PUBLICATION
TAEL: A zebrafish-optimized optogenetic gene expression system with fine spatial and temporal control
- Authors
- Reade, A., Motta-Mena, L.B., Gardner, K.H., Stainier, D.Y., Weiner, O.D., Woo, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-161221-7
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Development (Cambridge, England) 144(2): 345-355 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Reade, Anna, Stainier, Didier, Woo, Stephanie
- Keywords
- CRISPR, Cas9, Endoderm, Gene expression, Nodal, Optogenetics, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- CRISPR-Cas Systems/genetics
- Calibration
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/radiation effects*
- Genes, Reporter/radiation effects
- Light*
- Optogenetics/methods*
- Optogenetics/standards
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/radiation effects
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- PubMed
- 27993986 Full text @ Development
Citation
Reade, A., Motta-Mena, L.B., Gardner, K.H., Stainier, D.Y., Weiner, O.D., Woo, S. (2017) TAEL: A zebrafish-optimized optogenetic gene expression system with fine spatial and temporal control. Development (Cambridge, England). 144(2):345-355.
Abstract
Here we describe an optogenetic gene expression system optimized for use in zebrafish. This system overcomes the limitations of current inducible expression systems by enabling robust spatial and temporal regulation of gene expression in living organisms. Because existing optogenetic systems show toxicity in zebrafish, we re-engineered the blue-light activated EL222 system, renamed TAEL, for minimal toxicity while exhibiting a large range of induction, fine spatial precision, and rapid kinetics. We validate several strategies to spatially restrict illumination and thus gene induction with the TAEL system. As a functional example, we show that TAEL is able to induce ectopic endodermal cells in the presumptive ectoderm via targeted sox32 induction. We also demonstrate that TAEL can be used to resolve multiple roles of Nodal signaling at different stages of embryonic development. Finally, we show how inducible gene editing can be achieved by combining the TAEL and CRISPR/Cas9 systems. This toolkit should be a broadly useful resource for the fish community.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping