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Turner KJ, Hawkins TA, Henriques PM, Valdivia LE, Bianco IH, Wilson SW, Folgueira M. A Structural Atlas of the Developing Zebrafish Telencephalon Based on Spatially-Restricted Transgene Expression. Front Neuroanat 2022; 16:840924. [PMID: 35721460 PMCID: PMC9198225 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2022.840924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Zebrafish telencephalon acquires an everted morphology by a two-step process that occurs from 1 to 5 days post-fertilization (dpf). Little is known about how this process affects the positioning of discrete telencephalic cell populations, hindering our understanding of how eversion impacts telencephalic structural organization. In this study, we characterize the neurochemistry, cycle state and morphology of an EGFP positive (+) cell population in the telencephalon of Et(gata2:EGFP)bi105 transgenic fish during eversion and up to 20dpf. We map the transgene insertion to the early-growth-response-gene-3 (egr3) locus and show that EGFP expression recapitulates endogenous egr3 expression throughout much of the pallial telencephalon. Using the gata2:EGFPbi105 transgene, in combination with other well-characterized transgenes and structural markers, we track the development of various cell populations in the zebrafish telencephalon as it undergoes the morphological changes underlying eversion. These datasets were registered to reference brains to form an atlas of telencephalic development at key stages of the eversion process (1dpf, 2dpf, and 5dpf) and compared to expression in adulthood. Finally, we registered gata2:EGFPbi105 expression to the Zebrafish Brain Browser 6dpf reference brain (ZBB, see Marquart et al., 2015, 2017; Tabor et al., 2019), to allow comparison of this expression pattern with anatomical data already in ZBB.
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- Katherine J. Turner
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Integrative Biology, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
- Escuela de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Stephen W. Wilson,
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Neurover Group, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Facultade de Ciencias, Department of Biology, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
- Mónica Folgueira,
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Saito E, Isogai S, Deguchi T, Ishida K, Nozaki T, Ishiyama E, Wayama M, Shimoda H. Intraperitoneal dye injection method for visualizing the functioning lymphatic vascular system in zebrafish and medaka. Dev Dyn 2020; 249:679-692. [PMID: 31837055 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 11/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
A hierarchically organized lymphatic vascular system extends throughout the vertebrate body for tissue fluid homeostasis, immune trafficking, and the absorption of dietary fats. Intralymphatic dye injection and serial sectioning have been the main tools for visualizing lymphatic vessels. Specific markers for identifying the lymphatic vasculature in zebrafish and medaka have appeared as new tools that enable the study of lymphangiogenesis using genetic and experimental manipulation. Transgenic fishes have become excellent organisms for visualizing the lymphatic vasculature in living embryos, but this method has limited usefulness, especially in later developmental stages. The functional lymphatic endothelium predominantly takes up foreign particles in zebrafish and medaka. We utilized this physiological activity and lymph flow to label lymphatic vessels. Intraperitoneal injection of trypan blue is useful for temporal observations of the lymphatic ducts, which are essential for large-scale genetic screening, while cinnabar (HgS) injection allows identification of the lymphatic endothelium under electron microscopy, avoiding artefactual damage. This injection method, which is not high in cost and does not require high skill or special devices, is applicable to any live fish with functioning lymphatic vessels, even mutants, with high reproducibility for visualizing the entire lymphatic vascular system.
