Affiliation:
1. Department of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas USA
2. Program in Developmental Biology Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas USA
3. Department of Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas USA
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundFOXI3 is a forkhead family transcription factor that is expressed in the progenitors of craniofacial placodes, epidermal placodes, and the ectoderm and endoderm of the pharyngeal arch region. Loss of Foxi3 in mice and pathogenic Foxi3 variants in dogs and humans cause a variety of craniofacial defects including absence of the inner ear, severe truncations of the jaw, loss or reduction in external and middle ear structures, and defects in teeth and hair.ResultsTo allow for the identification, isolation, and lineage tracing of Foxi3‐expressing cells in developing mice, we targeted the Foxi3 locus to create Foxi3GFP and Foxi3CreER mice. We show that Foxi3GFP mice faithfully recapitulate the expression pattern of Foxi3 mRNA at all ages examined, and Foxi3CreER mice can trace the derivatives of pharyngeal arch ectoderm and endoderm, the pharyngeal pouches and clefts that separate each arch, and the derivatives of hair and tooth placodes.ConclusionsFoxi3GFP and Foxi3CreER mice are new tools that will be of use in identifying and manipulating pharyngeal arch ectoderm and endoderm and hair and tooth placodes.
Funder
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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