [MGI Ref ID J:107432]

Additional References

Aire^tm1.1Doi related

Anderson MS; Venanzi ES; Chen Z; Berzins SP; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2005. The cellular mechanism of Aire control of T cell tolerance. Immunity 23(2):227-39. [PubMed: 16111640]  [MGI Ref ID J:100515]

Anderson MS; Venanzi ES; Klein L; Chen Z; Berzins SP; Turley SJ; von Boehmer H; Bronson R; Dierich A; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2002. Projection of an immunological self shadow within the thymus by the aire protein. Science 298(5597):1395-401. [PubMed: 12376594]  [MGI Ref ID J:83422]

Chen YT; Lazarev S; Bahrami AF; Noble LB; Chen FY; Zhou D; Gallup M; Yadav M; McNamara NA. 2012. Interleukin-1 receptor mediates the interplay between CD4(+) T cells and ocular resident cells to promote keratinizing squamous metaplasia in Sjogren's syndrome. Lab Invest 92(4):556-70. [PubMed: 22231738]  [MGI Ref ID J:181948]

Chen YT; Nikulina K; Lazarev S; Bahrami AF; Noble LB; Gallup M; McNamara NA. 2010. Interleukin-1 as a phenotypic immunomodulator in keratinizing squamous metaplasia of the ocular surface in Sjogren's syndrome. Am J Pathol 177(3):1333-43. [PubMed: 20696775]  [MGI Ref ID J:163691]

Chen Z; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2005. How defects in central tolerance impinge on a deficiency in regulatory T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(41):14735-40. [PubMed: 16203996]  [MGI Ref ID J:102496]

Danso-Abeam D; Staats KA; Franckaert D; Van Den Bosch L; Liston A; Gray DH; Dooley J. 2013. Aire mediates thymic expression and tolerance of pancreatic antigens via an unconventional transcriptional mechanism. Eur J Immunol 43(1):75-84. [PubMed: 23041971]  [MGI Ref ID J:191104]

DeVoss J; Hou Y; Johannes K; Lu W; Liou GI; Rinn J; Chang H; Caspi RR; Fong L; Anderson MS. 2006. Spontaneous autoimmunity prevented by thymic expression of a single self-antigen. J Exp Med 203(12):2727-35. [PubMed: 17116738]  [MGI Ref ID J:124583]

DeVoss JJ; LeClair NP; Hou Y; Grewal NK; Johannes KP; Lu W; Yang T; Meagher C; Fong L; Strauss EC; Anderson MS. 2010. An autoimmune response to odorant binding protein 1a is associated with dry eye in the aire-deficient mouse. J Immunol 184(8):4236-46. [PubMed: 20237294]  [MGI Ref ID J:159869]

Devoss JJ; Shum AK; Johannes KP; Lu W; Krawisz AK; Wang P; Yang T; Leclair NP; Austin C; Strauss EC; Anderson MS. 2008. Effector mechanisms of the autoimmune syndrome in the murine model of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1. J Immunol 181(6):4072-9. [PubMed: 18768863]  [MGI Ref ID J:139094]

Dooley J; Erickson M; Farr AG. 2008. Alterations of the medullary epithelial compartment in the Aire-deficient thymus: implications for programs of thymic epithelial differentiation. J Immunol 181(8):5225-32. [PubMed: 18832676]  [MGI Ref ID J:140094]

Gavanescu I; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2008. B cells are required for Aire-deficient mice to develop multi-organ autoinflammation: A therapeutic approach for APECED patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(35):13009-14. [PubMed: 18755889]  [MGI Ref ID J:139126]

Gavanescu I; Kessler B; Ploegh H; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2007. Loss of Aire-dependent thymic expression of a peripheral tissue antigen renders it a target of autoimmunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(11):4583-7. [PubMed: 17360567]  [MGI Ref ID J:119475]

Gillard GO; Dooley J; Erickson M; Peltonen L; Farr AG. 2007. Aire-dependent alterations in medullary thymic epithelium indicate a role for Aire in thymic epithelial differentiation. J Immunol 178(5):3007-15. [PubMed: 17312146]  [MGI Ref ID J:144101]

Giraud M; Yoshida H; Abramson J; Rahl PB; Young RA; Mathis D; Benoist C. 2012. Aire unleashes stalled RNA polymerase to induce ectopic gene expression in thymic epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(2):535-40. [PubMed: 22203960]  [MGI Ref ID J:179981]

Gray D; Abramson J; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2007. Proliferative arrest and rapid turnover of thymic epithelial cells expressing Aire. J Exp Med 204(11):2521-8. [PubMed: 17908938]  [MGI Ref ID J:126040]