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- Erina Saito
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Cell Biology and Histology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan
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- Department of Anatomical Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan
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- Advanced Genome Design Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Osaka, Japan
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- Technical Support Center for Life Science Research (LSR), Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Technical Support Center for Life Science Research (LSR), Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Technical Support Center for Life Science Research (LSR), Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
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- Metrology and Analysis System Product Division, Nano-Technology Solution Business Group, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuroanatomy, Cell Biology and Histology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan.,Department of Anatomical Science, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan
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Induced androgenetic development in rainbow trout and transcriptome analysis of irradiated eggs. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8084. [PMID: 31147623 PMCID: PMC6542805 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44568-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ionizing radiation is administered to damage nuclear genome in fish eggs during induced androgenesis. In this study, we examined whether 350 Gy of X-ray applied to damage chromosomes in the rainbow trout eggs affects maternal RNA. Shortly after irradiation, we did not find any symptoms of RNA degradation in the treated eggs. Significant (p < 0.01) differences between non-irradiated and irradiated eggs concerned only a few transcripts including increased expression of immediate early response 2 (IER2) and early growth response 1 (EGR1) genes observed in the irradiated eggs. Both genes belong to the group of “immediate early genes” that respond quickly to the diverse extracellular stimuli. Elevated expression of these genes was accompanied by decreased level of ssa-miR-10b-5p and ssa-miR-21b-5p (p < 0.05), for which IER2 and EGR1 are target genes. The level of RNA in the fertilized irradiated eggs was highly significantly lower than in the non-irradiated eggs (p < 0.001) and in the unfertilized irradiated eggs (p < 0.0001). However, transcriptome profiles of fertilized non-irradiated eggs and fertilized irradiated eggs did not differ significantly. Thus, we assume that reduced abundance of mRNA in the fertilized irradiated eggs was associated with post-translational degradation and clearance of the maternal transcripts rather than from the irradiation of eggs.
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Kawasaki T, Kurauchi K, Higashihata A, Deguchi T, Ishikawa Y, Yamauchi M, Sasanuma M, Hori H, Tsutsumi M, Wakamatsu Y, Yuba S, Kinoshita M. Transgenic medaka fish which mimic the endogenous expression of neuronal kinesin, KIF5A. Brain Res 2012; 1480:12-21. [PMID: 22975131 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.08.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intracellular transport is spatiotemporally controlled by microtubule-dependent motor proteins, including kinesins. In order to elucidate the mechanisms controlling kinesin expression, it is important to analyze their genomic regulatory regions. In this study, we cloned the neuronal tissue-specific kinesin in medaka fish and generated transgenic fish which mimic endogenous neuronal kinesin expression in order to elucidate the mechanisms which regulate kinesin expression. Searches for medaka neuronal orthologues by RT-PCR identified a candidate gene expressed only in neuronal tissues. Using BAC clones, we determined the cDNA sequence and the gene structure of the candidate neuronal kinesin. Evolutionary analysis indicated that the candidate gene encoded medaka KIF5Aa. The endogenous medaka orthologue was found to be expressed only in the nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord, while expression of KIF5Ab was not exclusive to neuronal tissues. Transgenic (Tg) medaka that expressed EGFP under the control of the 6.9 kbp 5' and 1.9kbp 3' flanking regions of the KIF5Aa gene showed characteristic expression throughout the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, olfactory pit, eye and cranial nerve. Immunohistological analysis showed that EGFP expression in Tg fish co-localized with expression of HuC/D, a neuronal marker. These results demonstrate that the 6.9 kbp 5' and 1.9 kbp 3' flanking regions of medaka KIF5Aa have neuronal-specific promoter activity mimicking endogenous expression of medaka KIF5Ab. This transgenic fish strain will be useful for further functional analysis of the effects of these regulatory regions on gene expression.
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- Takashi Kawasaki
- Health Research Institute, National institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nakoji, Amagasaki 661-0974, Japan
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Deguchi T, Fujimori KE, Kawasaki T, Maruyama K, Yuba S. In vivo visualization of the lymphatic vessels in pFLT4-EGFP transgenic medaka. Genesis 2012; 50:625-34. [PMID: 22334443 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Feline McDonough Sarcoma (FMS)-like tyrosine kinase 4 (FLT4) is a marker for lymphatic vessels and some high endothelial venules in human adult tissues. We generated a transgenic medaka fish in which the lymphatic vessels and some blood vessels are visible in vivo by transferring the promoter of medaka flt4 driving the expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) using a see-through medaka line. To do this, we identified and cloned medaka flt4 and generated a construct in which the promoter was the 4-kb region upstream of the translation initiation site. The fluorescent signal of EGFP could be observed with little background, and the expression pattern correlated well with that of flt4 determined by whole-mount RNA in situ hybridization. Because a see-through medaka line is transparent until adult, the model is useful for visualizing the lymphatic vessels not only in embryo and fry but also in adult. This model will be a useful tool for analyzing lymphatic development.
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- Tomonori Deguchi
- Health Research Institute (HRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan.
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