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Hansen J, von Melchner H, Wurst W. Mutant non-coding RNA resource in mouse embryonic stem cells. Dis Model Mech 2021; 14:14/2/dmm047803. [PMID: 33729986 PMCID: PMC7875499 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.047803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Gene trapping is a high-throughput approach that has been used to introduce insertional mutations into the genome of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. It is performed with generic gene trap vectors that simultaneously mutate and report the expression of the endogenous gene at the site of insertion and provide a DNA sequence tag for the rapid identification of the disrupted gene. Large-scale international efforts assembled a gene trap library of 566,554 ES cell lines with single gene trap integrations distributed throughout the genome. Here, we re-investigated this unique library and identified mutations in 2202 non-coding RNA (ncRNA) genes, in addition to mutations in 12,078 distinct protein-coding genes. Moreover, we found certain types of gene trap vectors preferentially integrating into genes expressing specific long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) biotypes. Together with all other gene-trapped ES cell lines, lncRNA gene-trapped ES cell lines are readily available for functional in vitro and in vivo studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jens Hansen
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München GmbH, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Hematology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München GmbH, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany .,Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Site Munich, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, D-81377 Munich, Germany.,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, D-81377 München, Germany
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Casoni F, Croci L, Vincenti F, Podini P, Riba M, Massimino L, Cremona O, Consalez GG. ZFP423 regulates early patterning and multiciliogenesis in the hindbrain choroid plexus. Development 2020; 147:dev.190173. [PMID: 33046507 DOI: 10.1242/dev.190173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The choroid plexus (ChP) is a secretory tissue that produces cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) secreted into the ventricular system. It is a monolayer of secretory, multiciliated epithelial cells derived from neuroepithelial progenitors and overlying a stroma of mesenchymal cells of mesodermal origin. Zfp423, which encodes a Kruppel-type zinc-finger transcription factor essential for cerebellar development and mutated in rare cases of cerebellar vermis hypoplasia/Joubert syndrome and other ciliopathies, is expressed in the hindbrain roof plate, from which the IV ventricle ChP arises, and, later, in mesenchymal cells, which give rise to the stroma and leptomeninges. Mouse Zfp423 mutants display a marked reduction of the hindbrain ChP (hChP), which: (1) fails to express established markers of its secretory function and genes implicated in its development and maintenance (Lmx1a and Otx2); (2) shows a perturbed expression of signaling pathways previously unexplored in hChP patterning (Wnt3); and (3) displays a lack of multiciliated epithelial cells and a profound dysregulation of master genes of multiciliogenesis (Gmnc). Our results propose that Zfp423 is a master gene and one of the earliest known determinants of hChP development.
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- Filippo Casoni
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy .,Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Center for Omics Sciences, IRCCS, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.,Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.,Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan 20132, Italy
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Michaud SA, Pětrošová H, Jackson AM, McGuire JC, Sinclair NJ, Ganguly M, Flenniken AM, Nutter LMJ, McKerlie C, Schibli D, Smith D, Borchers CH. Process and Workflow for Preparation of Disparate Mouse Tissues for Proteomic Analysis. J Proteome Res 2020; 20:305-316. [PMID: 33151080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We investigated the effect of homogenization strategy and protein precipitation on downstream protein quantitation using multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (MRM-MS). Our objective was to develop a workflow capable of processing disparate tissue types with high throughput, minimal variability, and maximum purity. Similar abundances of endogenous proteins were measured in nine different mouse tissues regardless of the homogenization method used; however, protein precipitation had strong positive effects on several targets. The best throughput was achieved by lyophilizing tissues to dryness, followed by homogenization via bead-beating without sample buffer. Finally, the effect of tissue perfusion prior to dissection and collection was explored in 20 mouse tissues. MRM-MS showed decreased abundances of blood-related proteins in perfused tissues; however, complete removal was not achieved. Concentrations of nonblood proteins were largely unchanged, although significantly higher variances were observed for proteins from the perfused lung, indicating that perfusion may not be suitable for this organ. We present a simple yet effective tissue processing workflow consisting of harvest of fresh nonperfused tissue, novel lyophilization and homogenization by bead-beating, and protein precipitation. This workflow can be applied to a range of mouse tissues with the advantages of simplicity, minimal manual manipulation of samples, use of commonly available equipment, and high sample quality.
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- Sarah A Michaud
- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- The Center for Phenogenomics, Toronto M5T 3H7, Ontario, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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- The Center for Phenogenomics, Toronto M5T 3H7, Ontario, Canada.,Sinai Health Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto M5G 1X5, Ontario, Canada
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- The Center for Phenogenomics, Toronto M5T 3H7, Ontario, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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- The Center for Phenogenomics, Toronto M5T 3H7, Ontario, Canada.,The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada
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- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, Victoria V8Z 7X8, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Data Intensive Science and Engineering, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Nobel Street, Moscow 143026, Russia.,Segal Cancer Proteomics Centre, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal H3T 1E2, Quebec, Canada.,Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal H3T 1E2, Quebec, Canada
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The mouse is one of the most widely used model organisms for genetic study. The tools available to alter the mouse genome have developed over the preceding decades from forward screens to gene targeting in stem cells to the recent influx of CRISPR approaches. In this review, we first consider the history of mice in genetic study, the development of classic approaches to genome modification, and how such approaches have been used and improved in recent years. We then turn to the recent surge of nuclease-mediated techniques and how they are changing the field of mouse genetics. Finally, we survey common classes of alleles used in mice and discuss how they might be engineered using different methods.
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- James F Clark
- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
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- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
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García-García MJ. A History of Mouse Genetics: From Fancy Mice to Mutations in Every Gene. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020; 1236:1-38. [PMID: 32304067 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-2389-2_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The laboratory mouse has become the model organism of choice in numerous areas of biological and biomedical research, including the study of congenital birth defects. The appeal of mice for these experimental studies stems from the similarities between the physiology, anatomy, and reproduction of these small mammals with our own, but it is also based on a number of practical reasons: mice are easy to maintain in a laboratory environment, are incredibly prolific, and have a relatively short reproductive cycle. Another compelling reason for choosing mice as research subjects is the number of tools and resources that have been developed after more than a century of working with these small rodents in laboratory environments. As will become obvious from the reading of the different chapters in this book, research in mice has already helped uncover many of the genes and processes responsible for congenital birth malformations and human diseases. In this chapter, we will provide an overview of the methods, scientific advances, and serendipitous circumstances that have made these discoveries possible, with a special emphasis on how the use of genetics has propelled scientific progress in mouse research and paved the way for future discoveries.
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Kaloff C, Anastassiadis K, Ayadi A, Baldock R, Beig J, Birling MC, Bradley A, Brown S, Bürger A, Bushell W, Chiani F, Collins FS, Doe B, Eppig JT, Finnel RH, Fletcher C, Flicek P, Fray M, Friedel RH, Gambadoro A, Gates H, Hansen J, Herault Y, Hicks GG, Hörlein A, Hrabé de Angelis M, Iyer V, de Jong PJ, Koscielny G, Kühn R, Liu P, Lloyd KC, Lopez RG, Marschall S, Martínez S, McKerlie C, Meehan T, von Melchner H, Moore M, Murray SA, Nagy A, Nutter L, Pavlovic G, Pombero A, Prosser H, Ramirez-Solis R, Ringwald M, Rosen B, Rosenthal N, Rossant J, Ruiz Noppinger P, Ryder E, Skarnes WC, Schick J, Schnütgen F, Schofield P, Seisenberger C, Selloum M, Smedley D, Simpson EM, Stewart AF, Teboul L, Tocchini Valentini GP, Valenzuela D, West A, Wurst W. Genome Wide Conditional Mouse Knockout Resources. DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY. DISEASE MODELS 2017; 20:3-12. [PMID: 39132094 PMCID: PMC11315453 DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmod.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC) developed high throughput gene trapping and gene targeting pipelines that produced mostly conditional mutations of more than 18,500 genes in C57BL/6N mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells which have been archived and are freely available to the research community as a frozen resource. From this unprecedented resource more than 6,000 mutant mouse strains have been produced by the IKMC and mostly the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC). In addition, a cre-driver resource was established including 250 inducible cre-driver mouse strains in a C57BL/6 background. Complementing the cre-driver resource, a collection of comprising 27 cre-driver rAAVs has also been produced. The resources can be easily accessed at the IKMC/IMPC web portal (www.mousephenotype.org). The IKMC/IMPC resource is a standardized reference library of mouse models with defined genetic backgrounds that enables the analysis of gene-disease associations in mice of different genetic makeup and should therefore have a major impact on biomedical research.
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- C Kaloff
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of the Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh, Scotland EH4 2XU, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, OX110RD, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Monterotondo-Scalo, I-00015 Rome, Italy
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- Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- The Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine, College Station, Texas, 77843-4485 USA; University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA
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- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20205, USA
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB101ST, UK
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, OX110RD, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Monterotondo-Scalo, I-00015 Rome, Italy
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, OX110RD, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67404 Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U964, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- University of Manitoba, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, Winnipeg, MB, R3EOV9, Canada
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, CHORI, Oakland, CA, 94609, USA
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB101ST, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Mouse Biology Program, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC), San Juan de Alicante
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC), San Juan de Alicante
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- The Centre for Phenogenomics and Translation Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CANADA
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB101ST, UK
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- Department of Molecular Haematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- IMPC, San Anselmo, California, US
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex, Toronto, ON, M5G1X5, Canada
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- The Centre for Phenogenomics and Translation Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, CANADA
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- CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC), San Juan de Alicante
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA
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- Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, SickKids Foundation, Toronto, ON, M5G2L3, Canada
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Charité, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Haematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB23EG, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- CELPHEDIA, PHENOMIN, Institut Clinique de la Souris (ICS), CNRS, INSERM, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, F-67404 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Hinxton, Cambridge, CB101ST, UK
- Clinical Pharmacology, Queen Mary, University of London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at the BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of the Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, OX110RD, UK
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- Istituto di Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Monterotondo-Scalo, I-00015 Rome, Italy
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- Velocigene Division, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Tarrytown, New York, 10591, USA
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- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB101HH, UK
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE), Standort München - Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, 81377 München Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungsgenetik, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Rosen B, Schick J, Wurst W. Beyond knockouts: the International Knockout Mouse Consortium delivers modular and evolving tools for investigating mammalian genes. Mamm Genome 2015; 26:456-66. [PMID: 26340938 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-015-9598-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC; http://www.mousephenotype.org ) has generated mutations in almost every protein-coding mouse gene and is completing the companion Cre driver resource to expand tissue-specific conditional mutagenesis. Accordingly, the IKMC has carried out high-throughput gene trapping and targeting producing conditional mutations in murine embryonic stem cells in more than 18,500 genes, from which at least 4900 mutant mouse lines have been established to date. This resource is currently being upgraded with more powerful tools, such as visualization and manipulation cassettes that can be easily introduced into IKMC alleles for multifaceted functional studies. In addition, we discuss how existing IKMC products can be used in combination with CRISPR technology to accelerate genome engineering projects. All information and materials from this extraordinary biological resource together with coordinated phenotyping efforts can be retrieved at www.mousephenotype.org . The comprehensive IKMC knockout resource in combination with an extensive set of modular gene cassettes will continue to enhance functional gene annotation in the future and solidify its impact on biomedical research.
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- B Rosen
- Stem Cell Engineering, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany. .,Technische Universität München-Weihenstephan, Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungsgenetik, c/o Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany. .,Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE), Standort München Feodor-Lynen Strasse 17, 81377, Munich, Germany. .,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Adolf-Butenandt-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen Strasse 17, 81377, Munich, Germany.
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A Multifunctional Mutagenesis System for Analysis of Gene Function in Zebrafish. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2015; 5:1283-99. [PMID: 25840430 PMCID: PMC4478556 DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.015842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Since the sequencing of the human reference genome, many human disease-related genes have been discovered. However, understanding the functions of all the genes in the genome remains a challenge. The biological activities of these genes are usually investigated in model organisms such as mice and zebrafish. Large-scale mutagenesis screens to generate disruptive mutations are useful for identifying and understanding the activities of genes. Here, we report a multifunctional mutagenesis system in zebrafish using the maize Ds transposon. Integration of the Ds transposable element containing an mCherry reporter for protein trap events and an EGFP reporter for enhancer trap events produced a collection of transgenic lines marking distinct cell and tissue types, and mutagenized genes in the zebrafish genome by trapping and prematurely terminating endogenous protein coding sequences. We obtained 642 zebrafish lines with dynamic reporter gene expression. The characterized fish lines with specific expression patterns will be made available through the European Zebrafish Resource Center (EZRC), and a database of reporter expression is available online (http://fishtrap.warwick.ac.uk/). Our approach complements other efforts using zebrafish to facilitate functional genomic studies in this model of human development and disease.
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Genetic approaches to targeting multiple PARP genes in a mammalian genome. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 780:349-76. [PMID: 21870271 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-270-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The aim of this chapter is to present feasible strategies for producing novel Parp knock out mice as well multiple knock outs utilizing genetrap and specifically gene targeted ES cell clones publically available through international programs such as KOMP and IGTC. Specifically, we first describe general considerations and strategic decisions that precede the generation of knock out mice using these available materials, and an overview over clones relevant to the PARP family is provided. Detailed protocols for splice variant analysis of the gene of interest, to determine what to expect from a given gene trap clone, are presented. Furthermore, we provide a detailed and widely applicable step by step method to fine-map genomic genetrap insertion sites once targeted clones have been obtained. This is a prerequisite for development of feasible genotyping methods that usually have to be developed by the user.
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Tchoubrieva E, Kalinna B. Advances in mRNA silencing and transgene expression: a gateway to functional genomics in schistosomes. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 2011; 26:261-80. [PMID: 21415884 DOI: 10.5661/bger-26-261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The completion of the WHO Schistosoma Genome Project in 2008, although not fully annotated, provides a golden opportunity to actively pursue fundamental research on the parasites genome. This analysis will aid identification of targets for drugs, vaccines and markers for diagnostic tools as well as for studying the biological basis of drug resistance, infectivity and pathology. For the validation of drug and vaccine targets, the genomic sequence data is only of use if functional analyses can be conducted (in the parasite itself). Until recently, gene manipulation approaches had not been seriously addressed. This situation is now changing and rapid advances have been made in gene silencing and transgenesis of schistosomes.
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- Elissaveta Tchoubrieva
- Centre for Animal Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, 3010 VIC, Australia
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Ruf S, Symmons O, Uslu VV, Dolle D, Hot C, Ettwiller L, Spitz F. Large-scale analysis of the regulatory architecture of the mouse genome with a transposon-associated sensor. Nat Genet 2011; 43:379-86. [DOI: 10.1038/ng.790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Gene trapping is a technology originally developed for the simultaneous identification and mutation of genes by random integration in embryonic stem (ES) cells. While gene trapping was developed before efficient and high-throughput gene targeting, a significant proportion of the publically available mutant ES cell lines and mice were generated through a number of large-scale gene trapping initiatives. Moreover, elements of gene trap vectors continue to be incorporated into gene targeting vectors as a means to increase the efficiency of homologous recombination. Here, we review the current state of gene trapping technology and the applications of specific types of gene trap vector. As a component of this analysis, we consider the behavior of specific vector types both from the perspective of their application and how they can inform our annotation of the mammalian transcriptome. We consider the utility of gene trap vectors as tools for cell-based expression analysis, targeted screening in embryonic differentiation, and for use in cell lines derived from different lineages.
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- Joshua M Brickman
- MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Stem Cell Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Brown SDM, Wurst W, Kühn R, Hancock JM. The functional annotation of mammalian genomes: the challenge of phenotyping. Annu Rev Genet 2009; 43:305-33. [PMID: 19689210 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The mouse is central to the goal of establishing a comprehensive functional annotation of the mammalian genome that will help elucidate various human disease genes and pathways. The mouse offers a unique combination of attributes, including an extensive genetic toolkit that underpins the creation and analysis of models of human disease. An international effort to generate mutations for every gene in the mouse genome is a first and essential step in this endeavor. However, the greater challenge will be the determination of the phenotype of every mutant. Large-scale phenotyping for genome-wide functional annotation presents numerous scientific, infrastructural, logistical, and informatics challenges. These include the use of standardized approaches to phenotyping procedures for the population of unified databases with comparable data sets. The ultimate goal is a comprehensive database of molecular interventions that allows us to create a framework for biological systems analysis in the mouse on which human biology and disease networks can be revealed.
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- Steve D M Brown
- MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire OX11 0RD, United Kingdom.
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Gene trapping is a powerful tool to ablate gene function and to analyze in vivo promoter activity of the trapped gene in parallel. The gene trap strategy is not as commonly used as the conventional gene-targeting strategy, although it offers appealing options. Nowadays, a wide collection of embryonic stem cell clones, with a huge variety of trapped genes, have been identified and are available through the members of the International Gene Trap Consortium (IGTC). This chapter focuses on BLAST searches for the appropriate stem cell clones, the confirmation of vector insertion by RT-PCR or X-Gal staining, and the characterization of the exact insertion site to develop a PCR-based genotyping strategy. Furthermore, protocols to follow the activity of the commonly used beta-galactosidase reporter are given.
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- Melanie Ullrich
- Institute of Physiology I, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
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The knowledge about the complete genome sequences of mouse, human, and other organisms is only the first step toward the functional annotation of all genes. It facilitates the recognition of sequence conservation, which helps to distinguish between important and not important and also coding from noncoding sequence. Nevertheless, approximately only 50% of all mouse genes have been entirely annotated to date. In the postgenomic era, large-scale projects have been initiated to describe also the expression (Emap, Eurexpress) and the function (International Gene Trap Consortium, Eucomm, Norcomm, Komp) of all mouse genes. By building up on these resources, the average amount of time starting from a gene-coding sequence to finally studying its function in a living organism or embryo, has shortened significantly within the last decade. Several recent developments, namely, in bioinformatics and gene synthesis but also in targeted and random mutagenesis have contributed to the current status. This chapter will highlight the milestones that have been undertaken in order to saturate the mouse genome with gene trap mutations. We have no intention to cover the entire field but will instead focus on most recent vectors and protocols, which have turned out to be most useful in order to promote the technology. Therefore, we apologize upfront to the many studies that could not be mentioned here solely owing to space limitations but which nevertheless made significant contributions to our current understanding. This chapter will finally provide guidance on possible uses of conditional gene trap alleles as well as detailed protocols for the application of this recent technology.
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- Thomas Floss
- Institute of Developmental Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Yamamura KI, Araki K. Gene trap mutagenesis in mice: new perspectives and tools in cancer research. Cancer Sci 2008; 99:1-6. [PMID: 17877761 PMCID: PMC11159874 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 08/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The complete human DNA sequence of the human genome was published in 2004 and we entered the postgenomic era. However, many studies showed that gene function is much more complex than we expected, and that mutation of disease genes does not give any clue for molecular mechanisms for disease development. Since the first report on gene knockout mice in 1989, knockout mice have been shown to be a powerful tool for functional genomics and for the dissection of developmental processes in human diseases. In accordance with this successful application of knockout mice, three major mouse knockout programs are now underway worldwide, to mutate all protein-encoding genes in mouse embryonic stem cells using a combination of gene trapping and gene targeting. We developed the exchangeable gene trap method suitable for large scale mutagenesis in mice. In this method we can produce null mutation and post-insertional modification, enabling replacement of the marker gene with a gene of interest and conditional knockout. We herein discuss the effect of this gene-driven type approach for cancer research, especially for finding the genes that are related to cancer, but are paid little attention in hypothesis-driven cancer research.
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- Ken-ichi Yamamura
- Division of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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- Jane Brennan
- Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Sivasubbu S, Balciunas D, Amsterdam A, Ekker SC. Insertional mutagenesis strategies in zebrafish. Genome Biol 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S9. [PMID: 18047701 PMCID: PMC2106850 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-s1-s9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We review here some recent developments in the field of insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish. We highlight the advantages and limitations of the rich body of retroviral methodologies, and we focus on the mechanisms and concepts of new transposon-based mutagenesis approaches under development, including prospects for conditional 'gene trapping' and 'gene breaking' approaches.
