- Carries a 14 kb fragment of the murine β-actin promoter isolated from genomic DNA, a chimeric intron and modified firefly luciferase cDNA (Promega pGL3). This model was produced by backcrossing of model 10500 to B6 albino to produce the beta-actin luciferase mouse in a fully congenic B6 background.
- Basal expression of the reporter is expected to be similar to that of model 10500: highest in skeletal muscle, thymus, skin, heart, bone, pancreas, and is detectable in all tissues, including white blood cells
- The reporter is constitutively expressed and is not significantly inducible
- Useful as a donor animal for studying the transplantation of various tissue types
Orders by weight: Taconic cannot accept orders by weight for this model. Please note that shipments may contain animals with a larger weight variation.
Origin:
The β-actin-luc mouse (model 10500) was developed by Caliper Life Sciences. The model was created by microinjecting a transgene containing a fragment of the murine β-actin promoter isolated from genomic DNA, a chimeric intron and modified firefly luciferase cDNA from pGL3. This transgene was microinjected into FVB/N zygotes. The resultant mice from founder line 46 were bred to FVB/NTac mice. The line was backcrossed the equivalent of 4-5 times onto the C57BL/6J-Tyrc-2J and intracrossed to make the coat color mutation homozygous. Taconic received stock from Caliper in 2010, and the line was embryo transfer derived. In the production colony, line 10500 was maintained by mating mice which are wild type to those which are hemizygous for the luciferase transgene. Model 10500 was then backcrossed to B6 Albino to produce the beta-actin luciferase mouse in a fully congenic B6 background.
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Mouse Initial Publication:
There is no specific publication describing the generation of these mice, but multiple publications exist demonstrating applications using the model 10500.
Other publications:
- Cheeran MC, Mutnal MB, Hu S, Armien A, Lokensgard JR. (2009) Reduced lymphocyte infiltration during cytomegalovirus brain infection of interleukin-10-deficient mice. J Neurovirol. 15(4):334-42.
- Murphy CT, Moloney G, Macsharry J, Haynes A, Faivre E, Quinlan A, McLean PG, Lee K, O'Mahony L, Shanahan F, Melgar S, Nally K. (2010) Technical Advance: Function and efficacy of an {alpha}4-integrin antagonist using bioluminescence imaging to detect leukocyte trafficking in murine experimental colitis. J Leukoc Biol. 88(6):1271-8.
- Murphy CT, Moloney G, Hall LJ, Quinlan A, Faivre E, Casey P, Shanahan F, Melgar S, Nally K. (2010) Use of bioluminescence imaging to track neutrophil migration and its inhibition in experimental colitis. Clin Exp Immunol. 162(1):188-96.
- Schachtele SJ, Hu S, Little MR, Lokensgard JR. (2010) Herpes simplex virus induces neural oxidative damage via microglial cell Toll-like receptor-2. J Neuroinflammation. 7:35.
