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ArticleGenesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000)2025

A New Targeted Transgenic Mouse Line for the Study of Protocadherin γC4.

Cathy M McLeod, Camille M Hanes, Leah C Fuller, Samjhana Bhandari, Hannah G Lanthier, Robert W Burgess, Joshua A Weiner, Andrew M Garrett

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Article in Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors.

Cathy M McLeodDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Camille M HanesDepartment of Biology and Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Leah C FullerDepartment of Biology and Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Samjhana BhandariDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Hannah G LanthierDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Robert W BurgessThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.
Joshua A WeinerDepartment of Biology and Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3352-2847
Andrew M GarrettDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5765-2585

Funding

VISION RESEARCH--COREP30EY004068 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI LINDA D HAZLETT · 1985 to 2026
$13.2M
Elucidating Functions of the Gamma-Protocadherins in CNS Synapse DevelopmentR01NS055272 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WEINER, JOSHUA A · 2007 to 2020
$5.1M
Mechanisms of Cell Adhesion Molecule Function in Retinal DevelopmentR01EY031690 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GARRETT, ANDREW · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY004068NEI NIH HHS P30EY004068NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031690NEI NIH HHS R01EY031690NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055272NINDS NIH HHS R01NS055272Research to Prevent Blindness
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The γ-protocadherins (γ-Pcdhs) comprise 22 homophilic cell adhesion molecule isoforms, expressed from the Pcdhg gene cluster via promoter choice mechanisms that serve many crucial functions during neural development. Emerging evidence supports the hypothesis that distinct isoforms have unique functions. The γC4 isoform, which is expressed from the Pcdhgc4 promoter and includes its unique variable exon, is the sole γ-Pcdh isoform essential for the postnatal survival in mice. Here we describe a new mouse line (C4-GFP) in which Pcdhgc4 with a C-terminal GFP tag is expressed from the Rosa26 locus following excision of a lox-Stop-lox cassette by Cre recombinase. We report that restricted expression of this transgene in the nervous system using Nestin-Cre is sufficient to rescue the neonatal lethality of mice mutant for Pcdhgc4. This new line will be a vital tool for dissecting mechanisms underlying the functions of this essential cell adhesion molecule gene, mutations in which have been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in humans.

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CadherinsAnimalsCadherin Related ProteinsGene TargetingGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIntegrasesMiceMice, TransgenicNestinPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein IsoformsCadherin Related ProteinsCadherinsCre recombinaseGamma-protocadherinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsIntegrasesNestinProtein Isoformsclustered protocadherinmouseretinaspinal cord

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PMID39923243
PMCPMC11810047

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