PUBLICATION
Phenotyping cardiomyopathy in adult zebrafish
- Authors
- Dvornikov, A.V., de Tombe, P.P., Xu, X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-180610-1
- Date
- 2018
- Source
- Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology 138: 116-125 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Xu, Xiaolei
- Keywords
- Cardiac remodeling, Cardiomyopathy, Sarcomere, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathies*/pathology
- Disease Models, Animal*
- Humans
- Intracellular Space/metabolism
- Phenotype*
- Zebrafish*
- PubMed
- 29884423 Full text @ Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol.
Citation
Dvornikov, A.V., de Tombe, P.P., Xu, X. (2018) Phenotyping cardiomyopathy in adult zebrafish. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 138:116-125.
Abstract
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is usually manifested by increased myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity, excessive contractility, and impaired relaxation. In contrast, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) originates from insufficient sarcomere contractility and reduced cardiac pump function, subsequently resulting in heart failure. The zebrafish has emerged as a new model of human cardiomyopathy with high-throughput screening, which will facilitate the discovery of novel genetic factors and the development of new therapies. Given the small hearts of zebrafish, better phenotyping tools are needed to discern different types of cardiomyopathy, such as HCM and DCM. This article reviews the existing models of cardiomyopathy, available morphologic and functional methods, and current understanding of the different types of cardiomyopathy in adult zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping