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O'Neill-Mehlenbacher A, Kilemade M, Elliott A, Mothersill C, Seymour C. Comparison of direct and bystander effects induced by ionizing radiation in eight fish cell lines. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 83:593-602. [PMID: 17654101 DOI: 10.1080/09553000701481782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine bystander and direct effects of ionizing radiation on eight fish cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fish cell lines were irradiated at a range of doses from 0.5 - 5 Gy. The Irradiated Cell Conditioned Medium (ICCM) was then harvested and placed onto a HPV-G, reporter cell line as well as onto autologous fish cell lines. Cloning efficiency (CE) was the end point used. The HPV-G reporter cell line was chosen because this cell line is capable of transmitting and producing the bystander effect. RESULTS Four of the eight fish cell lines were clonogenic. These, with the exception of RTG-2 cells, showed increased CE when ICCM was tested on unirradiated autologous cells or on HPV-G cells. ICCM from RTG-2 cells reduced survival. The non-clonogenic cells ICCM tested on HPV-G all showed increased CE. CONCLUSIONS The results show that both bystander signal production and cellular response varies depending on the cell line and that in general signals from established fish cells do not produce death inducing bystander effects. Thus, the comparison of the effect from fish cell ICCM on autologous cells or HPV-G human cells allowed us to separate signal production from response. In almost all cases, for both non-clonogenic and clonogenic fish cell lines, the HPV-G recipient cell line showed an increase in percent survival compared to controls while the clonogenic fish cell lines do not appear to respond.
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Miyake A, Higashijima SI, Kobayashi D, Narita T, Jindo T, Setiamarga DHE, Ohisa S, Orihara N, Hibiya K, Konno S, Sakaguchi S, Horie K, Imai Y, Naruse K, Kudo A, Takeda H. Mutation in the abcb7 gene causes abnormal iron and fatty acid metabolism in developing medaka fish. Dev Growth Differ 2009; 50:703-16. [PMID: 19046159 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2008.01068.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) is an emerging model organism for which a variety of unique developmental mutants have now been generated. Our recent mutagenesis screening of the medaka isolated a unique mutant that develops a fatty liver at larval stages. Positional cloning identified the responsible gene as medaka abcb7. Abcb7, a mitochondrial ABC (ATP binding cassette) half-transporter, has been implicated in iron metabolism. Recently, human Abcb7 was found to be mutated in X-linked sideroblastic anemia with cerebellar ataxia (XLSA/A). The homozygous medaka mutant exhibits abnormal iron metabolism in erythrocytes and accumulation of lipid in the liver. Microarray and in situ hybridization analyses demonstrated that the expression of genes involved in iron and lipid metabolisms are both affected in the mutant liver, suggesting novel roles of Abcb7 in the development of physiologically functional liver. The medaka abcb7 mutant thus could provide insights into the pathogenesis of XLSA/A as well as the normal function of the gene.
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- Akimitsu Miyake
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuoka A, Abe K. Gustation in fish: search for prototype of taste perception. Results Probl Cell Differ 2009; 47:239-55. [PMID: 19145412 DOI: 10.1007/400_2008_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Fish perceive water-soluble chemicals at the taste buds that are distributed on oropharyngeal and trunk epithelia. Recent progress in molecular analyses has revealed that teleosts and mammals share pivotal signaling components to transduce taste stimuli. The fish orthologs of taste receptors, fT1R and fT2R, show mutually exclusive expression in taste buds, and both are coexpressed with phospholipase C-beta2 and the transient receptor potential M5 channel as common downstream components of taste receptor signals. Interestingly, fT1R heteromers are activated by various L-amino acids but not by sugars. This may reflects that in fish the energy metabolism depends primarily on gluconeogenesis from amino acids. fT2Rs are activated by denatonium benzoate, which is a bitter substance for mammals. It is thus likely that the preferable and aversive tastes for vertebrates, though their taste modalities somewhat vary, are transduced by the sensory conserved pathways. The comparative molecular biology of the fish taste system would lead to understanding a general logic of encoding taste modalities in vertebrates.
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- A Yasuoka
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Wagner T, Kraeussling M, Fedorov L, Reiss C, Kneitz B, Schartl M. STAT3 and SMAD1 Signaling in Medaka Embryonic Stem-Like Cells and Blastula Embryos. Stem Cells Dev 2009; 18:151-60. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- T.U. Wagner
- University of Wurzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University of Wurzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University of Wurzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University of Wurzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, Bavarian Julius Maximilians University Medical School, Wurzburg, Germany
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- University of Wurzburg, Physiological Chemistry I, Wurzburg, Germany
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Shiraishi E, Yoshinaga N, Miura T, Yokoi H, Wakamatsu Y, Abe SI, Kitano T. Mullerian inhibiting substance is required for germ cell proliferation during early gonadal differentiation in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Endocrinology 2008; 149:1813-9. [PMID: 18162517 DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Müllerian inhibiting substance (MIS) is a glycoprotein belonging to the TGF-beta superfamily. In mammals, MIS is responsible for the regression of Müllerian ducts in the male fetus. However, the role of MIS in gonadal sex differentiation of teleost fish, which have no Müllerian ducts, has yet to be clarified. In the present study, we examined the expression pattern of mis and mis type 2 receptor (misr2) mRNAs and the function of MIS signaling in early gonadal differentiation in medaka (teleost, Oryzias latipes). In situ hybridization showed that both mis and misr2 mRNAs were expressed in the somatic cells surrounding the germ cells of both sexes during early sex differentiation. Loss-of-function of either MIS or MIS type II receptor (MISRII) in medaka resulted in suppression of germ cell proliferation during sex differentiation. These results were supported by cell proliferation assay using 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine labeling analysis. Treatment of tissue fragments containing germ cells with recombinant eel MIS significantly induced germ cell proliferation in both sexes compared with the untreated control. On the other hand, culture of tissue fragments from the MIS- or MISRII-defective embryos inhibited proliferation of germ cells in both sexes. Moreover, treatment with recombinant eel MIS in the MIS-defective embryos dose-dependently increased germ cell number in both sexes, whereas in the MISRII-defective embryos, it did not permit proliferation of germ cells. These results suggest that in medaka, MIS indirectly stimulates germ cell proliferation through MISRII, expressed in the somatic cells immediately after they reach the gonadal primordium.
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- Eri Shiraishi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto, Japan
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Kamei Y, Itou J, Oda S, Masui M, Kim JH, Ishikawa T, Yuba S, Kinoshita M, Mitani H, Todo T. Development of a convenient in vitro fertilization method using interspecific hybrids between Oryzias latipes and Oryzias curvinotus. Dev Growth Differ 2008; 49:721-30. [PMID: 17983366 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2007.00966.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Medaka is a small Asian freshwater teleost and has been an excellent model for fertilization studies for more than 50 years. Therefore, experimental procedures for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and cryopreservation of sperm are well established. In contrast, since the eggs or early embryos can not be cryopreserved, many females are killed to obtain unfertilized eggs for IVF. Recent progress in genomics is establishing medaka as a new model animal in functional genomics, and numerous mutant and transgenic strains have been established and stored as frozen sperm. Accumulated preserved resources require a simple and reliable recovery method for IVF. In this paper, we describe a method for obtaining a large number of unfertilized eggs without killing females, using sterile interspecific hybrids between Oryzias latipes and O. curvinotus. However, there is no report about the normality of offspring that were obtained by IVF using unfertilized eggs spawned in mating with the sterile hybrid male. In this paper, we have confirmed the reliability of the method regarding the influences on the next generation and also assessed conditions for efficient collection of unfertilized eggs. The method would be useful not only for fertilization studies but also for keeping transgenics and mutants, including a mutant library for a reverse genetic approach.
