PUBLICATION
Methods to Study Liver Disease Using Zebrafish Larvae
- Authors
- Magnani, E., Nair, A.R., McBain, I., Delaney, P., Chu, J., Sadler, K.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-230906-53
- Date
- 2024
- Source
- Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2707: 436943-69 (Chapter)
- Registered Authors
- Chu, Jaime, Magnani, Elena, Nair, Anjana Ramdas, Sadler Edepli, Kirsten C.
- Keywords
- Cancer, Fibrosis, Liver, Senescence, Toxicology, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Fibrosis
- Humans
- Larva
- Liver Neoplasms*
- Mammals
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- PubMed
- 37668904 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Citation
Magnani, E., Nair, A.R., McBain, I., Delaney, P., Chu, J., Sadler, K.C. (2024) Methods to Study Liver Disease Using Zebrafish Larvae. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2707:436943-69.
Abstract
Liver disease affects millions of people worldwide, and the high morbidity and mortality is attributed in part to the paucity of treatment options. In many cases, liver injury self-resolves due to the remarkable regenerative capacity of the liver, but in cases when regeneration cannot compensate for the injury, inflammation and fibrosis occur, creating a setting for the emergence of liver cancer. Whole animal models are crucial for deciphering the basic biological underpinnings of liver biology and pathology and, importantly, for developing and testing new treatments for liver disease before it progresses to a terminal state. The cellular components and functions of the zebrafish liver are highly similar to mammals, and zebrafish develop many diseases that are observed in humans, including toxicant-induced liver injury, fatty liver, fibrosis, and cancer. Therefore, the widespread use of zebrafish larvae for studying the mechanisms of these pathologies and for developing potential treatments necessitates the optimization of experimental approaches to assess liver disease in this model. Here, we describe protocols using staining methods, imaging, and gene expression analysis to assess liver injury, fibrosis, and preneoplastic changes in the liver of larval zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping