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Wu Y, Wang Y, Tong Z, Xie W, Wang A, Song C, Yao W, Wang J. Pyraclostrobin induces developmental toxicity and cardiotoxicity through oxidative stress and inflammation in zebrafish embryos. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 358:124490. [PMID: 38960114 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Revised: 06/21/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
Abstract
Pyraclostrobin, a typical representative of strobilurin fungicides, is extensively used in agriculture to control fungi and is often detected in water bodies and food. However, the comprehensive toxicological molecular mechanism of pyraclostrobin requires further study. To assess the toxic effects and underlying mechanisms of pyraclostrobin on aquatic organisms, zebrafish embryos were exposed to pyraclostrobin (20, 40, and 60 μg/L) until 96 h post fertilization (hpf). These results indicated that exposure to pyraclostrobin induces morphological alterations, including spinal curvature, shortened body length, and smaller eyes. Furthermore, heart developmental malformations, such as pericardial edema and bradycardia, were observed. This indicated severe cardiotoxicity induced by pyraclostrobin in zebrafish embryos, which was confirmed by the dysregulation of genes related to heart development. Besides, our findings also demonstrated that pyraclostrobin enhanced the contents of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and malondialdehyde (MDA), up-regulated catalase (CAT) activity, but inhibited superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Subsequently, the NF-κb signaling pathway was further studied, and the results indicated that the up-regulation of tnf-α, tlr-4, and myd88 activated the NF-κb signaling pathway and up-regulated the relative expression level of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as cc-chemokine, ifn-γ, and cxcl-clc. Collectively, this study revealed that pyraclostrobin exposure induces developmental toxicity and cardiotoxicity, which may result from a combination of oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. These findings provide a basis for continued evaluation of the effects and ecological risks of pyraclostrobin on the early development of aquatic organisms.
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- Yuanzhao Wu
- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- Hangzhou Criminal Science and Technology Institute, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Agro-Food Processing, Fuli Institute of Food Science, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug Prevention and Control Technology of Zhejiang Province, The Department of Criminal Science and Technology, Zhejiang Police College, Hangzhou, 310051, Zhejiang, China.
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Li T, Aziz T, Li G, Zhang L, Yao J, Jia S. A zebrafish tufm mutant model for the COXPD4 syndrome of aberrant mitochondrial function. J Genet Genomics 2024; 51:922-933. [PMID: 38825039 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2024.05.009] [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: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is a critical factor leading to a wide range of clinically heterogeneous and often severe disorders due to its central role in generating cellular energy. Mutations in the TUFM gene are known to cause combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 4 (COXPD4), a rare mitochondrial disorder characterized by a comprehensive quantitative deficiency in mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) complexes. The development of a reliable animal model for COXPD4 is crucial for elucidating the roles and mechanisms of TUFM in disease pathogenesis and benefiting its medical management. In this study, we construct a zebrafish tufm-/- mutant that closely resembles the COXPD4 syndrome, exhibiting compromised mitochondrial protein translation, dysfunctional mitochondria with oxidative phosphorylation defects, and significant metabolic suppression of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Leveraging this COXPD4 zebrafish model, we comprehensively validate the clinical relevance of TUFM mutations and identify probucol as a promising therapeutic approach for managing COXPD4. Our data offer valuable insights for understanding mitochondrial diseases and developing effective treatments.
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- Ting Li
- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Baker CE, Marta AG, Zimmerman ND, Korade Z, Mathy NW, Wilton D, Simeone T, Kochvar A, Kramer KL, Stessman HAF, Shibata A. CPT2 Deficiency Modeled in Zebrafish: Abnormal Neural Development, Electrical Activity, Behavior, and Schizophrenia-Related Gene Expression. Biomolecules 2024; 14:914. [PMID: 39199302 PMCID: PMC11353230 DOI: 10.3390/biom14080914] [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: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024] Open
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Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 2 (CPT2) is an inner mitochondrial membrane protein of the carnitine shuttle and is involved in the beta-oxidation of long chain fatty acids. Beta-oxidation provides an alternative pathway of energy production during early development and starvation. CPT2 deficiency is a genetic disorder that we recently showed can be associated with schizophrenia. We hypothesize that CPT2 deficiency during early brain development causes transcriptional, structural, and functional abnormalities that may contribute to a CNS environment that is susceptible to the emergence of schizophrenia. To investigate the effect of CPT2 deficiency on early vertebrate development and brain function, CPT2 was knocked down in a zebrafish model system. CPT2 knockdown resulted in abnormal lipid utilization and deposition, reduction in body size, and abnormal brain development. Axonal projections, neurotransmitter synthesis, electrical hyperactivity, and swimming behavior were disrupted in CPT2 knockdown zebrafish. RT-qPCR analyses showed significant increases in the expression of schizophrenia-associated genes in CPT2 knockdown compared to control zebrafish. Taken together, these data demonstrate that zebrafish are a useful model for studying the importance of beta-oxidation for early vertebrate development and brain function. This study also presents novel findings linking CPT2 deficiency to the regulation of schizophrenia and neurodegenerative disease-associated genes.
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- Carly E. Baker
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (C.E.B.); (K.L.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68178, USA;
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (T.S.); (H.A.F.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (C.E.B.); (K.L.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (T.S.); (H.A.F.S.)
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- Department of Biology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA; (A.G.M.); (N.D.Z.); (N.W.M.); (D.W.); (A.K.)
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Azevedo RDSD, Falcão KVG, Almeida SMVD, Araújo MC, Silva-Filho RC, Souza Maia MBD, Amaral IPGD, Leite ACR, de Souza Bezerra R. The tissue-specific nature of physiological zebrafish mitochondrial bioenergetics. Mitochondrion 2024; 77:101901. [PMID: 38777222 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2024.101901] [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: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Zebrafish are a powerful tool to study a myriad of experimental conditions, including mitochondrial bioenergetics. Considering that mitochondria are different in many aspects depending on the tissue evaluated, in the zebrafish model there is still a lack of this investigation. Especially for juvenile zebrafish. In the present study, we examined whether different tissues from zebrafish juveniles show mitochondrial density- and tissue-specificity comparing brain, liver, heart, and skeletal muscle (SM). The liver and brain complex IV showed the highest O2 consumption of all ETC in all tissues (10x when compared to other respiratory complexes). The liver showed a higher potential for ROS generation. In this way, the brain and liver showed more susceptibility to O2- generation when compared to other tissues. Regarding Ca2+ transport, the brain showed greater capacity for Ca2+ uptake and the liver presented low Ca2+ uptake capacity. The liver and brain were more susceptible to producing NO. The enzymes SOD and Catalase showed high activity in the brain, whereas GPx showed higher activity in the liver and CS in the SM. TEM reveals, as expected, a physiological diverse mitochondrial morphology. The essential differences between zebrafish tissues investigated probably reflect how the mitochondria play a diverse role in systemic homeostasis. This feature may not be limited to normal metabolic functions but also to stress conditions. In summary, mitochondrial bioenergetics in zebrafish juvenile permeabilized tissues showed a tissue-specificity and a useful tool to investigate conditions of redox system imbalance, mainly in the liver and brain.
