PUBLICATION
Laser-induced gene expression in specific cells of transgenic zebrafish
- Authors
- Halloran, M.C., Sato-Maeda, M., Warren, J.T., Su, F., Lele, Z., Krone, P.H., Kuwada, J.Y., and Shoji, W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-000505-24
- Date
- 2000
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 127(9): 1953-1960 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Halloran, Mary, Krone, Patrick H., Kuwada, John, Lele, Zsolt, Shoji, Wataru, Su, Fengyun, Warren, James T., Jr.
- Keywords
- transgenic; green fluorescent protein; heat-shock gene promoter; zebrafish; semaphorin
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/radiation effects*
- Gene Targeting/methods
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics*
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lasers
- Luminescent Proteins
- Motor Neurons/metabolism
- Muscles/metabolism
- Nerve Growth Factors/genetics
- Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Temperature
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 10751183 Full text @ Development
Citation
Halloran, M.C., Sato-Maeda, M., Warren, J.T., Su, F., Lele, Z., Krone, P.H., Kuwada, J.Y., and Shoji, W. (2000) Laser-induced gene expression in specific cells of transgenic zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 127(9):1953-1960.
Abstract
Over the past few years, a number of studies have described the generation of transgenic lines of zebrafish in which expression of reporters was driven by a variety of promoters. These lines opened up the real possibility that transgenics could be used to complement the genetic analysis of zebrafish development. Transgenic lines in which the expression of genes can be regulated both in space and time would be especially useful. Therefore, we have cloned the zebrafish promoter for the inducible hsp70 gene and made stable transgenic lines of zebrafish that express the reporter green fluorescent protein gene under the control of a hsp70 promoter. At normal temperatures, green fluorescent protein is not detectable in transgenic embryos with the exception of the lens, but is robustly expressed throughout the embryo following an increase in ambient temperature. Furthermore, we have taken advantage of the accessibility and optical clarity of the embryos to express green fluorescent protein in individual cells by focussing a sublethal laser microbeam onto them. The targeted cells appear to develop normally: cells migrate normally, neurons project axons that follow normal pathways, and progenitor cells divide and give rise to normal progeny cells. By generating other transgenic lines in which the hsp70 promoter regulates genes of interest, it should be possible to examine the in vivo activity of the gene products by laser-inducing specific cells to express them in zebrafish embryos. As a first test, we laser-induced single muscle cells to make zebrafish Sema3A1, a semaphorin that is repulsive for specific growth cones, in a hsp70-sema3A1 transgenic line of zebrafish and found that extension by the motor axons was retarded by the induced muscle.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping