The present invention provides for a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a region of a calcium-calmodulin dependent kinase II&agr; promoter operatively linked to a gene of interest. The region of a calcium-calmodulin dependent kinase II&agr; promoter may comprise an 8.5 kilobase nucleic acid sequence which corresponds to the nucleic acid sequence of ATCC Accession No. ______ , designated pMM281. The present invention also provides a human cell line which has been stably transformed by a recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a gene of interest operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a calcium-calmodulin dependent kinase II&agr; promoter region which has a nucleotide sequence corresponding to the sequence of ATCC Accession No. ______ designated pMM281. The present invention also provides for a transgenic nonhuman mammal whose germ or somatic cells contain a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a gene of interest under the control of a CaMKII&agr; promoter (ATCC Accession No. ______ ), introduced into the mammal, or an ancestor thereof, at an embryonic stage. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method of evaluating whether a compound is effective in treating symptoms of a neurological disorder in a subject which comprises: (a) administering the compound to the transgenic nonhuman mammal whose germ or somatic cells contain a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a gene of interest under the control of a CaMKII&agr; promoter, and(b) comparing the neurological function the mammal in step (a) with neurological function of the transgenic mammal in the absence of the compound, thereby determining whether the compound is effective in treating symptoms of the neurological disorder in a subject.
本发明提供了一种
重组核酸分子,该分子包含与相关
基因操作性连接的
钙钙调蛋白依赖性激酶 II&agr; 启动子区域。
钙钙调蛋白依赖性激酶 II&agr;启动子区域可包括一个 8.5 千碱基的核酸序列,该序列与 A
TCC 编号 ______ 的核酸序列相对应,命名为 pMM281。本发明还提供了一种
人细胞系,该
细胞系已被
重组核酸分子稳定转化,该
重组核酸分子包含与编码
钙钙调蛋白依赖性激酶 II&agr; 启动子区域的核酸操作性连接的感兴趣
基因,该启动子区域具有与 A
TCC 登录号 ______ 的核苷酸序列相对应的序列,指定为 pMM281。本发明还提供了一种转
基因非人类哺乳动物,其生殖细胞或体细胞含有在 CaMKII&agr; 启动子(A
TCC登录号:______ )控制下编码感兴趣
基因的核酸分子,在胚胎阶段导入哺乳动物或其祖先体内。本发明的另一个实施方案是一种评估化合物是否能有效治疗受试者神经紊乱症状的方法,该方法包括:(a) 向转
基因非人类哺乳动物施用化合物,该哺乳动物的生殖细胞或体细胞含有核酸分子,该核酸分子在 CaMKII&agr; 启动子的控制下编码感兴趣的
基因;(b) 将步骤(a)中哺乳动物的神经功能与转
基因哺乳动物在不施用化合物情况下的神经功能进行比较,从而确定化合物是否能有效治疗受试者的神经紊乱症状。