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- Rafael David Souto de Azevedo
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade de Pernambuco - UPE, Campus Garanhuns, Garanhuns, PE, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil
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Xiao R, Zhang L, Xin Z, Zhu J, Zhang Q, Zheng G, Chu S, Wu J, Zhang L, Wan Y, Chen X, Yuan W, Zhang Z, Zhu X, Fang X. Disruption of mitochondrial energy metabolism is a putative pathogenesis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia. iScience 2024; 27:109172. [PMID: 38414864 PMCID: PMC10897903 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 12/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Energy metabolism in the context of erythropoiesis and related diseases remains largely unexplored. Here, we developed a primary cell model by differentiating hematopoietic stem progenitor cells toward the erythroid lineage and suppressing the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway. OXPHOS suppression led to differentiation failure of erythroid progenitors and defects in ribosome biogenesis. Ran GTPase-activating protein 1 (RanGAP1) was identified as a target of mitochondrial OXPHOS for ribosomal defects during erythropoiesis. Overexpression of RanGAP1 largely alleviated erythroid defects resulting from OXPHOS suppression. Coenzyme Q10, an activator of OXPHOS, largely rescued erythroid defects and increased RanGAP1 expression. Patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) exhibited OXPHOS suppression and a concomitant suppression of ribosome biogenesis. RNA-seq analysis implied that the substantial mutation (approximately 10%) in OXPHOS genes accounts for OXPHOS suppression in these patients. Conclusively, OXPHOS disruption and the associated disruptive mitochondrial energy metabolism are linked to the pathogenesis of DBA.
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- Rudan Xiao
- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, P.R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, P.R. China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Genome and Precision Medicine Technologies, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China
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- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences & China National Center for Bioinformation, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
- Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, P.R. China
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Genome and Precision Medicine Technologies, Beijing 100101, P.R. China
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Yang D, Ko E, Lim H, Lee H, Kim K, Choi M, Shin S. Persistent Organic Pollutants released from decomposed adipose tissue affect mitochondrial enzyme function in the brain and eyes other than the liver. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:10648-10660. [PMID: 38198094 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31904-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that can accumulate in the human body, and particularly in adipose tissue. POPs can induce metabolic diseases via mitochondrial dysfunction and can also cause cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. Although the effects of POPs were studied by evaluating mitochondrial function, which is fundamental in investigating the etiologies of various metabolic diseases, the physiological impact of POPs released by the decomposition of fat in adipose tissue is barely understood. Therefore, to investigate the mitochondrial dysfunction caused by POPs released from adipose tissue to other organs, zebrafish were exposed to POPs and placed into four groups: control (C), obesity control (OC), obesity control with POPs (OP), and POP exposure with obesity and caloric restriction (OPR). Next, the activities of the mitochondrial respiratory complexes and the levels of ATP production, reactive oxygen species/reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), and antioxidants, such as glutathione and superoxide dismutase, were measured in the brain, eyes, and liver, as these are the major organs most susceptible to metabolic diseases. POPs released from adipose tissue showed a stronger effect than the direct effects of obesity and POPs on mitochondrial enzyme activity in the brain and eye. Released POPs increased mitochondrial complex I activity and decreased mitochondrial complex II activity compared with normal, obesity, and POP-treated conditions in the brain and eyes. However, the mitochondrial complexes' activities in the liver were affected more by obesity and POPs. In the liver, the mitochondrial enzyme activities of the OPR group seemed to recover to the control level, but it was slightly lowered in the OC and OP groups. Independently, the ROS/RNS and antioxidant levels were not affected by obesity, POPs, or the released POPs in the brain, eye, and liver. The results indicate that POPs stored in adipose tissue and released during fat decomposition did not affect oxidative stress but could affect mitochondrial respiratory enzymes in organ dependent manner. This study is meaningful in that it provides experimental evidence that stored POPs affect specific organs for prolonged periods and can be linked to various diseases in advance.
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- Dongshin Yang
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Bioenergy and Biomaterials Graduate School, College of Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
- Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Optometry, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-Ro, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
- Interdisciplinary Program of Bioenergy and Biomaterials Graduate School, College of Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
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Gropman AL, Uittenbogaard MN, Chiaramello AE. Challenges and opportunities to bridge translational to clinical research for personalized mitochondrial medicine. Neurotherapeutics 2024; 21:e00311. [PMID: 38266483 PMCID: PMC10903101 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2023.e00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Mitochondrial disorders are a group of rare and heterogeneous genetic diseases characterized by dysfunctional mitochondria leading to deficient adenosine triphosphate synthesis and chronic energy deficit in patients. The majority of these patients exhibit a wide range of phenotypic manifestations targeting several organ systems, making their clinical diagnosis and management challenging. Bridging translational to clinical research is crucial for improving the early diagnosis and prognosis of these intractable mitochondrial disorders and for discovering novel therapeutic drug candidates and modalities. This review provides the current state of clinical testing in mitochondrial disorders, discusses the challenges and opportunities for converting basic discoveries into clinical settings, explores the most suited patient-centric approaches to harness the extraordinary heterogeneity among patients affected by the same primary mitochondrial disorder, and describes the current outlook of clinical trials.
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- Andrea L Gropman
- Children's National Medical Center, Division of Neurogenetics and Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics, Washington, DC 20010, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Biswas S, Ghosh S, Maitra S. Role of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) in the regulation of mitochondrial bioenergetics in zebrafish oocytes: lessons from in vivo and in vitro investigations. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1202693. [PMID: 37457295 PMCID: PMC10347385 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1202693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Optimal mitochondrial functioning is indispensable for acquiring oocyte competence and meiotic maturation, whilst mitochondrial dysfunction may lead to diminished reproductive potential and impaired fertility. The role of the intra-ovarian IGF system in ovarian follicular dynamics has been implicated earlier. Although several studies have demonstrated the role of the IGF axis in facilitating mitochondrial function over a multitude of cell lines, its role in oocyte energy metabolism remains largely unexplored. Here using zebrafish, the relative importance of IGF1 in modulating oocyte mitochondrial bioenergetics has been investigated. A dramatic increase in ovarian lhcgr and igf1 expression accompanied heightened ATP levels and mitochondrial polarization in full-grown (FG) oocytes resuming meiotic maturation and ovulation in vivo. Concomitant with elevated igf1 expression and IGF1R phosphorylation, hCG (LH analog) stimulation of FG follicles in vitro prompted a sharp increase in NRF-1 and ATP levels, suggesting a positive influence of gonadotropin action on igf1 expression vis-à-vis oocyte bioenergetics. While recombinant IGF1 administration enhanced mitochondrial function, IGF1R immunodepletion or priming with PI3K inhibitor wortmannin could abrogate NRF-1 immunoreactivity, expression of respiratory chain subunits, ΔΨM, and ATP content. Mechanistically, activation of PI3K/Akt signaling in IGF1-treated follicles corroborated well with the rapid phosphorylation of GSK3β at Ser9 (inactive) followed by PGC-1β accumulation. While selective inhibition of GSK3β promoted PGC-1β, Akt inhibition could abrogate IGF1-induced p-GSK3β (Ser9) and PGC-1β immunoreactive protein indicating Akt-mediated GSK3β inactivation and PGC-1β stabilization. The IGF1-depleted follicles showed elevated superoxide anions, subdued steroidogenic potential, and attenuated G2-M1 transition. In summary, this study highlights the importance of IGF1 signaling in oocyte bioenergetics prior to resumption of meiosis.
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Petel Légaré V, Rampal CJ, Gurberg TJN, Aaltonen MJ, Janer A, Zinman L, Shoubridge EA, Armstrong GAB. Loss of mitochondrial Chchd10 or Chchd2 in zebrafish leads to an ALS-like phenotype and Complex I deficiency independent of the mitochondrial integrated stress response. Dev Neurobiol 2023; 83:54-69. [PMID: 36799027 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Mutations in CHCHD10 and CHCHD2, encoding two paralogous mitochondrial proteins, have been identified in cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Parkinson's disease. Their role in disease is unclear, though both have been linked to mitochondrial respiration and mitochondrial stress responses. Here, we investigated the biological roles of these proteins during vertebrate development using knockout (KO) models in zebrafish. We demonstrate that loss of either or both proteins leads to motor impairment, reduced survival and compromised neuromuscular junction integrity in larval zebrafish. Compensation by Chchd10 was observed in the chchd2-/- model, but not by Chchd2 in the chchd10-/- model. The assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain Complex I was impaired in chchd10-/- and chchd2-/- zebrafish larvae, but unexpectedly not in a double chchd10-/- and chchd2-/- model, suggesting that reduced mitochondrial Complex I cannot be solely responsible for the observed phenotypes, which are generally more severe in the double KO. We observed transcriptional activation markers of the mitochondrial integrated stress response (mt-ISR) in the double chchd10-/- and chchd2-/- KO model, suggesting that this pathway is involved in the restoration of Complex I assembly in our double KO model. The data presented here demonstrates that the Complex I assembly defect in our single KO models arises independently of the mt-ISR. Furthermore, this study provides evidence that both proteins are required for normal vertebrate development.
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- Virginie Petel Légaré
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Kalra J. Crosslink between mutations in mitochondrial genes and brain disorders: implications for mitochondrial-targeted therapeutic interventions. Neural Regen Res 2023. [PMID: 35799515 PMCID: PMC9241418 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.343884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022] Open
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Sabharwal A, Wishman MD, Cervera RL, Serres MR, Anderson JL, Holmberg SR, Kar B, Treichel AJ, Ichino N, Liu W, Yang J, Ding Y, Deng Y, Lacey JM, Laxen WJ, Loken PR, Oglesbee D, Farber SA, Clark KJ, Xu X, Ekker SC. Genetic therapy in a mitochondrial disease model suggests a critical role for liver dysfunction in mortality. eLife 2022; 11:e65488. [PMID: 36408801 PMCID: PMC9859037 DOI: 10.7554/elife.65488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The clinical and largely unpredictable heterogeneity of phenotypes in patients with mitochondrial disorders demonstrates the ongoing challenges in the understanding of this semi-autonomous organelle in biology and disease. Previously, we used the gene-breaking transposon to create 1200 transgenic zebrafish strains tagging protein-coding genes (Ichino et al., 2020), including the lrpprc locus. Here, we present and characterize a new genetic revertible animal model that recapitulates components of Leigh Syndrome French Canadian Type (LSFC), a mitochondrial disorder that includes diagnostic liver dysfunction. LSFC is caused by allelic variations in the LRPPRC gene, involved in mitochondrial mRNA polyadenylation and translation. lrpprc zebrafish homozygous mutants displayed biochemical and mitochondrial phenotypes similar to clinical manifestations observed in patients, including dysfunction in lipid homeostasis. We were able to rescue these phenotypes in the disease model using a liver-specific genetic model therapy, functionally demonstrating a previously under-recognized critical role for the liver in the pathophysiology of this disease.
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- Ankit Sabharwal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for ScienceBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution for ScienceBaltimoreUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of MedicineRochesterUnited States
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Meza-Buendia AK, Aparicio-Trejo OE, Díaz F, Caamal-Monsreal C, Pedraza-Chaverri J, Álvarez-Delgado C, Paschke K, Rosas C. High resolution respirometry of isolated mitochondria from adult Octopus maya (Class: Cephalopoda) systemic heart. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0273554. [PMID: 36037204 PMCID: PMC9423623 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitochondrial respirometry is key to understand how environmental factors model energetic cellular process. In the case of ectotherms, thermal tolerance has been hypothesized to be intimately linked with mitochondria capability to produce enough adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to respond to the energetic demands of animals in high temperatures. In a recent study made in Octopus maya was proposed the hypothesis postulating that high temperatures could restrain female reproduction due to the limited capacity of the animals’ heart to sustain oxygen flow to the body, affecting in this manner energy production in the rest of the organs, including the ovarium Meza-Buendia AK et al. (2021). Unfortunately, until now, no reports have shown temperature effects and other environmental variables on cephalopod mitochondria activity because of the lack of a method to evaluate mitochondrial respiratory parameters in those species’ groups. In this sense and for the first time, this study developed a method to obtain mitochondrial respirometry data of adult Octopus maya’s heart. This protocol illustrates a step-by-step procedure to get high yield and functional mitochondria of cephalopod heart and procedure for determining the corresponding respiratory parameters. The procedure described in this paper takes approximately 3 to 4 hours from isolation of intact mitochondria to measurement of mitochondrial oxygen consumption.
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- Ana Karen Meza-Buendia
- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología de Organismos Acuáticos, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, México
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- Departamento de Fisiopatología Cardio-Renal, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología “Ignacio Chávez”, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecofisiología de Organismos Acuáticos, Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Baja California, México
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Resilencia Costera LANRESC, CONACYT, Sisal, Mexico
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- Laboratorio F-315, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Innovación Biomédica, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California, Mexico
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- Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile
- Centro FONDAP de Investigación de AltasLatitudes (IDEAL), Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sisal, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Resilencia Costera LANRESC, CONACYT, Sisal, Mexico
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Sabharwal A, Campbell JM, Schwab TL, WareJoncas Z, Wishman MD, Ata H, Liu W, Ichino N, Hunter DE, Bergren JD, Urban MD, Urban RM, Holmberg SR, Kar B, Cook A, Ding Y, Xu X, Clark KJ, Ekker SC. A Primer Genetic Toolkit for Exploring Mitochondrial Biology and Disease Using Zebrafish. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:1317. [PMID: 35893052 PMCID: PMC9331066 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are a dynamic eukaryotic innovation that play diverse roles in biology and disease. The mitochondrial genome is remarkably conserved in all vertebrates, encoding the same 37-gene set and overall genomic structure, ranging from 16,596 base pairs (bp) in the teleost zebrafish (Danio rerio) to 16,569 bp in humans. Mitochondrial disorders are amongst the most prevalent inherited diseases, affecting roughly 1 in every 5000 individuals. Currently, few effective treatments exist for those with mitochondrial ailments, representing a major unmet patient need. Mitochondrial dysfunction is also a common component of a wide variety of other human illnesses, ranging from neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease to autoimmune illnesses such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The electron transport chain (ETC) component of mitochondria is critical for mitochondrial biology and defects can lead to many mitochondrial disease symptoms. Here, we present a publicly available collection of genetic mutants created in highly conserved, nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes in Danio rerio. The zebrafish system represents a potentially powerful new opportunity for the study of mitochondrial biology and disease due to the large number of orthologous genes shared with humans and the many advanced features of this model system, from genetics to imaging. This collection includes 15 mutant lines in 13 different genes created through locus-specific gene editing to induce frameshift or splice acceptor mutations, leading to predicted protein truncation during translation. Additionally, included are 11 lines created by the random insertion of the gene-breaking transposon (GBT) protein trap cassette. All these targeted mutant alleles truncate conserved domains of genes critical to the proper function of the ETC or genes that have been implicated in human mitochondrial disease. This collection is designed to accelerate the use of zebrafish to study many different aspects of mitochondrial function to widen our understanding of their role in biology and human disease.
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- Ankit Sabharwal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (A.S.); (J.M.C.); (T.L.S.); (Z.W.); (M.D.W.); (H.A.); (W.L.); (N.I.); (D.E.H.); (J.D.B.); (M.D.U.); (R.M.U.); (S.R.H.); (B.K.); (A.C.); (Y.D.); (X.X.); (K.J.C.)
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do Amaral MA, Paredes LC, Padovani BN, Mendonça-Gomes JM, Montes LF, Câmara NOS, Morales Fénero C. Mitochondrial connections with immune system in Zebrafish. FISH AND SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY REPORTS 2021; 2:100019. [PMID: 36420514 PMCID: PMC9680083 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsirep.2021.100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Mitochondria are organelles commonly associated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) formation through the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) process. However, mitochondria are also responsible for functions such as calcium homeostasis, apoptosis, autophagy, and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that, in conjunction, can lead to different cell fate decisions. Mitochondrial morphology changes rely on nutrients' availability and the bioenergetics demands of the cells, in a process known as mitochondrial dynamics, which includes both fusion and fission. This organelle senses the microenvironment and can modify the cells to either a pro or anti-inflammatory profile. The zebrafish has been increasingly used to research mitochondrial dynamics and its connection with the immune system since the pathways and molecules involved in these processes are conserved on this fish. Several genetic tools and technologies are currently available to analyze the behavior of mitochondria in zebrafish. However, even though zebrafish presents several similar processes known in mammals, the effect of the mitochondria in the immune system has not been so broadly studied in this model. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge in zebrafish studies regarding mitochondrial function and immuno metabolism.
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- Mariana Abrantes do Amaral
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Nephrology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil
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Ren B, Zhao T, Li Y, Liang H, Zhao Y, Chen H, Li L, Liang H. Enantioselective bioaccumulation and toxicity of the novel chiral antifungal agrochemical penthiopyrad in zebrafish (Danio rerio). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 228:113010. [PMID: 34826729 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.113010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides has been extensively used in agricultural production, which are not easily degrade in the environment and have various toxic effects on aquatic organisms. However, the toxic effects information to non-target organisms were mostly at the racemate level, which were poorly understood at the enantiomers level. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the enantioselective bioaccumulation behavior and toxic effects of penthiopyrad in zebrafish. Significant enantioselective bioaccumulation was observed when exposed to penthiopyrad at two dose levels: S-(+)-penthiopyrad was preferentially accumulated. Moreover, S-(+)-penthiopyrad caused oxidative stress in zebrafish liver. The results of real-time RT-PCR analyses revealed that exposure to penthiopyrad also enantioselectivity interfered with the expression of mitochondrial respiratory complexes, mtDNA synthesis, lipid metabolism and apoptosis-related genes. S-(+)-penthiopyrad significantly decreased most of the expression of the above gene, which showed higher toxic effects. We inferred that the toxicity mechanism of penthiopyrad was caused by lipid metabolism disorder and mitochondrial dysfunction in zebrafish, and further leads to apoptosis even DNA damage. This study provides more accurate data to investigate the environmental impact of penthiopyrad at the enantiomer level.
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- Bo Ren
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Waste Resource Reuse, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.
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Chen Q, Lian X, An J, Geng N, Zhang H, Challis JK, Luo Y, Liu Y, Su G, Xie Y, Li Y, Liu Z, Shen Y, Giesy JP, Gong Y. Life Cycle Exposure to Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Diphenyl Phosphate (DPhP) Inhibits Growth and Energy Metabolism of Zebrafish in a Sex-Specific Manner. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:13122-13131. [PMID: 34523920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c03948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Due to commercial uses and environmental degradation of aryl phosphate esters, diphenyl phosphate (DPhP) is frequently detected in environmental matrices and is thus of growing concern worldwide. However, information on potential adverse effects of chronic exposure to DPhP at environmentally realistic concentrations was lacking. Here, we investigated the effects of life cycle exposure to DPhP on zebrafish at environmentally relevant concentrations of 0.8, 3.9, or 35.6 μg/L and employed a dual-omics approach (metabolomics and transcriptomics) to characterize potential modes of action. Exposure to DPhP at 35.6 μg/L for 120 days resulted in significant reductions in body mass and length of male zebrafish, but did not cause those same effects to females. Predominant toxicological mechanisms, including inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, down-regulation of fatty acid oxidation, and up-regulation of phosphatidylcholine degradation, were revealed by integrated dual-omics analysis and successfully linked to adverse outcomes. Activity of succinate dehydrogenase and protein content of carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase 1 were significantly decreased in livers of male fish exposed to DPhP, which further confirmed the proposed toxicological mechanisms. This study is the first to demonstrate that chronic, low-level exposure to DPhP can retard growth via inhibiting energy output in male zebrafish.
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- Qiliang Chen
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B3, SK, Canada
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B3, SK, Canada
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B3, SK, Canada
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B4, SK, Canada
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 76798-7266, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5B3, SK, Canada
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Lee H, Ko E, Shin S, Choi M, Kim KT. Differential mitochondrial dysregulation by exposure to individual organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and their mixture in zebrafish embryos. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 277:115904. [PMID: 33714130 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been reported to cause mitochondrial dysfunction. However, most studies reported its mitochondrial toxicity with respect to a single form, which is far from the environmentally relevant conditions. In this study, we exposed zebrafish embryos to five OCPs: chlordane, heptachlor, p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p'-DDT), β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB), as well as an equal ratio mixture of these OCPs. We evaluated mitochondrial function, including oxygen consumption, the activity of mitochondrial complexes, antioxidant reactions, and expression of genes involved in mitochondrial metabolism. Oxygen consumption rate was reduced by exposure to chlordane, and β-HCH, linking to the increased activity of specific mitochondrial complex I and III, and decreased GSH level. We found that these mitochondrial dysfunctions were more significant in the exposure to the OCP mixture than the individual OCPs. On the mRNA transcription level, the individual OCPs mainly dysregulated the metabolic cycle (i.e., cs and acadm), whereas the OCP mixture disrupted the genes related to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (i.e., sdha). Consequently, we demonstrate that the OCP mixture disrupts mitochondrial metabolism by a different molecular mechanism than the individual OCPs, which warrants further study to evaluate mitochondrial dysregulation by chronic exposure to the OCP mixture.
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- Hyojin Lee
- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea; Interdisciplinary Program of Bioenergy and Biomaterials Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program of Bioenergy and Biomaterials Graduate School, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Optometry, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea; Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 01811, Republic of Korea.
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Stewart JB. Current progress with mammalian models of mitochondrial DNA disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 2021; 44:325-342. [PMID: 33099782 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mitochondrial disorders make up a large class of heritable diseases that cause a broad array of different human pathologies. They can affect many different organ systems, or display very specific tissue presentation, and can lead to illness either in childhood or later in life. While the over 1200 genes encoded in the nuclear DNA play an important role in human mitochondrial disease, it has been known for over 30 years that mutations of the mitochondria's own small, multicopy DNA chromosome (mtDNA) can lead to heritable human diseases. Unfortunately, animal mtDNA has resisted transgenic and directed genome editing technologies until quite recently. As such, animal models to aid in our understanding of these diseases, and to explore preclinical therapeutic research have been quite rare. This review will discuss the unusual properties of animal mitochondria that have hindered the generation of animal models. It will also discuss the existing mammalian models of human mtDNA disease, describe the methods employed in their generation, and will discuss recent advances in the targeting of DNA-manipulating enzymes to the mitochondria and how these may be employed to generate new models.
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- James Bruce Stewart
- Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany
- Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Zhu ZX, Jiang DL, Li BJ, Qin H, Meng ZN, Lin HR, Xia JH. Differential Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Responses in the Liver of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Exposed to Acute Ammonia. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 21:488-502. [PMID: 31076921 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-019-09897-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Ammonia is toxic to aquatic animal. Currently, only limited works were reported on the responses of aquatic animals after ammonia exposure using "omics" technologies. Tilapia suffers from the stress of ammonia-nitrogen during intensive recirculating aquaculture. Optimizing ammonia stress tolerance has become an important issue in tilapia breeding. The molecular and biochemical mechanisms of ammonia-nitrogen toxicity have not been understood comprehensively in tilapia yet. In this study, using RNA-seq and gas chromatograph system coupled with a Pegasus HT time-of-flight mass spectrometer (GC-TOF-MS) techniques, we investigated differential expressed genes (DEGs) and metabolomes in the liver at 6 h post-challenges (6 hpc) and 24 h post-challenges (24 hpc) under high concentration of ammonia-nitrogen treatment. We detected 2258 DEGs at 6 hpc and 315 DEGs at 24 hpc. Functional enrichment analysis indicated that DEGs were significantly associated with cholesterol biosynthesis, steroid and lipid metabolism, energy conservation, and mitochondrial tissue organization. Metabolomic analysis detected 31 and 36 metabolites showing significant responses to ammonia-nitrogen stress at 6 and 24 hpc, respectively. D-(Glycerol 1-phosphate), fumaric acid, and L-malic acid were found significantly down-regulated at both 6 and 24 hpc. The integrative analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics suggested considerable alterations and precise control of gene expression at both physiological and molecular levels in response to the stress of ammonia-nitrogen in tilapia.
