Los autores desean agradecer a la Oficina de Investigación de la Facultad de Farmacia de la Escuela Presbiteriana de apoyo financiero de este proyecto a través de los Premios de la pequeña farmacia para la Investigación y Colaboración (SPARC) Premio. Los autores agradecen al Sr. John Smink, director del Laboratorio de Investigación de Animales Acuáticos de la Universidad de Clemson, Clemson, Carolina del Sur por su técnica de revisión de asistencia manuscrito.

NOTA: Estos protocolos siguen las directrices del IACUC de Presbyterian College. 1. Materiales Adquirir En la Tabla 1. 2. Montar el 5 Shelf Chrome Según las instrucciones del fabricante. Esto será utilizado para albergar el Mecanismo. 3. Construir el depósito de agua y sistema de filtración (Figuras 1A y 2). <ol><li> Utilizando la figura 1A como guía, Esquemas de los 18 galones cubo, bomba, filtros y lámpara UV para determinar la ubicación de la instalación final y el tamaño. </li><li> Una vez que las partes están dispuestas, medir y cortar el &quot;tubo de PVC de ¾ de la longitud necesaria para el montaje. Varíe las longitudes de todas las tuberías de acuerdo a las necesidades y limitaciones de espacio específicos. </li><li> Montar los tubos y accesorios según lo establecido previamente usando el cebador de PVC y cemento, véase más adelante (3.3.2 y 3.3.3). <ol><li> Lija los bordes de corte de la tubería con papel de lija hasta que estén suaves al tacto unad no hay escombros. </li><li> Primer el exterior de la tubería y el interior de la conexión con el cebador PVC comprado con el bastoncillo incluido desde el cebador PVC. </li><li> Cemente la tubería y el accesorio juntos mediante la aplicación del cemento de PVC en el exterior de la tubería usando el hisopo incluido. Repita para todos los pasos que se necesitan cementación PVC. </li><li> Coloque el cubo de 18 litros a un lado de la construcción estante. </li><li> Instalar un conector de cierre en el lado del tanque de depósito. </li><li> Adjuntar un &quot;tubo de PVC de ¾ al mamparo. </li><li> Conecte el otro extremo del ¾ &quot;tubo a la entrada de la bomba usando un ¾&quot; rosca hacer apropiado. </li><li> Conecte los filtros a la bomba utilizando dos codos de 90 grados y ¾ &quot;tubo de PVC. <ol><li> Utilice un filtro de papel seguido de uno filtros de carbón activado con el fin de filtrar los desechos y reducir los niveles de cloro y químicas en el agua. </li></ol></li><li> Conecte la lámpara UV a la filtros according a las instrucciones del fabricante. </li></ol></li><li> Coloque la bomba y el sistema de filtro a la parte superior de la primera plataforma de bastidor con lazos de alambre. Variar el orden del montaje y fijación según el tamaño y el diseño de la plataforma / estante elegido. </li><li> Añadir 1 bio-bolas por galón de agua al depósito de agua una vez que la bomba y el sistema de filtro se montan y se conectan a la plataforma. </li></ol> 4. Construir la línea principal de suministro (Figuras 1B y 2). <ol><li> Mida y corte un pedazo de ¾ &quot;tubo de PVC para conectar la lámpara UV para el suministro principal </li><li> Use un ¾ &quot;PVC tee iniciar la línea de alimentación principal conectando el tee hasta el ¾&quot; escape de PVC procedente del filtro UV. . <ol><li> Añadir una válvula on-off a la parte inferior de la T de PVC para servir como un drenaje para el lavado de mantenimiento del sistema. </li><li> Iniciar la línea de alimentación principal de la parte superior de la ¾ &quot;PVC tee mediante la medición y corte de ¾&quot; de PVCtubo a la longitud deseada para proporcionar tubos de alimentación para cada uno de los estantes en el bastidor. </li><li> Instale ¾ &quot;tees de PVC para las líneas horizontales que entrarán cada estante del bastidor. </li><li> Opcionalmente (y sugerido), añadir un ¾ &quot;on-off de la válvula para cada línea de suministro de plataforma para permitir el aislamiento de cada estante y un diseño modular del sistema. </li></ol></li><li> Use un &quot;tubo de PVC de ¾ como una reducción de presión de línea en el estante superior. Si esta línea se ejecuta en la parte posterior de la plataforma, utilice este estante para el almacenamiento. Poner fin a la reducción de presión de línea en la línea de escape principal (Figura 1B) con un ¾ &quot;válvula de cierre. </li><li> Una vez que los pasos anteriores se han completado, el primer y cementar la tubería de PVC juntos como hecho previamente en la construcción del sistema de presas y filtración. </li></ol> 5. Construir la línea principal de escape (figuras 1C y 2). <ol><li> Ejecutar la longitud vertical de la línea principal de escape hacia el otro lado de la cremallera fesde la línea de alimentación principal. Use un tubo de PVC de 2 &quot;para esta línea vertical para recibir la línea de alimentación principal en las líneas superior y drenaje de los tanques de peces de cada estante. </li><li> Cortar las piezas de 2 &quot;cañería de PVC para la línea principal de escape vertical y utilizar PVC de 2&quot; tees para recibir las líneas de drenaje del tanque de peces de cada estante. Poner fin a la línea principal de escape en el tanque de almacenamiento para expulsar el agua reciclada a través de un filtro de esponja. </li><li> Cortar una apertura de toda la longitud de los 2 &quot;piezas de tubería de PVC de una pulgada y adjuntar a la línea principal de escape vertical con PVC camisetas para el líneas de drenaje horizontales de los tanques de peces. </li><li> Tape los 2 &quot;líneas de drenaje horizontales con un 2&quot; tapa de PVC. </li><li> Primer y cimentar las piezas con los accesorios necesarios (conectores, pezones o codos). </li></ol> 6. Construir los tanques de peces (Figura 3). <ol><li> Con el taladro, corte un &quot;agujero en la parte posterior de la pecera 1&quot; 1 1/8 por debajo del borde superior con una sierra de perforación. </li><li&gt; deslizar un ¾ &quot;adaptador de PVC roscado macho (con un anillo de # 18 O adjunto) a través del orificio (desde el interior del tanque para el exterior). </li><li> Coloque y apriete una de 90 grados 3/4 &quot;rosca codo PVC al adaptador masculino para crear el tubo de escape pecera. Añadir un pedazo de malla fina antes de atornillar la tuerca de retención para evitar que el pez cebra a través del sistema de escape. </li><li> Coloque el tanque de peces con su final del tubo de escape en el espacio abierto de la línea de drenaje detrás de los tanques </li></ol> 7. Arranque del sistema de agua <ol><li> En varios recipientes, tales como el utilizado para el depósito, medir tres veces la cantidad de agua contenida dentro del sistema. Dejar reposar esta agua a temperatura ambiente durante acondicionado durante 48 horas. </li><li> Añadir agua al sistema y deje que circule durante un mínimo de 3 días. <ol><li> Cambiar el agua en el sistema vigorosamente durante los 3 primeros días de la circulación con el fin de eliminar el sistema de contaminantes That residen dentro de las tuberías. </li></ol></li><li> Añadir pez cebra de arranque y permitir que el ciclo del nitrógeno para establecerse. Normalizar el pH a un constante 7. Mantenga siete pez cebra por 1.8 L, y darles de comer dos veces al día durante los días de la semana y una vez al día durante los fines de semana como sugiere Linbo 4 y 6 McNabb. </li><li> Supervisar el nitrato (&lt;75 mg / L), nitritos (&lt;10 mg / L) y amonio (0 mg / L) al día durante la primera semana después de la adición de los peces, y los niveles de dos veces por semana, una vez deseados se han mantenido con los cambios regulares de agua . </li></ol>

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Los autores declaran no tener conflictos de interés por este papel.

El propósito principal de este artículo es demostrar que la construcción de una instalación de pez cebra funcional no es complicado y puede ser construido por investigadores noveles peces con un mínimo conocimiento de la construcción. Además, este artículo muestra que los materiales de este centro de pez cebra funcional se pueden adquirir fácilmente y asequible de las tiendas de mascotas locales o ferreterías. Una vez que todos los materiales y herramientas que se hayan adquirido la construcción del sistema y...

En modelos in vivo son esenciales en la realización de la investigación biomédica integral, ya que permiten la investigación in vitro para ser traducido a nivel del sistema y del organismo. Por ejemplo, la investigación con mamíferos pequeños, es decir, los roedores, se ha demostrado necesaria en el desarrollo de fármacos y en la mejora de los medicamentos disponibles. Sin embargo, la complejidad (financiero y logístico) podría hacer que sea prácticamente imposible construir y mantener instalaciones de roedores de experimentación propone en pequeñas instituciones académicas de investigación. Sin embargo, la investigación in vivo se puede realizar utilizando otras especies de animales que requieren la logística menos elaboradas. El pez cebra (Danio rerio) se han utilizado con éxito como un modelo in vivo para estudiar la genética, el desarrollo, fisiopatología, y 1,2,10,11,12 farmacología. Las instalaciones necesarias para albergar el pez cebra para la experimentación son relativamente simples y significativamente menos costoso en comparación con rinstalaciones Odent. Kim et al. 3 han descrito recientemente con detalle un sistema de vivienda pez cebra 80 del tanque que se puede construir por aproximadamente $ 1.500, que incluye las piezas y la mano de obra. Esto está en marcado contraste con los casi $ 8.500 que serían necesarios para comprar un sistema de 80 tanque de ready-made de cualquier número de proveedores comerciales. Sin embargo, la descripción dada por Kim et al. puede ser complicado y difícil de seguir para los novatos de la investigación de pescado. Creemos que una instalación de pez cebra se puede construir de manera simplificada para una inversión de $ 1.500. El establecimiento de una instalación en vivo a las pequeñas instituciones académicas ofrece sus facultades una herramienta adicional con la que producir investigación más potente y completa. Los datos in vitro apoyados por resultados in vivo generalmente producen la investigación biomédica más completo que los datos obtenidos utilizando sólo en enfoques in vitro. Por lo tanto, laimplementación de un centro de investigación in vivo mejorará significativamente el éxito institución en sus esfuerzos globales de investigación (exposición de los estudiantes a la investigación, publicaciones, comunicaciones, búsqueda de financiación externa, etc.). La construcción de una instalación de pez cebra como el que se describe en este estudio es ideal para las instituciones académicas de investigación con instalaciones limitadas (o instituciones sin in vivo instalaciones de investigación) durante la constricción de tiempos financieros.

