Generation of a conditional null allele of NADPH oxidase activator 1 (NOXA1).
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Keywords
Animals, Genetic-Vectors, Genotype, Humans, Mice, Mice-Transgenic, Models-Biological, Multiprotein-Complexes, NADPH-Oxidase, Oligonucleotides, Phagocytes, Proteins, Reactive-Oxygen-Species, Reverse-Transcriptase-Polymerase-Chain-Reaction
First Page
568
Last Page
575
JAX Source
Genesis 2010 Sep; 48(9):568-75.
Abstract
NADPH oxidase complexes are multiprotein assemblies that generate reactive oxygen species in a variety of mammalian tissues. The canonical phagocytic oxidase consists of a heterodimeric, enzymatic core comprised of the transmembrane proteins, CYBB andCYBA and is regulated, in part, by an "organizing" function of NCF1 and an "activating" activity of NCF2. In contexts outside of the phagocyte, these regulatory functions may be encoded not only by NCF1 and NCF2, but also alternatively by their respective paralogues, NOXO1 and NOXA1. To allow tissue-specific dissection of Noxa1 function in mouse, we have generated an allele of Noxa1 suitable for conditional inactivation. Moreover, by crossing Noxa1 conditional allele carriers to B6.129S4-Meox2(tm1(Cre)Sor)/J mice, we have generated first, Noxa1-null heterozygotes, and ultimately, Noxa1-null homozygotes. Through the thoughtful use of tissue-specific, Cre-expressing mouse strains, the Noxa1 conditional allele will offer insight into the roles of NOXA1 in the variety of tissues in which it is expressed.
Recommended Citation
Flaherty JP,
Spruce CA,
Fairfield HE,
Bergstrom DE.
Generation of a conditional null allele of NADPH oxidase activator 1 (NOXA1). Genesis 2010 Sep; 48(9):568-75.