Gray DH; Gavanescu I; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2007. Danger-free autoimmune disease in Aire-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(46):18193-8. [PubMed: 17991771]  [MGI Ref ID J:127308]

Guerau-de-Arellano M; Martinic M; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2009. Neonatal tolerance revisited: a perinatal window for Aire control of autoimmunity. J Exp Med 206(6):1245-52. [PubMed: 19487417]  [MGI Ref ID J:149510]

Hou Y; DeVoss J; Dao V; Kwek S; Simko JP; McNeel DG; Anderson MS; Fong L. 2009. An aberrant prostate antigen-specific immune response causes prostatitis in mice and is associated with chronic prostatitis in humans. J Clin Invest 119(7):2031-41. [PubMed: 19603556]  [MGI Ref ID J:152543]

Jasti S; Warren BD; McGinnis LK; Kinsey WH; Petroff BK; Petroff MG. 2012. The autoimmune regulator prevents premature reproductive senescence in female mice. Biol Reprod 86(4):110. [PubMed: 22219212]  [MGI Ref ID J:185765]

Koh AS; Kingston RE; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2010. Global relevance of Aire binding to hypomethylated lysine-4 of histone-3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(29):13016-21. [PubMed: 20615959]  [MGI Ref ID J:162311]

Li S; Nikulina K; DeVoss J; Wu AJ; Strauss EC; Anderson MS; McNamara NA. 2008. Small proline-rich protein 1B (SPRR1B) is a biomarker for squamous metaplasia in dry eye disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49(1):34-41. [PubMed: 18172072]  [MGI Ref ID J:132504]

Misharin AV; Nagayama Y; Aliesky HA; Rapoport B; McLachlan SM. 2009. Studies in mice deficient for the autoimmune regulator (Aire) and transgenic for the thyrotropin receptor reveal a role for Aire in tolerance for thyroid autoantigens. Endocrinology 150(6):2948-56. [PubMed: 19264867]  [MGI Ref ID J:158187]

Schaller CE; Wang CL; Beck-Engeser G; Goss L; Scott HS; Anderson MS; Wabl M. 2008. Expression of Aire and the early wave of apoptosis in spermatogenesis. J Immunol 180(3):1338-43. [PubMed: 18209027]  [MGI Ref ID J:131354]

Shum AK; DeVoss J; Tan CL; Hou Y; Johannes K; O'Gorman CS; Jones KD; Sochett EB; Fong L; Anderson MS. 2009. Identification of an autoantigen demonstrates a link between interstitial lung disease and a defect in central tolerance. Sci Transl Med 1(9):9ra20. [PubMed: 20368189]  [MGI Ref ID J:167884]

Su MA; Giang K; Zumer K; Jiang H; Oven I; Rinn JL; Devoss JJ; Johannes KP; Lu W; Gardner J; Chang A; Bubulya P; Chang HY; Peterlin BM; Anderson MS. 2008. Mechanisms of an autoimmunity syndrome in mice caused by a dominant mutation in Aire. J Clin Invest 118(5):1712-26. [PubMed: 18414681]  [MGI Ref ID J:135154]

Taniguchi RT; Devoss JJ; Moon JJ; Sidney J; Sette A; Jenkins MK; Anderson MS. 2012. Detection of an autoreactive T-cell population within the polyclonal repertoire that undergoes distinct autoimmune regulator (Aire)-mediated selection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(20):7847-52. [PubMed: 22552229]  [MGI Ref ID J:184783]

Venanzi ES; Gray DH; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2007. Lymphotoxin pathway and Aire influences on thymic medullary epithelial cells are unconnected. J Immunol 179(9):5693-700. [PubMed: 17947641]  [MGI Ref ID J:153012]

Venanzi ES; Melamed R; Mathis D; Benoist C. 2008. The variable immunological self: genetic variation and nongenetic noise in Aire-regulated transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(41):15860-5. [PubMed: 18838677]  [MGI Ref ID J:141423]

Yang S; Bansal K; Lopes J; Benoist C; Mathis D. 2013. Aire's plant homeodomain(PHD)-2 is critical for induction of immunological tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110(5):1833-8. [PubMed: 23319629]  [MGI Ref ID J:193695]

Zhang X; Liu JQ; Shi Y; Reid HH; Boyd RL; Khattabi M; El-Omrani HY; Zheng P; Liu Y; Bai XF. 2012. CD24 on thymic APCs regulates negative selection of myelin antigen-specific T lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 42(4):924-35. [PubMed: 22213356]  [MGI Ref ID J:187788]

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Breeding & Husbandry	When maintaining a live colony, these mice can be bred as heterozygotes. Approximately 79% of homozygotes die spontaneously or must be euthanized due to declining health at between 6 and 14 weeks of age.

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