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construction of an affordable and easy-to-build zebrafish facility

En vivo la investigación biomédica es fundamental para traducir en hallazgos in vitro a los avances clínicos. Instituciones académicas pequeñas con recursos limitados les resulta prácticamente imposible construir y mantener instalaciones de roedores típicos para la investigación. El pez cebra investigación ha demostrado ser una alternativa valiosa para la investigación in vivo en farmacología, la fisiología, el desarrollo y los estudios genéticos. En este artículo se demuestra que una instalación de pez cebra funcional puede construirse de una manera fácil y asequible. Demostramos que una instalación de este tipo podría ser construido en alrededor de un día de trabajo con un mínimo de herramientas y conocimientos. El costo de la instalación de pez cebra pecera 27 1.8 L construido en este estudio fue de aproximadamente $ 1,500. Estimamos que el mantenimiento de una colonia inicial peces de trabajo 150 por 3 meses es de $ 1.000. Este proyecto consistió en los estudiantes, que se introdujeron a la acuacultura del pez cebra para la investigación propone.

La construcción del sistema de bomba y fltros Una vez que el bastidor está montado y configurado el primer paso es construir el sistema de la bomba y el filtro. Los filtros están conectados a la bomba del sistema y se encuentran por encima del nivel inferior de la primera plataforma, lo que permite el mantenimiento del filtro fácil y reemplazo. Del mismo modo, la lámpara UV está conectada con tubo de PVC para el filtro y sujeta con lazos de alambre de plástico para permitir la fácil sustitución ...

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Construction of an Affordable and Easy-to-Build Zebrafish Facility

A Zebrafish facility suitable for breeding and in vivo research is built in an easy and affordable manner. Maintenance is minimal. This facility is ideal for student involvement and independent research.

Construcción de un Build-Fácil-Fondo de pez cebra asequible y

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In vivo Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments in an Orthotopic Mouse Model of Ovarian Cancer

Human cancer and response to therapy is better represented in orthotopic animal models. This paper describes the development of an orthotopic mouse model of ovarian cancer, treatment of cancer via oral delivery of drugs, and monitoring of tumor cell behavior in response to drug treatment in real time using in vivo imaging system. In this orthotopic model, ovarian tumor cells expressing luciferase are applied topically by injecting them directly into the mouse bursa where each ovary is enclosed. Upon injection of D-luciferin, a substrate of firefly luciferase, luciferase-expressing cells generate bioluminescence signals. This signal is detected by the in vivo imaging system and allows for a non-invasive means of monitoring tumor growth, distribution, and regression in individual animals. Drug administration via oral gavage allows for a maximum dosing volume of 10 mL/kg body weight to be delivered directly to the stomach and closely resembles delivery of drugs in clinical treatments. Therefore, techniques described here, development of an orthotopic mouse model of ovarian cancer, oral delivery of drugs, and in vivo imaging, are useful for better understanding of human ovarian cancer and treatment and will improve targeting this disease.

In vivo Imaging and Therapeutic Treatments in an Orthotopic Mouse Model of Ovarian Cancer

Orthotopic animal models of ovarian cancer replicate better human disease and therefore enhance our understanding of cancer progression and tumor response to therapy. A mouse model receives an intrabursal injection of luciferase-expressing ovarian tumor cells. Treatment is administered via oral gavage. Tumor growth is monitored by in vivo imaging system.

En vivo de imágenes y tratamientos terapéuticos en un modelo de ratón ortotópico de cáncer de ovario

Human cancer and response to therapy is better represented in orthotopic animal models.  This paper describes the development of an orthotopic mouse model ...

