Characterization of novel endothelial-specific and smooth-muscle specific Poldip2 knockout mice
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ABSTRACT: Poldip2 is a multifunctional protein whose roles are only partially understood. The previous Poldip2 knockout mouse generated by the gene trap model suffers from two limitations: perinatal lethality in homozygotes and constitutive Poldip2 inactivation. To overcome these limitations, we developed a new conditional floxed Poldip2 mouse. Here, we correctly targeted floxed Poldip2 mice to produce an endothelial-specific by crossing it with CDH5 ERT2 Cre mouse. Additionally, we also produced smooth-muscle specific Poldip2 knockout mice by crossing the flox'ed Poldip2 mice with SM22A-Cre mice. The Poldip2_EC-/- and Poldip2_SMC-/-mice were viable and showed remarkably reduced Poldip2 expression. To characterize the effect of Poldip2 ablation in the ECs and in the SMCs, we performed a RNA-seq study using the carotid arteries of these mice.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
PROVIDER: GSE165939 | GEO | 2024/01/24
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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