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- Zong Xian Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Institute of Aquatic Economic Animals and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals, College of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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Fichi G, Naef V, Barca A, Longo G, Fronte B, Verri T, Santorelli FM, Marchese M, Petruzzella V. Fishing in the Cell Powerhouse: Zebrafish as A Tool for Exploration of Mitochondrial Defects Affecting the Nervous System. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20102409. [PMID: 31096646 PMCID: PMC6567007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a small vertebrate ideally suited to the modeling of human diseases. Large numbers of genetic alterations have now been modeled and could be used to study organ development by means of a genetic approach. To date, limited attention has been paid to the possible use of the zebrafish toolbox in studying human mitochondrial disorders affecting the nervous system. Here, we review the pertinent scientific literature discussing the use of zebrafish in modeling gene mutations involved in mitochondria-related neurological human diseases. A critical analysis of the literature suggests that the zebrafish not only lends itself to exploration of the pathological consequences of mitochondrial energy output on the nervous system but could also serve as an attractive platform for future drugs in an as yet untreatable category of human disorders.
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- Gianluca Fichi
- Molecular Medicine, IRCCS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56028 Pisa, Italy.
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- Molecular Medicine, IRCCS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56028 Pisa, Italy.
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- Laboratory of General Physiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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- Laboratory of General Physiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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- Molecular Medicine, IRCCS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56028 Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
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Dissecting metabolism using zebrafish models of disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2019; 47:305-315. [PMID: 30700500 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are becoming an increasingly powerful model organism to study the role of metabolism in disease. Since its inception, the zebrafish model has relied on unique attributes such as the transparency of embryos, high fecundity and conservation with higher vertebrates, to perform phenotype-driven chemical and genetic screens. In this review, we describe how zebrafish have been used to reveal novel mechanisms by which metabolism regulates embryonic development, obesity, fatty liver disease and cancer. In addition, we will highlight how new approaches in advanced microscopy, transcriptomics and metabolomics using zebrafish as a model system have yielded fundamental insights into the mechanistic underpinnings of disease.
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Wang XH, Zheng SS, Huang T, Su LM, Zhao YH, Souders CL, Martyniuk CJ. Fluazinam impairs oxidative phosphorylation and induces hyper/hypo-activity in a dose specific manner in zebrafish larvae. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 210:633-644. [PMID: 30031347 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluazinam is a pyridinamine fungicide that induces oxidative stress and mitochondrial damage in cells, and it has been reported to be neurotoxic. To characterize the biological effects of fluazinam, we assessed mitochondrial bioenergetics, dopamine system expression, and behavior of early life staged zebrafish (0.01 μM-0.5 μM). Fluazinam at environmentally-relevant levels did not induce sub-lethal effects in larvae, but at the LC50 (0.5 μM), fluazinam decreased basal and ATP-linked respiration significantly in embryos. As mitochondria are directly related to redox homeostasis and apoptosis, the expression of genes related to oxidative stress and apoptosis were measured. Superoxide dismutase 2 (sod2), heat stock protein 70 (hsp70), bcl2-associated X protein (bax), and caspase 9 (casp9) mRNA levels were up-regulated by 0.5 μM fluazinam. Taken together, there was evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage at the highest concentration of fluazinam (0.5 μM) tested. As there are reports for fluazinam-induced neurotoxicity in dopamine synthesizing cells, transcriptional targets in the dopamine system were assessed in the zebrafish. Tyrosine hydroxylase 1 (th1) and dopamine receptor 2a (drd2a) mRNA levels were decreased by 0.5 μM fluazinam, suggesting that this fungicide may affect the dopaminergic system. To further assess the potential for fluazinam-mediated neuromodulation, the dark photokinesis response was assessed in larvae following exposure. Larvae exposed to 0.1 μM fluazinam showed hyperactivity, while larvae exposed to 0.2 and 0.3 μM showed hypo-activity. This study demonstrates that fluazinam disrupts mitochondrial bioenergetics in zebrafish, inducing an oxidative stress response, and aberrant behaviors in larvae that are dose dependent.
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- Xiao H Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China; Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130117, PR China.
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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Parlak V. Evaluation of apoptosis, oxidative stress responses, AChE activity and body malformations in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos exposed to deltamethrin. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 207:397-403. [PMID: 29803889 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In this study, we observed the zebrafish embryo/larvae (Danio rerio) exposed to Deltamethrin (DM) used as pesticide in agricultural fields. We determined respectively, changes in body morphology, cell apoptosis, antioxidant enzyme (SOD, CAT, GPx) activities, MDA and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) levels after 96h of DM exposure. The embryos were exposed to 2.5 μg/l - 10 μg/l - 25 μg/l - 50 μg/l of DM concentration for 96 h. Survival and hatching rates, and body malformations were determined under a stereo microscope for in 24, 48, 72 and 96th hours. DM caused the cellular apoptosis and an increase in MDA levels while inhibiting SOD, CAT, GPx enzyme activities and AChE level (P < 0.05). In addition, pericardial edema, yolk sac edema, spinal cord curvature and body malformations were determined in the embryo by depending on the dose of pesticide. As conclusion it can be concluded that DM inhibits the antioxidant enzyme mechanism, increases the cellular apoptosis, malformations. This study may provide enable us for understanding toxic mechanisms of DM in zebrafish embryos.
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- Veysel Parlak
- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Ataturk University, TR-25030, Erzurum, Turkey.
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Byrnes J, Ganetzky R, Lightfoot R, Tzeng M, Nakamaru-Ogiso E, Seiler C, Falk MJ. Pharmacologic modeling of primary mitochondrial respiratory chain dysfunction in zebrafish. Neurochem Int 2018; 117:23-34. [PMID: 28732770 PMCID: PMC5773416 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain (RC) disease is a heterogeneous and highly morbid group of energy deficiency disorders for which no proven effective therapies exist. Robust vertebrate animal models of primary RC dysfunction are needed to explore the effects of variation in RC disease subtypes, tissue-specific manifestations, and major pathogenic factors contributing to each disorder, as well as their pre-clinical response to therapeutic candidates. We have developed a series of zebrafish (Danio rerio) models that inhibit, to variable degrees, distinct aspects of RC function, and enable quantification of animal development, survival, behaviors, and organ-level treatment effects as well as effects on mitochondrial biochemistry and physiology. Here, we characterize four pharmacologic inhibitor models of mitochondrial RC dysfunction in early larval zebrafish, including rotenone (complex I inhibitor), azide (complex IV inhibitor), oligomycin (complex V inhibitor), and chloramphenicol (mitochondrial translation inhibitor that leads to multiple RC complex dysfunction). A range of concentrations and exposure times of each RC inhibitor were systematically evaluated on early larval development, animal survival, integrated behaviors (touch and startle responses), organ physiology (brain death, neurologic tone, heart rate), and fluorescence-based analyses of mitochondrial physiology in zebrafish skeletal muscle. Pharmacologic RC inhibitor effects were validated by spectrophotometric analysis of Complex I, II and IV enzyme activities, or relative quantitation of ATP levels in larvae. Outcomes were prioritized that utilize in vivo animal imaging and quantitative behavioral assessments, as may optimally inform the translational potential of pre-clinical drug screens for future clinical study in human mitochondrial disease subjects. The RC complex inhibitors each delayed early embryo development, with short-term exposures of these three agents or chloramphenicol from 5 to 7 days post fertilization also causing reduced larval survival and organ-specific defects ranging from brain death, behavioral and neurologic alterations, reduced mitochondrial membrane potential in skeletal muscle (rotenone), and/or cardiac edema with visible blood pooling (oligomycin). Remarkably, we demonstrate that treating animals with probucol, a nutrient-sensing signaling network modulating drug that has been shown to yield therapeutic effects in a range of other RC disease cellular and animal models, both prevented acute rotenone-induced brain death in zebrafish larvae, and significantly rescued early embryo developmental delay from either rotenone or oligomycin exposure. Overall, these zebrafish pharmacologic RC function inhibition models offer a unique opportunity to gain novel insights into diverse developmental, survival, organ-level, and behavioral defects of varying severity, as well as their individual response to candidate therapies, in a highly tractable and cost-effective vertebrate animal model system.
