代表的な実験動物

rasH2マウス|その他の実験動物

rash2 mouse
正式名 CByB6F1-Tg(HARS)2Jic
一般名 rasH2-Tg(tg/wt)
簡略名 rasH2マウス
毛色 野生色(アグーチ)[Aa, Bb, Cc

医薬品の発がん性試験

医薬品の元となる化学物質が発がん性を有しているか否かを調べることは創薬研究で最も重要なことです。 この発がん性試験には動物実験が不可欠となっています。 しかし、これまでの発がん性の有無を調べる動物実験は2〜3年に及ぶ期間がかかり、しかも明確な結果が得られないこともまれではありませんでした。 この大きな問題のブレークスルーとなったのが、遺伝子改変技術によって開発されたrasH2マウスです。

rasH2マウスの開発と実験動物化

rasH2マウスは、ヒト由来のHRAS(c-Ha-ras)遺伝子が導入された遺伝子改変マウスで、実中研と東海大学医学部、 国立がんセンター研究所(当時)との共同研究により開発されました(Saitoh A. et al., Oncogene. 1990)。 導入遺伝子はヒト悪性黒色腫およびヒト膀胱がんから得られた2つのHRAS(c-Ha-ras)遺伝子から、 それぞれの活性型点変異のある箇所を切り離して再結合されたプロト型が用いられています(Sekiya T. et al., Jpn J Cancer Res. 1985)。 それを前核期の受精卵に注入して得られた遺伝子導入マウスが起源で、実中研でC57BL/6J系に20回以上戻し交配して実験動物化しました。 導入遺伝子は15番染色体に3コピーがタンデム(直列)に挿入されているため(Suemizu H. et al., Mol. Carcinog. 2002)、安定的な状態を保っています。 発がん性試験用のマウスは、様々な化学物質が持つあらゆる臓器に対する発がん性を検出することが望ましいため、 近交系よりも幅広い感受性を示す、近交系同士の一代雑種(C57BL/6J系とBALB/cByJ系とのF1ハイブリッド)としました(Tamaoki H. Toxicol Pathol. Suppl. 2001)。

発がん性試験用マウスとして実用化

実中研では、1993年にrasH2マウスを発がん性試験用としての実用化研究を開始しました。 最初にrasH2マウスの計画生産システムを構築して量産体制を確立し、つぎに発がん性試験に使うことができるかを、従来法と優劣を比較検討しました。 その結果、従来法では2年間かかる試験期間がrasH2マウスでは約6カ月と、当初の予想を大幅に短縮できることが判りました(Yamamoto S. et al., Carcinogenesis. 1996;Yamamoto S. et al., Lab Anim Sci. 1997)。 さらにこの結果を踏まえて、1997年から2001年の5年間に国際生命科学研究所(International Life Science Institute)と健康環境科学研究所(Health and Environmental Science Institute)の主導のもとに、 日・米・EUの産官学50以上の施設が連携しながら実施した検証試験に参加し(Usui T. et al., Toxicol Pathol. Suppl. 2001)、 rasH2マウスによる短期発がん性試験の評価結果が従来法よりも精度の高いことを確認しました(MacDonald J. et al., Toxicol Sci. 2004)。 現在このrasH2マウスは、米国食品医薬品局(Food and Drug Administration)主導の米国においても発がん性試験用の標準動物として主流となりつつあります(Jacobs AC. and Brown PC. Toxicol and Pathol. 2015)。

実験動物として厳格な品質管理と品質保証

動物実験の際には、再現性と安定性のある結果を得るために、実験動物の品質管理が極めて重要です。 遺伝的および微生物的な品質管理だけでなく、その動物が保有する形質や特性の品質管理も欠かすことができません。 現在rasH2マウスは、日本だけでなく米国でも生産・供給されていますが、定期的に両施設の種動物を同時期に更新して施設間の亜系化を防ぐとともに、 毎年、実中研で標準化合物による発がん感受性モニタリングを行い、動物の形質と特性を確認しています(Inoue K. et al., Vet Pathol. 2012)。 このようにrasH2マウスは、品質管理だけでなく、品質保証も定期的に行っています。

文献集

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    Paranjpe MG, Belich J, Vidmar TJ, Elbekai RH, McKeon M, Brown C.
    Int J Toxicol. 2017 Jul/Aug;36(4):287-292.
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  1. The possible mechanism of enhanced carcinogenesis induced by genotoxic carcinogens in rasH2 mice.
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    Cancer Lett. 245(1-2):321-30. 2007.
  2. Carcinogenic susceptibility of rasH2 mice to troglitazone.
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    Cancer Sci. 98(10):1549-1556. 2007.
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  1. Nine-week detection of six genotoxic lung carcinogens using the rasH2/BHT mouse model.
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    Toxicol. 217(2-3):129-138. 2006.
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    Cancer Sci. 97(9):842-847. 2006
  1. Evaluation of the carcinogenic potential of clofibrate in the rasH2 mouse.
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  2. Analysis of gene expression profiles of forestomach tumors in rasH2 mice initiated with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea.
    Okamura M, Sumida K, Muto T, Kashida Y, Machida N, Watanabe T and Mitsumori K.
    Arch Toxicol. 78(12):688-696. 2004.
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    Toxicol Sci. 81(1):26-34. 2004.
  4. PCR method for genotyping and Zygosity-testing of rasH2 transgenic mice.
    Suemizu H, Kito-Maruyama C, Sotomaru Y, Ogura T, Hioki K, Ohnishi Y and Tamaoki N.
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  1. Interlaboratory comparison of short-term carcinogenicity studies using CB6F1-rasH2 transgenic mice.
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    J Toxicol Sci. 28(5):371-83. 2003.
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  2. Pulmonary fibrosis caused by N-methyl-N-nitrosourethane inhibits lung tumorigenesis by urethane in transgenic mice carrying the human prototype c-Ha-ras gene.
    Mitsumori K, Yasuhara K, Mori I, Hayashi S, Shimo T, Onodera H, Nomura T and Hayashi Y.
    Cancer Lett. 129(2):181-190. 1998.
  3. Pathological features of spontaneous and induced tumors in transgenic mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene used for six-month carcinogenicity studies.
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