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Consequences of Cre-mediated deletion of Ciz1 exon 5 in mice.

ABSTRACT: CIZ1 plays a role in DNA synthesis at the G1/S checkpoint. Ciz1 gene-trap null mice manifest motor dysfunction, cell-cycle abnormalities, and DNA damage. In contrast, it has previously been reported that mouse embryonic fibroblasts derived from presumed Ciz1 knock-out mice (Ciz1tm1.1Homy/tm1.1Homy ) generated by crossing Cre-expressing mice with exon 5-floxed mice (Ciz1tm1Homy/tm1Homy ) do not exhibit evidence of enhanced DNA damage following ?-irradiation or cell-cycle defects. Here, we report that Ciz1tm1.1Homy/tm1.1Homy mice show loss of Ciz1 exon 5 but are neurologically normal and express abnormal transcripts (Ciz1?E5/?E5 mice) that are translated into one or more proteins of approximate wild-type size. Therefore, Ciz1tm1.1Homy/tm1.1Homy mice (Ciz1?E5/?E5 ) lose residues encoded by exon 5 but may gain function from novel amino acid sequences.

SUBMITTER: Xiao J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6275157 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Consequences of Cre-mediated deletion of Ciz1 exon 5 in mice.

Xiao Jianfeng J Khan Mohammad Moshahid MM Vemula Satya S Tian Jun J LeDoux Mark S MS

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CIZ1 plays a role in DNA synthesis at the G1/S checkpoint. Ciz1 gene-trap null mice manifest motor dysfunction, cell-cycle abnormalities, and DNA damage. In contrast, it has previously been reported that mouse embryonic fibroblasts derived from presumed Ciz1 knock-out mice (Ciz1<sup>tm1.1Homy/tm1.1Homy</sup> ) generated by crossing Cre-expressing mice with exon 5-floxed mice (Ciz1<sup>tm1Homy/tm1Homy</sup> ) do not exhibit evidence of enhanced DNA damage following γ-irradiation or cell-cycle def ...[more]

PMID: 30098009

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Consequences of Cre-mediated deletion of Ciz1 exon 5 in mice.

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