A method of expressing in vivo heart-specific fluorescence in transgenic
line of zebrafish is developed, which provides a research model for
studying heart-related gene functions and performing gene therapies in
the future. The method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a plasmid
is constructed. This plasmid construct includes the upstream regulatory
region, the exon 1, the intron 1, and the exon 2 of cmlc2 gene, cDNA of
GFP, wherein the cmlc2 gene and GFP cDNA form a cassette, and inverted
terminal repeats from adeno-associated virus are flanked at both sides of
this cassette. The plasmid construct is linearized and microinjected into
one-celled zebrafish fertilized eggs. Lastly, the heart-specific
fluorescent expressed zebrafish are selected and the
germline-transmitting transgenic strain is generated.