Transgenic zebrafish expressing fluorescent proteins in central nervous system neurons.
Zebrafish is a powerful model system for investigations of vertebrate neural development. The animal has also become an important model for studies of neuronal function. Both in developmental and functional studies, transgenic zebrafish expressing fluorescent proteins in central nervous system neurons have been playing important roles. We review here the methods for producing transgenic zebrafish. Recent advances in transposon- or bacterial artificial chromosome-based transgenesis greatly facilitate the creation of useful lines. We also present our study on alx-positive neurons to reveal how transgenic zebrafish expressing fluorescent proteins in a specific class of neurons can be used to investigate their development and function.
Higashijima
Shin-ichi
S
National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Higashiyama 5-1, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan. shigashi@nips.ac.jp
D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism*; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000494:pharmacology; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D019076:Transgenes; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; C413663:fluorescent protein 583; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins