Selective expression of an aP2/Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4-Cre transgene in non-adipogenic tissues during embryonic development - PubMed (original) (raw)
Selective expression of an aP2/Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4-Cre transgene in non-adipogenic tissues during embryonic development
Sumithra Urs et al. Transgenic Res. 2006 Oct.
Abstract
Mouse strains expressing the site-specific Cre recombinase facilitate conditional ablation or activation of genomic sequences when one or several exons of a gene of interest are flanked by loxP sites. Recently, several strains targeting Cre expression to adipocytes have been developed using promoter sequences from the aP2 (Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4, FABP4) gene for adipose tissue-specific gene expression studies. aP2/FABP4 is predominantly expressed in adipose tissue, and while this promoter provides adipocyte-restricted expression postnatally, its expression throughout embryonic development had not been previously characterized. In this report, we demonstrate that the aP2-Cre transgene is expressed and consistently localized within the embryo from mid-gestation stage 9.5 dpc. By 15.5 dpc, beta-gal activity was detected primarily in the brown adipose tissue, trigeminal ganglia, dorsal root ganglia, cartilage primordia and vertebrae. Immunofluorescence staining for Cre recombinase and FABP4 protein showed a corresponding staining pattern similar to that of beta-gal, confirming that Cre recombinase was produced in the transgenic line at late stages of development, and overlapped with endogenous aP2/FABP4 production. Further, fat-specific oil red O staining of tissue sections validated the presence of lipids in the stained tissues indicating that adipocytes and/or adipocyte-like cells were indeed present in these tissues. This is the first report to our knowledge to describe and confirm aP2/FABP4 promoter expression in this transgenic line during development in the mouse embryo and indicates that aP2/FABP4 expression occurs not only in mature adipocytes, but has a wider embryonic expression pattern than previously appreciated.
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