Germ line-specific expression of intracisternal A-particle retrotransposons in transgenic mice.

Abstract:

:Intracisternal A-particle (IAP) sequences are endogenous retrovirus-like mobile elements, or retrotransposons, present at 1,000 copies in the mouse genome. These elements transpose in a replicative manner via an RNA intermediate and its reverse transcription, and their transposition should therefore be tightly controlled by their transcription level. To analyze the in vivo pattern of expression of these retrovirus-like elements, we constructed several independent transgenic mice with either a complete IAP element marked with an intron or with the IAP promoter, or long terminal repeat (LTR), alone controlling the expression of a lacZ reporter gene with a nuclear localization signal. For all transgenic lines analyzed, IAP expression as determined by reverse transcription-PCR analysis was found to be essentially restricted to the male germ line. Furthermore, in situ 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (X-Gal) staining of all organs disclosed specific beta-galactosidase-positive blue cells only within the testis, found as patches along the seminiferous tubules and often organized as assemblies of 2, 4, 8, or 16 cells. Histochemical analyses of tissues from 13.5-day-old embryos to adults demonstrated that this LTR activity is restricted to gonocytes and premeiotic undifferentiated spermatogonia. Finally, analysis of the methylation status of both transgenes and endogenous IAP LTRs demonstrated identical patterns, with methylation in somatic tissues and hypomethylation in the testis. Transgenic mice therefore reveal an intrinsic, highly restricted IAP expression which had escaped detection in previous global Northern (RNA) blot analyses and with possible strong biological relevance, as IAP activation specifically within the germ line might be a way to generate diversity at the evolutionary level without being deleterious to individuals.

journal_name

Mol Cell Biol

authors

Dupressoir A,Heidmann T

doi

10.1128/mcb.16.8.4495

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-08-01 00:00:00

pages

4495-503

issue

8

eissn

0270-7306

issn

1098-5549

journal_volume

16

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