A new mouse model for temporal‐ and tissue‐specific control of extracellular superoxide dismutase |
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| Authors: | Yani Zou Chih‐Hsin Chen John R Fike Ting‐Ting Huang |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California;2. Departments of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California;3. Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California |
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| Abstract: | The extracellular isoform of superoxide dismutase (EC‐SOD, Sod3) plays a protective role against various diseases and injuries mediated by oxidative stress. To investigate the pathophysiological roles of EC‐SOD, we generated tetracycline‐inducible Sod3 transgenic mice and directed the tissue‐specific expression of transgenes by crossing Sod3 transgenic mice with tissue‐specific transactivator transgenics. Double transgenic mice with liver‐specific expression of Sod3 showed increased EC‐SOD levels predominantly in the plasma as the circulating form, whereas double transgenic mice with neuronal‐specific expression expressed higher levels of EC‐SOD in hippocampus and cortex with intact EC‐SOD as the dominant form. EC‐SOD protein levels also correlated well with increased SOD activities in double transgenic mice. In addition to enabling tissue‐specific expression, the transgene expression can be quickly turned on and off by doxycycline supplementation in the mouse chow. This mouse model, thus, provides the flexibility for on–off control of transgene expression in multiple target tissues. genesis 47:142–154, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | EC‐SOD TRE promoter CamKII‐tTA LAP‐tTA transgenic mouse model |
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