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- Sridhar Sivasubbu
- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Mall Road, Delhi 110007, India
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Oven I, Brdicková N, Kohoutek J, Vaupotic T, Narat M, Peterlin BM. AIRE recruits P-TEFb for transcriptional elongation of target genes in medullary thymic epithelial cells. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:8815-23. [PMID: 17938200 PMCID: PMC2169392 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01085-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 10/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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AIRE is a transcriptional activator that directs the ectopic expression of many tissue-specific genes in medullary thymic epithelial cells, which plays an important role in the negative selection of autoreactive T cells. However, its mechanism of action remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that AIRE regulates the step of elongation rather than initiation of RNA polymerase II. For these effects, AIRE bound and recruited P-TEFb to target promoters in medullary thymic epithelial cells. In these cells, AIRE activated the ectopic transcription of insulin and salivary protein 1 genes. Indeed, by chromatin immunoprecipitation, we found that RNA polymerase II was already engaged on these promoters but was unable to elongate in the absence of AIRE. Moreover, the genetic inactivation of cyclin T1 from P-TEFb abolished the transcription of AIRE-responsive genes and led to lymphocytic infiltration of lacrimal and salivary glands in the CycT1-/- mouse. Our findings reveal critical steps by which AIRE regulates the transcription of genes that control central tolerance in the thymus.
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- Irena Oven
- Department of Medicine, Rosalind Russell Medical Research Center, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0703, USA
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Cardiac Development: Toward a Molecular Basis for Congenital Heart Disease. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-715-2_52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Over the past years new vectors and methodologies have been developed to carry out large-scale genome-wide insertional mutagenesis screens in the mouse. Gene trapping, the most commonly used technique, is based on the insertion of a retroviral- or plasmid-based vector into a gene, resulting in a loss-of-function mutation, while simultaneously reporting its expression pattern and providing a molecular tag to facilitate cloning. The discovery of vertebrate DNA transposons in the mouse and recent improvements has also led to their increased use in insertional mutagenesis screens. Several public resources have been set-up recently by the academic community to distribute information and materials generated from these large-scale screens. These new resources should accelerate the study and understanding of biological and developmental processes.
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- Christopher S Raymond
- Program in Developmental Biology, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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Sivasubbu S, Balciunas D, Davidson AE, Pickart MA, Hermanson SB, Wangensteen KJ, Wolbrink DC, Ekker SC. Gene-breaking transposon mutagenesis reveals an essential role for histone H2afza in zebrafish larval development. Mech Dev 2006; 123:513-29. [PMID: 16859902 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2006.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Revised: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report a novel gene tagging, identification and mutagenicity ('gene-breaking') method for the zebrafish, Danio rerio. This modular approach consists of two distinct and separable molecular cassettes. The first is a gene-finding cassette. In this study, we employed a 3' gene-tagging approach that selectively 'traps' transcripts regardless of expression status, and we show that this cassette identifies both known and novel endogenous transcripts in transgenic zebrafish. The second is a transcriptional termination mutagenicity cassette assembled from a combination of a splice acceptor and polyadenylation signal to disrupt tagged transcripts upon integration into intronic sequence. We identified both novel and conserved loci as linked phenotypic mutations using this gene-breaking strategy, generating molecularly null mutations in both larval lethal and adult viable loci. We show that the Histone 2a family member z (H2afza) variant is essential for larval development through the generation of a lethal locus with a truncation of conserved carboxy-terminal residues in the protein. In principle this gene-breaking strategy is scalable for functional genomics screens and can be used in Sleeping Beauty transposon and other gene delivery systems in the zebrafish.
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- Sridhar Sivasubbu
- University of Minnesota, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Transposon Research, 321 Church St SE, 6-160 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Gene trapping in embryonic stem cells (ESCs) generates random, sequence-tagged insertional mutations, which can often report the gene expression pattern of the mutated gene. This mutagenesis strategy has often been coupled to expression or function-based assays in gene discovery screens. The availability of the mouse genome sequence has shifted gene trapping from a gene discovery platform to a high-throughput mutagenesis platform. At present, a concerted worldwide effort is underway to develop a library of loss-of-function mutations in all mouse genes. The International Gene Trap Consortium (IGTC) is leading the way by making a first pass of the genome by random mutagenesis before a high-throughput gene targeting program takes over. In this chapter, we provide a methods guidebook to exploring and using the IGTC resource, explain the different kinds of vectors and insertions that reside in the different libraries, and provide advice and methods for investigators to design novel expression-based "cottage industry" screens.
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- William L Stanford
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Over the past two decades, molecular genetic studies have enabled a common conceptual framework for the development and basic function of the nervous system. These studies, and the pioneering efforts of mouse geneticists and neuroscientists to identify and clone genes for spontaneous mouse mutants, have provided a paradigm for understanding complex processes of the vertebrate brain. Gene cloning for human brain malformations and degenerative disorders identified other important central nervous system (CNS) genes. However, because many debilitating human disorders are genetically complex, phenotypic screens are difficult to design. This difficulty has led to large-scale, genomic approaches to discover genes that are uniquely expressed in brain circuits and regions that control complex behaviors. In this review, we summarize current phenotype- and genotype-driven approaches to discover novel CNS-expressed genes, as well as current approaches to carry out large-scale, gene-expression screens in the CNS.
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- Mary E Hatten
- Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Forrai A, Robb L. The gene trap resource: a treasure trove for hemopoiesis research. Exp Hematol 2005; 33:845-56. [PMID: 16038776 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2005.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2005] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The laboratory mouse is an invaluable tool for functional gene discovery because of its genetic malleability and a biological similarity to human systems that facilitates identification of human models of disease. A number of mutagenic technologies are being used to elucidate gene function in the mouse. Gene trapping is an insertional mutagenesis strategy that is being undertaken by multiple research groups, both academic and private, in an effort to introduce mutations across the mouse genome. Large-scale, publicly funded gene trap programs have been initiated in several countries with the International Gene Trap Consortium coordinating certain efforts and resources. We outline the methodology of mammalian gene trapping and how it can be used to identify genes expressed in both primitive and definitive blood cells and to discover hemopoietic regulator genes. Mouse mutants with hematopoietic phenotypes derived using gene trapping are described. The efforts of the large-scale gene trapping consortia have now led to the availability of libraries of mutagenized ES cell clones. The identity of the trapped locus in each of these clones can be identified by sequence-based searching via the world wide web. This resource provides an extraordinary tool for all researchers wishing to use mouse genetics to understand gene function.
