C57BL/6JCya-Vps13cem1/Cya
Common Name:
Vps13c-KO
Product ID:
S-KO-18052
Background:
C57BL/6JCya
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Basic Information
Strain Name
Vps13c-KO
Strain ID
KOCMP-320528-Vps13c-B6J-VB
Gene Name
Product ID
S-KO-18052
Gene Alias
C230055H22Rik; chorein
Background
C57BL/6JCya
NCBI ID
Modification
Conventional knockout
Chromosome
9
Phenotype
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Note: When using this mouse strain in a publication, please cite “C57BL/6JCya-Vps13cem1/Cya mice (Catalog S-KO-18052) were purchased from Cyagen.”
Strain Description
Ensembl Number
ENSMUST00000077879
NCBI RefSeq
NM_177184
Target Region
Exon 3
Size of Effective Region
~1.1 kb
Detailed Document
Overview of Gene Research
VPS13C, also associated with PARK23, is a protein-coding gene. It encodes a lipid transfer protein localizing to contact sites between the ER and late endosomes/lysosomes [2,3,10]. It plays a crucial role in regulating mitochondrial function via the endolysosomal pathway in neurons, and is thus of great biological importance in neural-related processes [1].
Mutations in VPS13C cause early-onset, autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD) [2,6,9]. Depleting VPS13C in HeLa cells leads to an abnormal lipid profile in lysosomes, activation of the cGAS-STING pathway due to elevated cytosolic mitochondrial DNA and defective STING degradation [2]. In human iPSC-derived dopaminergic neurons, loss of VPS13C disrupts lysosomal morphology, dynamics, motility, distribution, hydrolytic activity, and acidification, as well as the phospho-Rab10-mediated lysosomal stress response [4]. VPS13C also rapidly relocates to damaged lysosomes to tether their membranes to the ER, suggesting it's part of an early protective response to lysosome damage [5]. Additionally, downregulation of VPS13C promotes cisplatin resistance in cervical cancer by upregulating GSTP1 and inhibiting the JNK pathway [7]. Loss of either VPS13A or VPS13C in U-2 OS cells via CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing reduces lipid droplet abundance under oleate-stimulated conditions [8].
In summary, VPS13C is essential for maintaining normal lysosomal and mitochondrial functions, lipid homeostasis, and may be involved in the body's response to cell stress. Its malfunction, as revealed through loss-of-function experiments in cell lines, is closely associated with Parkinson's disease and cisplatin-resistant cervical cancer, highlighting its significance in understanding these disease mechanisms.
References:
1. Monfrini, Edoardo, Spagnolo, Francesca, Canesi, Margherita, Pezzoli, Gianni, Di Fonzo, Alessio. 2021. VPS13C-associated Parkinson's disease: Two novel cases and review of the literature. In Parkinsonism & related disorders, 94, 37-39. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.11.031. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34875562/
2. Hancock-Cerutti, William, Wu, Zheng, Xu, Peng, Shadel, Gerald S, De Camilli, Pietro. 2022. ER-lysosome lipid transfer protein VPS13C/PARK23 prevents aberrant mtDNA-dependent STING signaling. In The Journal of cell biology, 221, . doi:10.1083/jcb.202106046. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35657605/
3. Kumar, Nikit, Leonzino, Marianna, Hancock-Cerutti, William, Reinisch, Karin M, De Camilli, Pietro. 2018. VPS13A and VPS13C are lipid transport proteins differentially localized at ER contact sites. In The Journal of cell biology, 217, 3625-3639. doi:10.1083/jcb.201807019. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30093493/
4. Schrӧder, Leonie F, Peng, Wesley, Gao, Ge, Schwake, Michael, Krainc, Dimitri. 2024. VPS13C regulates phospho-Rab10-mediated lysosomal function in human dopaminergic neurons. In The Journal of cell biology, 223, . doi:10.1083/jcb.202304042. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38358348/
5. Wang, Xinbo, Xu, Peng, Bentley-DeSousa, Amanda, Ferguson, Shawn M, De Camilli, Pietro. 2025. Lysosome damage triggers acute formation of ER to lysosomes membrane tethers mediated by the bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C. In bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, , . doi:10.1101/2024.06.08.598070. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38895395/
6. Jia, Fangzhi, Fellner, Avi, Kumar, Kishore Raj. 2022. Monogenic Parkinson's Disease: Genotype, Phenotype, Pathophysiology, and Genetic Testing. In Genes, 13, . doi:10.3390/genes13030471. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35328025/
7. Tan, Xiangyu, Wang, Xueqian, Liao, Xueyao, Hu, Zheng, Tian, Xun. 2023. Downregulation of VPS13C promotes cisplatin resistance in cervical cancer by upregulating GSTP1. In iScience, 26, 107315. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107315. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37520723/
8. Chen, Shuliang, Roberts, Melissa A, Chen, Chun-Yuan, Olzmann, James A, Ferro-Novick, Susan. 2022. VPS13A and VPS13C Influence Lipid Droplet Abundance. In Contact (Thousand Oaks (Ventura County, Calif.)), 5, 25152564221125613. doi:10.1177/25152564221125613. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36147729/
9. Puschmann, Andreas. . New Genes Causing Hereditary Parkinson's Disease or Parkinsonism. In Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 17, 66. doi:10.1007/s11910-017-0780-8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28733970/
10. Cai, Shujun, Wu, Yumei, Guillén-Samander, Andrés, Liu, Jun, De Camilli, Pietro. 2022. In situ architecture of the lipid transport protein VPS13C at ER-lysosome membrane contacts. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119, e2203769119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2203769119. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35858323/
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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.
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