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Targeting CreERT2 expression to keratin 8-expressing murine simple epithelia using bacterial artificial chromosome transgenesis

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Keratin 8 (K8) is a type II keratin that is associated with the type I keratins K18 or K19 in single layered epithelia. We generated a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) transgenic mouse line that expresses the tamoxifen inducible CreERT2 inserted into the endogenous murine K8 gene. The transgenic mouse line contains two copies of the BAC transgene. To determine the expression specificity and inducibility of CreERT2, the K8–CreERT2 mice were bred with a Gt(ROSA 26)ACTB–tdTomato–EGFP fluorescent protein-based reporter transgenic mouse line. We demonstrated that CreERT2 and the endogenous K8 gene share the same patterns of expression and that the enzymatic activity of CreERT2 can be efficiently induced by tamoxifen in all K8-expressing tissues. This mouse line will be useful for studying gene function in development and homeostasis of simple epithelia, and investigating both tissue lineage hierarchy and the identity of the cells of origin for epithelial cancers.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Paul Overbeek for the CreERT2 cDNA. Li Xin is supported by NIH CA125937, DK092202 and CA141497. NIH CA125937, DK092202 and CA141497.

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  1. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Li Zhang, Boyu Zhang, Sang Jun Han, Amy N. Shore, Jeffrey M. Rosen, Francesco J. DeMayo & Li Xin

  2. Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Li Xin

  3. Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Amy N. Shore

  4. Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Jeffrey M. Rosen, Francesco J. DeMayo & Li Xin

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Zhang, L., Zhang, B., Han, S.J. et al. Targeting CreERT2 expression to keratin 8-expressing murine simple epithelia using bacterial artificial chromosome transgenesis. Transgenic Res 21, 1117–1123 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-012-9598-y

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