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Generation and characterization of a ΔF508 cystic fibrosis mouse model

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We have generated mice carrying the most common mutation in cystic fibrosis (CF), ΔF508, within the cystic fibrosis (Cftr) gene. Mutant animals show pathological and electrophysiological changes consistent with a CF phenotype. ΔF508−/− mice die from peritonitis and show deficiencies in cAMP–activated electrogenic Cl− transport. These mice produce ΔF508 transcripts and show the temperature–dependent trafficking defect first described for the human ΔF508 CFTR protein. A functional CFTR Cl− channel not demonstrated by null CF mice or present at 37 °C was detected following incubation of epithelial cells at 27 °C. Thus, these mice are an accurate ΔF508 model and will be valuable for testing drugs aimed at overcoming the ΔF508 trafficking defect.

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  1. William H. Colledge

    Present address: Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG, UK

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  1. Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology and Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd., Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK

    William H. Colledge, Benjamin S. Abella, Rosemary Ratcliff & Martin J. Evans

  2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd., Cambridge, CB2 1QJ, UK

    Kevin W. Southern, Lesley J. MacVinish & Alan W. Cuthbert

  3. Genzyme Corporation, One Mountain Road, Framingham, Massachusetts, 017101-9322, USA

    Canwen Jiang & Seng H. Cheng

  4. Department of Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital, Hills Rd., Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK

    Janice R. Anderson

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Colledge, W., Abella, B., Southern, K. et al. Generation and characterization of a ΔF508 cystic fibrosis mouse model. Nat Genet 10, 445–452 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0895-445

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