Alms1-mutant foz/foz mouse
foz/foz mice carry a mutation in Alms1, which encodes a protein found in the basal body of the primary cilium. Mice are morbidly obese and insulin resistant. When fed an atherogenic, Western, or high-fat diet, they develop hepatic steatosis that progresses to NASH with severe fibrosis; hepatic NLRP3 activation, plasma IL-1beta, IL-6 and MCP-1 are elevated, with macrophage and neutrophil infiltration; hepatic stellate cell heterogeneity is observable by single-cell transcriptomics.
研究设计
小鼠经口灌胃葡萄糖负荷的耐受试验。禁食 4–6 小时;普通饮食按 1 g/kg、高脂饮食 4 周以上按 0.5 g/kg 给予 50% 葡萄糖溶液;负荷前及负荷后 15、30、60、90、120 分钟测定血糖。不同组别与样本量按具体研究设计确定,本方案不预设实验分组。
结局指标
基线与负荷后 15、30、60、90、120 分钟血糖时间序列;可计算血糖曲线下面积。血浆胰岛素结果按所用 ELISA 的校准与量程判读。
获得可供光学显微镜观察的 H&E 染色组织切片:细胞核蓝紫色、细胞质与结缔组织纤维粉红色,用于观察组织中细胞的整体结构与形态细节。本方案本身不产出病理评分数值,也不提供特定分子标志物的定量结果。
实验动物
- 年龄
- as reported in cited studies
- 组织
- blood
- 年龄
- as reported in cited studies
- 组织
- liver
实验步骤
禁食 Fasting begins first thing in the morning (around 9am). Fast mice for 4-6 hours before OGTT begins. Transfer mice to clean cage and wire top. Keep water bottles during the fasting period. 1. If using High Fat diet (HFD), save food to give back at the end of the OGTT. 1. mark tails with a sharpie for easier identification during OGTT. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Weigh mouse to obtain body weight for dose calculations. Calculate bolus dose of glucose (**1g/kg**). Weight of mouse (g) x 2 = ul sterile glucose (50% dextrose) solution *If using HFD for 4 weeks or more, use 0.5g/kg (weight of mouse (g) x 1 = ul sterile glucose (50% dextrose) solution) 口服葡萄糖负荷 Prepare syringes using 1cc syringe and 18G oral gavage needle. Load all syringes with calculated glucose dose and position in front of home cage. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Prior to the delivery of the sterile glucose (50% dextrose) solution, a time “zero” blood glucose level must be measured. Restrain mouse and clean tail with 70% ethanol/gauze. Extract a small amount of blood from the tail vein onto One Touch Ultra blood glucose strips used with the One Touch Ultra 2 blood glucose monitoring system. Blood can be collected into microvette tubes that can be used to extract plasma which can be assayed for plasma insulin (see step 9 for plasma collection). Microvette tubes are blood collection tubes with a capillary. Tap tube until all the blood is collected in the tube. Place on ice until plasma collection. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Administer the correct dose of sterile glucose (50% dextrose) solution using the syringe and gavage needle. - Restraint of the Mouse, avoiding an excessively tight grip of the mouse, as this will induce a panic response. Ensure that the mouse cannot bite you and cannot move its head. - Gravity alone should be used to move the cannula down the esophagus. While gliding the cannula, rotate slightly as the cannula goes past the epiglottis and into the esophagus.The mouse should swallow the cannula, and this can be observed. - Inject the fluid slowly. - The cannula is then gently removed and the animal is returned to its cage. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Begin timing from the point of successfully delivering the sterile glucose (50% dextrose) solution. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Test and record the blood glucose level (see step 4) at 15, 30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes after the initial glucose delivery. Record each value and the condition of the animal on the Glucose Tolerance Test record sheet. Extract a small amount of blood from the tail vein at 15, 30, 60 and 120 minutes for plasma; skip blood collection at 90 minutes to ensure not to exceed 0.007 ml blood/ g body weight. 口服葡萄糖负荷 Return food and environmental enrichments to cages. 血浆采集 Place tubes into pre-chilled centrifuge. Centrifguge for 2 mins at 2000 rpm. 00:02:00 4 °C 血浆采集 Remove the callipary-lid and dispose in biohazard bin. Place the base lid and seal the microvette (click position). 血浆采集 Centrifuge at 4°C for 10 mins at 10 000 rpm. 00:10:00 4 °C 血浆采集 Using a pipette, transfer the plasma (top transparent layer) to a clean and labelled tube. Store plasma samples at -20°C until assayed. 血浆胰岛素测定 Assay plasma insulin with the STELLUX Chemi Rodent Insulin ELISA kit (ALPCO #80-INSMR-CH01) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Include the kit standards and quality controls in each assay and read the plate by the kit's chemiluminescence procedure.