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- Yasuhiro Kamei
- Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Wessely O, Obara T. Fish and frogs: models for vertebrate cilia signaling. FRONT BIOSCI-LANDMRK 2008; 13:1866-80. [PMID: 17981674 DOI: 10.2741/2806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The presence of cilia in many vertebrate cell types and its function has been ignored for many years. Only in the past few years has its importance been rediscovered. In part, this was triggered by the realization that many gene products mutated in polycystic kidney diseases are localized to cilia and dysfunctional cilia result in kidney disease. Another breakthrough was the observation that the establishment of the left-right body axis is dependent on cilia function. Since then, many other developmental paradigms have been shown to rely on cilia-dependent signaling. In addition to mouse and Chlamydomonas, lower vertebrate model systems such as zebrafish, medaka and Xenopus have provided important new insights into cilia signaling and its role during embryonic development. This review will summarize those studies. We will also illustrate how these lower vertebrates are promising model systems for future studies defining the physiological function of cilia during organogenesis and disease pathophysiology.
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- Oliver Wessely
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Genetics, LSU Health Sciences Center, MEB-6A12, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Takashima S, Shimada A, Kobayashi D, Yokoi H, Narita T, Jindo T, Kage T, Kitagawa T, Kimura T, Sekimizu K, Miyake A, Setiamarga DHE, Murakami R, Tsuda S, Ooki S, Kakihara K, Hojo M, Naruse K, Mitani H, Shima A, Ishikawa Y, Araki K, Saga Y, Takeda H. Phenotypic analysis of a novelchordinmutant in medaka. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:2298-310. [PMID: 17654721 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We have isolated and characterized a ventralized mutant in medaka (the Japanese killifish; Oryzias latipes), which turned out to have a mutation in the chordin gene. The mutant exhibits ventralization of the body axis, malformation of axial bones, over-bifurcation of yolk sac blood vessels, and laterality defects in internal organs. The mutant exhibits variability of phenotypes, depending on the culture temperature, from embryos with a slightly ventralized phenotype to those without any head and trunk structures. Taking advantages of these variable and severe phenotypes, we analyzed the role of Chordin-dependent tissues such as the notochord and Kupffer's vesicle (KV) in the establishment of left-right axis in fish. The results demonstrate that, in the absence of the notochord and KV, the medaka lateral plate mesoderm autonomously and bilaterally expresses spaw gene in a default state.
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- Shigeo Takashima
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Fink M, Flekna G, Ludwig A, Heimbucher T, Czerny T. Improved translation efficiency of injected mRNA during early embryonic development. Dev Dyn 2007; 235:3370-8. [PMID: 17068769 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Injection techniques are a powerful approach to study gene function in fish and frog model systems. In particular, in vitro transcribed mRNA is broadly used for such misexpression experiments. Sequence elements flanking the coding region, such as untranslated repeats and polyadenylation sequences, are known to affect the stability and the translation efficiency of mRNA. Here we show that in early embryos, poly(A) signals strongly contribute to the activity of the injected mRNA. Of interest, they only marginally affect mRNA stability, whereas the translation efficiency is dramatically enhanced. Combination of a poly(A) tail and an SV40 late poly(A) signal leads to highly synergistic effects of the two elements for injected mRNA. Compared with established vector systems, we detected a 20-fold improvement for mRNA derived from the novel transcription vector pMC.
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- Maria Fink
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Abe G, Ide H, Tamura K. Function of FGF signaling in the developmental process of the median fin fold in zebrafish. Dev Biol 2006; 304:355-66. [PMID: 17258191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2006] [Revised: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Median fins, unpaired appendages in fish, are fundamental locomotory organs that are believed to have evolved before paired lateral appendages in vertebrates. However, the early process of median fin development remains largely unknown. We investigated the early development of the median fin fold, a rudiment of median fins, and report here the process in zebrafish embryos and the function of FGF signaling in the process. Using expressions of three genes, dlx5a, sp9 and fgf24, as markers of different phases of fold development, our findings suggest that the early process of median fin fold development can be divided into two steps, specification of the median fin fold territory and construction of the fold structure. Both loss-of-function and gain-of-function assays revealed that FGF signaling plays roles in each step, suggesting a common mechanism for the development of median appendages and paired lateral appendages.
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- Gembu Abe
- Department of Developmental Biology and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Bajoghli B, Aghaallaei N, Soroldoni D, Czerny T. The roles of Groucho/Tle in left-right asymmetry and Kupffer's vesicle organogenesis. Dev Biol 2006; 303:347-61. [PMID: 17188260 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 11/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The heart is the first organ to form and function in the vertebrate embryo. Furthermore, differences between the left and right sides of the embryo become first detectable during cardiac development. We observed strong cardiac laterality phenotypes in medaka embryos by manipulating Groucho protein activity. The phenotypes produced by misexpressing Tle4 and the dominant-negative Aes reveal a general effect of these corepressor proteins on left-right (LR) development. With the help of an inducible expression system, we were able to define temporally different phases for these effects. In an early phase during gastrulation, Groucho proteins regulate Brachyury expression in the dorsal forerunner cells, which later gives rise to the Kupffer's vesicle (KV). The interference of endogenous Groucho proteins by misexpression of Aes leads to KVs of reduced size, whereas overexpression of Tle4 results in enlarged KVs. The expression level of the cilia marker Lrd was also affected both positively and negatively from these treatments. In the late phase during somitogenesis, Groucho proteins regulate the asymmetric activities of Nodal and Lefty genes. Altering canonical Wnt signaling produced similar results in late embryos, however, this did not affect KV morphogenesis or Lrd expression in early embryos. Therefore, changes in Kupffer's vesicle morphogenesis and the laterality of visceral organs following alterations in Groucho corepressor levels demonstrate two distinct phases in which Groucho proteins help establish LR asymmetry in medaka fish.
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- Baubak Bajoghli
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
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Heimbucher T, Murko C, Bajoghli B, Aghaallaei N, Huber A, Stebegg R, Eberhard D, Fink M, Simeone A, Czerny T. Gbx2 and Otx2 interact with the WD40 domain of Groucho/Tle corepressors. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 27:340-51. [PMID: 17060451 PMCID: PMC1800652 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00811-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One of the earliest organizational decisions in the development of the vertebrate brain is the division of the neural plate into Otx2-positive anterior and Gbx2-positive posterior territories. At the junction of these two expression domains, a local signaling center is formed, known as the midbrain-hindbrain boundary (MHB). This tissue coordinates or "organizes" the development of neighboring brain structures, such as the midbrain and cerebellum. Correct positioning of the MHB is thought to depend on mutual repression involving these two homeobox genes. Using a cell culture colocalization assay and coimmunoprecipitation experiments, we show that engrailed homology region 1 (eh1)-like motifs of both transcription factors physically interact with the WD40 domain of Groucho/Tle corepressor proteins. In addition, heat shock-induced expression of wild-type and mutant Otx2 and Gbx2 in medaka embryos demonstrates that Groucho is required for the repression of Otx2 by Gbx2. On the other hand, the repressive functions of Otx2 on Gbx2 do not appear to be dependent on corepressor interaction. Interestingly, the association of Groucho with Otx2 is also required for the repression of Fgf8 in the MHB. Therefore Groucho/Tle family members appear to regulate key aspects in the MHB development of the vertebrate brain.
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- Thomas Heimbucher
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria
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Fujita M, Isogai S, Kudo A. Vascular anatomy of the developing medaka, Oryzias latipes: a complementary fish model for cardiovascular research on vertebrates. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:734-46. [PMID: 16450400 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The zebrafish has become a very useful vertebrate model for cardiovascular research, but detailed morphogenetic studies have revealed that it differs from mammals in certain aspects of the primary circulatory system, in particular, the early vitelline circulation. We searched for another teleost species that might serve as a complementary model for the formation of these early primary vessels. Here (and online at http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/medaka/atlas/), we present a detailed characterization of the vascular anatomy of the developing medaka embryo from the stage 24 (1 day 20 hr) through stage 30 (3 days 10 hr). Three-dimensional images using confocal microangiography show that the medaka, Oryzias latipes, follows the common embryonic circulatory pattern consisting of ventral aorta, aortic arches, dorsal aorta, transverse vessels, vitelline capillary plexus, and marginal veins. The medaka, thus, may serve as a valuable model system for genetic analysis of the primary vasculature of vertebrates.
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- Misato Fujita
- Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Kobayashi D, Jindo T, Naruse K, Takeda H. Development of the endoderm and gut in medaka, Oryzias latipes. Dev Growth Differ 2006; 48:283-95. [PMID: 16759279 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2006.00870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We performed an extensive analysis of endodermal development and gut tube morphogenesis in the medaka embryo by histology and in situ hybridization. The markers used in these analyses included sox17, sox32, foxA2, gata-4, -5, -6 and shh. sox17, sox32, foxA2, and gata-5 and -6 are expressed in the early endoderm to the onset of gut tube formation. Sections of medaka embryos hybridized with foxA2, a pan-endodermal marker during gut morphogenesis, demonstrated that gut tube formation is initiated in the anterior portion and that the anterior and mid/posterior gut undergo distinct morphogenetic processes. Tube formation in the anterior endoderm that is fated to the pharynx and esophagus is much delayed and appears to be independent of gut morphogenesis. The overall aspects of medaka gut development are similar to those of zebrafish, except that zebrafish tube formation initiates at both the anterior and posterior portions. Our results therefore describe both molecular and morphological aspects of medaka digestive system development that will be necessary for the characterization of medaka mutants.
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- Daisuke Kobayashi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Sakaguchi S, Nakatani Y, Takamatsu N, Hori H, Kawakami A, Inohaya K, Kudo A. Medaka unextended-fin mutants suggest a role for Hoxb8a in cell migration and osteoblast differentiation during appendage formation. Dev Biol 2006; 293:426-38. [PMID: 16546159 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Revised: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hoxb8 has been suggestively implicated in the formation of the zone of polarizing activity (ZPA) in the limb bud. However, as hoxb8-/- mice did not show any defects in their limb development, the role of Hoxb8 during limb development has not been fully elucidated. Here, we report the identification of the medaka hoxb8a mutant, unextended-fin (ufi), in which all the fin tissues were malformed. Since the abnormal phenotype was observed in the caudal fin, the ufi phenotype suggests that the medaka Hoxb8a has a fundamental role in the formation of appendages protruding from the trunk. Our analyses revealed that the expression of wnt5a, a regulator of cell migration that signals through the non-canonical Wnt/Ca2+ pathway, was down-regulated in the ufi fin-folds. In fact, we found that the proximal-distal cell migration was impaired in ufi mutants and that the defect could be reversed by the injection of a Wnt5a protein. Moreover, we show herein that the numbers of proliferating cells and osteoblastic cells were increased in the ufi mutants. According to these results, we propose that the medaka Hoxb8a protein functions in the outgrowth of appendages through the regulation of cell migration and osteoblast differentiation.
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- Sae Sakaguchi
- Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Wang X, Williams E, Haasch ML, Dasmahapatra AK. Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes): developmental model for the study of alcohol teratology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 77:29-39. [PMID: 16496295 DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Animal models are necessary to investigate the mechanism of alcohol-induced birth defects. We have used Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) as a non-mammalian model to elucidate the molecular mechanism(s) of ethanol teratogenesis. METHODS Medaka eggs, within 1 hr post-fertilization (hpf) were exposed to waterborne ethanol (0-1000 mM) in hatching solution for 48 hr. Embryo development was observed daily until 10 days post-fertilization (dpf). The concentration of embryonic ethanol was determined enzymatically. Cartilage and bones were stained by Alcian blue and calcein, respectively and skeletal and cardiovascular defects were assessed microscopically. Genetic gender of the embryos was determined by PCR. Levels of two isoenzymes of alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) mRNAs were determined by semi-quantitative and real-time RT-PCR. RESULTS The concentration of ethanol required to cause 50% mortality (LC50) in 10 dpf embryos was 568 mM, however, the embryo absorbed only 15-20% of the waterborne ethanol at all ethanol concentrations. The length of the lower jaw and calcification in tail fin cartilaginous structures were reduced by ethanol exposure. Active blood circulation was exhibited at 50+ hpf in embryos treated with 0-100 mM ethanol; active circulation was delayed and blood clots developed in embryos treated with 200-400 mM ethanol. The deleterious effects of ethanol were not gender-specific. Moreover, ethanol treatment was unable to alter the constitutive expression of either Adh5 or Adh8 mRNA in the medaka embryo. CONCLUSIONS Preliminary results suggested that embryogenesis in medaka was significantly affected by ethanol exposure. Phenotypic features normally associated with ethanol exposure were similar to that observed in mammalian models of fetal alcohol syndrome. The results further indicated that medaka embryogenesis might be used as an alternative non-mammalian model for investigating specific alterations in gene expression as a means to understand the molecular mechanism(s) of ethanol-induced birth defects.
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- Xueqing Wang
- National Center for Natural Product Research, Environmental Toxicology Research Program, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677, USA
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Bajoghli B, Aghaallaei N, Czerny T. Groucho corepressor proteins regulate otic vesicle outgrowth. Dev Dyn 2005; 233:760-71. [PMID: 15861392 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The Groucho/Tle family of corepressor proteins is known to regulate multiple developmental pathways. Applying the dominant-negative effect of the short member Aes, we demonstrate here a critical role of this gene family also for ear development. Misexpression of Aes in medaka embryos resulted in reduced size or loss of otic vesicles, whereas overexpression of the full-length Groucho protein Tle4 gave the opposite phenotype. These results are in close agreement with phenotypes observed for eye formation, suggesting a similar role for Groucho/Tle proteins in the developmental pathways of both sensory organs. Furthermore, by using the heat-inducible HSE promoter, we observed reversible branching of the embryonic axis upon Aes misexpression, indicating a transient duplication of the organizer. Groucho proteins, therefore, are critical for organizer maintenance.
