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Strain Detail: Eisuke-NLS mice

Strain information
Resource No. nbio184
Strain name Eisuke-NLS
Strain Nomenclature B6-Tg(EKAREV)pT2A-3905NLS
Common name/Synonyms EKAREV-NLS mice
Strain types mutant
Background strain
Institution Laboratory of Bioimaging and Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
Developer Michiyuki Matsuda
Depositor Michiyuki Matsuda
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Animal Health Report
Strain description

Eisuke-NLS mice are transgenic mice expressing nucleus-localized förster (or fluorescence) resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor EKAREV-NLS monitoring ERK kinase activity under the control of CAG promoter in whole body. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) is belong to MAPK family and related to cellular growth and differentiation, especially plays an important role in oncogene signal transduction cascade. It's possible to measure ERK kinase activity spatially and temporally in fetal or adult various tissues by live imaging observation of this strain in the two-photon microscopy. This strain expects not only to analyze the signal transduction cascade in live animals, but also apply drug development such as the pharmacodynamic analysis targeting signal molecules, because these mice are showed rich expression in primary cultured cells derived from various tissues. In the case of using epithelial tissues when you detect the difference of ERK activity in cell lines, nucleus-localized FRET biosensor is easier to use. However, it's necessary to use cytoplasm-localized FRET biosensor if you want to observe cell forms. FRET biosensors generally can't be used for fixed samples.

Reference(s)
  1. Kamioka Y, Sumiyama K, Mizuno R, Sakai Y, Hirata E, Kiyokawa E, Matsuda M. Live Imaging of Protein Kinase Activities in Transgenic Mice Expressing FRET Biosensors.Cell Struct Funct. 2012, 37(1):65-73.PMID: 22277578
Resource information
Cryopreserved sperm In-house Genotype
Medium FERTIUP
From other institutions Genotype
Medium
Cryopreserved embryo In-house Mating System
Genotype
Medium EFS40
From other institutions Mating System
Genotype
Method
Strain status / Availability Cryopreserved sperm Within 1 month
Cryopreserved embryo Within 1 month
Live animals Approx. 2 months
Gene information
Mutation types transgenic
Gene symbol CFP, YFP
Gene name Cyan Fluorescent Protein, Yellow Fluorescent Protein
Genotyping information