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- Ariel Forrai
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Yamaguchi Y, Ogura S, Ishida M, Karasawa M, Takada S. Gene trap screening as an effective approach for identification of Wnt-responsive genes in the mouse embryo. Dev Dyn 2005; 233:484-95. [PMID: 15778975 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In this study, we examined whether gene trap methodology, which would be available for systematic identification and functional analysis of genes, is effective for screening of Wnt-responsive genes during mouse development. We screened out two individual clones among 794 gene-trapped embryonic stem cell lines by their in vitro response to WNT-3A proteins. One gene was mainly expressed in the ductal epithelium of several developing organs, including the kidney and the salivary glands, and the other gene was expressed in neural crest cells and the telencephalic flexure. The spatial and temporal expression of these two genes coincided well with that of several Wnt genes. Furthermore, the expression of these two genes was significantly decreased in embryos deficient for Wnts or in cultures of embryonic tissues treated with a Wnt signal inhibitor. These results indicate that the gene trap is an effective method for systematic identification of Wnt-responsive genes during embryogenesis.
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- Yoshifumi Yamaguchi
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Biosciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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Great neuroanatomists of the twentieth century recognized that the cerebral cortex of mammals is the single most complex structure of the central nervous system both in terms of neuronal diversity and connectivity. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms specifying the afferent and efferent connectivity in the neocortex may seem like a daunting task. However, recent technical advances have greatly improved our ability to (1) profile gene expression of neuronal populations isolated based on their connectional properties, (2) manipulate gene expression in specific neuronal populations, and (3) visualize their axonal projections in vivo. These new tools are revolutionizing our ability to identify the molecular mechanisms patterning afferent and efferent cortical projections.
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- Franck Polleux
- University of North Carolina, Neuroscience Center, Deptartment of Pharmacology, 105 Mason Farm Road-CB7250, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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Animal models for anxiety-related behavior are based on the assumption that anxiety in animals is comparable to anxiety in humans. Being anxious is an adaptive response to an unfamiliar environment, especially when confronted with danger or threat. However, pathological variants of anxiety can strongly impede the daily life of those affected. To unravel neurobiological mechanisms underlying normal anxiety as well as its pathologi- cal variations, animal models are indispensable tools. What are the characteristics of an ideal animal model? First, it should display reduced anxiety when treated with anxiolytics (predictive validity). Second, the behavioral response of an animal model to a threatening stimulus should be comparable to the response known for humans (face validity). And third, the mechanisms underlying anxiety as well as the psychological causes should be identical (construct validity). Meeting these three requirements is difficult for any animal model. Since both the physiological and the behavioral response to aversive (threatening) stimuli are similar in humans and animals, it can be assumed that animal models can serve at least two distinct purposes: as (1) behavioral tests to screen for potential anxiolytic and antidepressant effects of new drugs and (2) tools to investigate specific pathogenetic aspects of cardinal symptoms of anxiety disorders. The examples presented in this chapter have been selected to illustrate the potential as well as the caveats of current models and the emerging possibilities offered by gene technology. The main concepts in generating animal models for anxiety-that is, selective breeding of rat lines, experience-related models, genetically engineered mice, and phenotype-driven approaches-are concisely introduced and discussed. Independent of the animal model used, one major challenge remains, which is to reliably identify animal behavioral characteristics. Therefore, a description of behavioral expressions of anxiety in rodents as well as tests assays to measure anxiety-related behavior in these animals is also included in this chapter.
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- F Ohl
- Laboratory Animal Science, University Utrecht, PO Box 80166, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Chen YT, Liu P, Bradley A. Inducible gene trapping with drug-selectable markers and Cre/loxP to identify developmentally regulated genes. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:9930-41. [PMID: 15509795 PMCID: PMC525470 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.22.9930-9941.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Gene trapping in mouse embryonic stem cells is an important genetic approach that allows simultaneous mutation of genes and generation of corresponding mutant mice. We designed a selection scheme with drug selection markers and Cre/loxP technology which allows screening of gene trap events that responded to a signaling molecule in a 96-well format. Nine hundred twenty gene trap clones were assayed, and 258 were classified as gene traps induced by in vitro differentiation. Sixty-five of the in vitro differentiation-inducible gene traps were also responsive to retinoic acid treatment. In vivo analysis revealed that 85% of the retinoic acid-inducible gene traps trapped developmentally regulated genes, consistent with the observation that genes induced by retinoic acid treatment are likely to be developmentally regulated. Our results demonstrate that the inducible gene trapping system described here can be used to enrich in vitro for traps in genes of interest. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the cre reporter is extremely sensitive and can be used to explore chromosomal regions that are not detectable with neo as a selection cassette.
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- You-Tzung Chen
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Advances in high throughput sequencing technologies have led to an explosion of sequence information available for today's researchers. Efforts in the emerging next phase of the genomic era are focusing on the assignment of function to genes uncovered by genome sequencing programs. The main approaches include high throughput mutagenesis, predictions based on homology in primary sequence, microarray and proteomics. Despite the variety of strategies applied, only 30% of predicted human genes have any function assigned. There is a need, therefore, for additional tools to overcome some of the limitations of existing techniques. In this review we discuss some recent developments and their impact on gene function annotation, especially as they relate to the elucidation of signalling cascades activated by cytokines and growth factors.
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- Endre Kiss-Toth
- Cardiovascular Research Unit, Division of Clinical Sciences (North), University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU, UK.
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Kuhnert F, Stuhlmann H. Identifying early vascular genes through gene trapping in mouse embryonic stem cells. Curr Top Dev Biol 2004; 62:261-81. [PMID: 15522745 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(04)62009-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Frank Kuhnert
- Department of Cell Biology, Division of Vascular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Chen WV, Chen Z. Differentiation trapping screen in live culture for genes expressed in cardiovascular lineages. Dev Dyn 2004; 229:319-27. [PMID: 14745956 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We have developed a gene trap vector that transduces an EGFP-neo fusion gene (Eno) to monitor the expression of trapped genes in living cells and embryos. Upon in vitro differentiation, most gene-trapped embryonic stem (ES) cell clones exhibited detectable green fluorescence in various specialized cell types, which can be followed in the live culture in real time. Populations of ES cell-derived cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells, vascular endothelial cells, and hematopoietic cells were readily recognized by their distinctive morphologies coupled with unique activities, allowing efficient screening for clones with trapped genes expressed in cardiovascular lineages. Applying G418 selection in parallel differentiation cultures further increased detection sensitivity and screening throughput by enriching reporter-expressing cells with intensified green fluorescent protein signals. Sequence analyses and chimera studies demonstrated that the expression of trapped genes in vivo closely correlated with the observed lineage specificity in vitro. This provides a strategy to identify and mutate genes expressed in lineages of interest for further functional studies.
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- Weisheng V Chen
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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Cardiac development is a complex biological process requiring the integration of cell specification, differentiation, migration, proliferation, and morphogenesis. Although significant progress has been made recently in understanding the molecular basis of cardiac development, mechanisms of transcriptional control of cardiac development remain largely unknown. In search for the developmentally important genes, the jumonji gene (jmj) was identified by gene trap technology and characterized as a critical nuclear factor for mouse embryonic development. Jmj has been shown to play important roles in cardiovascular development, neural tube fusion process, hematopoiesis, and liver development in mouse embryos. The amino acid sequence of the JUMONJI protein (JMJ) reveals that JMJ belongs to the AT-rich interaction domain transcription factor family and more recently has been described as a member of the JMJ transcription factor family. Here, we review the roles of jmj in multiple organ development with a focus on cardiovascular development in mice.
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- Jooyoung Jung
- Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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More than ten large-scale mutagenesis projects are now generating hundreds of novel mouse mutants. Projects employ a wide variety of strategies and screens: targeting as much as the whole genome, part of a chromosome or just single genes. In this commentary, we consider the pros and cons of different tactics. We highlight issues of cost, efficiency and defend the impact of this mutagenesis program in an era of sophisticated conditional knockouts and advanced transgenic lines. Given the significant difficulties of adequately phenotyping and mapping randomly generated mutations that cover the whole genome, we tend to favor regional and gene-targeted screens. Whatever the choice of method, whole genome sequence data combined with detailed transcriptome and proteome surveys promise to significantly improve the efficiency with which series of mutations in a large subset of mammalian genes can be generated and cloned.
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- R W Williams
- Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Roshon M, DeGregori JV, Ruley HE. Gene trap mutagenesis of hnRNP A2/B1: a cryptic 3' splice site in the neomycin resistance gene allows continued expression of the disrupted cellular gene. BMC Genomics 2003; 4:2. [PMID: 12546712 PMCID: PMC149352 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-4-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2002] [Accepted: 01/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tagged sequence mutagenesis is a process for constructing libraries of sequenced insertion mutations in embryonic stem cells that can be transmitted into the mouse germline. To better predict the functional consequences of gene entrapment on cellular gene expression, the present study characterized the effects of a U3Neo gene trap retrovirus inserted into an intron of the hnRNP A2/B1 gene. The mutation was selected for analysis because it occurred in a highly expressed gene and yet did not produce obvious phenotypes following germline transmission. RESULTS Sequences flanking the integrated gene trap vector in 1B4 cells were used to isolate a full-length cDNA whose predicted amino acid sequence is identical to the human A2 protein at all but one of 341 amino acid residues. hnRNP A2/B1 transcripts extending into the provirus utilize a cryptic 3' splice site located 28 nucleotides downstream of the neomycin phosphotransferase start codon. The inserted Neo sequence and proviral poly(A) site function as an 3' terminal exon that is utilized to produce hnRNP A2/B1-Neo fusion transcripts, or skipped to produce wild-type hnRNP A2/B1 transcripts. This results in only a modest disruption of hnRNPA2/B1 gene expression. CONCLUSIONS Expression of the occupied hnRNP A2/B1 gene and utilization of the viral poly(A) site are consistent with an exon definition model of pre-mRNA splicing. These results reveal a mechanism by which U3 gene trap vectors can be expressed without disrupting cellular gene expression, thus suggesting ways to improve these vectors for gene trap mutagenesis.
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- Michael Roshon
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Room AA4210 MCN, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN. 37232-2363, USA
- Present Address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, PO Box 32861, Charolette, NC 28232-2861, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Room AA4210 MCN, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN. 37232-2363, USA
- Univ. of Colorado Health Sci. Center, 4200 E. 9th Ave., Box C229 (or room BRB802), Denver, CO 80262, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Room AA4210 MCN, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN. 37232-2363, USA
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In the postgenomic era the mouse will be central to the challenge of ascribing a function to the 40,000 or so genes that constitute our genome. In this review, we summarize some of the classic and modern approaches that have fueled the recent dramatic explosion in mouse genetics. Together with the sequencing of the mouse genome, these tools will have a profound effect on our ability to generate new and more accurate mouse models and thus provide a powerful insight into the function of human genes during the processes of both normal development and disease.
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Hirsch N, Zimmerman LB, Grainger RM. Xenopus, the next generation: X. tropicalis genetics and genomics. Dev Dyn 2002; 225:422-33. [PMID: 12454920 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A small, fast-breeding, diploid relative of the frog Xenopus laevis, Xenopus tropicalis, has recently been adopted for research in developmental genetics and functional genomics. X. tropicalis shares advantages of X. laevis as a classic embryologic system, but its simpler genome and shorter generation time make it more convenient for multigenerational genetic, genomic, and transgenic approaches. Its embryos closely resemble those of X. laevis, except for their smaller size, and assays and molecular probes developed in X. laevis can be readily adapted for use in X. tropicalis. Genomic manipulation techniques such as gynogenesis facilitate genetic screens, because they permit the identification of recessive phenotypes after only one generation. Stable transgenic lines can be used both as in vivo reporters to streamline a variety of embryologic and molecular assays, or to experimentally manipulate gene expression through the use of binary constructs such as the GAL4/UAS system. Several mutations have been identified in wild-caught animals and during the course of generating inbred lines. A variety of strategies are discussed for conducting and managing genetic screens, obtaining mutations in specific sequences, achieving homologous recombination, and in developing and taking advantage of the genomic resources for Xenopus tropicalis.
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- Nicolas Hirsch
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4328, USA
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Klüppel M, Vallis KA, Wrana JL. A high-throughput induction gene trap approach defines C4ST as a target of BMP signaling. Mech Dev 2002; 118:77-89. [PMID: 12351172 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(02)00198-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Here we describe a novel gene trap protocol to screen for target genes that are regulated during inductive events in undifferentiated and differentiated mouse embryonic stem cells. This approach integrates several features that allows in vitro screening of large numbers of gene trap clones prior to generating lines of mutant mice. Moreover, targets of spatially and temporally restricted signaling pathways can be analyzed by screening undifferentiated ES cells versus ES cells differentiated into embryoid bodies. We employed this protocol to screen 1920 gene trap lines to identify targets and mediators of signaling through three growth factors of the TGFbeta superfamily--BMP2, activin and nodal. We identified two genes that are induced by BMP2 in a differentiation-dependent manner. One of the genes encodes for Chondroitin-4-sulfotransferase and displays a highly specific temporal and spatial expression pattern during mouse embryogenesis. These results demonstrate the feasibility of a high-throughput gene trap approach as a means to identify mediators and targets of multiple growth factor signaling pathways that function during different stages of development.
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- Michael Klüppel
- Programme in Molecular Biology and Cancer, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5.
