Figure 4.
Profiles of transgene expression from the bRosa26 locus. (A) TAT-Cre-mediated recombination induces EGFP expression. (B) PCR analysis of transgenic cloned cattle. Primers P5 and P6 amplified a 1.6 kb product, confirming the production of positive bRosa26-EGFP knock-in cloned cattle. Primers P7 and P8 amplified a 6.1 kb product and confirmed the production of positive bRosa26-EGFP knock-in cloned cattle. M, 1 kb DNA ladder; Lanes 2–5, genomic DNA from bRosa26-EGFP knock-in cloned cattle; P, donor vector; H2O and WT, negative controls. (C) Southern blot identification of transgenic cloned cattle. Upon digestion with DraIII or ScaI, a band of 9.2 kb or 5.8 kb was detected in transgenic cloned cattle, respectively. C1-C4, genomic DNA from bRosa26-EGFP knock-in cloned cattle; WT, wild-type cattle. (D) EGFP expression in various tissues from bRosa26-EGFP cattle relative to GAPDH expression, as determined by Q-PCR. Error bars represent the mean ± SD. (E) EGFP expression in various tissues from the bRosa26-EGFP cattle, as determined by RT-PCR. For RT-PCR, the designed primers annealed to the EGFP and amplified a correctly spliced product of 347 bp. GAPDH served as a control (488 bp). (F) EGFP expression in various tissues from the bRosa26-EGFP cattle, as determined by Western blot, GAPDH served as a control.