Lepr-CreERT2
Product ID:
C001732
Background:
C57BL/6JCya
Documents:
Expressing Tissues/Cells:
Leptin Receptor-Expressing Cells
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Basic Information
Model Name
Lepr-CreERT2
Product ID
C001732
Gene Name
Background
C57BL/6JCya
Gene Alias
db; Obr; obl; B219; LEP-R; Leprb; Modb1; LEPROT; OB-RGRP; diabetes; obese-like
Classification
Cre Driver Lines
NCBI ID
Phenotype
Chromosome
4
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Note: When using this mouse strain in a publication, please cite “Lepr-CreERT2 mice (Catalog C001732) were purchased from Cyagen.”
Strain Description
The Lepr gene encodes the leptin receptor (LEPR), a transmembrane protein that plays a critical role in regulating energy balance, metabolism, and neuroendocrine functions by binding leptin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes. This gene is expressed in multiple tissues, including the hypothalamus (particularly the arcuate nucleus), liver, pancreas, and immune cells, and mediates leptin signaling through the JAK-STAT pathway. The Lepr-CreERT2 mice are constructed by integrating a tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 recombinase expression cassette into the endogenous Lepr gene via gene editing technology. Without tamoxifen treatment, CreERT2 recombinase primarily resides in the cytoplasm; nuclear translocation and recombination activity of CreERT2 only occur upon tamoxifen stimulation. When Lepr-CreERT2 mice are crossed with mice containing loxP sites, tamoxifen induction triggers Cre recombinase-mediated sequence recombination between loxP sites in leptin receptor-expressing cells of the offspring.
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