Embryonic lethality and defective mammary gland development of activator‐function impaired conditional knock‐in Erbb3V943R mice
Open Access
- 20 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Genetics
- Vol. 2 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ggn2.10036
Abstract
ERBB3 is a pseudokinase domain‐containing member of the ERBB family of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). Following ligand binding, ERBB receptors homo‐ or hetero‐dimerize, leading to a head‐to‐tail arrangement of the intracellular kinase domains, where the “receiver” kinase domain of one ERBB is activated by the “activator” domain of the other ERBB in the dimer. In ERBB3, a conserved valine at codon 943 (V943) in the kinase C‐terminal domain has been shown to be important for its function as an “activator” kinase in vitro. Here we report a knock‐in mouse model where we have modified the endogenous Erbb3 allele to allow for tissue‐specific conditional expression of Erbb3V943R (Erbb3CKI‐V943R). Additionally, we generated an Erbb3D850N (Erbb3CKI‐D850N) conditional knock‐in mouse model where the conserved aspartate in the DFG motif of the pseudokinase domain was mutated to abolish any potential residual kinase activity. While Erbb3D850N/D850N animals developed normally, homozygous Erbb3V943R/V943R expression during development resulted in embryonic lethality. Further, tissue specific expression of Erbb3V943R/V943R in the mammary gland epithelium following its activation using MMTV‐Cre resulted in delayed elongation of the ductal network during puberty. Single‐cell RNA‐seq analysis of Erbb3V943R/V943R mammary glands showed a reduction in a specific subset of fibrinogen‐producing luminal epithelial cells.Keywords
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