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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks738
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- The National Key Project [2010CB945501, 2010CB912604]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81171188]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [08140900700, 08140901900, 10DZ2251500]
- E-Institutes of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission [E03003]
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Methods for generating loss-of-function mutations, such as conventional or conditional gene knockout, are widely used in deciphering gene function in vivo. By contrast, inducible and reversible regulation of endogenous gene expression has not been well established. Using a mouse model, we demonstrate that a chimeric transcriptional repressor molecule (tTS) can reversibly inhibit the expression of an endogenous gene, Nmyc. In this system, a tetracycline response element (TRE) artificially inserted near the target gene's promoter region turns the gene on and off in a tetracycline-inducible manner. Nmyc(TRE) mice were generated by inserting a TRE into the first intron of Nmyc by the knockin technique. Nmyc(TRE) mice were crossed to tTS transgenic mice to produce Nmyc(TRE/TRE): tTS embryos. In these embryos, tTS blocked Nmyc expression, and embryonic lethality was observed at E11.5d. When the dam was exposed to drinking water containing doxycycline (dox), normal endogenous Nmyc expression was rescued, and the embryo survived to birth. This novel genetic modification strategy based on the tTS-dox system for inducible and reversible regulation of endogenous mouse genes will be a powerful tool to investigate target genes that cause embryonic lethality or other defects where reversible regulation or temporary shutdown of the target gene is needed.
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