PUBLICATION
Functional characterization of lmo2-Cre transgenic zebrafish
- Authors
- Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Fu, Y.F., Du, T.T., Jin, Y., Chen, Y., Ren, C.G., Peng, X.L., Deng, M., and Liu, T.X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-080722-11
- Date
- 2008
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 237(8): 2139-2146 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chen, Yi, Deng, Min, Jin, Yi, Liu, Ting Xi, Zhang, Yong
- Keywords
- lmo2, Cre recombinase, hemangioblast, hematopoietic progenitor cells, transgene, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/physiology
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Genomics
- Base Sequence
- Transcription Factors
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Metalloproteins/genetics*
- LIM Domain Proteins
- Animals
- Models, Animal
- Animals, Genetically Modified/genetics*
- Integrases/genetics*
- Embryonic Development/physiology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Kidney/embryology
- Kidney/physiology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 18627109 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhou, T., Fu, Y.F., Du, T.T., Jin, Y., Chen, Y., Ren, C.G., Peng, X.L., Deng, M., and Liu, T.X. (2008) Functional characterization of lmo2-Cre transgenic zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 237(8):2139-2146.
Abstract
Cre/loxP system is a powerful tool to manipulate the genome. Transgenic animals expressing Cre recombinase in specific tissues or cells have been widely used for conditional gene targeting, lineage tracing, and other genetic analyses. In zebrafish, the transgenic line with stable expression of Cre in specific tissues and cell subtypes has not been generated and its functional activity remains to be defined. Here we report the establishment of a stable transgenic fish Tg(zlmo2:Cre), which specifically expresses Cre in the primitive hematopoietic progenitors and vascular endothelial cells, under the control of lmo2 promoter. Our result shows that the Cre expression pattern recapitulates the endogenous lmo2 expression pattern during embryogenesis. Crossing of the Tg(zlmo2:Cre) line with another established transgenic reporter line Tg(zlmo2:loxP-DsRed-loxP-EGFP), induces a robust recombination activity in hematopoietic progenitors and vascular endothelial cells. Thus, the Tg(zlmo2:Cre) transgenic line provides an invaluable tool to dissect genetic pathways in hematopoietic development and diseases.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping