Table 2.
Transgenic mouse models showing the role of FoxM1 in organ injury
Mouse model | Affected cells | Injury/organ | Phenotype |
Albumin-Cre Foxm1fl/fl | Deletion in hepatocytes | Partial hepatectomy/Livers | Mice showed diminished proliferation of hepatocytes after partial hepatectomy53 |
Tie2-Cre Foxm1fl/fl | Deletion in endothelial cells | LPS treatment/Lungs | Reduced vascular repair, decreased proliferation of endothelial cells and impaired reannealing of endothelial adherens junctions were found.45,78 |
Pdx1-Cre Foxm1fl/fl | Deletion in pancreatic epithelial cells | Partial pancreatectomy/Pancreas | Mice showed decreased proliferation of alpha- and beta-cells following partial pancreatectomy. No differences in proliferation of acinal or ductal cells were found.47 |
Pregnancy/Pancreas | Gestational diabetes was observed in female mice during pregnancy57 | ||
mLyz-Cre Foxm1fl/fl | Deletion in macrophages and granulocytes | Carbon tetrachloride/Liver | No defects were found in macrophages and granulocytes of bone marrow and peripheral blood. Following acute liver injury by carbon tetrachloride, a delay in liver repair was found. Mice showed decreased recruitment of monocytes into the injured liver, as well as impaired differentiation of monocytes toward mature macrophage lineage.43 |
Rosa26-FoxM1b | Overexpression in all cell types | BHT treatment/Lungs | Increased proliferation of respiratory epithelial, endothelial and smooth muscle cells was found after BHT-mediated lung injury.44 |
TTR-FoxM1b | Overexpression in hepatocytes | Partial hepatectomy or carbon tetrachloride/Liver | Increased proliferation of hepatocytes was found after partial hepatectomy46 or carbon tetrachloride-mediated liver injury.48 |
Partial hepatectomy and aging/Liver | Expression of FoxM1b resulted in protection of old mice against age-associated decline in liver regeneration.62 |