| First Author | Chaprov KD | Year | 2021 |
| Journal | Transgenic Res | PubMed ID | 34590209 |
| Mgi Jnum | J:311578 | Mgi Id | MGI:6771779 |
| Doi | 10.1007/s11248-021-00286-3 | Citation | Chaprov KD, et al. (2021) Kinetics of alpha-synuclein depletion in three brain regions following conditional pan-neuronal inactivation of the encoding gene (Snca) by tamoxifen-induced Cre-recombination in adult mice. Transgenic Res |
| abstractText | Conditional pan-neuronal inactivation of the Snca gene in 2-month old male and female mice causes dramatic decrease in the level of the encoded protein, alpha-synuclein, in three studied brain regions, namely cerebral cortex, midbrain and striatum, 12 weeks after the last injection of tamoxifen. Kinetics of alpha-synuclein depletion is different in these brain regions with a longer lag period in the cerebral cortex where this protein is normally most abundant. Our results suggest that efficient post-developmental pan-neuronal knockout of alpha-synuclein in adult, i.e. 5- to 6-month old, animals, could be achieved by tamoxifen treatment of 2-month old mice carrying loxP-flanked Snca gene and expressing inducible Cre-ERT2 recombinase under control of the promoter of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) gene. |
