RRC ID 12124
Author Sinha DK, Neveu P, Gagey N, Aujard I, Le Saux T, Rampon C, Gauron C, Kawakami K, Leucht C, Bally-Cuif L, Volovitch M, Bensimon D, Jullien L, Vriz S.
Title Photoactivation of the CreER T2 recombinase for conditional site-specific recombination with high spatiotemporal resolution.
Journal Zebrafish
Abstract We implemented a noninvasive optical method for the fast control of Cre recombinase in single cells of a live zebrafish embryo. Optical uncaging of the caged precursor of a nonendogeneous steroid by one- or two-photon illumination was used to restore Cre activity of the CreER(T2) fusion protein in specific target cells. This method labels single cells irreversibly by inducing recombination in an appropriate reporter transgenic animal and thereby can achieve high spatiotemporal resolution in the control of gene expression. This technique could be used more generally to investigate important physiological processes (e.g., in embryogenesis, organ regeneration, or carcinogenesis) with high spatiotemporal resolution (single cell and 10-min scales).
Volume 7(2)
Pages 199-204
Published 2010-6-1
DOI 10.1089/zeb.2009.0632
PMID 20441524
MeSH Animals Animals, Genetically Modified DNA Primers / genetics Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / physiology* HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism Integrases / metabolism* Microscopy, Fluorescence Photochemical Processes Polymerase Chain Reaction Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism* Recombination, Genetic / physiology* Spectrometry, Fluorescence Zebrafish*
IF 1.845
Times Cited 39
WOS Category ZOOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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