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- Baubak Bajoghli
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Kimura T, Yoshida K, Shimada A, Jindo T, Sakaizumi M, Mitani H, Naruse K, Takeda H, Inoko H, Tamiya G, Shinya M. Genetic linkage map of medaka with polymerase chain reaction length polymorphisms. Gene 2005; 363:24-31. [PMID: 16226856 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With recent improvements in genetic and genomic infrastructures, great interest has been taken in genetic dissection of multi-factorial traits. A genetic map consisting of markers that are highly polymorphic and rapidly genotyped is essential for the genetic mapping of such a complex trait. Medaka, Oryzias latipes, is an excellent model system for genetic studies. To promote genetic mapping of complex traits in medaka we developed the first high-throughput and genome-wide marker set in the organism by using its genomic information and the bioinformatic techniques. We tested 545 primer pairs and obtained 265 co-dominant markers between two inbred strains, HNI and Hd-rR. Our map, consisting of 231 uniquely mapped markers, covers 1257.3 centimorgan (cM) of the medaka genome with an average interval distance of 5.4 cM. Furthermore, the newly designed markers were examined for polymorphisms among six medaka inbred strains: HNI, Hd-rR and four additional strains. Most of our markers are simple sequence length polymorphisms (SSLPs) and can be rapidly genotyped by an automated system under a single polymerase chain reaction (PCR) condition. Together with the genotyping data of six medaka inbred strains, our new marker set provides a powerful tool for genome-wide analysis of complex biological phenomena found widely in medaka populations.
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- Tetsuaki Kimura
- Department of Molecular Life Science, Course of Basic Medical Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan
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Furutani-Seiki M, Sasado T, Morinaga C, Suwa H, Niwa K, Yoda H, Deguchi T, Hirose Y, Yasuoka A, Henrich T, Watanabe T, Iwanami N, Kitagawa D, Saito K, Asaka S, Osakada M, Kunimatsu S, Momoi A, Elmasri H, Winkler C, Ramialison M, Loosli F, Quiring R, Carl M, Grabher C, Winkler S, Del Bene F, Shinomiya A, Kota Y, Yamanaka T, Okamoto Y, Takahashi K, Todo T, Abe K, Takahama Y, Tanaka M, Mitani H, Katada T, Nishina H, Nakajima N, Wittbrodt J, Kondoh H. A systematic genome-wide screen for mutations affecting organogenesis in Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mech Dev 2005; 121:647-58. [PMID: 15210174 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2004] [Revised: 03/22/2004] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A large-scale mutagenesis screen was performed in Medaka to identify genes acting in diverse developmental processes. Mutations were identified in homozygous F3 progeny derived from ENU-treated founder males. In addition to the morphological inspection of live embryos, other approaches were used to detect abnormalities in organogenesis and in specific cellular processes, including germ cell migration, nerve tract formation, sensory organ differentiation and DNA repair. Among 2031 embryonic lethal mutations identified, 312 causing defects in organogenesis were selected for further analyses. From these, 126 mutations were characterized genetically and assigned to 105 genes. The similarity of the development of Medaka and zebrafish facilitated the comparison of mutant phenotypes, which indicated that many mutations in Medaka cause unique phenotypes so far unrecorded in zebrafish. Even when mutations of the two fish species cause a similar phenotype such as one-eyed-pinhead or parachute, more genes were found in Medaka than in zebrafish that produced the same phenotype when mutated. These observations suggest that many Medaka mutants represent new genes and, therefore, are important complements to the collection of zebrafish mutants that have proven so valuable for exploring genomic function in development.
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- Makoto Furutani-Seiki
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, Kawaaracho 14, Yoshida, Sakyoku, Kyoto 606-8305, Japan.
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Quiring R, Wittbrodt B, Henrich T, Ramialison M, Burgtorf C, Lehrach H, Wittbrodt J. Large-scale expression screening by automated whole-mount in situ hybridization. Mech Dev 2005; 121:971-6. [PMID: 15210201 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gene expression profiling is an important component of functional genomics. We present a time and cost efficient high-throughput whole-mount in situ technique to perform a large-scale gene expression analysis in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) embryos. Medaka is a model system ideally suited for the study of molecular genetics of vertebrate development. Random cDNA clones from an arrayed stage 20 medaka plasmid library were analyzed by whole-mount in situ hybridization on embryos of three representative stages of medaka development. cDNA inserts were colony PCR amplified in a 384-format. The PCR products were used to generate over 2000 antisense RNA digoxigenin probes in a high-throughput process. Whole-mount in situ hybridization was carried out in a robot and a broad range of expression patterns was observed. Partial cDNA sequences and expression patterns were documented with BLAST results, cluster analysis, images and descriptions, respectively; collectively this information was entered into a web-based database, "MEPD" (http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/mepd/), that is publicly accessible.
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- Rebecca Quiring
- Developmental Biology Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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Furutani-Seiki M, Wittbrodt J. Medaka and zebrafish, an evolutionary twin study. Mech Dev 2005; 121:629-37. [PMID: 15210172 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 05/17/2004] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Comparison of two related species is one of the most successful approaches to decipher general genetic principles in eukaryotes. This is best illustrated in yeast, where the model systems Saccharomyyces. cervisiae and Schizosaccharomyces. pombe have been examined. Powerful forward genetics in both species, species-specific differences in biological features and the phylogenetic distance between the two species, make them well suited for a comparative approach. Recent whole genome sequencing has also facilitated comparative genomics of these simple eukaryotes. It is now possible to go a step further using higher eukaryotes. A duplication of the genome at the base of the teleost radiation, facilitated evolution of almost 25,000 fish species, more than half of all vertebrate species together. Two teleost genetic model systems have emerged in the past few decades: zebrafish, in which large-scale mutagenesis has been successfully performed, and Medaka, a Japanese killifish with a century of history in genetics and now, as reported in this issue, many induced mutations. In this review we will illustrate how comparison of these two model species, Medaka and zebrafish, can reveal conserved and species-specific genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying vertebrate development.
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- Makoto Furutani-Seiki
- SORST, Kondoh research team, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kyoto, Japan.
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Sasado T, Morinaga C, Niwa K, Shinomiya A, Yasuoka A, Suwa H, Hirose Y, Yoda H, Henrich T, Deguchi T, Iwanami N, Watanabe T, Kunimatsu S, Osakada M, Okamoto Y, Kota Y, Yamanaka T, Tanaka M, Kondoh H, Furutani-Seiki M. Mutations affecting early distribution of primordial germ cells in Medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryo. Mech Dev 2005; 121:817-28. [PMID: 15210188 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2004] [Revised: 03/19/2004] [Accepted: 03/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The development of germ cells has been intensively studied in Medaka (Oryzias latipes). We have undertaken a large-scale screen to identify mutations affecting the development of primordial germ cells (PGCs) in Medaka. Embryos derived from mutagenized founder fish were screened for an abnormal distribution or number of PGCs at embryonic stage 27 by RNA in situ hybridization for the Medaka vasa homologue (olvas). At this stage, PGCs coalesce into two bilateral vasa-expressing foci in the ventrolateral regions of the trunk after their migration and group organization. Nineteen mutations were identified from a screen corresponding to 450 mutagenized haploid genomes. Eleven of the mutations caused altered PGC distribution. Most of these alterations were associated with morphological abnormalities and could be grouped into four phenotypic classes: Class 1, PGCs dispersed into bilateral lines; Class 2, PGCs dispersed in a region more medial than that in Class 1; Class 3, PGCs scattered laterally and over the yolk sac area; and Class 4, PGCs clustered in a single median focus. Eight mutations caused a decrease in the number of PGCs. This decrease was observed in the offspring of heterozygous mothers, indicating the contribution of a maternal factor in determining PGC abundance. Taken together, these mutations should prove useful in identifying molecular mechanisms underlying the early PGC development and migration.
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- Takao Sasado
- Japan Science and Technology Agency, ERATO Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, Kondoh Research Group, Kinki-chihou Hatsumei Center Building, Yoshida-Kawaramachi 14, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8305, Japan
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Yoda H, Hirose Y, Yasuoka A, Sasado T, Morinaga C, Deguchi T, Henrich T, Iwanami N, Watanabe T, Osakada M, Kunimatsu S, Wittbrodt J, Suwa H, Niwa K, Okamoto Y, Yamanaka T, Kondoh H, Furutani-Seiki M. Mutations affecting retinotectal axonal pathfinding in Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mech Dev 2005; 121:715-28. [PMID: 15210179 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2004] [Revised: 03/17/2004] [Accepted: 03/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We screened for mutations affecting retinotectal axonal projection in Medaka, Oryzias latipes. In wild-type Medaka embryos, all the axons of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) project to the contralateral tectum, such that the topological relationship of the retinal field is maintained. We labeled RGC axons using DiI/DiO at the nasodorsal and temporoventral positions of the retina, and screened for mutations affecting the pattern of stereotypic projections to the tectum. By screening 184 mutagenized haploid genomes, seven mutations in five genes causing defects in axonal pathfinding were identified, whereas mutations affecting the topographic projection of RGC axons were not found. The mutants were grouped into two classes according to their phenotypes. In mutants of Class I, a subpopulation of the RGC axons branched out either immediately after leaving the eye or after reaching the midline, and this axonal subpopulation projected to the ipsilateral tectum. In mutants of Class II, subpopulations of RGC axons branched out after crossing the midline and projected aberrantly. These mutants will provide clues to understanding the functions of genes essential for axonal pathfinding, which may be conserved or partly divergent among vertebrates.
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- Hiroki Yoda
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Henrich T, Ramialison M, Segerdell E, Westerfield M, Furutani-Seiki M, Wittbrodt J, Kondoh H. GSD: a genetic screen database. Mech Dev 2005; 121:959-63. [PMID: 15210199 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 02/23/2004] [Accepted: 02/25/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The systematic assignment of gene function to a sequenced genome is one of the outstanding challenges in the post-genomic era. Large-scale systematic mutagenesis screens are important tools for reaching this goal. Here we describe GSD, a software package that allows storage and integration of data from genetic screens. GSD was initially developed for a large-scale F3 mutagenesis screen for developmental mutants of medaka (Oryzias latipes). The version presented here supports a wide range of different screens (mutagenesis, RNAi, morpholinos, transgenesis and others) using different organisms. Data are stored in a relational database and can be made accessible through web interfaces. Researchers can enter data describing their screened embryos: They can track statistics, submit images and describe the resulting phenotypes using a phenotype classification ontology. We developed a fish phenotype classification ontology of medaka and zebrafish for this software package and made it available to the public. In addition, a list of genetic lines resulting from each screen can be generated. These lines (mutant alleles, transgenic lines) can be described and categorized in the same ways as the screened individuals. Raw data from the screen can be integrated to describe these lines. A query module that searches this list can be used to publish the screen results on the Internet. A test version is available at and the software can be downloaded from this site.
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- Thorsten Henrich
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory-Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Hinton DE, Kullman SW, Hardman RC, Volz DC, Chen PJ, Carney M, Bencic DC. Resolving mechanisms of toxicity while pursuing ecotoxicological relevance? MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2005; 51:635-48. [PMID: 16154600 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In this age of modern biology, aquatic toxicological research has pursued mechanisms of action of toxicants. This has provided potential tools for ecotoxicologic investigations. However, problems of biocomplexity and issues at higher levels of biological organization remain a challenge. In the 1980s and 1990s and continuing to a lesser extent today, organisms residing in highly contaminated field sites or exposed in the laboratory to calibrated concentrations of individual compounds were carefully analyzed for their responses to priority pollutants. Correlation of biochemical and structural analyses in cultured cells and tissues, as well as the in vivo exposures led to the production and application of biomarkers of exposure and effect and to our awareness of genotoxicity and its chronic manifestations, such as neoplasms, in wild fishes. To gain acceptance of these findings in the greater environmental toxicology community, "validation of the model" versus other, better-established often rodent models, was necessary and became a major focus. Resultant biomarkers were applied to heavily contaminated and reference field sites as part of effects assessment and with investigations following large-scale disasters such as oil spills or industrial accidents. Over the past 15 years, in the laboratory, small aquarium fish models such as medaka (Oryzias latipes), zebrafish (Danio rerio), platyfish (Xiphophorus species), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), and sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) were increasingly used establishing mechanisms of toxicants. Today, the same organisms provide reliable information at higher levels of biological organization relevant to ecotoxicology. We review studies resolving mechanisms of toxicity and discuss ways to address biocomplexity, mixtures of contaminants, and the need to relate individual level responses to populations and communities.
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- David E Hinton
- Laboratory of Molecular Aquatic Toxicology, Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University Durham, NC 277-8-0328, USA.
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Bajoghli B, Aghaallaei N, Heimbucher T, Czerny T. An artificial promoter construct for heat-inducible misexpression during fish embryogenesis. Dev Biol 2004; 271:416-30. [PMID: 15223344 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2004] [Revised: 04/13/2004] [Accepted: 04/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Beside spatial distribution, timing of gene expression is a key parameter controlling gene function during embryonic development. Gain-of-function experiments can therefore have quite opposing results, depending on the time of gene activation. Induction techniques are necessary to control timing in these experiments from outside of the organism. Natural heat shock promoters constitute a simple inducible misexpression system, the main disadvantage is a high background level of expression. We present here a new heat stress-inducible bidirectional promoter consisting of multimerized heat shock elements (HSE). The simplified architecture of this promoter largely improves the properties needed for an efficient induction system: dramatically reduced background activity, improved inducibility, and loss of all tissue specific components. Based on this new artificial promoter, we present a transient induction system for fish embryos. Application of this new induction system for Fgf8 misexpression during embryonic development reveals different windows of competence during eye development. A dramatic early phenotype resulting in loss of the eyes is observed for conventional mRNA injection. Later activation, by using our inducible promoter, uncovers different eye phenotypes like cyclopic eyes. Even after 14 days, an efficient heat stress response could be evoked in the injected embryos. The HSE promoter therefore represents a new artificial heat shock promoter with superior properties, making possible transient experiments with inducible misexpression at various stages of development.
