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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Transgenic and knockout mice have proven invaluable tools for analyzing physiologically relavant functions of numerous genes. In some cases, however, pleiotropic effects that result from a variable requirement for a particular gene in different tissues, cell types, or stages of embryonic development may complicate the analysis due to a complex phenotype or embryonic lethality. The loxP/Cre-mediated recombination system, which allows tissue-specific gene targeting in the mouse, can be used to overcome these problems. A limitation of current methods is that a mouse carrying a loxP-tagged gene must be crossed with a transgenic mouse expressing the Cre recombinase in an appropriate tissue to obtain the desired gene rearrangement. We have used recombinant adenovirus carrying the Cre recombinase to induce virtually quantitative somatic cell gene disruption in the liver. The targeted gene was the multifunctional low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP), a cell surface receptor for alpha 2-macroglobulin and other ligands. Transient expression of Cre following adenoviral infection produced the predicted gene rearrangement, functionally inactivating LRP in the liver. Rearrangement occurred within 6 days after infection and remained stable for at least 28 days. The results demonstrate the suitability of adenoviral Cre gene transfer to induce long-term, quantitative, and temporally controlled gene disruption in the mouse.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1087-0156
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1562-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Adenoviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Gene Rearrangement, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Integrases, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Receptors, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-Viral Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9634821-alpha-Macroglobulins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Sustained somatic gene inactivation by viral transfer of Cre recombinase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't