In vivo genomic engineering is instrumental for studying developmental biology and regenerative medicine. Development of novel systems with more site-specific recombinases (SSRs) that complement with the commonly used Cre-loxP would be valuable for more precise lineage tracing and genome editing. Here we introduce a new SSR system via Nigri-nox. By generating tissue-specific Nigri knock-in and its responding nox reporter mice, we show that Nigri-nox system works efficiently in vivo by targeting specific tissues. As a new orthogonal system to Cre-loxP, Nigri-nox provides an additional control of genetic manipulation. We also demonstrate how the two orthogonal systems Nigri-nox and Cre-loxP could be used simultaneously to map the cell fate of two distinct developmental origins of cardiac valve mesenchyme in the mouse heart, providing dynamics of cellular contribution from different origins for cardiac valve mesenchyme during development. This work provides a proof-of-principle application of the Nigri-nox system for in vivo mouse genomic engineering. Coupled with other SSR systems, Nigri-nox would be valuable for more precise delineation of origins and cell fates during development, diseases and regeneration.
Dual genetic tracing system identifies diverse and dynamic origins of cardiac valve mesenchyme
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Kuo Liu, Wei Yu, Muxue Tang, Juan Tang, Xiuxiu Liu, Qiaozhen Liu, Yan Li, Lingjuan He, Libo Zhang, Sylvia M. Evans, Xueying Tian, Kathy O. Lui, Bin Zhou; Dual genetic tracing system identifies diverse and dynamic origins of cardiac valve mesenchyme. Development 2018; dev.167775. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.167775
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