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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Genetic disruption of the mouse EP4 receptor results in perinatal lethality associated with persistent patent ductus areteriosus (PDA). To circumvent this, an EP4 allele amenable to conditional deletion using the Cre/loxP system was generated. The targeting construct was comprised of a floxed exon2 in tandem with the neomycin-resistance gene in intron 2, flanked by third 3' LoxP site. Mice homozygous for the targeted allele (EP4(lox+neo/lox+neo)), or following its Cre-mediated deletion (EP4(del/del)), also die within hours of birth with PDA. In contrast, mice homozygous for a partially recombined allele, retaining exon2 but lacking neo (EP4(flox/flox)), are viable and show no overt phenotype. Postnatal deletion of the floxed EP4 gene is efficiently achieved in the liver and kidney in a transgenic mouse expressing the inducible Mx1Cre recombinase. The EP4(flox) mouse should provide a useful reagent with which to examine the physiologic roles of the EP4 receptor.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1526-954X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Generation of a conditional allele of the mouse prostaglandin EP4 receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology and Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-2372, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't