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Targeted genomic integration of EGFP under tubulin beta 3 class III promoter and mEos2 under tryptophan hydroxylase 2 promoter does not produce sufficient levels of reporter gene expression. / Menzorov, Aleksei G.; Orishchenko, Konstantin E.; Fishman, Veniamin S. et al.
In: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 120, No. 10, 10.2019, p. 17208-17218.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Targeted genomic integration of EGFP under tubulin beta 3 class III promoter and mEos2 under tryptophan hydroxylase 2 promoter does not produce sufficient levels of reporter gene expression
AU - Menzorov, Aleksei G.
AU - Orishchenko, Konstantin E.
AU - Fishman, Veniamin S.
AU - Shevtsova, Anastasia A.
AU - Mungalov, Roman V.
AU - Pristyazhnyuk, Inna E.
AU - Kizilova, Elena A.
AU - Matveeva, Natalia M.
AU - Alenina, Natalia
AU - Bader, Michael
AU - Rubtsov, Nikolai B.
AU - Serov, Oleg L.
N1 - © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Neuronal tracing is a modern technology that is based on the expression of fluorescent proteins under the control of cell type–specific promoters. However, random genomic integration of the reporter construct often leads to incorrect spatial and temporal expression of the marker protein. Targeted integration (or knock-in) of the reporter coding sequence is supposed to provide better expression control by exploiting endogenous regulatory elements. Here we describe the generation of two fluorescent reporter systems: enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under pan-neural marker class III β-tubulin (Tubb3) promoter and mEos2 under serotonergic neuron-specific tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2) promoter. Differentiation of Tubb3-EGFP embryonic stem (ES) cells into neurons revealed that though Tubb3-positive cells express EGFP, its expression level is not sufficient for the neuronal tracing by routine fluorescent microscopy. Similarly, the expression levels of mEos2-TPH2 in differentiated ES cells was very low and could be detected only on messenger RNA level using polymerase chain reaction-based methods. Our data shows that the use of endogenous regulatory elements to control transgene expression is not always beneficial compared with the random genomic integration.
AB - Neuronal tracing is a modern technology that is based on the expression of fluorescent proteins under the control of cell type–specific promoters. However, random genomic integration of the reporter construct often leads to incorrect spatial and temporal expression of the marker protein. Targeted integration (or knock-in) of the reporter coding sequence is supposed to provide better expression control by exploiting endogenous regulatory elements. Here we describe the generation of two fluorescent reporter systems: enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under pan-neural marker class III β-tubulin (Tubb3) promoter and mEos2 under serotonergic neuron-specific tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (Tph2) promoter. Differentiation of Tubb3-EGFP embryonic stem (ES) cells into neurons revealed that though Tubb3-positive cells express EGFP, its expression level is not sufficient for the neuronal tracing by routine fluorescent microscopy. Similarly, the expression levels of mEos2-TPH2 in differentiated ES cells was very low and could be detected only on messenger RNA level using polymerase chain reaction-based methods. Our data shows that the use of endogenous regulatory elements to control transgene expression is not always beneficial compared with the random genomic integration.
KW - mEos2
KW - mouse embryonic stem cells
KW - neuronal differentiation
KW - targeted genomic integration
KW - tryptophan hydroxylase 2
KW - tubulin beta 3 class III
KW - EMBRYONIC STEM-CELLS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071162546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jcb.28981
DO - 10.1002/jcb.28981
M3 - Article
C2 - 31106442
AN - SCOPUS:85071162546
VL - 120
SP - 17208
EP - 17218
JO - Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
SN - 0730-2312
IS - 10
ER -
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