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- Baubak Bajoghli
- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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Cresko WA, Yan YL, Baltrus DA, Amores A, Singer A, Rodríguez-Marí A, Postlethwait JH. Genome duplication, subfunction partitioning, and lineage divergence: Sox9 in stickleback and zebrafish. Dev Dyn 2004; 228:480-9. [PMID: 14579386 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Teleosts are the most species-rich group of vertebrates, and a genome duplication (tetraploidization) event in ray-fin fish appears to have preceded this remarkable explosion of biodiversity. What is the relationship of the ray-fin genome duplication to the teleost radiation? Genome duplication may have facilitated lineage divergence by partitioning different ancestral gene subfunctions among co-orthologs of tetrapod genes in different teleost lineages. To test this hypothesis, we investigated gene expression patterns for Sox9 gene duplicates in stickleback and zebrafish, teleosts whose lineages diverged early in Euteleost evolution. Most expression domains appear to have been partitioned between Sox9a and Sox9b before the divergence of stickleback and zebrafish lineages, but some ancestral expression domains were distributed differentially in each lineage. We conclude that some gene subfunctions, as represented by lineage-specific expression domains, may have assorted differently in separate lineages and that these may have contributed to lineage diversification during teleost evolution.
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- William A Cresko
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1254, USA
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Aizawa K, Mitani H, Kogure N, Shimada A, Hirose Y, Sasado T, Morinaga C, Yasuoka A, Yoda H, Watanabe T, Iwanami N, Kunimatsu S, Osakada M, Suwa H, Niwa K, Deguchi T, Hennrich T, Todo T, Shima A, Kondoh H, Furutani-Seiki M. Identification of radiation-sensitive mutants in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mech Dev 2004; 121:895-902. [PMID: 15210194 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2003] [Revised: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 04/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We screened populations of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-mutagenized Medaka, (Oryzias latipes) for radiation-sensitive mutants to investigate the mechanism of genome stability induced by ionizing radiation in developing embryos. F3 embryos derived from male founders that were homozygous for induced the mutations were irradiated with gamma-rays at the organogenesis stage (48hpf) at a dose that did not cause malformation in wild-type embryos. We screened 2130 F2 pairs and identified three types of mutants with high incidence of radiation-induced curly tailed (ric) malformations using a low dose of irradiation. The homozygous strain from one of these mutants, ric1, which is highly fertile and easy to breed, was established and characterized related to gamma-irradiation response. The ric1 strain also showed higher incidence of malformation and lower hatchability compared to the wild-type CAB strain after gamma-irradiation at the morula and pre-early gastrula stages. We found that the decrease in hatching success after gamma-irradiation, depends on the maternal genotype at the ric1 locus. Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxy-UTP nick end-labeling assays showed a high frequency of apoptosis in the ric1 embryos immediately after gamma-irradiation at the pre-early gastrula stage but apoptotic cells were not observed before midblastula transition (MBT). The neutral comet assay revealed that the ric1 mutant has a defect in the rapid repair of DNA double-strand breaks induced by gamma-rays. These results suggest that RIC1 is involved in the DNA double strand break repair in embryos from morula to organogenesis stages, and unrepaired DNA double strand breaks in ric1 trigger apoptosis after MBT. These results support the use of the ric1 strain for investigating various biological consequences of DNA double strand breaks in vivo and for sensitive monitoring of genotoxicity related to low dose radiation.
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- Kouichi Aizawa
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-no-ha 5-1-5, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8572, Japan
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Ohtsuka M, Kikuchi N, Yokoi H, Kinoshita M, Wakamatsu Y, Ozato K, Takeda H, Inoko H, Kimura M. Possible roles of zic1 and zic4, identified within the medaka Double anal fin (Da) locus, in dorsoventral patterning of the trunk-tail region (related to phenotypes of the Da mutant). Mech Dev 2004; 121:873-82. [PMID: 15210192 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2003] [Revised: 03/26/2004] [Accepted: 04/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Double anal fin (Da) is a spontaneous medaka mutant that exhibits an unique ventralizing phenotype, a mirror-image duplication across the lateral midline in the dorsal trunk-tail region. In the mutant, early D-V specification appears normal but the altered phenotype becomes evident during late embryogenesis. In this study, we genetically specified the mutation to a 174-kb region harboring two zinc-finger type transcription factors, zic1 and zic4, and compared the genomic structures of this region between wild-type and Da mutant fish. No mutation was found in the coding regions of either gene of the mutant, while two fragments, 324 bp and 3-4 kb long, were found inserted downstream of zic1 and zic4, respectively. Probably as a result of this, the expression of both genes is lost in the derivatives of the dorsal (epaxial) somite and the region dorsal to the terminal axis bending. All these tissues are morphologically affected or become ventralized in the mutants. In contrast, the expression in the head region and dorsal spinal cord remained unchanged. Detailed characterization of Da phenotypes revealed a novel defect in the axial skeleton (spina bifida occulta) that was also found in zic1-deficient mice. Finally, zic1-morpholino injection partially phenocopied early Da phenotypes. These findings strongly suggest that zic1 and/or zic4 are required for dorsal identity in the trunk-tail region and that loss of their expression in the epaxial somite derivatives and tail region causes the Da phenotypes.
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- Masato Ohtsuka
- Division of Basic Molecular Science and Molecular Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193, Japan.
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Loosli F, Del Bene F, Quiring R, Rembold M, Martinez-Morales JR, Carl M, Grabher C, Iquel C, Krone A, Wittbrodt B, Winkler S, Sasado T, Morinaga C, Suwa H, Niwa K, Henrich T, Deguchi T, Hirose Y, Iwanami N, Kunimatsu S, Osakada M, Watanabe T, Yasuoka A, Yoda H, Winkler C, Elmasri H, Kondoh H, Furutani-Seiki M, Wittbrodt J. Mutations affecting retina development in Medaka. Mech Dev 2004; 121:703-14. [PMID: 15210178 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 02/20/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2004] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In a large scale mutagenesis screen of Medaka we identified 60 recessive zygotic mutations that affect retina development. Based on the onset and type of phenotypic abnormalities, the mutants were grouped into five categories: the first includes 11 mutants that are affected in neural plate and optic vesicle formation. The second group comprises 15 mutants that are impaired in optic vesicle growth. The third group includes 18 mutants that are affected in optic cup development. The fourth group contains 13 mutants with defects in retinal differentiation. 12 of these have smaller eyes, whereas one mutation results in enlarged eyes. The fifth group consists of three mutants with defects in retinal pigmentation. The collection of mutants will be used to address the molecular genetic mechanisms underlying vertebrate eye formation.
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- Felix Loosli
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Tanaka K, Ohisa S, Orihara N, Sakaguchi S, Horie K, Hibiya K, Konno S, Miyake A, Setiamarga D, Takeda H, Imai Y, Kudo A. Characterization of mutations affecting embryonic hematopoiesis in the medaka, Oryzias latipes. Mech Dev 2004; 121:739-46. [PMID: 15210181 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2003] [Revised: 03/29/2004] [Accepted: 04/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In a genetic screen for mutations affecting organogenesis in the medaka, Oryzias latipes, we identified eight mutants with defects in embryonic hematopoiesis. These mutations were classified into seven complementation groups. In this paper, we characterize the five mutants that were confirmed in the next generation. The beni fuji mutant was defective in the generation of blood cells, exhibiting reduced blood cells at the initiation of circulation. Mutations in two genes, lady finger and ryogyoku, caused abnormal morphology of blood cells, i.e., deformation, along with a progressive decrease in the number of blood cells. The sekirei mutant exhibited photosensitivity with autofluorescent blood cells. Mutations in kyoho resulted in huge blood cells that were approximately three times longer than the wild-type blood cells. The spectrum of phenotypes identified in this study is similar to that of the zebrafish hematopoietic mutants except for the huge blood cells in kyoho. Our results demonstrate that medaka, as well as zebrafish, is a useful model to study hematopoiesis.
