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Yoko Shigematsu1, Naoki Yoshida, Yoshihiro Miwa, Atsushi Mizobuti, Yuko Suzuki, Yoko Tanimoto, Satoru Takahashi, Satoshi Kunita, Fumihiro Sugiyama, Ken-Ichi Yagami.
Abstract
Kaede protein is a photoconvertible tracer that emits green fluorescence after synthesis, which changes to stable red fluorescence upon irradiation with violet or UV illumination. This color-change characteristic is a very effective means of optically marking living cells of interest. We established novel embryonic stem (ES) cell lines, B6KED-1 and -2, from C57BL/6J transgenic mouse blastocysts ubiquitously expressing tandem dimeric Kaede (tdKaede) protein. Undifferentiated B6KED-1 and -2 cells showed bright green fluorescence and mRNAs of pluripotent marker genes. Photoconversion of tdKaede protein in undifferentiated and differentiated B6KED cells in vitro occurred upon short-term UV irradiation. B6KED cells completely generated ES cell-derived females on transfer into tetraploid blastomeres. All organs showed strong green emission in the females derived completely from B6KED cells. These novel ES cell lines ubiquitously expressing photoconvertible Kaede protein, B6KED-1 and -2, are useful for basic research in developmental biology and regenerative medicine.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17786273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Mol Med ISSN： 1107-3756 Impact factor: 4.101