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Rantanen M, Palmén T, Pätäri A, Ahola H, Lehtonen S, Aström E, Floss T, Vauti F, Wurst W, Ruiz P, Kerjaschki D, Holthöfer H. Nephrin TRAP mice lack slit diaphragms and show fibrotic glomeruli and cystic tubular lesions. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:1586-94. [PMID: 12039988 DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000016142.29721.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms maintaining glomerular filtration barrier are under intensive study. This study describes a mutant Nphs1 mouse line generated by gene-trapping. Nephrin, encoded by Nphs1, is a structural protein of interpodocyte filtration slits crucial for formation of primary urine. Nephrin(trap/trap) mutants show characteristic features of proteinuric disease and die soon after birth. Morphologically, fibrotic glomeruli with distorted structures and cystic tubular lesions were observed, but no prominent changes in the branching morphogenesis of the developing collecting ducts could be found. Western blotting and immunohistochemical analyses confirmed the absence of nephrin in nephrin(trap/trap) glomeruli. The immunohistochemical staining showed also that the interaction partner of nephrin, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP), and the slit-diaphragm-associated protein, ZO-1alpha (-), appeared unchanged, whereas the major anionic apical membrane protein of podocytes, podocalyxin, somewhat punctate as compared with the wild-type (wt) and nephrin(wt/trap) stainings. Electron microscopy revealed that >90% of the podocyte foot processes were fused. The remaining interpodocyte junctions lacked slit diaphragms and, instead, showed tight adhering areas. In the heterozygote glomeruli, approximately one third of the foot processes were fused and real-time RT-PCR showed >60% decrease of nephrin-specific transcripts. These results show an effective nephrin gene elimination, resulting in a phenotype that resembles human congenital nephrotic syndrome. Although the nephrin(trap/trap) mice can be used to study the pathophysiology of the disease, the heterozygous mice may provide a useful model to study the gene dose effect of this crucial protein of the glomerular filtration barrier.
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- Maija Rantanen
- Biomedicum, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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The mouse and human genome sequences provide new opportunities to characterize mammalian gene functions on a genome-wide level. Toward this end, we have developed strategies for tagged-sequence mutagenesis in mice. Tagged-sequence mutagenesis has been used first, to analyze genes implicated in posttranscriptional gene regulation, and second, to identify genes important in immune cell development and function.
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- H E Ruley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2363, USA.
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Although at least 35,000 human genes have been sequenced and mapped, adequate expression or functional information is available for only approximately 15% of them. Gene-trap mutagenesis is a technique that randomly generates loss-of-function mutations and reports the expression of many mouse genes. At present, several large-scale, gene-trap screens are being carried out with various new vectors, which aim to generate a public resource of mutagenized embryonic stem (ES) cells. This resource now includes more than 8,000 mutagenized ES-cell lines, which are freely available, making it an appropriate time to evaluate the recent advances in this area of genomic technology and the technical hurdles it has yet to overcome.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Chimera/genetics
- DNA, Recombinant/administration & dosage
- DNA, Recombinant/genetics
- Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
- Electroporation
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic/genetics
- Forecasting
- Gene Library
- Gene Targeting
- Genes/drug effects
- Genes/radiation effects
- Genes, Reporter
- Genetic Vectors/administration & dosage
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Lac Operon
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains/genetics
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microinjections
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/methods
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutagens/pharmacology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Retroviridae/genetics
- Stem Cells
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- W L Stanford
- Programme in Development and Fetal Health, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Room 983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5.
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Mitchell KJ, Pinson KI, Kelly OG, Brennan J, Zupicich J, Scherz P, Leighton PA, Goodrich LV, Lu X, Avery BJ, Tate P, Dill K, Pangilinan E, Wakenight P, Tessier-Lavigne M, Skarnes WC. Functional analysis of secreted and transmembrane proteins critical to mouse development. Nat Genet 2001; 28:241-9. [PMID: 11431694 DOI: 10.1038/90074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 338] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We describe the successful application of a modified gene-trap approach, the secretory trap, to systematically analyze the functions in vivo of large numbers of genes encoding secreted and membrane proteins. Secretory-trap insertions in embryonic stem cells can be transmitted to the germ line of mice with high efficiency and effectively mutate the target gene. Of 60 insertions analyzed in mice, one-third cause recessive lethal phenotypes affecting various stages of embryonic and postnatal development. Thus, secretory-trap mutagenesis can be used for a genome-wide functional analysis of cell signaling pathways that are critical for normal mammalian development and physiology.
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- K J Mitchell
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Harrington JJ, Sherf B, Rundlett S, Jackson PD, Perry R, Cain S, Leventhal C, Thornton M, Ramachandran R, Whittington J, Lerner L, Costanzo D, McElligott K, Boozer S, Mays R, Smith E, Veloso N, Klika A, Hess J, Cothren K, Lo K, Offenbacher J, Danzig J, Ducar M. Creation of genome-wide protein expression libraries using random activation of gene expression. Nat Biotechnol 2001; 19:440-5. [PMID: 11329013 DOI: 10.1038/88107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Here we report the use of random activation of gene expression (RAGE) to create genome-wide protein expression libraries. RAGE libraries containing only 5 x 10(6) individual clones were found to express every gene tested, including genes that are normally silent in the parent cell line. Furthermore, endogenous genes were activated at similar frequencies and expressed at similar levels within RAGE libraries created from multiple human cell lines, demonstrating that RAGE libraries are inherently normalized. Pools of RAGE clones were used to isolate 19,547 human gene clusters, approximately 53% of which were novel when tested against public databases of expressed sequence tag (EST) and complementary DNA (cDNA). Isolation of individual clones confirmed that the activated endogenous genes can be expressed at high levels to produce biologically active proteins. The properties of RAGE libraries and RAGE expression clones are well suited for a number of biotechnological applications including gene discovery, protein characterization, drug development, and protein manufacturing.
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- J J Harrington
- Athersys, Inc., 3201 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115, USA.
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Skarnes WC. Gene trapping methods for the identification and functional analysis of cell surface proteins in mice. Methods Enzymol 2001; 328:592-615. [PMID: 11075368 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)28420-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- W C Skarnes
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley 94720-3200, USA
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Klinakis AG, Zagoraiou L, Vassilatis DK, Savakis C. Genome-wide insertional mutagenesis in human cells by the Drosophila mobile element Minos. EMBO Rep 2000; 1:416-21. [PMID: 11258481 PMCID: PMC1083762 DOI: 10.1093/embo-reports/kvd089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The development of efficient non-viral methodologies for genome-wide insertional mutagenesis and gene tagging in mammalian cells is highly desirable for functional genomic analysis. Here we describe transposon mediated mutagenesis (TRAMM), using naked DNA vectors based on the Drosophila hydei transposable element Minos. By simple transfections of plasmid Minos vectors in HeLa cells, we have achieved high frequency generation of cell lines, each containing one or more stable chromosomal integrations. The Minos-derived vectors insert in different locations in the mammalian genome. Genome-wide mutagenesis in HeLa cells was demonstrated by using a Minos transposon containing a lacZ-neo gene-trap fusion to generate a HeLa cell library of at least 10(5) transposon insertions in active genes. Multiple gene traps for six out of 12 active genes were detected in this library. Possible applications of Minos-based TRAMM in functional genomics are discussed.
