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Wu XD, Zhang MY, Chen YT, Yao H, Zhang Q, Wang WJ, Fu DF, Wei RJ, Zhang JY, Li Y, Dang D, Bian HJ, Xu J, Chen ZN. Generation and Characterization of Fibroblast-Specific Basigin Knockout Mice. Mol Biotechnol 2019; 61:111-121. [PMID: 30539414 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-018-0141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Basigin is a well-known extracellular stimulator of fibroblasts and may confer resistance to apoptosis of fibroblasts in vitro under some pathological status, but its exact function in fibroblasts and the underlying mechanism remain poorly understood. The systematic Basigin gene knockout leads to the perinatal lethality of mice, which limits the delineation of its function in vivo. In this study, we generated a fibroblast-specific Basigin knock-out mouse model and demonstrated the successful deletion of Basigin in fibroblasts. The fibroblast-specific deletion of Basigin did not influence the growth, fertility and the general condition of the mice. No obvious differences were found in the size, morphology, and histological structure of the major organs, including heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney, between the knockout mice and the control mice. The deletion of Basigin in fibroblasts did not induce apoptosis in the tissues of the major organs. These results provide the first evidence that the fibroblast-specific Basigin knock-out mice could be a useful tool for exploring the function of Basigin in fibroblasts in vivo.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiao-Dong Wu
- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China.,Center of Anesthesiology & Operation, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China.,Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Peoples' Hospital of Changzhou, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, 213000, China
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- Institute of Liver Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing, 100039, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Department of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 169 Changle West Road, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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