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* Karmanos Cancer Institute, Departments of
Otolaryngology and
Immunology and Microbiology,
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201
Her-2 transgenic (Tg) mice were generated with wild-type human c-ErbB-2 (Her-2) under the whey acidic protein promoter. They are tolerant to Her-2 and appropriate for testing Her-2 vaccines. The expression of transmembrane ErbB-2 from the whey acidic protein-Her-2 cassette and its up-regulation by insulin and hydrocortisone was verified by in vitro transfection. The transgene cassette was microinjected into fertilized eggs from B6C3 (C3H x C57BL/6) females mated with B6C3 males. Transgene-positive mice were backcrossed onto C57BL/6 mice. Human ErbB-2 was expressed in the secretory mammary epithelia during pregnancy and lactation and expressed constitutively in the Bergman glia cells within the molecular layer of the cerebellum. Overt, neoplastic transformation was not detected in any tissue examined. Tolerance to Her-2 was demonstrated by inoculating mice with a syngenic tumor expressing high levels of human ErbB-2. Tumors grew exclusively in Her-2 Tg mice without inducing an Ab response, while the nontransgenic littermates remained tumor free for 10 mo and mounted a robust anti-ErbB-2 Ab response. When immunized five times with plasmid DNA encoding secErbB-2 and GM-CSF, respectively, 
33% of the Her-2 Tg mice rejected a lethal challenge of EL-4/E2 tumor cells, whereas all immunized littermates rejected the tumor. Therefore, Her-2 Tg mice express human ErbB-2 in the brain and mammary gland and demonstrated tolerance to ErbB-2 which was partially overcome by DNA vaccination. The breakable tolerance of Her-2 Tg mice resembles that in human and these mice are particularly suited for testing human ErbB-2 based vaccines.
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