Establishment of a transgenic pig fetal fibroblast reporter cell line for monitoring Cre recombinase activity.
The pig is considered to be the most suitable nonhuman source of organs for xenotransplantation and is widely used as a model of human disease. The Cre-LoxP system provides a powerful means of cell- or tissue-specific deletion of a targeted gene in cells or tissues of interest. Pigs expressing Cre recombinase have a profound impact on the study of gene function and the generation of animal models of human diseases. To monitor Cre recombinase expression in vivo, it is important to create reporter strains. As a first step in the production of such transgenic pigs, we generated porcine fetal fibroblast cell lines conditionally expressing the gene for enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). The EGFP gene is expressed only after Cre-mediated excision of LoxP-flanked stop sequences. These fetal fibroblast cell lines will be of great value for constructing reporter transgenic pigs.
Department of Animal Biotechnology, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China.
Li
L
Li
Daxin
D
Pang
Limei
L
Chen
Tiedong
T
Wang
Daibang
D
Nie
Sen
S
Yan
Hongsheng
H
Ouyang
D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D002460:Cell Line; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005813:Genes, Synthetic; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D019426:Integrases / Q000032:analysis*; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D019076:Transgenes
D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C485184:enhanced green fluorescent protein; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases