Journal
GENESIS
Volume 50, Issue 8, Pages 612-624Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22037
Keywords
pancreas development; beta cells; ghrelin cells; transcriptional regulation; islet cell lineage
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- NIH Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC) [U01 DK072504, U01 DK089523]
- NIH [R01 DK082590]
- Foundation for Diabetes Research
- Columbia University DERC [P30 DK63608]
- Vanderbilt Transgenic Mouse/ES Cell Shared Resource
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Nkx2.2 encodes a homeodomain transcription factor required for the correct specification and/or differentiation of cells in the pancreas, intestine, and central nervous system (CNS). To follow the fate of cells deleted for Nkx2.2 within these tissues, we generated Nkx2.2:lacZ knockin mice using a recombination-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) approach. Expression analysis of lacZ and/or beta-galactosidase in Nkx2.2lacZ/+ heterozygote embryos and adults demonstrates that lacZ faithfully recapitulates endogenous Nkx2.2 expression. Furthermore, the Nkx2.2lacZ/lacZ homozygous embryos display phenotypes indistinguishable from the previously characterized Nkx2.2-/- strain. LacZ expression analyses in the Nkx2.2lacZ/lacZ homozygous embryos indicate that Nkx2.2-expressing progenitor cells within the pancreas are generated in their normal numbers and are not mislocalized within the pancreatic ductal epithelium or developing islets. In the CNS of Nkx2.2lacZ/lacZ embryos, LacZ-expressing cells within the ventral P3 progenitor domain display different migration properties depending on the developmental stage and their respective differentiation potential. genesis 50:612624, 2012. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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