期刊
JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS
卷 35, 期 9, 页码 525-530出版社
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1673-8527(08)60072-7
关键词
Collagen1; osteoblast; Cre recombinase; transgenic mouse
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30430350]
- National Science Supporting Program [2006BAI23B01-3]
Osteoblasts participate in bone formation, bone mineralization, osteoclast differentiation and many pathological processes. To study the function of genes in osteoblasts using Cre-LoxP system, we generated a mouse line expressing the Cre recombinase under the control of the rat Collagen1 alpha 1 (Col1 alpha 1) promoter (Col1 alpha 1-Cre). Two founders were identified by genomic PCR from 16 offsprings, and the integration efficiency is 12.5%. In order to determine the tissue distribution and the activity of Cre recombinase in the transgenic mice, the Col1 alpha 1-Cre transgenic mice were bred with the ROSA26 reporter strain and a mouse strain that carries Smad4 conditional alleles (Smad4(Co/Co)). Multiple tissue PCR of Col1 alpha 1-Cre;Smad4(Co/+) mice revealed the restricted Cre activity in bone tissues containing osteoblasts and tendon. LacZ staining in the Col1 alpha 1-Cre;ROSA26 double transgenic mice revealed that the Cre recombinase began to express in the osteoblasts of calvaria at E14.5. Cre activity was observed in the osteoblasts and osteocytes of P10 double transgenic mice. All these data indicated that the Col1 alpha 1-Cre transgenic mice could serve as a valuable tool for osteoblast lineage analysis and conditional gene knockout in osteoblasts.
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