PCR (A) and Southern blot analysis (B) of
genomic DNA showing the presence of neo sequences.
(A) Genomic DNA isolated from individual F1 fish (lanes
b–m) produced from a single spawning of GASSI fish that were injected
as embryos with cultured cells and bred with noninjected GASSI
individuals. DNA was amplified with neo-specific primers
designed to generate a 392-bp product. Product identity was confirmed
by sequencing. neo sequences were detected in lanes b,
i, k, and l. Lanes a, n, and o are molecular weight markers, positive
control (neo-containing plasmid template) and negative
control (no template), respectively. (B) Southern blot
analysis of genomic DNA by using a neo-specific probe.
The same integration pattern for neo sequences was
observed in DNA isolated from B7–43 fish (lane b), cell cultures
derived from B7–43 embryos (lane c), individual F1 fish (lanes d and
e) obtained from a GASSI chimera that was injected at the blastula
stage with cultured B7–43 embryo cells and bred with a noninjected
GASSI fish, and an F2 individual (lane f) obtained by breeding positive
F1 siblings. Lane a, DNA isolated from fish embryo cells transfected in
culture with neo-containing plasmid showing a different
integration pattern. Lanes g and h, DNA isolated from a GASSI fish and
another nontransgenic line of zebrafish.