PUBLICATION
Establishing a new animal model for muscle regeneration studies
- Authors
- Pourghadamyari, H., Rezaei, M., Ipakchi-Azimi, A., Eisa-Beygi, S., Basiri, M., Tahamtani, Y., Baharvand, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-200212-10
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- Molecular biology research communications 8: 171-179 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Eisa-Beygi, Shahram, Pourghadamyari, Hossein, Rezaei, Mohammad, Tahamtani, Yaser
- Keywords
- Muscle regeneration, Tol2 transposase, Transgenic animal model, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 32042835 Full text @ Mol Biol Res Commun
Citation
Pourghadamyari, H., Rezaei, M., Ipakchi-Azimi, A., Eisa-Beygi, S., Basiri, M., Tahamtani, Y., Baharvand, H. (2019) Establishing a new animal model for muscle regeneration studies. Molecular biology research communications. 8:171-179.
Abstract
Skeletal muscle injuries are one of the most common problems in the worldwide which impose a substantial financial burden to the health care system. Accordingly, it widely accepted that muscle regeneration is a promising approach that can be used to treat muscle injury patients. However, the underlying mechanisms of muscle regeneration have yet to be elucidated. The muscle structure and muscle-related gene expression are highly conserved between human and zebrafish. Therefore, the zebrafish can be considered as an ideal animal model in muscle regeneration studies. In this study, Tol2 transposase was applied to produce Tg(mylpfa: cfp-nfsB) zebrafish model that express a fusion protein composed of cyan fluorescent protein (CFP) and nitrorudactase (NTR) under control of mylpfa promoter. The results showed that MTZ (Metronidazole) treatment of Tg(mylpfa:cfp-nfsB) zebrafish larvae can lead to muscle injury by selective ablation of muscle cells. And also, results confirmed the muscle regeneration ability of the transgenic larvae after withdrawal of Mtz for three days. Overall, The results of this study suggest that the Tg(mylpfa:cfp-nfsB) zebrafish model can be used in muscle regeneration study in order to elucidate the mechanisms of this process.
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Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
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