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Zebrafish msxe E xpression Analysis. Cassie Wells. Outline. m sxe /MSX1 implication in orofacial clefting Bioinformatic Analysis My project goal Tol2Kit / Gateway Cloning System Expression Clone Design Acknowledgements. Cleft Lip and/or Palate.
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Zebrafish msxe Expression Analysis Cassie Wells
Outline • msxe/MSX1 implication in orofacial clefting • Bioinformatic Analysis • My project goal • Tol2Kit / Gateway Cloning System • Expression Clone Design • Acknowledgements
Cleft Lip and/or Palate • The most common congenital facial abnormality • Association studies have linked the gene MSX1 to clefting in humans • Murine Msx1 expression is controlled at the tips of the growing facial prominences by the two highly conserved distal and proximal enhancers, (DE and PE, respectively) Murine Msx1 expression is controlled at the tips of the growing facial prominences by the two highly conserved distal and proximal enhancers, (DE and PE, respectively) (MacKenzie et al., 1997)
Bioinformatic Analysis Schematic diagram of the msxe locus • Bioinformatic analysis revealed two highly conserved enhancer regions (DE and PE), presumably corresponding to the murine enhancers identified by Mackenzie, and a putative promoter
Project Purpose • My project purpose: To develop the first step, transgenic expression component, of an in vivo functional assay for DNA and protein coding variants at the MSX1 locus.
3 Fragment Recombination • Three PCR Products flanked by specific att sites and three Donor vectors are used in separate BP recombination reactions to generate three entry clones • The three entry clones and a destination vector are used together in a LR recombination reaction to create one expression clone
pME B1. EGFP B2. msxe B3. msxe/MSX1 knock-out and rescue B4. MSX1 B5. mutant MSX1 Expression Clone Construct Possibilities p5E A1. Promoter A2. DE-Promoter A3. PE-Promoter A4. 2.1kb chunk (DE – Prom) p3E C1. pA C2. EGFPpA B pDestTol2pA2 A C
Acknowledgements • Dr. Peter Jezewski (PI) • Divakar Prakash • Henry Jackson • Dr. Heidi Erlandsen • Institute of Oral Health Research