| First Author | Lécureuil C | Year | 2002 |
| Journal | Genesis | Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 114-8 |
| PubMed ID | 12124943 | Mgi Jnum | J:81650 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2449759 | Doi | 10.1002/gene.10100 |
| Citation | Lecureuil C, et al. (2002) Sertoli and granulosa cell-specific Cre recombinase activity in transgenic mice. Genesis 33(3):114-8 |
| abstractText | We have established transgenic mice expressing the Cre recombinase under the control of the anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) gene promoter. Cre activity and specificity were evaluated by different means. In AMH-Cre mice, expression of the Cre recombinase mRNA was confined to the testis and ovary. AMH-Cre mice were crossed with reporter transgenic lines and the offspring exhibited Cre-mediated recombination only in the testis and the ovary. In male, histochemical analysis indicated that recombination occurred in every Sertoli cells. In female, Cre-mediated recombination was restricted to granulosa cells, but the protein was not evenly active in every cells. From these results, we conclude that potentially, this transgenic line possessing AMH promoter-driven expression of the Cre recombinase is a powerful tool to delete genes in Sertoli cells only, in order to study Sertoli cell gene function during mammalian spermatogenesis. |
