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Study of Developmental
Biology using Zebrafish
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Major advantages of zebrafish as a vertebrate model
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Natural habitats of zebrafish
still water (currents, 0 m–sec to 0.1 m–sec) at 27°C to 34°C and pH 7.9–8.2; widths of water bodies ranged from 1 to 12 m, and depths ranged from 16 to 57 cm; water was relatively clear (transparent to 35 cm).5-6 months for sexual maturation.
Engeszer RE, et al. Zebrafish, 4:21-40, 2007
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1. Rapid development
=28d human embryo
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Movie of Zebrafish Embryogenesis
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2. High reproductivity
A few hundreds of eggs per femaleLaying weaklyControllable laying timeExternal fertilization and developmentTransparent embryos for easy observation
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3. Small size and easy raising
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4. Well-developed genetic and embryonic technologies
Mutagenesis
Transgenesis
Parthenogenesis and androgenesis
Lineage tracing
Cell transplantation
Nuclear transplantation
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Major Research DirectionsGastrulation/embryonic inductionSegmentation/circadian rhythmicityNeural patterning and neurobiology: AP patterning, brain development, eye, axonal guidance, neurodegeneration, behavior,and etc. Organogenesis: heart, liver, pancreas, blood, vasculature, gonads, fin, and etc.Cell convergency and extensionGerm cells: specification, migrationDisease models: cancers, DiGeorgesyndrome, Bardet-Biedl syndrome, and etc.Toxicity estimationEvolution
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MutagenesisCloning of novel genes functioning in a developmental pathwayDemonstration of interactions between genesStarting materials for microarry, proteomics, drug screening, and etc.Animal models for human diseases
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Chemical mutagenesis, e.g., N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)Insertional mutagenesis, e.g., DNA microinjection, proviral insertion, and transposon insertionPhysical mutagenesis, e.g., X-ray and r-ray
Approaches for creating mutants
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Mutagenesis with N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)
H3C-CH2-N-C-NH2=
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Alkylating agentSites of action: O6 guanine
O4 thymineN3 adeninePO4
Large-scale mutagenesis
Identification of important genes
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DNA Lesions after ENU treatment
Mutation E.coli Drosophila Big Blue Mousemouse germline
A.T - T.A 1% 13% 33% 41%A.T - G.C 18% 13% 7% 42%G.C - A.T 74% 67% 38% 7%G.C - C.G 1% 3% 3% 5%A.T - C.G 3% 3% 3% 2%G.C - T.A 1% 3% 11% 2%Other 3% 0% 5% 1%(small deletion)
In zebrafish, 1-3 mutations per gene can be obtained per 1000 mutagenized genomes
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Steps for identifying recessive mutantsWT
WT
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Present status of ENU mutagenesis
It is widely used to obtain new mutationsTissue- or pathway-specific mutagenesis using transgenic materialsGene-specific mutagenesisIdentify mutants with peculiar defects, e.g., sight, circadian rhythm, and behavior
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New tool: Targeted mutagenesis
Cecelia Moens, Fred Huthinson Cancer Research Center, WU, Tilligen, Inc.
Weinholds E et al. Science, 297:99-102, 2002
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Retroviral insertional mutagenesis
Single-copy insertion;
High integration efficiency;
Easy cloning of mutant genes
600 mutants have been generated and
300 mutant genes have been identified
(as said on July 2004)
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正常胚胎 突变胚胎 X 基因 病毒基因组 完整的 X 基因使胚胎正常发育 X 基因被病毒基因组破坏后胚胎异常发育
Retroviral insertion
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(A) Ten-week-old wild-type (top) vs. dominant mutant hiD862 with long fins. (B) Wild-type (left) vs. bubble brain at day 2. (Arrowhead) Region of enlarged ventricle in mutants. (C) Wild-type (top) vs. two no knack mutant embryos at day 4. (D) Nineweek-old wild-type (top) vs. a nearly normal sibling, one of ∼10% of the homozygotes that survived. (E) Wild-type (top) vs. hi37 mutant at day 4.
Long fin
reduced circulation, edema around heart, bent body, jaw does not form
Enlarged ventricle
Small size Apart eyes, looped heart
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(F)Wild-type (top) vs. hi43 at day 5. (Arrowhead) Liver that is abnormal in the mutant. (G) Closer view of wild-type (top) vs. hi43 liver region. (H) Wild-type (top) vs. hi63 mutant at day 3. (I) Wild-type (left) vs. hi96 mutant embryo at day 4. (Arrowhead) Unusual edema with pooled blood around eye. Edema around body of mutant is also visible. (J) Wild-type (left) vs. bleached blond mutant at day 4. (K) Closer view of eyes of bleached blond at day 4 showing mottled appearance.
Abnormal liver and swim bladder small head
No pigmentEdema around eyes
Mottled eyes
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Transgenesis
Microinjection of linearized plasmid DNA
Infection with recombinant retrovirus
Promoter/enhancers Test cDNA pA
1-10% transgenic rate; Inducible systems available
15-50% transgenic rate
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Examples of transgenic fish
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GAL4/UAS Inducible
Transgenic System
GAL4 expressing line
UAS target gene line
Avoid embryonic lethalitySpatiotemporal control of expression
Scheer N, Campos-Ortega JA. Mech. Dev., 80 (1999) 153–158
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New tool: Transposon-based transgenesis/Gene trapping
Tol2 transposon was found in medaka
High transgenic efficiency (>50%)Identify genes expressing in a tissue-specific mannerProvide tissue-specific markersCreate mutants
Kawakami K, et al. Dev Cell. 2004 Jul;7(1):133-144
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New tool: In vitro cultured sperms for transgenesis
Easy handlingTransgenic rate: 5%
Kurita K, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2004 Feb 3;101(5):1263-1267
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Uses of transgenic fish
Dissection of cis-regulatory elements
In vivo anatomy/ongenesis of organs
Isolation of tissue-specific cells
Mutagenization of specific pathways
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Cell fate mapping of early blastomeres by single-cell injection
Injecting dye into one cell of 8-cell embryo
Observing distribution of labeled cells at 24 hpf
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Cell fate mapping of late blastula by single-cell injection
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Study of cell fate by labeling and transplantation
Useful tool for addressing cell autonomous or nonautonomous
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Fate map of 8-cell stage zebrafish embryo
Anterior Posterior
Dorsal
Ventral
Left
Right
Strehlow D and Gilbert W. Nature, 361:451-453, 1993
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Fate map of 16-cell stage embryo
NOTO, notochord; HATCH, hatching gland; OLF, olfactory epithelium; TEL, elencephalon;BLOOD, blood; HEART, heart; MES, mesencephalon; RHOM,rhombencephalon; YOLK, epithelium over the yolk; NEPH,pronephric ducts; LLENS, left lens; RLENS, right lens; DFIN, epithelium over the dorsal fin region; VFIN, epithelium over theventral fin region; LRET, left retina; RRET, right retina; SPI, spine; HEAD, epithelium over the head region; ALSOM, muscle cells of the anterior left somites; ARSOM, muscle cells of the anterior right somites; DTRU, epithelium over the dorsal trunk; VTRU, epithelium over the ventral trunk; MLSOM, muscle cells of the middle leftsomites; MRSOM, muscle cells of the middle right somites; LOTO, left otocyst; LGILL, left primordial gill slits; PLSOM, muscle cells of the posterior left somites; PRSOM, muscle cells of the posteriorright somites; ROTO, right otocyst; RGILL, right primordial gill slits; LATRU, epithelium over the lateral trunk; Number of injections indicates the number of times each designated blastomere was injected. Total number of injections is 112.
Strehlow D, et al. Development,120:1791-8, 1994
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Fate map of zebrafish gastrulas
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dienmbhb
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Study of induction by transplantation
(A) Schematic representation of the operations. The labeled YC, from which the blastoderm had been removed, was transplanted on top of the animal-pole region of unlabeled embryos. (B–C) Induction of gsc expression by the transplanted normal YC. Four figures were obtained from the same specimen. (B) Ectopic gsc expression (arrowheads) was observed near the donor YSL of the YC. (C) After avidin-biotin peroxidase staining, ectopic expression (arrowheads) was observed in the unlabeled host cells.
Mizuno T et al. Mech. Dev., 81 (1999) 51–63
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Identification of tissue- or organ-specific genes
From easily dissectible tissues/organs, e.g., heart, fin, eyesFrom sorted cells with a label, e.g., in transgenic fishmRNA differential display or subtractive cloningScreen by whole-mount in situ hybridization
Thisse group, Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire du Developpement, INSERM U368, France, has analyzed 10,089 cDNAs and identified 2,605 cDNAs with a restricted expression pattern.
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Morpholino knockdown
Advantages:High specificityStableNon-toxic
DisadvantagesCostlyLow successful ratio
亚磷酸二酰胺键
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Block of translation with MO-antisense oligo
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Nasevicius A, Ekker SC. Nat Genet, 26(2):216-220, 2000.
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Splice morpholinos
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RNAi in zebrafish
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Antisense GFP probe
Antisense pouII probe
GFP mRNA GFP mRNA + dsGFP GFP mRNA + dspouII
pouII mRNA pouII mRNA + dsGFP pouII mRNA + dspouII
Long dsRNA causes nonspecific mRNA degradation
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Gene-specific mRNA degradation induced by siRNA
Not activate PKR/RNase L pathways.Applicable in invertebrates and vertebrates.High throughput screening.High cost for synthetic dsRNAVector-driven siRNA has not been available yet
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Cloning and gene knockout in zebrafish
Target construct
Cultured embryonic cells
transfection
selection
Nuclear transfer
Lee K et al. Nat. Biotechnol., Aug;20(8):795-9, 2002
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Generation of haploid individuals