Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57BL/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance
Fex, Malin LU ; Wierup, Nils LU ; Dekker Nitert, Marloes LU ; Ristow, Michael and Mulder, Hindrik LU
(2007)
In Journal of Endocrinology
194(3).
p.551-555
- Abstract
- beta-Cell-specific gene targeting is a widely used tool when studying genes involved in beta-cell function. For this purpose, several conditional beta-cell knockouts have been generated using the rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase (RIP2-Cre) mouse. However, it was recently observed that expression of Cre alone in P-cells may affect whole body glucose homeostasis. Therefore, we investigated glucose homeostasis, insulin secretion, and beta-cell mass in our line of RIP2-Cre mice bred onto the C57BL/6J genetic background. We used 12- and 28-week-old female RIP2-Cre mice for analyses of insulin secretion in vitro, glucose homeostasis in vivo and beta-cell mass. Our mouse line has been backcrossed for 14 generations to yield a near 100% pure... (More)
- beta-Cell-specific gene targeting is a widely used tool when studying genes involved in beta-cell function. For this purpose, several conditional beta-cell knockouts have been generated using the rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase (RIP2-Cre) mouse. However, it was recently observed that expression of Cre alone in P-cells may affect whole body glucose homeostasis. Therefore, we investigated glucose homeostasis, insulin secretion, and beta-cell mass in our line of RIP2-Cre mice bred onto the C57BL/6J genetic background. We used 12- and 28-week-old female RIP2-Cre mice for analyses of insulin secretion in vitro, glucose homeostasis in vivo and beta-cell mass. Our mouse line has been backcrossed for 14 generations to yield a near 100% pure C57BL/6J background. We found that fasting plasma glucose and insulin levels were similar in both genotypes. An i.v. glucose tolerance test revealed no differences in glucose clearance and insulin secretion between 12-week-old RIP2-Cre and WT mice. Moreover, insulin secretion hi vitro in islets isolated from 28-week-old RIP2-Cre mice and controls was similar. In addition, beta-cell mass was not different between the two genotypes at 28 weeks of age. In our experiments, we observed no differences in glucose tolerance, insulin secretion in vivo and in vitro, or in beta-cell mass between the genotypes. As our RIP2-Cre mice are on a near 100% pure genetic background (C57BL/6J), we suggest that the perturbations in glucose homeostasis previously reported in RIP2-Cre mouse lines can be accounted for by differences in genetic background. (Less)
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- Fex, Malin
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LU
; Dekker Nitert, Marloes
LU
; Ristow, Michael
and Mulder, Hindrik
LU
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- Journal of Endocrinology
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- 3
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- 551 - 555
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- Society for Endocrinology
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- wos:000249611100009
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- 10.1677/JOE-07-0161
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- English
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title = {{Rat insulin promoter 2-Cre recombinase mice bred onto a pure C57BL/6J background exhibit unaltered glucose tolerance}},
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