C57BL/6JCya-Cox15em1flox/Cya
Common Name:
Cox15-flox
Product ID:
S-CKO-06901
Background:
C57BL/6JCya
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Basic Information
Strain Name
Cox15-flox
Strain ID
CKOCMP-226139-Cox15-B6J-VA
Gene Name
Product ID
S-CKO-06901
Gene Alias
2900026G05Rik
Background
C57BL/6JCya
NCBI ID
Modification
Conditional knockout
Chromosome
19
Phenotype
Document
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Strain Description
Ensembl Number
ENSMUST00000045562
NCBI RefSeq
NM_144874
Target Region
Exon 3~4
Size of Effective Region
~3.3 kb
Detailed Document
Overview of Gene Research
Cox15, coding for heme A synthase, is essential for the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase, a key enzyme in the mitochondrial electron transport chain. This process is crucial for oxidative phosphorylation, a major energy-generating pathway in cells [5,7,9].
In female reproduction, oocyte-specific deletion of Cox15 in mice led to impaired Fe2+ and reactive oxygen species homeostasis, causing mitochondrial dysfunction and oocyte ferroptosis, ultimately resulting in female infertility [1]. In lung cancer, increased transcription and protein expression levels of Cox15 were observed. Nrf2 binds to the Cox15 promoter to trigger its expression, and Cox15 functions as an oncogene facilitating lung cancer cell proliferation [2].
Mutations in the COX15 gene in humans are associated with various severe disorders. For example, in infants, it can cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, encephalopathy, and hyperlacticaemia [3,6]. In Leigh syndrome patients, a homozygous p.R217W mutation in COX15 was identified, highlighting it as a mutation hotspot [4]. In chronic kidney disease, higher expression levels of COX15 were found in patients with aortic arch calcification, and suppressing COX attenuated vascular calcification [8].
In conclusion, Cox15 is vital for cytochrome c oxidase assembly and oxidative phosphorylation. Studies using gene-knockout or mutation models in mice and humans have revealed its significant roles in female infertility, lung cancer, infantile cardioencephalomyopathy, Leigh syndrome, and vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease. These findings enhance our understanding of the biological functions of Cox15 and its implications in various disease conditions.
References:
1. Zhang, Zhihua, Yu, Ran, Shi, Qiuwen, Sang, Qing, Wang, Lei. 2024. COX15 deficiency causes oocyte ferroptosis. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121, e2406174121. doi:10.1073/pnas.2406174121. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39471219/
2. Zhang, Cong, Li, Ning, Liu, Ying-Ying, Yang, Song, Wang, Xiang-Peng. 2021. Cox15 is a novel oncogene that required for lung cancer cell proliferation. In Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 578, 70-76. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.09.010. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34547626/
3. Galvão de Oliveira, Manuella, Tengan, Célia, Micheletti, Cecília, Falconi, Ariane, Perrone, Eduardo. 2021. A novel variant in the COX15 gene causing a fatal infantile cardioencephalomyopathy: A case report with clinical and molecular review. In European journal of medical genetics, 64, 104195. doi:10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104195. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33746038/
4. Halperin, Daniel, Drabkin, Max, Wormser, Ohad, Flusser, Hagit, Birk, Ohad S. 2020. Phenotypic variability and mutation hotspot in COX15-related Leigh syndrome. In American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 182, 1506-1512. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.61577. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32232962/
5. Herwaldt, Emily J, Rivett, Elise D, White, Antoineen J, Hegg, Eric L. 2018. Cox15 interacts with the cytochrome bc1 dimer within respiratory supercomplexes as well as in the absence of cytochrome c oxidase. In The Journal of biological chemistry, 293, 16426-16439. doi:10.1074/jbc.RA118.002496. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30181213/
6. Alfadhel, Majid, Lillquist, Yolanda P, Waters, Paula J, Shoffner, John, Vallance, Hilary D. 2011. Infantile cardioencephalopathy due to a COX15 gene defect: report and review. In American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 155A, 840-4. doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.33881. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21412973/
7. Glerum, D M, Muroff, I, Jin, C, Tzagoloff, A. . COX15 codes for a mitochondrial protein essential for the assembly of yeast cytochrome oxidase. In The Journal of biological chemistry, 272, 19088-94. doi:. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9228094/
8. Shi, Jia, Yang, Yi, Wang, Ya-Nan, Xu, Gang, He, Fan. 2022. Oxidative phosphorylation promotes vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease. In Cell death & disease, 13, 229. doi:10.1038/s41419-022-04679-y. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35277475/
9. Bareth, Bettina, Dennerlein, Sven, Mick, David U, Urlaub, Henning, Rehling, Peter. 2013. The heme a synthase Cox15 associates with cytochrome c oxidase assembly intermediates during Cox1 maturation. In Molecular and cellular biology, 33, 4128-37. doi:10.1128/MCB.00747-13. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23979592/
Quality Control Standard
Sperm Test
Pre-cryopreservation: Measurement of sperm concentration, determination of sperm viability.
Post-cryopreservation: A vial of cryopreserved sperms is selected for in-vitro fertilization from each batch.
Environmental Standards:SPF
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