Mice develop normally without tenascin.
Open Access
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 6 (10), 1821-1831
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.6.10.1821
Abstract
Tenascin, an extracellular matrix protein, is expressed in an unusually restricted pattern during embryogenesis and has been implicated in a variety of morphogenetic phenomena. To directly assess the function of tenascin in vivo, we generated mutant mice in which the tenascin gene was nully disrupted by replacing it with the lacZ gene. In mutant mice, lacZ was expressed in place of tenascin, and no tenascin product was detected. Homozygous mutant mice were, however, obtained in accordance with Mendelian laws, and both females and males produced offspring normally. No anatomical or histological abnormalities were detected in any tissues, and no major changes were observed in distribution of fibronectin, laminin, collagen, and proteoglycan. The existence of these mutant mice, lacking tenascin yet phenotypically normal, casts doubt on the theory that tenascin plays and essential role in normal development.Keywords
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