Strain information
 NBRP Rat No: 0842  Strain name: LE-Tg(Chat-tdTomato)3Yyan  Commmon Name: ChAT-tdTomat transgenic rats, Long Evans-Tg (ChAT-tdTomato) Rat Genome Database
Principal Investigator:  Yuchio Yanagawa  Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine       3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi     371-8511 Gunma     Japan
Tel: 027-220-8040     Fax: 027-220-8046 Email: yuchio@gunma-u.ac.jp
Preservation Status:   Embryo        Sperm       Living Animals
Coat Color  white with black hood
Inbred Generations  
Usage Restrictions  1: Recipient agrees to describe the following in acknowledgement in all written publications as related to the Bioresource. “ChAT-tdTomato transgenic rats were generated by Drs. R. Kaneko, Y. Yanagawa and Y. Saito in Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, using tdTomato cDNA provided by Dr. R. Tsien.”
2: Recipient agrees to send the reprints of written publications as related to the Bioresource to Drs. R. Kaneko, Y. Yanagawa and Y. Saito, when they are published.
(Address)
Ryosuke Kaneko
Bioresource Center
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
E-mail: rkaneko@gunma-u.ac.jp

Yuchio Yanagawa
Department of Genetic and Behavioral Neuroscience
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi 371-8511, Japan
E-mail: yuchio@gunma-u.ac.jp

Yasuhiko Saito
Department of Neurophysiology,
Nara Medical University
Kashihara 634-8521, Japan
E-mail: syasu@naramed-u.ac.jp
3: The Bioresource should not be redistributed without Dr. Yanagawa’s permission.
4: The Bioresource should not be used for any commercial purpose.
Genetic Status
 Inbred  Segregating  Congenic  Consomic  Recombinant
 Coisogenic  Spont. Mutant  Transgene  Ind. Mutant  Category Other 
Comercial Availability
Research Category
 Diabetes Obesity  Neurobiology  Ophthalmology  Dentistry  Cardio Hypertension
 Cancer  Metabolism  Otorhinology  Immunology  Infectious
 Osteosis  Internal Organ  Dermatology  Reproduction  Development
 Behavior  Hematology  Urology  Pharmacology  Research Area Others 
 Control Strain  Marker Strain
Gene Affected choline acetyltransferase (Chat) マウス由来ゲノムDNA;tdTomato サンゴ由来 cDNA;beta-globin polyA配列 ウサギ由来ゲノムDNA;FRT配列 酵母由来ゲノムDNA
Origin Chat-tdToamto-polyA-FRT sequence was inserted into fertilized egg of Long Evans strain (Japan SLC). vector: BAC clone (RP23-246B12) from a C57BL/6J mouse genomic BAC library (BACPAC Resource Center, Oakland, CA, USA)
Strain characteristics tdTomato protein is expressed in cholinergic neurons.
Breeding Conditions mating Tg rats with wild-type Long Evans rats
Genotyping pCXpA-F: 5’-TCCTCCTCTCCTGACTACTC-3’ ChAT+293R: 5’-GACTACTGGAACCAGAGTTG-3’ PCR product: 395 bp
References Zhang Y, Kaneko R, Yanagawa Y, Saito Y.

The vestibulo- and preposito-cerebellar cholinergic neurons of a ChAT-tdTomato transgenic rat exhibit heterogeneous firing properties and the expression of various neurotransmitter receptors.

Eur J Neurosci. 39, 1294-313, 2014
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