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- James Byrnes
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Aquatics Core Facility, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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Chao YJ, Wu WH, Balazova M, Wu TY, Lin J, Liu YW, Hsu YHH. Chlorella diet alters mitochondrial cardiolipin contents differentially in organs of Danio rerio analyzed by a lipidomics approach. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0193042. [PMID: 29494608 PMCID: PMC5832209 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an important and widely used vertebrate model organism for the study of human diseases which include disorders caused by dysfunctional mitochondria. Mitochondria play an essential role in both energy metabolism and apoptosis, which are mediated through a mitochondrial phospholipid cardiolipin (CL). In order to examine the cardiolipin profile in the zebrafish model, we developed a CL analysis platform by using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Meanwhile, we tested whether chlorella diet would alter the CL profile in the larval fish, and in various organs of the adult fish. The results showed that chlorella diet increased the chain length of CL in larval fish. In the adult zebrafish, the distribution patterns of CL species were similar between the adult brain and eye tissues, and between the heart and muscles. Interestingly, monolyso-cardiolipin (MLCL) was not detected in brain and eyes but found in other examined tissues, indicating a different remodeling mechanism to maintain the CL integrity. While the adult zebrafish were fed with chlorella for four weeks, the CL distribution showed an increase of the species of saturated acyl chains in the brain and eyes, but a decrease in the other organs. Moreover, chlorella diet led to a decrease of MLCL percentage in organs except the non-MLCL-containing brain and eyes. The CL analysis in the zebrafish provides an important tool for studying the mechanism of mitochondria diseases, and may also be useful for testing medical regimens targeting against the Barth Syndrome.
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- Yu-Jen Chao
- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Life Science Research Center, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Life Science Research Center, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (YWL); (YHH)
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- Department of Chemistry, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Life Science Research Center, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (YWL); (YHH)
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Kuszak AJ, Espey MG, Falk MJ, Holmbeck MA, Manfredi G, Shadel GS, Vernon HJ, Zolkipli-Cunningham Z. Nutritional Interventions for Mitochondrial OXPHOS Deficiencies: Mechanisms and Model Systems. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PATHOLOGY 2018; 13:163-191. [PMID: 29099651 PMCID: PMC5911915 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pathol-020117-043644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multisystem metabolic disorders caused by defects in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) are severe, often lethal, conditions. Inborn errors of OXPHOS function are termed primary mitochondrial disorders (PMDs), and the use of nutritional interventions is routine in their supportive management. However, detailed mechanistic understanding and evidence for efficacy and safety of these interventions are limited. Preclinical cellular and animal model systems are important tools to investigate PMD metabolic mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. This review assesses the mechanistic rationale and experimental evidence for nutritional interventions commonly used in PMDs, including micronutrients, metabolic agents, signaling modifiers, and dietary regulation, while highlighting important knowledge gaps and impediments for randomized controlled trials. Cellular and animal model systems that recapitulate mutations and clinical manifestations of specific PMDs are evaluated for their potential in determining pathological mechanisms, elucidating therapeutic health outcomes, and investigating the value of nutritional interventions for mitochondrial disease conditions.
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- Adam J Kuszak
- Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA;
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- Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA;
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8023, USA;
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510-8023, USA;
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8023, USA;
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- McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA;
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA;
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Wang XH, Souders CL, Zhao YH, Martyniuk CJ. Paraquat affects mitochondrial bioenergetics, dopamine system expression, and locomotor activity in zebrafish (Danio rerio). CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 191:106-117. [PMID: 29031050 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The dipyridyl herbicide paraquat induces oxidative stress in cells and is implicated in adult neurodegenerative diseases. However, less is known about paraquat toxicity in early stages of vertebrate development. To address this gap, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to 1, 10 and 100 μM paraquat for 96 h. Paraquat did not induce significant mortality nor deformity in embryos and larvae, but it did accelerate time to hatch. To evaluate whether mitochondrial respiration was related to earlier hatch times, oxygen consumption rate was measured in whole embryos. Maximal respiration of embryos exposed to 100 μM paraquat for 24 h was reduced by more than 70%, suggesting that paraquat negatively impacts mitochondrial bioenergetics in early development. Based upon this evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction, transcriptional responses of oxidative stress- and apoptosis-related genes were measured. Fish exposed to 1 μM paraquat showed higher expression levels of superoxide dismutase 2, heat shock protein 70, Bcl-2-associated X protein, and B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2a compared to control fish. No differences among groups were detected in larvae exposed to 10 and 100 μM paraquat, suggesting a non-monotonic response. We also measured endpoints related to larval behavior and dopaminergic signaling as paraquat is associated with degeneration of dopamine neurons. Locomotor activity was stimulated with 100 μM paraquat and dopamine transporter and dopamine receptor 3 mRNA levels were increased in larvae exposed to 1 μM paraquat, interpreted to be a compensatory response at lower concentrations. This study improves mechanistic understanding into the toxic actions of paraquat on early developmental stages.
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- Xiao H Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China; Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China.
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Zhang Y, Avalos JL. Traditional and novel tools to probe the mitochondrial metabolism in health and disease. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017; 9. [PMID: 28067471 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Mitochondrial metabolism links energy production to other essential cellular processes such as signaling, cellular differentiation, and apoptosis. In addition to producing adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as an energy source, mitochondria are responsible for the synthesis of a myriad of important metabolites and cofactors such as tetrahydrofolate, α-ketoacids, steroids, aminolevulinic acid, biotin, lipoic acid, acetyl-CoA, iron-sulfur clusters, heme, and ubiquinone. Furthermore, mitochondria and their metabolism have been implicated in aging and several human diseases, including inherited mitochondrial disorders, cardiac dysfunction, heart failure, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, and cancer. Therefore, there is great interest in understanding mitochondrial metabolism and the complex relationship it has with other cellular processes. A large number of studies on mitochondrial metabolism have been conducted in the last 50 years, taking a broad range of approaches. In this review, we summarize and discuss the most commonly used tools that have been used to study different aspects of the metabolism of mitochondria: ranging from dyes that monitor changes in the mitochondrial membrane potential and pharmacological tools to study respiration or ATP synthesis, to more modern tools such as genetically encoded biosensors and trans-omic approaches enabled by recent advances in mass spectrometry, computation, and other technologies. These tools have allowed the large number of studies that have shaped our current understanding of mitochondrial metabolism. WIREs Syst Biol Med 2017, 9:e1373. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.1373 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Yanfei Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.,Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.,Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Koopman M, Michels H, Dancy BM, Kamble R, Mouchiroud L, Auwerx J, Nollen EA, Houtkooper RH. A screening-based platform for the assessment of cellular respiration in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat Protoc 2016; 11:1798-816. [PMID: 27583642 PMCID: PMC5040492 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2016.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of many diseases ranging from inherited metabolic diseases to common conditions that are associated with aging. Although associations between aging and mitochondrial function have been identified using mammalian models, much of the mechanistic insight has emerged from Caenorhabditis elegans. Mitochondrial respiration is recognized as an indicator of mitochondrial health. The Seahorse XF96 respirometer represents the state-of-the-art platform for assessing respiration in cells, and we adapted the technique for applications involving C. elegans. Here we provide a detailed protocol to optimize and measure respiration in C. elegans with the XF96 respirometer, including the interpretation of parameters and results. The protocol takes ∼2 d to complete, excluding the time spent culturing C. elegans, and it includes (i) the preparation of C. elegans samples, (ii) selection and loading of compounds to be injected, (iii) preparation and execution of a run with the XF96 respirometer and (iv) postexperimental data analysis, including normalization. In addition, we compare our XF96 application with other existing techniques, including the eight-well Seahorse XFp. The main benefits of the XF96 include the limited number of worms required and the high throughput capacity due to the 96-well format.