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- Kimiko Tanaka
- Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Rembold M, Wittbrodt J. In vivo time-lapse imaging in medaka – n-heptanol blocks contractile rhythmical movements. Mech Dev 2004; 121:965-70. [PMID: 15210200 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2003] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Medaka is an ideal model system for developmental studies as it combines the advantages of powerful genetics and classical embryology. Due to the accessibility, transparency and fast development, embryogenesis and morphogenesis can be followed in vivo. Microscopic time-lapse imaging, however, requires the immobilization of the object to be observed. In medaka rhythmical contractile movements of the blastoderm during early development hampered time-lapse studies, as they cause the embryo to rotate vividly. Here we show that the contractile movements can be reduced by continuous treatment with the gap-junction uncoupling agent n-heptanol up to the 12-somite stage (stage 23) without interfering with development. This allows for the first time to perform high-resolution time-lapse studies in medaka.
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- Martina Rembold
- Developmental Biology Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Shiraishi E, Imazato H, Yamamoto T, Yokoi H, Abe SI, Kitano T. Identification of two teleost homologs of the Drosophila sex determination factor, transformer-2 in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Mech Dev 2004; 121:991-6. [PMID: 15210204 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2004] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 04/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Transformer-2 (Tra2), an RNA-binding protein, is an important regulator in Drosophila sex determination. In vertebrates, however, the role of Tra2 homologues is not known. We identified two teleost homologues of Tra2, which we named Tra2a and Tra2b, in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Furthermore, we demonstrated that both Tra2 mRNAs were predominantly expressed in germ cells of both sexes before the onset of sex differentiation, suggesting that both Tra2 homologues might be involved in the sex differentiation in medaka.
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- Eri Shiraishi
- Department of Materials and Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
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Naruse K, Hori H, Shimizu N, Kohara Y, Takeda H. Medaka genomics: a bridge between mutant phenotype and gene function. Mech Dev 2004; 121:619-28. [PMID: 15210171 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2004] [Revised: 03/05/2004] [Accepted: 05/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent advances in medaka genetics have proven that the medakafish is an excellent model system for developmental and evolutionary biology studies and that it can complement similar studies in zebrafish. Large-scale mutagenesis projects are now being conducted by several groups in Japan and are delivering a vastly expanded pool of medaka mutant stocks. This growing availability of genomic resources will greatly accelerate progress in moving from mutant phenotypes to the elucidation of gene function. This phenotype-driven approach can be expected to lead to the identification and characterization of novel genes and pathways in vertebrate genomes. This review discusses the current state of medaka genomic resources, the state of medaka gene mapping and medaka genome sequencing projects.
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- Kiyoshi Naruse
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Naruse K, Tanaka M, Mita K, Shima A, Postlethwait J, Mitani H. A medaka gene map: the trace of ancestral vertebrate proto-chromosomes revealed by comparative gene mapping. Genome Res 2004; 14:820-8. [PMID: 15078856 PMCID: PMC479108 DOI: 10.1101/gr.2004004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 221] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The mapping of Hox clusters and many duplicated genes in zebrafish indicated an extra whole-genome duplication in ray-fined fish. However, to reconstruct the preduplication chromosomes (proto-chromosomes), the comparative genomic studies of more distantly related teleosts are essential. Medaka and zebrafish are ideal for this purpose, because their lineages separated from their last common ancestor approximately 140 million years ago. To reconstruct ancient vertebrate chromosomes, including the chromosomes of the vertebrate ancestor of humans from 450 million years ago, we mapped 818 genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) on a single meiotic backcross panel obtained from inbred strains of the medaka, Oryzias latipes. Comparisons of linkage relationships of orthologous genes among three species of vertebrates (medaka, zebrafish, and human) indicate the number and content of the chromosomes of the last common ancestor of ray-fined fish and lobe-fined fish (including humans), and the extra whole genome duplication event in the ray-fin lineage occurred in the common ancestor of perhaps all teleosts.
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- Kiyoshi Naruse
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Geldziler B, Kadandale P, Singson A. Molecular genetic approaches to studying fertilization in model systems. Reproduction 2004; 127:409-16. [PMID: 15047931 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In a wide range of experimental systems, a variety of both forward and reverse genetic approaches are becoming available for the study of the molecules involved in fertilization. An integration of these methods with the antibody-based and biochemical studies traditionally used in fertilization research is enabling rapid advancements in our understanding of this process. We highlight some of the recent advances resulting from these genetic methods and their applications in these systems.
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- Brian Geldziler
- Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Martinez-Morales JR, Naruse K, Mitani H, Shima A, Wittbrodt J. Rapid chromosomal assignment of medaka mutants by bulked segregant analysis. Gene 2004; 329:159-65. [PMID: 15033538 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2003] [Revised: 12/18/2003] [Accepted: 12/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Genetic screens in medaka are leading to the identification of an increasing number of unique mutant phenotypes. However, so far only a few genes responsible for these phenotypes have been characterized. Furthermore, no protocols using a systematic positional cloning strategy have been developed to determine the implicated genes. The PCR-based bulked segregant analysis is a fast and reliable tool to accomplish the initial steps of the positional cloning of a mutation. Here we describe the selection of a panel of genetic markers that, evenly distributed over the 24 chromosomes of medaka, provide a full coverage of the compact medaka genome (800 Mb) when used in bulked segregant analysis. The reference panel, which consists of 48 EST-derived markers, is anchored to a collection of more than 2000 polymorphic markers, thus facilitating a rapid transition from chromosomal assignment to fine mapping of the mutants. More importantly, since most of the genetic screens have been performed in the inbred Cab strain (derived from the Southern population), the selection of markers included in this panel was intended to optimize the recognition of polymorphisms between Cab and the polymorphic inbred mapping strain Kaga. Here we present a reliable mapping panel, confirmed both by the assignment of the locus responsible for the medaka mutation eyeless/Rx3 to chromosome 12, and by the analysis of its resolution power using representative markers.
