Lassègue, Bernard and Kumar, Sandeep and Mandavilli, Rohan and Wang, Keke and Tsai, Michelle and Kang, Dong-Won and Demos, Catherine and Hernandes, Marina S. and San Martín, Alejandra and Taylor, W. Robert and Jo, Hanjoong and Griendling, Kathy K. and Herault, Yann (2021) Characterization of Poldip2 knockout mice: Avoiding incorrect gene targeting. PLOS ONE, 16 (12). e0247261. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
POLDIP2 is a multifunctional protein whose roles are only partially understood. Our laboratory previously reported physiological studies performed using a mouse gene trap model, which suffered from three limitations: perinatal lethality in homozygotes, constitutive Poldip2 inactivation and inadvertent downregulation of the adjacent Tmem199 gene. To overcome these limitations, we developed a new conditional floxed Poldip2 model. The first part of the present study shows that our initial floxed mice were affected by an unexpected mutation, which was not readily detected by Southern blotting and traditional PCR. It consisted of a 305 kb duplication around Poldip2 with retention of the wild type allele and could be traced back to the original targeted ES cell clone. We offer simple suggestions to rapidly detect similar accidents, which may affect genome editing using both traditional and CRISPR-based methods. In the second part of the present study, correctly targeted floxed Poldip2 mice were generated and used to produce a new constitutive knockout line by crossing with a Cre deleter. In contrast to the gene trap model, many homozygous knockout mice were viable, in spite of having no POLDIP2 expression. To further characterize the effects of Poldip2 ablation in the vasculature, RNA-seq and RT-qPCR experiments were performed in constitutive knockout arteries. Results show that POLDIP2 inactivation affects multiple cellular processes and provide new opportunities for future in-depth study of its functions.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | EP Archives > Biological Science |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 03 Dec 2022 04:38 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2024 06:15 |
URI: | http://research.send4journal.com/id/eprint/570 |