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- Mandy Koopman
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ageing, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ageing, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Integrative and Systems Physiology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Integrative and Systems Physiology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology of Ageing, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ruzzenente B, Rötig A, Metodiev MD. Mouse models for mitochondrial diseases. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:R115-R122. [PMID: 27329762 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial diseases are heterogeneous and incurable conditions typically resulting from deficient ATP production in the cells. Mice, owing to their genetic and physiological similarity to humans as well as their relatively easy maintenance and propagation, are extremely valuable for studying mitochondrial diseases and are also indispensable for the preclinical evaluation of novel therapies for these devastating conditions. Here, we review the recent exciting developments in the field focusing on mouse models for mitochondrial disease genes although models for genes not involved in the pathogenesis of mitochondrial disease and therapeutic proof-of-concept studies using mouse models are also discussed.
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- Benedetta Ruzzenente
- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, 75015 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, 75015 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1163, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Imagine, 75015 Paris, France
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Chen D, Li F, Yang Q, Tian M, Zhang Z, Zhang Q, Chen Y, Guan MX. The defective expression of gtpbp3 related to tRNA modification alters the mitochondrial function and development of zebrafish. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2016; 77:1-9. [PMID: 27184967 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2016.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations have been associated with a wide spectrum of clinical abnormalities. However, nuclear modifier gene(s) modulate the phenotypic expression of pathogenic mtDNA mutations. In our previous investigation, we identified the human GTPBP3 related to mitochondrial tRNA modification, acting as a modifier to influence of deafness-associated mtDNA mutation. Mutations in GTPBP3 have been found to be associated with other human diseases. However, the pathophysiology of GTPBP3-associated disorders is still not fully understood. Here, we reported the generation and characterization of Gtpbp3 depletion zebrafish model using antisense morpholinos. Zebrafish gtpbp3 has three isoforms localized at mitochondria. Zebrafish gtpbp3 is expressed at various embryonic stages and in multiple tissues. In particular, the gtpbp3 was expressed more abundantly in adult zebrafish ovary and testis. The expression of zebrafish gtpbp3 can functionally restore the growth defects caused by the mss1/gtpbp3 mutation in yeast. A marked decrease of mitochondrial ATP generation accompanied by increased levels of apoptosis and reactive oxygen species were observed in gtpbp3 knockdown zebrafish embryos. The Gtpbp3 morphants exhibited defective in embryonic development including bleeding, melenin, oedema and curved tails within 5days post fertilization, as compared with uninjected controls. The co-injection of wild type gtpbp3 mRNA partially rescued these defects in Gtpbp3 morphants. These data suggest that zebrafish Gtpbp3 is a structural and functional homolog of human and yeast GTPBP3. The mitochondrial dysfunction caused by defective Gtpbp3 may alter the embryonic development in the zebrafish. In addition, this zebrafish model of mitochondrial disease may provide unique opportunities for studying defective tRNA modification, mitochondrial biogenesis, and pathophysiology of mitochondrial disorders.
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- Danni Chen
- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Institute of Genetics, Zhejiang University and Department of Genetics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Joining Institute of Genetics and Genomic Medicine between Zhejiang University and University of Toronto, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Engerer P, Plucinska G, Thong R, Trovò L, Paquet D, Godinho L. Imaging Subcellular Structures in the Living Zebrafish Embryo. J Vis Exp 2016:e53456. [PMID: 27078038 DOI: 10.3791/53456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In vivo imaging provides unprecedented access to the dynamic behavior of cellular and subcellular structures in their natural context. Performing such imaging experiments in higher vertebrates such as mammals generally requires surgical access to the system under study. The optical accessibility of embryonic and larval zebrafish allows such invasive procedures to be circumvented and permits imaging in the intact organism. Indeed the zebrafish is now a well-established model to visualize dynamic cellular behaviors using in vivo microscopy in a wide range of developmental contexts from proliferation to migration and differentiation. A more recent development is the increasing use of zebrafish to study subcellular events including mitochondrial trafficking and centrosome dynamics. The relative ease with which these subcellular structures can be genetically labeled by fluorescent proteins and the use of light microscopy techniques to image them is transforming the zebrafish into an in vivo model of cell biology. Here we describe methods to generate genetic constructs that fluorescently label organelles, highlighting mitochondria and centrosomes as specific examples. We use the bipartite Gal4-UAS system in multiple configurations to restrict expression to specific cell-types and provide protocols to generate transiently expressing and stable transgenic fish. Finally, we provide guidelines for choosing light microscopy methods that are most suitable for imaging subcellular dynamics.
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- Peter Engerer
- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technische Universität München;
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- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technische Universität München; Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University
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- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technische Universität München; Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München
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- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technische Universität München
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- Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität-München; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases; Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair, The Rockefeller University
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- Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technische Universität München;
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Sasagawa S, Nishimura Y, Koiwa J, Nomoto T, Shintou T, Murakami S, Yuge M, Kawaguchi K, Kawase R, Miyazaki T, Tanaka T. In Vivo Detection of Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induced by Clinical Drugs and Disease-Associated Genes Using a Novel Dye ZMJ214 in Zebrafish. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:381-8. [PMID: 26630578 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in various drug-induced toxicities and genetic disorders. Recently, the zebrafish has emerged as a versatile animal model for both chemical and genetic screenings. Taking advantage of its transparency, various in vivo fluorescent imaging methods have been developed to identify novel functions of chemicals and genes in zebrafish. However, there have not been fluorescent probes that can detect mitochondrial membrane potential in living zebrafish. In this study, we identified a novel cyanine dye called ZMJ214 that detects mitochondrial membrane potential in living zebrafish from 4 to 8 days post fertilization and is administered by simple immersion. The fluorescence intensity of ZMJ214 in zebrafish was increased and decreased by oligomycin and FCCP, respectively, suggesting a positive correlation between ZMJ214 fluorescence and mitochondrial membrane potential. In vivo imaging of zebrafish stained with ZMJ214 allowed for the detection of altered mitochondrial membrane potential induced by the antidiabetic drug troglitazone and the antiepileptic drug tolcapone, both of which have been withdrawn from the market due to mitochondrial toxicity. In contrast, pioglitazone and entacapone, which are similar to troglitazone and tolcapone, respectively, and have been used commercially, did not cause a change in mitochondrial membrane potential in zebrafish stained with ZMJ214. Live imaging of zebrafish stained with ZMJ214 also revealed that knock-down of slc25a12, a mitochondrial carrier protein associated with autism, dysregulated the mitochondrial membrane potential. These results suggest that ZMJ214 can be a useful tool to identify chemicals and genes that cause mitochondrial dysfunction in vivo.
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- Shota Sasagawa
- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Mie University Medical Zebrafish Research Center, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Depertment of Systems Pharmacology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Omics
Medicine, Mie University Industrial Technology Innovation Institute, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Bioinformatics, Mie University Life Science Research Center, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Corporate R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc., Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
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- Corporate R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc., Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Corporate R&D Headquarters, Canon Inc., Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular
and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharamacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Mie University Medical Zebrafish Research Center, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Depertment of Systems Pharmacology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Omics
Medicine, Mie University Industrial Technology Innovation Institute, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
- Department of Bioinformatics, Mie University Life Science Research Center, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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Characterization of the three zebrafish orthologs of the mitochondrial GTPase Miro/Rhot. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2016; 191:126-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2015.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bénit P, Schiff M, Cwerman-Thibault H, Corral-Debrinski M, Rustin P. Drug development for mitochondrial disease: recent progress, current challenges, and future prospects. Expert Opin Orphan Drugs 2015. [DOI: 10.1517/21678707.2016.1117972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Rahn JJ, Bestman JE, Stackley KD, Chan SSL. Zebrafish lacking functional DNA polymerase gamma survive to juvenile stage, despite rapid and sustained mitochondrial DNA depletion, altered energetics and growth. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:10338-52. [PMID: 26519465 PMCID: PMC4666367 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) is essential for replication and repair of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mutations in POLG cause mtDNA instability and a diverse range of poorly understood human diseases. Here, we created a unique Polg animal model, by modifying polg within the critical and highly conserved polymerase domain in zebrafish. polg+/− offspring were indistinguishable from WT siblings in multiple phenotypic and biochemical measures. However, polg−/− mutants developed severe mtDNA depletion by one week post-fertilization (wpf), developed slowly and had regenerative defects, yet surprisingly survived up to 4 wpf. An in vivo mtDNA polymerase activity assay utilizing ethidium bromide (EtBr) to deplete mtDNA, showed that polg+/− and WT zebrafish fully recover mtDNA content two weeks post-EtBr removal. EtBr further reduced already low levels of mtDNA in polg−/− animals, but mtDNA content did not recover following release from EtBr. Despite significantly decreased respiration that corresponded with tissue-specific levels of mtDNA, polg−/− animals had WT levels of ATP and no increase in lactate. This zebrafish model of mitochondrial disease now provides unique opportunities for studying mtDNA instability from multiple angles, as polg−/− mutants can survive to juvenile stage, rather than lose viability in embryogenesis as seen in Polg mutant mice.
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- Jennifer J Rahn
- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Flynn T, Signal B, Johnson SL, Gemmell NJ. Mitochondrial genome diversity among six laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio) strains. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2015; 27:4364-4371. [PMID: 26477802 DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1089536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is distinct from the nuclear genome and is known to play a significant role in several disease phenotypes, such as longevity and fertility. Here we characterize the complete mitochondrial genomes (∼16 590 bp), and the extent of within and between strain variation for 27 adult zebrafish, representing five commonly used laboratory strains (AB, TL, HL, WIK, and SJD) and one line acquired from a local pet shop. These data were subsequently analyzed to determine the phylogenetic relationships between strains and ascertain if positive selection might be operating on any mtDNA genes. Relationships between strains are not entirely consistent with those observed previously using nuclear DNA. Further there is a substantial body of variation within current zebrafish lines, with 172 variants described across lines. Of these, 27 changes are non-synonymous and there is nominal evidence for positive selection in the mtDNA sequences at some of these sites. We further identify novel frameshift mutations in eight genes, which are all predicted to have functional consequences. Our study provides the first information on mtDNA diversity in zebrafish, identifies multiple non-synonymous substitutions and other mutations expected to have functional effects, and represents an important first step in establishing zebrafish as a model for investigating the phenotypic effects of mtDNA mutations.
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- Tanya Flynn
- a Department of Biochemistry , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand.,b Department of Anatomy , Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand , and
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- b Department of Anatomy , Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand , and
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- b Department of Anatomy , Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand , and.,c Department of Zoology , University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand
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- b Department of Anatomy , Allan Wilson Centre, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand , and
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Jayasundara N, Kozal JS, Arnold MC, Chan SSL, Di Giulio RT. High-Throughput Tissue Bioenergetics Analysis Reveals Identical Metabolic Allometric Scaling for Teleost Hearts and Whole Organisms. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137710. [PMID: 26368567 PMCID: PMC4569437 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Organismal metabolic rate, a fundamental metric in biology, demonstrates an allometric scaling relationship with body size. Fractal-like vascular distribution networks of biological systems are proposed to underlie metabolic rate allometric scaling laws from individual organisms to cells, mitochondria, and enzymes. Tissue-specific metabolic scaling is notably absent from this paradigm. In the current study, metabolic scaling relationships of hearts and brains with body size were examined by improving on a high-throughput whole-organ oxygen consumption rate (OCR) analysis method in five biomedically and environmentally relevant teleost model species. Tissue-specific metabolic scaling was compared with organismal routine metabolism (RMO2), which was measured using whole organismal respirometry. Basal heart OCR and organismal RMO2 scaled identically with body mass in a species-specific fashion across all five species tested. However, organismal maximum metabolic rates (MMO2) and pharmacologically-induced maximum cardiac metabolic rates in zebrafish Danio rerio did not show a similar relationship with body mass. Brain metabolic rates did not scale with body size. The identical allometric scaling of heart and organismal metabolic rates with body size suggests that hearts, the power generator of an organism’s vascular distribution network, might be crucial in determining teleost metabolic rate scaling under routine conditions. Furthermore, these findings indicate the possibility of measuring heart OCR utilizing the high-throughput approach presented here as a proxy for organismal metabolic rate—a useful metric in characterizing organismal fitness. In addition to heart and brain OCR, the current approach was also used to measure whole liver OCR, partition cardiac mitochondrial bioenergetic parameters using pharmacological agents, and estimate heart and brain glycolytic rates. This high-throughput whole-organ bioenergetic analysis method has important applications in toxicology, evolutionary physiology, and biomedical sciences, particularly in the context of investigating pathogenesis of mitochondrial diseases.
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- Nishad Jayasundara
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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The cellular and molecular progression of mitochondrial dysfunction induced by 2,4-dinitrophenol in developing zebrafish embryos. Differentiation 2015; 89:51-69. [PMID: 25771346 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2014] [Revised: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
The etiology of mitochondrial disease is poorly understood. Furthermore, treatment options are limited, and diagnostic methods often lack the sensitivity to detect disease in its early stages. Disrupted oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) that inhibits ATP production is a common phenotype of mitochondrial disorders that can be induced in zebrafish by exposure to 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a FDA-banned weight-loss agent and EPA-regulated environmental toxicant, traditionally used in research labs as an uncoupler of OXPHOS. Despite the DNP-induced OXPHOS inhibition we observed using in vivo respirometry, the development of the DNP-treated and control zebrafish were largely similar during the first half of embryogenesis. During this period, DNP-treated embryos induced gene expression of mitochondrial and nuclear genes that stimulated the production of new mitochondria and increased glycolysis to yield normal levels of ATP. DNP-treated embryos were incapable of sustaining this mitochondrial biogenic response past mid-embryogenesis, as shown by significantly lowered ATP production and ATP levels, decreased gene expression, and the onset of developmental defects. Examining neural tissues commonly affected by mitochondrial disease, we found that DNP exposure also inhibited motor neuron axon arbor outgrowth and the proper formation of the retina. We observed and quantified the molecular and physiological progression of mitochondrial dysfunction during development with this new model of OXPHOS dysfunction, which has great potential for use in diagnostics and therapies for mitochondrial disease.
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Wager K, Mahmood F, Russell C. Modelling inborn errors of metabolism in zebrafish. J Inherit Metab Dis 2014; 37:483-95. [PMID: 24797558 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-014-9696-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The majority of human inborn errors of metabolism are fatal multisystem disorders that lack proper treatment and have a poorly understood mechanistic basis. Novel technologies are required to address this issue, and the use of zebrafish to model these diseases is an emerging field. Here we present the published zebrafish models of inborn metabolic diseases, discuss their validity, and review the novel mechanistic insights that they have provided. We also review the available methods for creating and studying zebrafish disease models, advantages and disadvantages of using this model organism, and successful examples of the use of zebrafish for drug discovery and development. Using a zebrafish to model inborn errors of metabolism in vivo, although still in its infancy, shows promise for a deeper understanding of disease pathomechanisms, onset, and progression, and also for the development of specific therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kim Wager
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, UK
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