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GENESIS
Volume 47, Issue 7, Pages 447-455Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20522
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transgenic mice; transthyretin; visceral endoderm; fluorescent protein; RFP; Cre recombinase; Cre reporter; yolk sac; fetal liver; pancreas; stomach; intestine; limb
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- National Institutes of Health [R01-HD052115]
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Transthyretin (Ttr) is a thyroid hormone transport protein secreted by cells of the visceral yolk sac and fetal liver in developing embryos, and by hepatocytes and the choroid plexus epithelium of the brain in adult mice. Spatiotemporal localization of Ttr mRNA during embryogenesis suggested that Ttr regulatory elements might drive transgene expression throughout the visceral endoderm of early mouse embryos. We use Ttr cis-regulatory elements to generate Ttr::RFP and Ttr::Cre strains of mice, driving red fluorescent protein (RFP) and a nuclear-localized Cre recombinase, respectively. Visualization of RFP fluorescence in Ttr.:RFP transgenics confirms reporter localization throughout the visceral endoderm in early embryos and in the visceral yolk sac and fetal liver of later stage embryos. Using both GFP-based and LacZ-based Cre reporter strains, we demonstrate that in Ttr::Cre transgenics, Cre-mediated recombination occurs throughout the viscoral endoderm. The Ttr::Cre strain can therefore be used as a tool for genetic modifications within the visceral endoderm lineage. genesis 47:447455, 2009. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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