- Expresses luciferase under the control of the cAMP response element (CRE)
- GPCR signaling through the cAMP pathway can be detected from the target GPCR that is in a native cellular environment with a full compliment of associated receptors and membrane constituents
- Luciferase is expressed primarily in the spleen and kidney in Line 64
- Useful for screening in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro using whole animals, tissues and primary cells
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Genetic Background:
FVB Background Origin:
The CRE-Luc GPCR Reporter Mouse, Line 64 was developed by Sanofi. The model was created by microinjecting a transgene containing a 6x CRE promoter, the HSV TK minimal promoter, modified firefly luciferase cDNA from pGL4 and a human growth hormone polyA tail. This transgene was microinjected into FVB/NTac zygotes. The resultant mice from founder line 64 were bred to FVB/NTac mice. Taconic received stock from Sanofi in 2012. The line was embryo transfer derived. In the production colony, the line was maintained by mating homozygous males and females.
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Mouse Initial Publication:
- Pang Z, Wu N, Zhang X, Avallone R, Croci T, Dressler H, Palejwala V, Ferrara P, Tocci MJ, Polites HG. (2010) GPR40 is partially required for insulin secretion following activation of β3-adrenergic receptors. Mol Cell Endocrinol 325(1-2):18-25.
- Dressler H, Economides K, Favara S, Wu NN, Pang Z, and Polites HG. (2014) The CRE luc Bioluminescence Transgenic Mouse Model for Detecting Ligand Activation of GPCRs. Journal of Biomolecular Screening, 2014, 19: 232.
- Download materials presented at the Keystone Symposium on G Protein-Coupled Receptors: Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Functional Insights, Banff, Canada, February 20, 2012. Presentation by Dr. Greg Polites, Sanofi: "The CRE-Luc Reporter Mouse Model: A Transgenic Bioimaging Mouse Model that can Assay Ligand Activation of GPCRs.” View the accompanying poster.
