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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
To study the in vivo expression of the murine Tie2 gene, we have targeted the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (Hprt) gene locus to generate two single-copy transgenic mice: T1, containing the 2,100-bp Tie2 promoter upstream from the beta-galactosidase (LacZ) gene, and T5, which also included an enhancing element originating from the first intron of the Tie2 gene. Comparing T1 and T5 embryos at day E10.5 revealed differential endothelial cell-specific expression of LacZ, whereas colocalization analyses showed that the expression was confined to endothelial cells. Moderate reporter gene activity was observed in the brain and kidney of T1 adults, whereas extensive LacZ gene expression was seen in the vasculature of most organs of the T5 adults. This study demonstrates the feasibility of targeting the Hprt locus with endothelial cell-specific sequences to analyze the spatial-temporal expression of transgenes. Of particular importance is the observation that the analysis of a single transgene copy in a defined locus allows for an accurate and rapid comparison of transcriptional activity among regulatory DNA sequences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1531-2267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Feasibility Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Heterozygote Detection, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Receptor, TIE-2, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11015584-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Targeting the Hprt locus in mice reveals differential regulation of Tie2 gene expression in the endothelium.
pubmed:affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article