IκB kinase β regulates epithelium migration during corneal wound healing.

ABSTRACT: The IKKβ is known to regulate transcription factor NF-κB activation leading to inflammatory responses. Recent gene knockout studies have shown that IKKβ can orchestrate local inflammatory responses and regulate homeostasis of epithelial tissues. To investigate whether IKKβ has an intrinsic role in epithelial cells, we established an in vivo system in the immune privileged corneal epithelium. We generated triple transgenic Krt12(rtTA/rtTAt)/tet-O-Cre/Ikkβ(F/F) (Ikkβ(ΔCE/ΔCE)) mice by crossing the Krt12-rtTA knock-in mice, which express the reverse tetracycline transcription activator in corneal epithelial cells, with the tet-O-Cre and Ikkβ(F/F) mice. Doxycycline-induced IKKβ ablation occurred in corneal epithelial cells of triple transgenic Ikkβ(ΔCE/ΔCE) mice, but loss of IKKβ did not cause

SUBMITTER: Chen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022035 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature