Muscle-specific Tug knockout mice analysis

Validation Score: 0.900 Price: $0.50 diabetes/metabolic dysfunction muscle-specific Tug knockout mice Status: proposed

What This Experiment Tests

Validation experiment designed to validate causal mechanisms targeting Aspscr1/TUG in muscle-specific Tug knockout mice. Primary outcome: glucose uptake and energy expenditure

Description

Generation and analysis of mice with muscle-specific knockout of the Tug gene (Aspscr1) to study the role of TUG proteins in glucose uptake and energy expenditure. The study examined how loss of TUG function affects insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in muscle tissue and organism-level metabolic processes. Researchers analyzed glucose uptake, energy expenditure, gene expression patterns, and metabolic parameters in these knockout mice compared to controls.

TARGET GENE
Aspscr1/TUG
MODEL SYSTEM
muscle-specific Tug knockout mice
ESTIMATED COST
$0
TIMELINE
0 months
PATHWAY
insulin signaling/glucose uptake pathway
SOURCE
extracted_from_pmid_33686286
PRIMARY OUTCOME
glucose uptake and energy expenditure

Scoring Dimensions

Info Gain 0.00 (25%) Feasibility 0.00 (20%) Hyp Coverage 0.00 (20%) Cost Effect. 0.00 (15%) Novelty 0.00 (10%) Ethical Safety 0.00 (10%) 0.900 composite

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Protocol

Muscle-specific gene knockout using Cre-lox system, metabolic phenotyping, glucose uptake measurements

Expected Outcomes

Impaired glucose uptake and altered energy expenditure due to loss of TUG-mediated GLUT4 regulation

Success Criteria

Significant changes in glucose uptake and metabolic parameters compared to wild-type controls

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