Oviductal vs. ovarian epithelial transformation yields very different tumor phenotypes in Apc fl/fl;Pten fl/fl mice

ABSTRACT: We treated 6-8 week old mice that had floxed alleles of both Apc and Pten (for both alleles in each case) that also carry an Ovgp1-iCre-ERT2 transgene, with one of two treatments; a third group received neither treatment. The Ovgp1-iCre-ERT2 expresses Cre recombinase fused to a tamoxifen-inducible fragment of the estrogen receptor, in tissues where the Ovgp1 gene (oviductal glycoprotein 1) is expressed, which is almost exclusively in mouse oviductal epithelium (equivalent to human fallopian tube epithelium = FTE). Treating the mice with tamoxifen permits the Cre recombinase to enter the cell nucleus and inactivate the Apc and Pten genes. Six of the mice were treated with intraperitoneal injection of tamoxifen (0.1g/kg of body weight) dissolved in corn oil on days 1 and 3 and developed ovid

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Rork Kuick 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-80085 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress