Open AccessProduction of Green Fluorescent Protein Transgenic Embryonic Stem Cells Using the GENSAT Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library
Author(s) -
Tomishima Mark J.,
Hadjantonakis AnnaKaterina,
Gong Shiaoching,
Studer Lorenz
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stem cells
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.159
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1549-4918
pISSN - 1066-5099
DOI - 10.1634/stemcells.2006-0173
Subject(s) - biology , green fluorescent protein , bacterial artificial chromosome , embryonic stem cell , neural stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , transgene , stem cell , reporter gene , cell culture , gene , gene expression , genetics , genome
Transgenic green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter embryonic stem (ES) cells are powerful tools for studying gene regulation and lineage choice during development. Here we present a rapid method for the generation of ES cells expressing GFP under the control of selected genes. Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) from a previously constructed GFP transcriptional fusion library (Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas [GENSAT]) were modified for use in ES cells, and multiple BAC transgenic ES cell lines were generated. Specific GFP expression in transgenic cell lines was confirmed during neural differentiation marking neural stem cells, neuronal precursors, and glial progeny by Hes5, Dll1, and GFAP, respectively. GFP was dynamically regulated in ES cell progeny in response to soluble factors that inhibit Notch signaling and a factor that directs astroglial fate choice. Our protocols provide a simple and efficient strategy to utilize the whole GENSAT BAC library to create hundreds of novel fluorescent cell lines for use in ES cell biology.