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Sun S, Zhang L, Li X, Zang L, Huang L, Zeng J, Cao Z, Liao X, Zhong Z, Lu H, Chen J. Hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid, a perfluorooctanoic acid alternative, induces cardiovascular toxicity in zebrafish embryos. J Environ Sci (China) 2024; 139:460-472. [PMID: 38105069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2023.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
As an increasingly used alternative to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), hexafluoropropylene oxide trimer acid (HFPO-TA) has been widely detected in global water environments. However, little is known regarding its toxic effects on cardiovascular development. Here, zebrafish embryos were treated with egg water containing 0, 60, 120, or 240 mg/L HFPO-TA. Results showed that HFPO-TA treatment led to a significant reduction in both larval survival percentage and heart rate. Furthermore, HFPO-TA exposure caused severe pericardial edema and elongation of the sinus venous to bulbus arteriosus distance (SV-BA) in Tg (myl7: GFP) transgenic larvae, disrupting the expression of genes involved in heart development and thus causing abnormal heart looping. Obvious sprouting angiogenesis was observed in the 120 and 240 mg/L exposed Tg (fli: GFP) transgenic larvae. HFPO-TA treatment also impacted the mRNA levels of genes involved in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) pathway and embryonic vascular development. HFPO-TA exposure significantly decreased erythrocyte number in Tg (gata1: DsRed) transgenic embryos and influenced gene expression associated with the heme metabolism pathway. HFPO-TA also induced oxidative stress and altered the transcriptional levels of genes related to cell cycle and apoptosis, inhibiting cell proliferation while promoting apoptosis. Therefore, HFPO-TA exposure may induce abnormal development of the cardiovascular and hematopoietic systems in zebrafish embryos, suggesting it may not be a suitable or safe alternative for PFOA.
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- Sujie Sun
- Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-like Intelligence, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Organs, Center for Clinical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China; Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-like Intelligence, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Organs, Center for Clinical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China; Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-like Intelligence, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Interventional and Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Organs, Center for Clinical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Organs, Center for Clinical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China
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- Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-like Intelligence, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China
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- Jiangxi Engineering Laboratory of Zebrafish Modeling and Drug Screening for Human Diseases, Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Developmental Biology of Organs, Center for Clinical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital of Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 343009, China.
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- Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-like Intelligence, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Department of Pediatrics, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China.
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Noël ES. Cardiac construction-Recent advances in morphological and transcriptional modeling of early heart development. Curr Top Dev Biol 2024; 156:121-156. [PMID: 38556421 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2024.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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During human embryonic development the early establishment of a functional heart is vital to support the growing fetus. However, forming the embryonic heart is an extremely complex process, requiring spatiotemporally controlled cell specification and differentiation, tissue organization, and coordination of cardiac function. These complexities, in concert with the early and rapid development of the embryonic heart, mean that understanding the intricate interplay between these processes that help shape the early heart remains highly challenging. In this review I focus on recent insights from animal models that have shed new light on the earliest stages of heart development. This includes specification and organization of cardiac progenitors, cell and tissue movements that make and shape the early heart tube, and the initiation of the first beat in the developing heart. In addition I highlight relevant in vitro models that could support translation of findings from animal models to human heart development. Finally I discuss challenges that are being addressed in the field, along with future considerations that together may help move us towards a deeper understanding of how our hearts are made.
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- Emily S Noël
- School of Biosciences and Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Gonzalez V, Grant MG, Suzuki M, Christophers B, Rowland Williams J, Burdine RD. Cooperation between Nodal and FGF signals regulates zebrafish cardiac cell migration and heart morphogenesis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.05.574380. [PMID: 38260277 PMCID: PMC10802409 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.05.574380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Asymmetric vertebrate heart development is driven by an intricate sequence of morphogenetic cell movements, the coordination of which requires precise interpretation of signaling cues by heart primordia. Here we show that Nodal functions cooperatively with FGF during heart tube formation and asymmetric placement. Both pathways act as migratory stimuli for cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), but FGF is dispensable for directing heart tube asymmetry, which is governed by Nodal. We further find that Nodal controls CPC migration by inducing left-right asymmetries in the formation of actin-based protrusions in CPCs. Additionally, we define a developmental window in which FGF signals are required for proper heart looping and show cooperativity between FGF and Nodal in this process. We present evidence FGF may promote heart looping through addition of the secondary heart field. Finally, we demonstrate that loss of FGF signaling affects proper development of the atrioventricular canal (AVC), which likely contributes to abnormal chamber morphologies in FGF-deficient hearts. Together, our data shed insight into how the spatiotemporal dynamics of signaling cues regulate the cellular behaviors underlying organ morphogenesis.
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- Vanessa Gonzalez
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08544
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08544
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- Amphibian Research Center, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, 739-8526
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08544
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08544
- Current affiliation: National Institute for Student Success, at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 08544
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Jernvall J, Di-Poï N, Mikkola ML, Kratochwil CF. Toward a universal measure of robustness across model organs and systems. Evol Dev 2023; 25:410-417. [PMID: 37070415 DOI: 10.1111/ede.12436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The development of an individual must be capable of resisting the harmful effects of internal and external perturbations. This capacity, called robustness, can make the difference between normal variation and disease. Some systems and organs are more resilient in their capacity to correct the effects of internal disturbances such as mutations. Similarly, organs and organisms differ in their capacity to be resilient against external disturbances, such as changes in temperature. Furthermore, all developmental systems must be somewhat flexible to permit evolutionary change, and understanding robustness requires a comparative framework. Over the last decades, most research on developmental robustness has been focusing on specific model systems and organs. Hence, we lack tools that would allow cross-species and cross-organ comparisons. Here, we emphasize the need for a uniform framework to experimentally test and quantify robustness across study systems and suggest that the analysis of fluctuating asymmetry might be a powerful proxy to do so. Such a comparative framework will ultimately help to resolve why and how organs of the same and different species differ in their sensitivity to internal (e.g., mutations) and external (e.g., temperature) perturbations and at what level of biological organization buffering capacities exist and therefore create robustness of the developmental system.
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- Jukka Jernvall
- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Silva P, Atukorallaya D. Characterising the Effect of Wnt/β-Catenin Signalling on Melanocyte Development and Patterning: Insights from Zebrafish ( Danio rerio). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10692. [PMID: 37445870 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a well-established model organism for studying melanocyte biology due to its remarkable similarity to humans. The Wnt signalling pathway is a conserved signal transduction pathway that plays a crucial role in embryonic development and regulates many aspects of the melanocyte lineage. Our study was designed to investigate the effect of Wnt signalling activity on zebrafish melanocyte development and patterning. Stereo-microscopic examinations were used to screen for changes in melanocyte count, specific phenotypic differences, and distribution in zebrafish, while microscopic software tools were used to analyse the differences in pigment dispersion of melanocytes exposed to LiCl (Wnt enhancer) and W-C59 (Wnt inhibitor). Samples exposed to W-C59 showed low melanocyte densities and defects in melanocyte phenotype and patterning, whereas LiCl exposure demonstrated a stimulatory effect on most aspects of melanocyte development. Our study demonstrates the crucial role of Wnt signalling in melanocyte lineage and emphasises the importance of a balanced Wnt signalling level for proper melanocyte development and patterning.
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- Praneeth Silva
- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2, Canada
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- Department of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2, Canada
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Mishra-Gorur K, Barak T, Kaulen LD, Henegariu O, Jin SC, Aguilera SM, Yalbir E, Goles G, Nishimura S, Miyagishima D, Djenoune L, Altinok S, Rai DK, Viviano S, Prendergast A, Zerillo C, Ozcan K, Baran B, Sencar L, Goc N, Yarman Y, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Bilguvar K, Lifton RP, Moliterno J, Louvi A, Yuan S, Deniz E, Brueckner M, Gunel M. Pleiotropic role of TRAF7 in skull-base meningiomas and congenital heart disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2214997120. [PMID: 37043537 PMCID: PMC10120005 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2214997120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
Abstract
While somatic variants of TRAF7 (Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 7) underlie anterior skull-base meningiomas, here we report the inherited mutations of TRAF7 that cause congenital heart defects. We show that TRAF7 mutants operate in a dominant manner, inhibiting protein function via heterodimerization with wild-type protein. Further, the shared genetics of the two disparate pathologies can be traced to the common origin of forebrain meninges and cardiac outflow tract from the TRAF7-expressing neural crest. Somatic and inherited mutations disrupt TRAF7-IFT57 interactions leading to cilia degradation. TRAF7-mutant meningioma primary cultures lack cilia, and TRAF7 knockdown causes cardiac, craniofacial, and ciliary defects in Xenopus and zebrafish, suggesting a mechanistic convergence for TRAF7-driven meningiomas and developmental heart defects.
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- Ketu Mishra-Gorur
- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02129
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Yale Cardiovascular Research Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY10065
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Yale Program in Brain Tumor Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02129
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Yale Program in Brain Tumor Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT06510
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Eve A. Transitions in development - an interview with Daniel Grimes. Development 2023; 150:286254. [PMID: 36602141 DOI: 10.1242/dev.201513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Daniel Grimes is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon, USA, and a recipient of the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of General Medical Sciences) MIRA Outstanding Research Award. His lab studies the consequences of ciliary mutations including left-right patterning defects and scoliosis, primarily in zebrafish. We spoke to Daniel over Zoom to hear more about his career path, his experience of becoming a group leader and the influence of Jurassic Park.
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Forrest K, Barricella AC, Pohar SA, Hinman AM, Amack JD. Understanding laterality disorders and the left-right organizer: Insights from zebrafish. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1035513. [PMID: 36619867 PMCID: PMC9816872 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1035513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Vital internal organs display a left-right (LR) asymmetric arrangement that is established during embryonic development. Disruption of this LR asymmetry-or laterality-can result in congenital organ malformations. Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a complete concordant reversal of internal organs that results in a low occurrence of clinical consequences. Situs ambiguous, which gives rise to Heterotaxy syndrome (HTX), is characterized by discordant development and arrangement of organs that is associated with a wide range of birth defects. The leading cause of health problems in HTX patients is a congenital heart malformation. Mutations identified in patients with laterality disorders implicate motile cilia in establishing LR asymmetry. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying SIT and HTX are not fully understood. In several vertebrates, including mouse, frog and zebrafish, motile cilia located in a "left-right organizer" (LRO) trigger conserved signaling pathways that guide asymmetric organ development. Perturbation of LRO formation and/or function in animal models recapitulates organ malformations observed in SIT and HTX patients. This provides an opportunity to use these models to investigate the embryological origins of laterality disorders. The zebrafish embryo has emerged as an important model for investigating the earliest steps of LRO development. Here, we discuss clinical characteristics of human laterality disorders, and highlight experimental results from zebrafish that provide insights into LRO biology and advance our understanding of human laterality disorders.
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- Kadeen Forrest
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
- BioInspired Syracuse: Institute for Material and Living Systems, Syracuse, NY, United States
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Leslie JS, Hjeij R, Vivante A, Bearce EA, Dyer L, Wang J, Rawlins L, Kennedy J, Ubeyratna N, Fasham J, Irons ZH, Craig SB, Koenig J, George S, Pode-Shakked B, Bolkier Y, Barel O, Mane S, Frederiksen KK, Wenger O, Scott E, Cross HE, Lorentzen E, Norris DP, Anikster Y, Omran H, Grimes DT, Crosby AH, Baple EL. Biallelic DAW1 variants cause a motile ciliopathy characterized by laterality defects and subtle ciliary beating abnormalities. Genet Med 2022; 24:2249-2261. [PMID: 36074124 PMCID: PMC10584193 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE The clinical spectrum of motile ciliopathies includes laterality defects, hydrocephalus, and infertility as well as primary ciliary dyskinesia when impaired mucociliary clearance results in otosinopulmonary disease. Importantly, approximately 30% of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia lack a genetic diagnosis. METHODS Clinical, genomic, biochemical, and functional studies were performed alongside in vivo modeling of DAW1 variants. RESULTS In this study, we identified biallelic DAW1 variants associated with laterality defects and respiratory symptoms compatible with motile cilia dysfunction. In early mouse embryos, we showed that Daw1 expression is limited to distal, motile ciliated cells of the node, consistent with a role in left-right patterning. daw1 mutant zebrafish exhibited reduced cilia motility and left-right patterning defects, including cardiac looping abnormalities. Importantly, these defects were rescued by wild-type, but not mutant daw1, gene expression. In addition, pathogenic DAW1 missense variants displayed reduced protein stability, whereas DAW1 loss-of-function was associated with distal type 2 outer dynein arm assembly defects involving axonemal respiratory cilia proteins, explaining the reduced cilia-induced fluid flow in particle tracking velocimetry experiments. CONCLUSION Our data define biallelic DAW1 variants as a cause of human motile ciliopathy and determine that the disease mechanism involves motile cilia dysfunction, explaining the ciliary beating defects observed in affected individuals.
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- Joseph S Leslie
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Pediatrics B and Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom; Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom; Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Metabolic Disease Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Pediatric Heart Institute, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; The Genomic Unit, Sheba Cancer Research Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel; Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- New Leaf Center Clinic for Special Children, Mt Eaton, OH
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- New Leaf Center Clinic for Special Children, Mt Eaton, OH
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Arizona College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- MRC Harwell Institute, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Metabolic Disease Unit, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel; Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, RILD Wellcome Wolfson Centre, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom; Peninsula Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom.
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Nodal signaling regulates asymmetric cellular behaviors, driving clockwise rotation of the heart tube in zebrafish. Commun Biol 2022; 5:996. [PMID: 36131094 PMCID: PMC9492702 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03826-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Clockwise rotation of the primitive heart tube, a process regulated by restricted left-sided Nodal signaling, is the first morphological manifestation of left-right asymmetry. How Nodal regulates cell behaviors to drive asymmetric morphogenesis remains poorly understood. Here, using high-resolution live imaging of zebrafish embryos, we simultaneously visualized cellular dynamics underlying early heart morphogenesis and resulting changes in tissue shape, to identify two key cell behaviors: cell rearrangement and cell shape change, which convert initially flat heart primordia into a tube through convergent extension. Interestingly, left cells were more active in these behaviors than right cells, driving more rapid convergence of the left primordium, and thereby rotating the heart tube. Loss of Nodal signaling abolished the asymmetric cell behaviors as well as the asymmetric convergence of the left and right heart primordia. Collectively, our results demonstrate that Nodal signaling regulates the magnitude of morphological changes by acting on basic cellular behaviors underlying heart tube formation, driving asymmetric deformation and rotation of the heart tube.
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Gauvrit S, Bossaer J, Lee J, Collins MM. Modeling Human Cardiac Arrhythmias: Insights from Zebrafish. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2022; 9:jcdd9010013. [PMID: 35050223 PMCID: PMC8779270 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heart rhythm, is associated with morbidity and mortality and is described as one of the most important future public health challenges. Therefore, developing new models of cardiac arrhythmia is critical for understanding disease mechanisms, determining genetic underpinnings, and developing new therapeutic strategies. In the last few decades, the zebrafish has emerged as an attractive model to reproduce in vivo human cardiac pathologies, including arrhythmias. Here, we highlight the contribution of zebrafish to the field and discuss the available cardiac arrhythmia models. Further, we outline techniques to assess potential heart rhythm defects in larval and adult zebrafish. As genetic tools in zebrafish continue to bloom, this model will be crucial for functional genomics studies and to develop personalized anti-arrhythmic therapies.
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Tessadori F, Tsingos E, Colizzi ES, Kruse F, van den Brink SC, van den Boogaard M, Christoffels VM, Merks RM, Bakkers J. Twisting of the zebrafish heart tube during cardiac looping is a tbx5-dependent and tissue-intrinsic process. eLife 2021; 10:61733. [PMID: 34372968 PMCID: PMC8354640 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Organ laterality refers to the left-right asymmetry in disposition and conformation of internal organs and is established during embryogenesis. The heart is the first organ to display visible left-right asymmetries through its left-sided positioning and rightward looping. Here, we present a new zebrafish loss-of-function allele for tbx5a, which displays defective rightward cardiac looping morphogenesis. By mapping individual cardiomyocyte behavior during cardiac looping, we establish that ventricular and atrial cardiomyocytes rearrange in distinct directions. As a consequence, the cardiac chambers twist around the atrioventricular canal resulting in torsion of the heart tube, which is compromised in tbx5a mutants. Pharmacological treatment and ex vivo culture establishes that the cardiac twisting depends on intrinsic mechanisms and is independent from cardiac growth. Furthermore, genetic experiments indicate that looping requires proper tissue patterning. We conclude that cardiac looping involves twisting of the chambers around the atrioventricular canal, which requires correct tissue patterning by Tbx5a.
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- Federico Tessadori
- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.,Origins Center, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.,Origins Center, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.,Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Division of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Hallab JC, Nim HT, Stolper J, Chahal G, Waylen L, Bolk F, Elliott DA, Porrello E, Ramialison M. Towards spatio-temporally resolved developmental cardiac gene regulatory networks in zebrafish. Brief Funct Genomics 2021:elab030. [PMID: 34170300 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elab030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Heart formation in the zebrafish involves a rapid, complex series of morphogenetic events in three-dimensional space that spans cardiac lineage specification through to chamber formation and maturation. This process is tightly orchestrated by a cardiac gene regulatory network (GRN), which ensures the precise spatio-temporal deployment of genes critical for heart formation. Alterations of the timing or spatial localisation of gene expression can have a significant impact in cardiac ontogeny and may lead to heart malformations. Hence, a better understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of congenital heart disease relies on understanding the behaviour of cardiac GRNs with precise spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we review the recent technical advances that have expanded our capacity to interrogate the cardiac GRN in zebrafish. In particular, we focus on studies utilising high-throughput technologies to systematically dissect gene expression patterns, both temporally and spatially during heart development.
