Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders
Animal models are essential tools for addressing fundamental scientific questions about skeletal diseases and for the development of new therapeutic approaches. Traditionally, mice have been the most common model organism in biomedical research, but their use is hampered by several limitations inclu...
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ftunivgent:oai:archive.ugent.be:8671336 2023-06-11T04:16:21+02:00 Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders Tonelli, Francesca Bek, Jan Willem Besio, Roberta De Clercq, Adelbert Leoni, Laura Salmon, Phil Coucke, Paul Willaert, Andy Forlino, Antonella 2020 application/pdf https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8671336 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8671336 https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.00489 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8671336/file/8672016 eng eng https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8671336 http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8671336 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.00489 https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8671336/file/8672016 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY ISSN: 1664-2392 Medicine and Health Sciences zebrafish skeletal system x-ray microCT analyses imaging techniques skeletal diseases DANIO-RERIO OSTARIOPHYSI CRANIAL NEURAL CREST SALMON SALMO-SALAR RETINOIC ACID OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TELEOST FISH ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION MEDIATED ALTERATIONS REGULATORY ELEMENTS MATURE OSTEOBLASTS journalArticle info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivgent https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2020.00489 2023-04-19T22:08:26Z Animal models are essential tools for addressing fundamental scientific questions about skeletal diseases and for the development of new therapeutic approaches. Traditionally, mice have been the most common model organism in biomedical research, but their use is hampered by several limitations including complex generation, demanding investigation of early developmental stages, regulatory restrictions on breeding, and high maintenance cost. The zebrafish has been used as an efficient alternative vertebrate model for the study of human skeletal diseases, thanks to its easy genetic manipulation, high fecundity, external fertilization, transparency of rapidly developing embryos, and low maintenance cost. Furthermore, zebrafish share similar skeletal cells and ossification types with mammals. In the last decades, the use of both forward and new reverse genetics techniques has resulted in the generation of many mutant lines carrying skeletal phenotypes associated with human diseases. In addition, transgenic lines expressing fluorescent proteins under bone cell- or pathway- specific promoters enable in vivo imaging of differentiation and signaling at the cellular level. Despite the small size of the zebrafish, many traditional techniques for skeletal phenotyping, such as x-ray and microCT imaging and histological approaches, can be applied using the appropriate equipment and custom protocols. The ability of adult zebrafish to remodel skeletal tissues can be exploited as a unique tool to investigate bone formation and repair. Finally, the permeability of embryos to chemicals dissolved in water, together with the availability of large numbers of small-sized animals makes zebrafish a perfect model for high-throughput bone anabolic drug screening. This review aims to discuss the techniques that make zebrafish a powerful model to investigate the molecular and physiological basis of skeletal disorders. Article in Journal/Newspaper Salmo salar Ghent University Academic Bibliography Frontiers in Endocrinology 11 |
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Medicine and Health Sciences zebrafish skeletal system x-ray microCT analyses imaging techniques skeletal diseases DANIO-RERIO OSTARIOPHYSI CRANIAL NEURAL CREST SALMON SALMO-SALAR RETINOIC ACID OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA TELEOST FISH ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION MEDIATED ALTERATIONS REGULATORY ELEMENTS MATURE OSTEOBLASTS Tonelli, Francesca Bek, Jan Willem Besio, Roberta De Clercq, Adelbert Leoni, Laura Salmon, Phil Coucke, Paul Willaert, Andy Forlino, Antonella Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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Animal models are essential tools for addressing fundamental scientific questions about skeletal diseases and for the development of new therapeutic approaches. Traditionally, mice have been the most common model organism in biomedical research, but their use is hampered by several limitations including complex generation, demanding investigation of early developmental stages, regulatory restrictions on breeding, and high maintenance cost. The zebrafish has been used as an efficient alternative vertebrate model for the study of human skeletal diseases, thanks to its easy genetic manipulation, high fecundity, external fertilization, transparency of rapidly developing embryos, and low maintenance cost. Furthermore, zebrafish share similar skeletal cells and ossification types with mammals. In the last decades, the use of both forward and new reverse genetics techniques has resulted in the generation of many mutant lines carrying skeletal phenotypes associated with human diseases. In addition, transgenic lines expressing fluorescent proteins under bone cell- or pathway- specific promoters enable in vivo imaging of differentiation and signaling at the cellular level. Despite the small size of the zebrafish, many traditional techniques for skeletal phenotyping, such as x-ray and microCT imaging and histological approaches, can be applied using the appropriate equipment and custom protocols. The ability of adult zebrafish to remodel skeletal tissues can be exploited as a unique tool to investigate bone formation and repair. Finally, the permeability of embryos to chemicals dissolved in water, together with the availability of large numbers of small-sized animals makes zebrafish a perfect model for high-throughput bone anabolic drug screening. This review aims to discuss the techniques that make zebrafish a powerful model to investigate the molecular and physiological basis of skeletal disorders. |
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Tonelli, Francesca Bek, Jan Willem Besio, Roberta De Clercq, Adelbert Leoni, Laura Salmon, Phil Coucke, Paul Willaert, Andy Forlino, Antonella |
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Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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Zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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zebrafish : a resourceful vertebrate model to investigate skeletal disorders |
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