Cardiac-specific Activation of Cre Expression at Late Fetal Development.
From: Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Abteilung Zellphysiologie, Heidelberg, Germany.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications
- Publish Date: Jul 2007
- ISSN: 0006-291X
- Volume: 359
- Issue: 2
- Pages: 209-13
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Opherk Jan P, Yampolsky Peter, Hardt Stefan E, et al. Cardiac-specific Activation of Cre Expression at Late Fetal Development.. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. Jul 2007;359:209-13
Abstract
In a first step towards dissecting molecular mechanisms that contribute to the development of cardiac diseases, we have generated transgenic mice that express a Cre-GFP fusion protein under the transcriptional control of a 4.3kb murine cardiac Troponin I gene (cTnI) promoter. Cre-GFP expression, similar in three transgenic lines, is described in one line. In mouse embryos, transgenic for the Cre-GFP and ROSA lacZ reporter allele, first Cre-mediated recombination appeared at 16.5 dpc selectively at the heart. Like the endogenous cTnI gene, transgenic Cre expression showed a slow rise through fetal development that increased neonatally. Bitransgenic hearts, stained at 30 days of age, showed intense signals in ventricular and atrial myocytes while no recombination occurred in other tissues. The delayed onset of Cre activity in cTnI-Cre mice could provide a useful genetic tool to evaluate the function of loxP targeted cardiac genes without interference of recombination during early heart development.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Alleles, Animals, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Genes, Reporter, Heart, Humans, Integrases, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Muscle Cells, Promoter Regions (Genetics), Recombination, Genetic, Time Factors, Tissue Distribution, Troponin I
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