CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of CD47 causes hemolytic anemia with splenomegaly in C57BL/6 mice
2018
Kim, J.I., Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Park, J.S., Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Kwak, J., Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lim, H.J., Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Ryu, S.K., Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Kwon, E., Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Han, K.M., Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Nam, K.T., Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lee, H.W., Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Kang, B.C., Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
CD47 (integrin-associated protein), a multi-spanning transmembrane protein expressed in all cells including red blood cells (RBCs) and leukocytes, interacts with signal regulatory protein α (SIRPα) on macrophages and thereby inhibits phagocytosis of RBCs. Recently, we generated a novel C57BL/6J CD47 knockout (CD47−/− hereafter) mouse line by employing a CRISPR/Cas9 system at Center for Mouse Models of Human Disease, and here report their hematological phenotypes. On monitoring their birth and development, CD47−/− mice were born viable with a natural male-to-female sex ratio and normally developed from birth through puberty to adulthood without noticeable changes in growth, food/water intake compared to their age and sex-matched wild-type littermates up to 26 weeks. Hematological analysis revealed a mild but significant reduction of RBC counts and hemoglobin in 16 week-old male CD47−/− mice which were aggravated at the age of 26 weeks with increased reticulocyte counts and mean corpuscular volume (MCV), suggesting hemolytic anemia. Interestingly, anemia in female CD47−/− mice became evident at 26 weeks, but splenomegaly was identified in both genders of CD47−/− mice from the age of 16 weeks, consistent with development of hemolytic anemia. Additionally, helper and cytotoxic T cell populations were considerably reduced in the spleen, but not in thymus, of CD47−/− mice, suggesting a crucial role of CD47 in proliferation of T cells. Collectively, these findings indicate that our CD47−/− mice have progressive hemolytic anemia and splenic depletion of mature T cell populations and therefore may be useful as an in vivo model to study the function of CD47.
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