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| − | * Inject intra-peritoneal (IP) using the following dosages | + | * Inject intra-peritoneal (IP) using either of the following dosages: |
| − | *# 20mg/kg/day '''over 6 days''' | + | *# 20mg/kg/day '''over 6 days''', |
| + | *# 30mg/kg/day '''over 5 days''', or | ||
| + | *# 80mg/kg/day '''over 2 (to 3) days'''. | ||
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| + | ''CAUTION'': tamoxifen injection and cre expression may be linked to a transient hypertrophy reaction in mice.<br /> | ||
| + | References: | ||
| + | # Cre-loxP DNA recombination is possible with only minimal unspecific transcriptional changes and without cardiomyopathy in [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20802136 Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer)] mice. | ||
| + | # Dilated cardiomyopathy resulting from high-level myocardial expression of [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16762803?access_num=16762803&link_type=MED&dopt=Abstract Cre recombinase]. | ||
Revision as of 00:02, 11 November 2014
Contents
Tamoxifen injection protocol
Method Summary
This method describes how to induce expression of cre-recombinase in tamoxifen-inducible transgenic Cre-mouse lines.
Materials
Tamoxifen
- 100mg/10ml tamoxifen (final concentration)
Tamoxifen from Sigma, catalogue number: T5648.
Sesame or Peanut Oil
use either sesame or peanut oil
- Sesame Oil from Sigma, catalogue number: S3547
- Peanut Oil missing link
Method
- Weigh in 100mg of tamoxifen
- Resuspend the tamoxifen in 1ml of ethanol (100%) and mix; (this step will take some time; if necessary warm to 37ºC for 20-30 minutes)
- After tamoxifen is dissolved, add 9ml of sesame or peanut oil
- Mix on shaker
- Aliquot and store until use at -20ºC
Injection protocol
- Inject intra-peritoneal (IP) using either of the following dosages:
- 20mg/kg/day over 6 days,
- 30mg/kg/day over 5 days, or
- 80mg/kg/day over 2 (to 3) days.
CAUTION: tamoxifen injection and cre expression may be linked to a transient hypertrophy reaction in mice.
References:
- Cre-loxP DNA recombination is possible with only minimal unspecific transcriptional changes and without cardiomyopathy in Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer) mice.
- Dilated cardiomyopathy resulting from high-level myocardial expression of Cre recombinase.