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Schartl M, Nanda I, Kondo M, Schmid M, Asakawa S, Sasaki T, Shimizu N, Henrich T, Wittbrodt J, Furutani-Seiki M, Kondoh H, Himmelbauer H, Hong Y, Koga A, Nonaka M, Mitani H, Shima A. Current status of medaka genetics and genomics. The Medaka Genome Initiative (MGI). Methods Cell Biol 2004; 77:173-99. [PMID: 15602912 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(04)77010-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Manfred Schartl
- Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Inoue K, Takei Y. Asian medaka fishes offer new models for studying mechanisms of seawater adaptation. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2003; 136:635-45. [PMID: 14662290 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(03)00204-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a freshwater (FW) teleost that is popular throughout the world for laboratory use. In this paper, we discuss the utility of Japanese medaka and related species for studying mechanisms of seawater (SW) adaptation. In addition to general advantages as an experimental animal such as their daily spawning activity, transparency of embryos, short generation time and established transgenic techniques, Japanese medaka have some adaptability to SW unlike the strictly stenohaline zebrafish (Danio rerio). Since other species in the genus Oryzias exhibit different degrees of adaptability to SW, comparative studies between Japanese medaka, where molecular-biological and genetic information is abundant, and other Oryzias species are expected to present varying approaches to solving the problems of SW adaptation. We introduce some examples of interspecies comparison for SW adaptabilities both in adult fish and in embryos. Oryzias species are good models for evolutionary, ecological and zoogeographical studies and a relationship between SW adaptability and geographic distribution has been suggested. Medaka fishes may thus deliver new insights into our understanding of how fish have expanded their distribution to a wide variety of osmotic environments.
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- Koji Inoue
- Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan.
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Loosli F, Staub W, Finger-Baier KC, Ober EA, Verkade H, Wittbrodt J, Baier H. Loss of eyes in zebrafish caused by mutation of chokh/rx3. EMBO Rep 2003; 4:894-9. [PMID: 12947416 PMCID: PMC1326357 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2003] [Revised: 07/14/2003] [Accepted: 07/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The vertebrate eye forms by specification of the retina anlage and subsequent morphogenesis of the optic vesicles, from which the neural retina differentiates. chokh (chk) mutant zebrafish lack eyes from the earliest stages in development. Marker gene analysis indicates that retinal fate is specified normally, but optic vesicle evagination and neuronal differentiation are blocked. We show that the chk gene encodes the homeodomain-containing transcription factor, Rx3. Loss of Rx3 function in another teleost,medaka, has also been shown to result in an eyeless phenotype. The medaka rx3 locus can fully rescue the zebrafish mutant phenotype. We provide evidence that the regulation of rx3 is evolutionarily conserved, whereas the downstream cascade contains significant differences in gene regulation. Thus, these mutations in orthologous genes allow us to study the evolution of vertebrate eye development at the molecular level.
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- Felix Loosli
- Developmental Biology Programme, European
Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, PO Box
10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg,
Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Programs in Genetics,
Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, 513 Parnassus Avenue,
University of California, San Francisco, California
94143 0444, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Programs in Genetics,
Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, 513 Parnassus Avenue,
University of California, San Francisco, California
94143 0444, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Programs in Genetics,
Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, 513 Parnassus Avenue,
University of California, San Francisco, California
94143 0444, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Programs in Genetics,
Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, 513 Parnassus Avenue,
University of California, San Francisco, California
94143 0444, USA
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- Developmental Biology Programme, European
Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, PO Box
10.2209, 69012 Heidelberg,
Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Programs in Genetics,
Human Genetics, Neuroscience, and Developmental Biology, 513 Parnassus Avenue,
University of California, San Francisco, California
94143 0444, USA
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Shima A, Himmelbauer H, Mitani H, Furutani-Seiki M, Wittbrodt J, Schartl M. Fish genomes flying. Symposium on Medaka Genomics. EMBO Rep 2003; 4:121-5. [PMID: 12612598 PMCID: PMC1315840 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2002] [Accepted: 12/23/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Symposium on Medaka Genomics
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- Akihiro Shima
- University of Tokyo, School of Science, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City 277-8562, Japan
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Tokyo, School of Science, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa City 277-8562, Japan
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Programme, Meyrhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany
- Tel: +49 6221 387 576; Fax: +49 6221 387 166;
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- University of Würzburg, Biocenter, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Lee JS, Chang SY, Kim IC, Han MS, Lee YS, Lee YS. Teratogenic effects of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) on larvae of the self-fertilizing fish Rivulus marmoratus (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae). TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 2002; 22:363-7. [PMID: 12210499 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.10031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We showed that N-Ethyl-N-Nitrosourea (ENU) induces teratogenesis in larvae of the self-fertilizing fish Rivulus marmoratus. We discuss this and the issue of carcinogenesis caused by ENU.
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- Jae-Seong Lee
- Department of Environmental Science, Graduate School, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
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Müller F, Blader P, Strähle U. Search for enhancers: teleost models in comparative genomic and transgenic analysis of cis regulatory elements. Bioessays 2002; 24:564-72. [PMID: 12111739 DOI: 10.1002/bies.10096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Homology searches between DNA sequences of evolutionary distant species (phylogenetic footprinting) offer a fast detection method for regulatory sequences. Because of the small size of their genomes, tetraodontid species such as the Japanese pufferfish and green spotted pufferfish have become attractive models for comparative genomics. A disadvantage of the tetraodontid species is, however, that they cannot be bred and manipulated routinely under laboratory conditions, so these species are less attractive for developmental and genetic analysis. In contrast, an increasing arsenal of transgene techniques with the developmental model species zebrafish and medaka are being used for functional analysis of cis regulatory sequences. The main disadvantage is the much larger genome. While comparison between many loci proved the suitability of phylogenetic footprinting using fish and mammalian sequences, fast rate of change in enhancer structure and gene duplication within teleosts may obscure detection of homologies. Here we discuss the contribution and potentials provided by different teleost models for the detection and functional analysis of conserved cis-regulatory elements.
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- Ferenc Müller
- Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Research Center Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Genome sequencing has yielded a plethora of new genes the function of which can be unravelled through comparative genomic approaches. Increasingly, developmental biologists are turning to fish as model genetic systems because they are amenable to studies of gene function. Zebrafish has already secured its place as a model vertebrate and now its Far Eastern cousin--medaka--is emerging as an important model fish, because of recent additions to the genetic toolkit available for this organism. Already, the popularity of medaka among developmental biologists has led to important insights into vertebrate development.
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- Joachim Wittbrodt
- Developmental Biology Programme, EMBL-Heidelberg, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69012 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Wakamatsu Y, Pristyazhnyuk S, Kinoshita M, Tanaka M, Ozato K. The see-through medaka: a fish model that is transparent throughout life. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:10046-50. [PMID: 11526229 PMCID: PMC56912 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.181204298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The see-through medaka is a vertebrate model with a transparent body in the adult stage, as well as during the embryonic stages, that was generated from a small laboratory fish, medaka (Oryzias latipes). In this fish model, most of the pigments are genetically removed from the entire body by a combination of recessive alleles at four loci. The main internal organs, namely, heart, spleen, blood vessels, liver, gut, gonads, kidney, brain, spinal cord, lens, air bladder, and gills, in living adult fish are visible to the naked eye or with a simple stereoscopic microscope. This fish is healthy and fertile. A transgenic see-through medaka was produced by using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene fused to the regulatory regions of the medaka vasa gene, in which germ cell-specific expression of GFP was visualized. The fluorescent tag also efficiently improved visibility of gonadal tissues. The process of oocyte maturation in the ovary was monitored by repeated observations from the outside of the body during one spawning cycle in the same living females of the transgenic see-through stock. The see-through medaka will provide an opportunity for noninvasive studies of morphological and molecular events that occur in internal organs in the later stages of life.
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- Y Wakamatsu
- Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Stocks, Bioscience Center, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
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