Generation of shRNA transgenic mice

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Generation of shRNA transgenic mice
Creators Name:	Hitz, C. and Steuber-Buchberger, P. and Delic, S. and Wurst, W. and Kuehn, R.
Abstract:	RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated gene knockdown has developed into a routine method to assess gene function in cultured mammalian cells in a fast and easy manner. For the use of RNAi in mice, short hairpin (sh) RNAs expressed stably from the genome are a faster alternative to conventional knockout approaches. Here, we describe an advanced strategy for complete or conditional gene knockdown in mice, where the Cre/loxP system is used to activate RNAi in a time- and tissue-dependent manner. Single-copy RNAi constructs are placed into the Rosa26 locus of ES cells by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange and transmitted through the germline of chimaeric mice. The shRNA transgenic offspring can be either directly used for phenotypic analysis or are further crossed to a Cre transgenic strain to activate conditional shRNA vectors. The site-specific insertion of single-copy shRNA vectors allows the expedite and reproducible production of knockdown mice and provides an easy and fast approach to assess gene function in vivo.
Keywords:	RNAi, Rosa26, Cre/loxP, RMCE, shRNA, Animals, Mice
Source:	Methods in Molecular Biology
ISSN:	1064-3745
Publisher:	Springer / Humana Press
Volume:	530
Page Range:	101-129
Date:	2009
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-471-1_6
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