脱蜡(Dewaxing) 石蜡切片置于二甲苯中脱蜡 3 次,每次 00:03:00。 复水(Rehydration) 石蜡切片依次置于 100% 乙醇中 3 次、每次 00:03:00,再置于 95% 乙醇中 1 次、00:03:00,随后用水漂洗。 苏木素核染色(Hematoxylin staining) 石蜡切片以苏木素染液染色 00:00:20,随后在流水下冲洗 00:01:00。 分化与返蓝(Differentiation and bluing) 石蜡切片置于返蓝液中 00:01:00,随后在流水下冲洗 00:01:00;此步使细胞核呈现蓝色。 伊红染色(Eosin staining) 石蜡切片以伊红复染 00:00:10;此步使细胞质成分与结缔组织纤维呈现粉红色。 脱水与透明(Dehydration and Clearing) 石蜡切片依次置于 95% 乙醇中 00:02:00、100% 乙醇中 2 次、每次 00:02:00,随后置于二甲苯中 2 次、每次 00:02:00。 封片(Mounting) 石蜡切片以 Permount 封片介质加盖玻片封固。
模型身份
- 模型名称
- Alms1-mutant foz/foz mouse
- 物种
- mouse
- NCBI Taxonomy ID
- 10090
- 品系
- foz/foz
- 遗传背景
- C57BL/6J; NOD.B10 reported
- 基因型/合子状态
- Alms1 mutant (foz/foz)
- 等位基因
- Alms1
生物学特性
- 表型出现阶段
- Obesity and insulin resistance are established before dietary intervention; NASH with definite NAS score and fibrosis develop after 12-24 weeks on atherogenic or high-fat diet.
- 适用研究问题
- Used to study NLRP3 inflammasome activation in overnutrition-induced steatohepatitis, characterize hepatic stellate cell phenotypic changes and heterogeneity during NASH and regression, and interrogate enterohepatic bile acid composition and FXR/TGR5 signaling in obesity-associated NASH.
- 模型局限
- The Alms1 mutation produces a cilia-related obesity syndrome; the transition from NAFL to NASH with severe fibrosis depends on the genetic background strain, and the specific Alms1 mutation may not directly recapitulate polygenic human NASH.
实验方法
实验方案
- 小鼠口服葡萄糖耐量试验(OGTT)
本方案采用 protocols.io 的口服葡萄糖耐量试验 v1。小鼠禁食 4–6 小时后称重,按 1 g/kg 经口灌胃给予 50% 葡萄糖溶液(高脂饮食 4 周以上按 0.5 g/kg),于负荷前及负荷后 15、30、60、90、120 分钟测定血糖;部分时间点同时采集尾静脉血制备血浆用于胰岛素测定。方案描述检测安排,不包含具体疾病模型的实验结果。
- Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining for histopathology
本方案用于固定、石蜡包埋组织切片(4 μm)的苏木素-伊红(H&E)染色:经脱蜡、复水、苏木素核染、返蓝、伊红复染、脱水透明与封片七个步骤,使细胞核呈蓝紫色、细胞质与结缔组织纤维呈粉红色,供光学显微镜下观察组织中细胞与整体结构形态。
配套试剂与材料
- 血糖试纸
血糖测定
- D-葡萄糖(D-glucose)
口服葡萄糖负荷
- 70%乙醇
尾静脉采血部位消毒
- STELLUX Chemi Rodent Insulin ELISA(ALPCO 80-INSMR-CH01)
血浆胰岛素定量
- 组织学二甲苯(混合异构体)
脱蜡剂
- Ethanol
复水梯度溶剂(去除二甲苯)
- 95% 乙醇溶液
复水梯度溶剂
- 自来水(组织学染色用)
复水后漂洗用水(后续各流水冲洗共用)
- Epredia Signature Series 苏木素染液(7221)
细胞核染色
- Epredia Signature Series 返蓝液(7301)
返蓝(使细胞核转蓝)
- Epredia Signature Series 伊红 Y 染液(7111)
细胞质与结缔组织纤维复染
- Permount 组织学封片剂(Fisher SP15)
封片介质
参考文献
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- ALPCO. STELLUX Chemi Rodent Insulin ELISA (Catalog #80-INSMR-CH01) instructions.
- Nathalia L. Oliveira; Samantha Gruenheid. Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) staining for histopathology. protocols.io, v1, 2026-07-31. DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.kxygxr9jdg8j
- Epredia Signature Series Hematoxylin (7221), 产品信息页, Fisher Scientific
- Epredia Signature Series Bluing Reagent (7301), 产品信息页, Fisher Scientific
- Epredia Signature Series Eosin Y (7111), 产品信息页, Fisher Scientific
- Xylene, Fisherbrand HistoPrep (HC7001GAL), 产品信息页, Fisher Scientific
- Fisher Chemical Permount Mounting Medium (SP15 产品族), 产品信息页, Fisher Scientific
- Ethanol (CID 702, CAS 64-17-5), PubChem 化合物标准记录
- ARRIVE 2.0 官方规范