PUBLICATION

Application of heat shock promoter in transgenic zebrafish

Authors
Shoji, W., and Sato-Maeda, M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-080429-4
Date
2008
Source
Development, growth & differentiation   50(6): 401-406 (Review)
Registered Authors
Sato-Maeda, Mika, Shoji, Wataru
Keywords
hsp70, transgenic, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified*
  • Base Sequence
  • Body Temperature
  • Cell Transplantation/methods
  • Developmental Biology
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
  • Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics*
  • Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism
  • Lasers
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • Temperature
  • Transgenes
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
18430027 Full text @ Dev. Growth Diff.
Abstract
The heat shock promoter is useful for regulating transgene expression in small water-living organisms. In zebrafish embryos, downstream gene expression can be greatly induced throughout the body by raising the temperature from 28.5 degrees C to 38.0 degrees C. By manipulating the local temperature within an embryo, spatial control of transgene expression is also possible. One such way for inducing heat shock response in targeted cells is by using a laser microbeam under the microscope. In addition, random mosaic expression by transient gene expression and transplantation of the transgenic embryo into a wild type host can be considered a powerful tool for studying gene functions using this promoter. In this paper, we review the applications of the zebrafish heat shock protein promoter as a gene expression tool and for lineage labeling and transcription enhancer screening.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping