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Generate inducible transgenic mice with conditional MRTF-A expression using Rosa26 locus targeting
| Parameter | Your Protocol | P1 — Singh (2023) | P2 — Lee (2021) | P3 — Miyazawa (2022) | P4 — Tanimoto (2019) | P5 — Llorente (2023) | P6 — Haley (2008) | P7 — Yan (2023) | P8 — Carofino (2013) | P9 — Yamashita (2024) | P10 — Tomassoni (2019) | P11 — Schönhuber (2014) | P12 — Duran (2012) | Consensus | Cross-validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model Identity | |||||||||||||||
| Cell Model / Identity | R1 mESCs (ATCC) | R1 mESCs (ATCC) | Mouse ESCs | R1 mESCs | R1 ES cells | G4 mESCs (C57BL6/129) | AB2.2 mES cells | C57BL/6J ES cells | C57BL/6N JM8A3 | M1 ES cell line | CJ7 ESC (129/sv) | 129S6/SvEv ES cells | 129Ola (E14) ES cells | R1 mESCs N=9 | ✓ 4 indep. sources |
| Culture Density | — | — | — | — | 1.0×107 cells | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0×107 cells N=1 | Pending |
| Preparation | |||||||||||||||
| Targeting Vector | Rosa26 locus | Rosa26 locus | Rosa26 locus | Rosa26 (Ai9) | Rosa26 (pROSA26-1) | pROSA26-PA / CAGGS | ROSA26 (pROSA26PA) | CAG-LSL-Rosa26 | Gt(ROSA)26Sor | pCTV (Addgene #15912) | Gt(ROSA)26Sor (Chr6) | Rosa26 (pROSA26-1) | Hprt locus | Rosa26 locus (92%) N=11 | ✓ Calado (2012) |
| Transgene Cassette | HA-MRTF-A ΔRPEL1/2 | HA-MRTF-A ΔRPEL | Flag-Nrn1 | Flag-PFKFB3(K472A) | loxP-flNeor cassette | Mouse Maf cDNA | p57Kip2 cDNA | HA-AE9a + IRES-EGFP | Prdm14-IRES-EGFP | OsTIR1F74G + EGFP | Murine Rbfox1 cDNA | CreERT2 (FRT-stop-FRT) | mMGS-9A cDNA | GOI cDNA ± tag N=12 | ✓ Calado (2012) |
| Vector Linearization | — | — | — | — | SacII digestion | Linearized (RE n.s.) | — | — | BbvCI | AsiSI; 30μg DNA | — | PacI | — | Enzyme-specific N=5 | — |
| Core Intervention | |||||||||||||||
| Clone Selection | PCR + HR screening | PCR + HR clone | PCR-targeted clones | — | G418 0.4 mg/ml; PCR | 3×96-well; PCR | PCR + Southern blot | PCR (P4/P5 primers) | MESC Core at BCM | G418; PCR screening | — | Geneticin 200μg/ml | — | PCR-based screening N=10 | — |
| Chimera Method | Blastocyst injection | Blastocyst injection | C57BL/6J blastocysts | C57BL/6 blastocysts | Coculture (CD1 8-cell) | C57BL/6 blastocysts | C57BL/6-Tyrc-Brd | C57BL/6J albino | C57BL/6-Tyrc-Brd | Aggregation method | C57BL/6J blastocysts | Polygene (Zurich) | C57BL/6J blastocysts | Blastocyst injection N=10 | ✓ Zhang (2020) + 2 |
| Germline Transmission | Backcross C57BL/6n | Backcross C57BL/6n | PCR confirmation | Outbred; germline | CD1 females; coat color | Offspring genotyped | C57BL/6-Tyrc-Brd F1 | C57BL/6 backcross | C57BL/6-Tyrc-Brd | Germline via breeding | Gt(ROSA)26Sor to progeny | 2/2 clones transmitted | C57BL/6J females | Chimera breeding + PCR N=12 | — |
| Electroporation | R1 mESCs; V/μF n.s. | — | — | — | 250V, 500μF, 0.4mm | — | — | — | — | 30μg vector; M1 ESCs | — | 129S6/SvEv ESCs | — | 250V, 500μF (Bio-Rad) N=1 | Pending |
| Labeling & Tracking | |||||||||||||||
| Cre Driver Lines | Nestin-Cre (het) | MRTF-Awt/fl interbred | FVB-Pomc-cre | — | Ubiquitous Cre TgM | AdCre-mCherry | Mlc2v-Cre (endogenous) | Vav-iCre (C57BL/6) | Mx1-cre (Tg) | EIIaCre (germ cells) | Nes-cre (JAX 003771) | R26Flpo/+ deleter | Nestin-Cre, Pcp2-Cre | Tissue-specific Cre N=11 | ✓ Sharp (2021) + 1 |
| Tamoxifen Protocol | 10 mg/ml in MIGLYOL | 10 mg/ml MIGLYOL | — | — | — | — | — | — | pIpC 200μg IP | — | — | TAM chow 400mg/kg | — | 10 mg/ml IP or chow N=2 | — |
| Readout & Analysis | |||||||||||||||
| Genotyping Strategy | PCR (ear / organoids) | PCR; primer pairs | PCR (tail DNA) | PCR (specific primers) | PCR + Southern blot | Long-range PCR (tail) | Diagnostic PCR (tail) | PCR (P4/P5) | Genomic DNA (tail) | PCR screening | — | Three-primer PCR | Southern blot | PCR-based (100%) N=11 | — |
| Expression Verification | PCR (STOP deletion) | — | — | — | PCR + Southern blot | Tumour induction | Cre-mediated removal | — | — | EGFP excision screen | X-Gal staining (brain) | — | — | PCR/reporter assays N=5 | — |
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