Author/Editor		Kohoutek, Jiri; Li, Qintong; Blazek, Dalibor; Luo, Zeping; Jiang, Huimin; Peterlin, Matija B
Title		Cyclin T2 is essential for mouse embryogenesis
Type		članek
Source		Mol Cell Biol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 29, št. 12
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 3280-5
Language		eng
Abstract		The positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) is essential for the elongation of transcription and cotranscriptional processing by RNA polymerase II. In mammals, it contains predominantly the C-type cyclin cyclin T1 (CycT1) or CycT2 and cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (Cdk9). To determine if these cyclins have redundant functions or affect distinct sets of genes, we genetically inactivated the CycT2 gene (Ccnt2) using the beta-galactosidase-neomycin gene (beta-geo) gene trap technology in the mouse. Visualizing beta-galactosidase during mouse embryogenesis revealed that CycT2 is expressed abundantly during embryogenesis and throughout the organism in the adult. This finding was reflected in the expression of CycT2 in all adult tissues and organs. However, despite numerous matings of heterozygous mice, we observed no CycT2(-/-) embryos, pups, or adult mice. This early lethality could have resulted from decreased expression of critical genes, which were revealed by short interfering RNAs against CycT2 in embryonic stem cells. Thus, CycT1 and CycT2 are not redundant, and these different P-TEFb complexes regulate subsets of distinct genes that are important for embryonic development.
Descriptors		ANIMALS BASE SEQUENCE CYCLINS DNA PRIMERS GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL GENES, LETHAL MICE MICE, KNOCKOUT MICE, MUTANT STRAINS PREGNANCY TISSUE DISTRIBUTION