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute and Systems Biology Institute Australia, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Smith KA, Uribe V. Getting to the Heart of Left-Right Asymmetry: Contributions from the Zebrafish Model. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:64. [PMID: 34199828 PMCID: PMC8230053 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8060064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The heart is laterally asymmetric. Not only is it positioned on the left side of the body but the organ itself is asymmetric. This patterning occurs across scales: at the organism level, through left-right axis patterning; at the organ level, where the heart itself exhibits left-right asymmetry; at the cellular level, where gene expression, deposition of matrix and proteins and cell behaviour are asymmetric; and at the molecular level, with chirality of molecules. Defective left-right patterning has dire consequences on multiple organs; however, mortality and morbidity arising from disrupted laterality is usually attributed to complex cardiac defects, bringing into focus the particulars of left-right patterning of the heart. Laterality defects impact how the heart integrates and connects with neighbouring organs, but the anatomy of the heart is also affected because of its asymmetry. Genetic studies have demonstrated that cardiac asymmetry is influenced by left-right axis patterning and yet the heart also possesses intrinsic laterality, reinforcing the patterning of this organ. These inputs into cardiac patterning are established at the very onset of left-right patterning (formation of the left-right organiser) and continue through propagation of left-right signals across animal axes, asymmetric differentiation of the cardiac fields, lateralised tube formation and asymmetric looping morphogenesis. In this review, we will discuss how left-right asymmetry is established and how that influences subsequent asymmetric development of the early embryonic heart. In keeping with the theme of this issue, we will focus on advancements made through studies using the zebrafish model and describe how its use has contributed considerable knowledge to our understanding of the patterning of the heart.
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- Kelly A. Smith
- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia;
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Chowdhury MAU, Raslan AA, Lee E, Eum J, Hwang BJ, Kwon SH, Kee Y. Histopathological assessment of laterality defects in zebrafish development. Anim Cells Syst (Seoul) 2021; 25:136-145. [PMID: 34262656 PMCID: PMC8253201 DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2021.1931443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Laterality defects during embryonic development underlie the aetiology of various clinical symptoms of neuropathological and cardiovascular disorders; however, experimental approaches to understand the underlying mechanisms are limited due to the complex organ systems of vertebrate models. Zebrafish have the ability to survive even when the heart stops beating for a while during early embryonic development and those adults with cardiac abnormalities. Therefore, we induced laterality defects and investigated the occurrence of situs solitus, situs inversus, and situs ambiguus in zebrafish development. Histopathological analysis revealed heterotaxy in both embryos and juvenile fish. Additionally, randomization of left-right asymmetry of the brain and heart in individual zebrafish embryos under artificial experimental pressure further demonstrated the advantage of transparent zebrafish embryos as an experimental tool to select or reduce the embryos with laterality defects during early embryonic development for long-term studies, including behavioural and cognitive neuroscience investigations.
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- Md Ashraf Uddin Chowdhury
- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Chittagong, Chattogram, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Bioscience, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Seoul Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biomedical Convergence, College of Biomedical Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Kemmler CL, Riemslagh FW, Moran HR, Mosimann C. From Stripes to a Beating Heart: Early Cardiac Development in Zebrafish. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2021; 8:17. [PMID: 33578943 PMCID: PMC7916704 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd8020017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The heart is the first functional organ to form during vertebrate development. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of human birth defect, many originating as anomalies in early heart development. The zebrafish model provides an accessible vertebrate system to study early heart morphogenesis and to gain new insights into the mechanisms of congenital disease. Although composed of only two chambers compared with the four-chambered mammalian heart, the zebrafish heart integrates the core processes and cellular lineages central to cardiac development across vertebrates. The rapid, translucent development of zebrafish is amenable to in vivo imaging and genetic lineage tracing techniques, providing versatile tools to study heart field migration and myocardial progenitor addition and differentiation. Combining transgenic reporters with rapid genome engineering via CRISPR-Cas9 allows for functional testing of candidate genes associated with congenital heart defects and the discovery of molecular causes leading to observed phenotypes. Here, we summarize key insights gained through zebrafish studies into the early patterning of uncommitted lateral plate mesoderm into cardiac progenitors and their regulation. We review the central genetic mechanisms, available tools, and approaches for modeling congenital heart anomalies in the zebrafish as a representative vertebrate model.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; (C.L.K.); (F.W.R.); (H.R.M.)
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