PUBLICATION
Heterogeneity and genomic loci of ubiquitous transgenic Cre reporter lines in zebrafish
- Authors
- Lalonde, R.L., Kemmler, C.L., Riemslagh, F.W., Aman, A.J., Kresoja-Rakic, J., Moran, H.R., Nieuwenhuize, S., Parichy, D.M., Burger, A., Mosimann, C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-220519-6
- Date
- 2022
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 251(10): 1754-1773 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Burger, Alexa, Kemmler, Cassie L., Mosimann, Christian, Nieuwenhuize, Susan, Parichy, David M.
- Keywords
- Cre/lox, CreERT2, Tamoxifen, Zebrafish, lineage tracing, site-specific recombinases, transgenes
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Chromatin/metabolism
- Genomics
- Integrases*/genetics
- Integrases*/metabolism
- Tamoxifen
- Transgenes
- Zebrafish*/metabolism
- PubMed
- 35582941 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Lalonde, R.L., Kemmler, C.L., Riemslagh, F.W., Aman, A.J., Kresoja-Rakic, J., Moran, H.R., Nieuwenhuize, S., Parichy, D.M., Burger, A., Mosimann, C. (2022) Heterogeneity and genomic loci of ubiquitous transgenic Cre reporter lines in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 251(10):1754-1773.
Abstract
Background The most-common strategy for zebrafish Cre/lox-mediated lineage labeling experiments combines ubiquitously expressed, lox-based Switch reporter transgenes with tissue-specific Cre or 4-OH-Tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 driver lines. Although numerous Cre driver lines have been produced, only a few broadly expressed Switch reporters exist in zebrafish and their generation by random transgene integration has been challenging due to position-effect sensitivity of the lox-flanked recombination cassettes. Here, we compare commonly used Switch reporter lines for their recombination efficiency and reporter expression pattern during zebrafish development.
Results Using different experimental setups, we show that ubi:Switch and hsp70l:Switch outperform current generations of the two additional Switch reporters actb2:BFP-DsRed and actb2:Stop-DsRed. Our comparisons also document preferential Cre-dependent recombination of ubi:Switch and hsp70l:Switch in distinct zebrafish tissues at early developmental stages. To investigate what genomic features may influence Cre accessibility and lox recombination efficiency in highly functional Switch lines, we mapped these transgenes and charted chromatin dynamics at their integration sites.
Conclusions Our data documents the heterogeneity among lox-based Switch transgenes towards informing suitable transgene selection for lineage labeling experiments. Our work further proposes that ubi:Switch and hsp70l:Switch define genomic integration sites suitable for universal transgene or switch reporter knock-in in zebrafish. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping