Oligodendroglial and pan-neural crest expression of Cre recombinase directed by Sox10 enhancer.
Utilizing a recently identified Sox10 distal enhancer directing Cre expression, we report S4F:Cre, a transgenic mouse line capable of inducing recombination in oligodendroglia and all examined neural crest derived tissues. Assayed using R26R:LacZ reporter mice expression was detected in neural crest derived tissues including the forming facial skeleton, dorsal root ganglia, sympathetic ganglia, enteric nervous system, aortae, and melanoblasts, consistent with Sox10 expression. LacZ reporter expression was also detected in non-neural crest derived tissues including the oligodendrocytes and the ventral neural tube. This line provides appreciable differences in Cre expression pattern from other transgenic mouse lines that mark neural crest populations, including additional populations defined by the expression of other SoxE proteins. The S4F:Cre transgenic line will thus serve as a powerful tool for lineage tracing, gene function characterization, and genome manipulation in these populations.
Stine
Zachary E
ZE
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. andy@jhmi.edu
Huynh
Jimmy L
JL
Loftus
Stacie K
SK
Gorkin
David U
DU
Salmasi
Amirali H
AH
Novak
Thomas
T
Purves
Todd
T
Miller
Ronald A
RA
Antonellis
Anthony
A
Gearhart
John P
JP
Pavan
William J
WJ
McCallion
Andrew S
AS
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D019426:Integrases / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000201:enzymology*; D009836:Oligodendroglia; D055757:SOXE Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D017931:DNA Primers; D055757:SOXE Transcription Factors; C527924:Sox10 protein, mouse; C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases