[PDF][PDF] A suite of transgenic driver and reporter mouse lines with enhanced brain-cell-type targeting and functionality

TL Daigle, L Madisen, TA Hage, MT Valley, U Knoblich… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
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Modern genetic approaches are powerful in providing access to diverse cell types in the
brain and facilitating the study of their function. Here, we report a large set of driver and
reporter transgenic mouse lines, including 23 new driver lines targeting a variety of cortical
and subcortical cell populations and 26 new reporter lines expressing an array of molecular
tools. In particular, we describe the TIGRE2. 0 transgenic platform and introduce Cre-
dependent reporter lines that enable optical physiology, optogenetics, and sparse labeling …
Summary
Modern genetic approaches are powerful in providing access to diverse cell types in the brain and facilitating the study of their function. Here, we report a large set of driver and reporter transgenic mouse lines, including 23 new driver lines targeting a variety of cortical and subcortical cell populations and 26 new reporter lines expressing an array of molecular tools. In particular, we describe the TIGRE2.0 transgenic platform and introduce Cre-dependent reporter lines that enable optical physiology, optogenetics, and sparse labeling of genetically defined cell populations. TIGRE2.0 reporters broke the barrier in transgene expression level of single-copy targeted-insertion transgenesis in a wide range of neuronal types, along with additional advantage of a simplified breeding strategy compared to our first-generation TIGRE lines. These novel transgenic lines greatly expand the repertoire of high-precision genetic tools available to effectively identify, monitor, and manipulate distinct cell types in the mouse brain.
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