PUBLICATION

Generation and application of signaling pathway reporter lines in zebrafish

Authors
Moro, E., Vettori, A., Porazzi, P., Schiavone, M., Rampazzo, E., Casari, A., Ek, O., Facchinello, N., Astone, M., Zancan, I., Milanetto, M., Tiso, N., and Argenton, F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-130611-8
Date
2013
Source
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG   288(5-6): 231-242 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Argenton, Francesco, Astone, Matteo, Casari, Alessandro, Ek, Olivier, Facchinello, Nicola, Milanetto, Martina, Moro, Enrico, Porazzi, Patrizia, Schiavone, Marco, Tiso, Natascia, Vettori, Andrea, Zancan, Ilaria
Keywords
zebrafish, signal, pathway, transgenic, biosensor, reporter
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified*
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian
  • Genes, Reporter*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
23674148 Full text @ Mol. Genet. Genomics
Abstract

In the last years, we have seen the emergence of different tools that have changed the face of biology from a simple modeling level to a more systematic science. The transparent zebrafish embryo is one of the living models in which, after germline transformation with reporter protein-coding genes, specific fluorescent cell populations can be followed at single-cell resolution. The genetically modified embryos, larvae and adults, resulting from the transformation, are individuals in which time lapse analysis, digital imaging quantification, FACS sorting and next-generation sequencing can be performed in specific times and tissues. These multifaceted genetic and cellular approaches have permitted to dissect molecular interactions at the subcellular, intercellular, tissue and whole-animal level, thus allowing integration of cellular and developmental genetics with molecular imaging in the resulting frame of modern biology. In this review, we describe a new step in the zebrafish road to system biology, based on the use of transgenic biosensor animals expressing fluorescent proteins under the control of signaling pathway-responsive cis-elements. In particular, we provide here the rationale and details of this powerful tool, trying to focus on its huge potentialities in basic and applied research, while also discussing limits and potential technological evolutions of this approach.

Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping