Abstract：
:Green fluorescent protein (GFP) transgenic animals are widely used in biomedical research. We observed that the commonly used beta-actin-GFP transgenic mouse has renal defects with proteinuria starting as early as 5 weeks of age. Histological analysis reveals a widespread increase in glomerular extracellular matrix, occasional mesangiolysis, and secondary tubulointerstitial injury. Electron microscopic (EM) analysis reveals dramatic thickening of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM). Several other transgenic strains with GFP on ubiquitous promoters including beta-actin (with insertion in a different location) and ubiquitin C show no renal abnormalities. Western blot analysis on crude glomerular preparations from several GFP transgenic strains revealed that higher levels of GFP expression might be responsible for the observed pathogenesis. Mapping of the transgene insertion site by inverse PCR indicates that the beta-actin GFP transgene does not cause insertional mutagenesis nor does it modify the transcription level of adjacent genes. Taken together, this strain of beta-actin-GFP transgenic mouse may be used to study the mechanism of GBM expansion. Moreover, experiments using this strain of GFP mouse should be hereafter carefully planned because its renal pathology may interfere with data interpretation.
journal_name
Transgenic Resjournal_title
Transgenic researchauthors
Guo JK,Cheng EC,Wang L,Swenson ES,Ardito TA,Kashgarian M,Cantley LG,Krause DSdoi
10.1007/s11248-007-9107-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-12-01 00:00:00pages
829-34issue
6eissn
0962-8819issn
1573-9368journal_volume
16pub_type
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journal_title：Transgenic research
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Transgenic research
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transgenic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transgenic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transgenic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Transgenic research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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