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- A G Klinakis
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
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Neidhardt L, Gasca S, Wertz K, Obermayr F, Worpenberg S, Lehrach H, Herrmann BG. Large-scale screen for genes controlling mammalian embryogenesis, using high-throughput gene expression analysis in mouse embryos. Mech Dev 2000; 98:77-94. [PMID: 11044609 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(00)00453-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We have adapted the whole-mount in situ hybridization technique to perform high-throughput gene expression analysis in mouse embryos. A large-scale screen for genes showing specific expression patterns in the mid-gestation embryo was carried out, and a large number of genes controlling development were isolated. From 35760 clones of a 9.5 d.p.c. cDNA library, a total of 5348 cDNAs, enriched for rare transcripts, were selected and analyzed by whole-mount in situ hybridization. Four hundred and twenty-eight clones revealed specific expression patterns in the 9.5 d.p.c. embryo. Of 361 tag-sequenced clones, 198 (55%) represent 154 known mouse genes. Thirty-nine (25%) of the known genes are involved in transcriptional regulation and 33 (21%) in inter- or intracellular signaling. A large number of these genes have been shown to play an important role in embryogenesis. Furthermore, 24 (16%) of the known genes are implicated in human disorders and three others altered in classical mouse mutations. Similar proportions of regulators of embryonic development and candidates for human disorders or mouse mutations are expected among the 163 new mouse genes isolated. Thus, high-throughput gene expression analysis is suitable for isolating regulators of embryonic development on a large-scale, and in the long term, for determining the molecular anatomy of the mouse embryo. This knowledge will provide a basis for the systematic investigation of pattern formation, tissue differentiation and organogenesis in mammals.
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- L Neidhardt
- Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Abt. Entwicklungsbiologie, Stübeweg 51, 79108, Freiburg, Germany
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The gene trap methodology is a powerful tool to characterize novel genes and analyze their importance in biological phenomena. It is based on the use of mouse embryonic stem cells and reporter vectors designed to randomly integrate into the genome, tagging an insertion site and generating a mutation. Theoretically, all the 100,000 genes present in the mouse genome could be tagged and functionally inactivated at the same time. Here we describe the basic concepts and perspectives of this methodology and show some results obtained by the gene trap approach used to study molecular cascades in basic cell biology and in developmental processes.
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- F Cecconi
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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AbstractWe have developed a gene trap approach to select specific cytokine receptor/ligand responsive genes in the cell line TF-1. This cell line exhibits a dependency on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3) and responds to interleukin-5 (IL-5). In an attempt to detect genes modulated by one of these factors, cells were infected with the Rosaβgeo retrovirus in the presence of GM-CSF, IL-3, or IL-5 and clones were selected for retroviral integration on the basis of G418 resistance. Housekeeping and cytokine-regulated trapped genes were then differentiated on the basis of G418 resistance versus sensitivity in the presence of the different cytokines. To determine the reliability of this screen, DNA sequences upstream of the proviral integration site were identified by 5′ rapid amplification of DNA ends polymerase chain reaction (RACE PCR) from selected GM-CSF–treated and –infected clones. Comparison of the sequences with those in the Genbank database revealed that 2 sequences correspond to known genes: NACA and RBM3. NACAwas recently defined as a coactivator of c-jun–mediated transcription factors in osteoblasts, and RBM3 as a protein from the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein family. Data from transcriptional analysis of these 2 genes in TF-1 cells showed a specific up-regulation by GM-CSF. Both transcripts were also found to be up-regulated in purified CD34+ cells, suggesting their involvement in proliferative processes during hematopoiesis. Interestingly, down-regulation was observed during monocytic differentiation of TF-1 cells, suggesting their extinction could contribute to monocytic lineage development. This study demonstrates that this gene trap approach is a useful method for identifying novel, specific cytokine-responsive genes that are involved in the regulation of hematopoiesis.
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We have developed a gene trap approach to select specific cytokine receptor/ligand responsive genes in the cell line TF-1. This cell line exhibits a dependency on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or interleukin-3 (IL-3) and responds to interleukin-5 (IL-5). In an attempt to detect genes modulated by one of these factors, cells were infected with the Rosaβgeo retrovirus in the presence of GM-CSF, IL-3, or IL-5 and clones were selected for retroviral integration on the basis of G418 resistance. Housekeeping and cytokine-regulated trapped genes were then differentiated on the basis of G418 resistance versus sensitivity in the presence of the different cytokines. To determine the reliability of this screen, DNA sequences upstream of the proviral integration site were identified by 5′ rapid amplification of DNA ends polymerase chain reaction (RACE PCR) from selected GM-CSF–treated and –infected clones. Comparison of the sequences with those in the Genbank database revealed that 2 sequences correspond to known genes: NACA and RBM3. NACAwas recently defined as a coactivator of c-jun–mediated transcription factors in osteoblasts, and RBM3 as a protein from the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein family. Data from transcriptional analysis of these 2 genes in TF-1 cells showed a specific up-regulation by GM-CSF. Both transcripts were also found to be up-regulated in purified CD34+ cells, suggesting their involvement in proliferative processes during hematopoiesis. Interestingly, down-regulation was observed during monocytic differentiation of TF-1 cells, suggesting their extinction could contribute to monocytic lineage development. This study demonstrates that this gene trap approach is a useful method for identifying novel, specific cytokine-responsive genes that are involved in the regulation of hematopoiesis.
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Hidaka M, Caruana G, Stanford WL, Sam M, Correll PH, Bernstein A. Gene trapping of two novel genes, Hzf and Hhl, expressed in hematopoietic cells. Mech Dev 2000; 90:3-15. [PMID: 10585558 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Using an expression gene trapping strategy, we have identified and characterized two novel hematopoietic genes, Hzf and Hhl. Embryonic stem (ES) cells containing a gene trap vector insertion were cultured on OP9 stromal cells to induce hematopoietic differentiation and screened for lacZ reporter gene expression. Two ES clones displaying lacZ expression within hematopoietic cells in vitro were used to generate mice containing the gene trap integrations. Paralleling this in vitro expression pattern, both Hzf and Hhl were expressed in a tissue-specific manner during hematopoietic development in vivo. Hzf encodes a novel protein containing three C(2)H(2)-type zinc fingers predominantly expressed in megakaryocytes and CFU-GEMM. Hhl encodes a novel protein containing a putative phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain expressed in megakaryocytes, CFU-GEMM and BFU-E. These results demonstrate the utility of expression trapping to identify novel hematopoietic genes. Future studies of Hzf and Hhl should provide valuable information on the role these genes play during megakaryocytopoiesis.
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- M Hidaka
- Program in Molecular Biology and Cancer, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada
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