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Imaging Glycans in Zebrafish Embryos by Metabolic Labeling and Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry

Imaging glycans in vivo has recently been enabled using a bioorthogonal chemical reporter strategy by treating cells or organisms with azide- or alkyne-tagged monosaccharides1, 2. The modified monosaccharides, processed by the glycan biosynthetic machinery, are incorporated into cell surface glycoconjugates. The bioorthogonal azide or alkyne tags then allow covalent conjugation with fluorescent probes for visualization, or with affinity probes for enrichment and glycoproteomic analysis. This protocol describes the procedures typically used for noninvasive imaging of fucosylated glycans in zebrafish embryos, including: 1) microinjection of one-cell stage embryos with GDP-5-alkynylfucose (GDP-FucAl), 2) labeling fucosylated glycans in the enveloping layer of zebrafish embryos with azide-conjugated fluorophores via biocompatible Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC), and 3) imaging by confocal microscopy3. The method described here can be readily extended to visualize other classes of glycans, e.g. glycans containing sialic acid4 and N-acetylgalactosamine5, 6, in developing zebrafish and in other living organisms.

A click-chemistry based method that allows for the rapid, noninvasive, and robust labeling of alkyne-tagged glycans in zebrafish embryos is described. Fucosylated glycans in the enveloping layer of zebrafish embryos in the late gastrulation stage were imaged in this study.

Glicanos imágenes en embriones de pez cebra mediante marcado metabólico y Química Haga clic Bioorthogonal

Imaging glycans in vivo has recently been enabled using a bioorthogonal chemical reporter strategy by treating cells or organisms with azide- or ...

In vivo Electroporation of Morpholinos into the Adult Zebrafish Retina

Many devastating inherited eye diseases result in progressive and irreversible blindness because humans cannot regenerate dying or diseased retinal neurons. In contrast, the adult zebrafish retina possesses the robust ability to spontaneously regenerate any neuronal class that is lost in a variety of different retinal damage models, including retinal puncture, chemical ablation, concentrated high temperature, and intense light treatment 1-8. Our lab extensively characterized regeneration of photoreceptors following constant intense light treatment and inner retinal neurons after intravitreal ouabain injection 2, 5, 9. In all cases, resident M&uuml;ller glia re-enter the cell cycle to produce neuronal progenitors, which continue to proliferate and migrate to the proper retinal layer, where they differentiate into the deficient neurons. 
	We characterized five different stages during regeneration of the light-damaged retina that were highlighted by specific cellular responses. We identified several differentially expressed genes at each stage of retinal regeneration by mRNA microarray analysis 10. Many of these genes are also critical for ocular development. To test the role of each candidate gene/protein during retinal regeneration, we needed to develop a method to conditionally limit the expression of a candidate protein only at times during regeneration of the adult retina. 
	Morpholino oligos are widely used to study loss of function of specific proteins during the development of zebrafish, Xenopus, chick, mouse, and tumors in human xenografts 11-14. These modified oligos basepair with complementary RNA sequence to either block the splicing or translation of the target RNA. Morpholinos are stable in the cell and can eliminate or "knockdown" protein expression for three to five days 12. 
	Here, we describe a method to efficiently knockdown target protein expression in the adult zebrafish retina. This method employs lissamine-tagged antisense morpholinos that are injected into the vitreous of the adult zebrafish eye. Using electrode forceps, the morpholino is then electroporated into all the cell types of the dorsal and central retina. Lissamine provides the charge on the morpholino for electroporation and can be visualized to assess the presence of the morpholino in the retinal cells. 
	Conditional knockdown in the retina can be used to examine the role of specific proteins at different times during regeneration. Additionally, this approach can be used to study the role of specific proteins in the undamaged retina, in such processes as visual transduction and visual processing in second order neurons.

In vivo Electroporation of Morpholinos into the Adult Zebrafish Retina

A method to conditionally knockdown a target protein&#x2019;s expression in the adult zebrafish retina is described, which involves intravitreally injecting antisense morpholinos and electroporating them into the retina. The resulting protein is knocked down for several days, which allows testing the protein&#x2019;s role in the regenerating or intact retina.

En electroporación in vivo de Morpholinos en la retina de pez cebra adultos

Many devastating inherited eye diseases result in progressive and irreversible blindness because humans cannot regenerate dying or diseased retinal ...

In vivo Electroporation of Morpholinos into the Regenerating Adult Zebrafish Tail Fin

Certain species of urodeles and teleost fish can regenerate their tissues. Zebrafish have become a widely used model to study the spontaneous regeneration of adult tissues, such as the heart1, retina2, spinal cord3, optic nerve4, sensory hair cells5, and fins6.
The zebrafish fin is a relatively simple appendage that is easily manipulated to study multiple stages in epimorphic regeneration. Classically, fin regeneration was characterized by three distinct stages: wound healing, blastema formation, and fin outgrowth. After amputating part of the fin, the surrounding epithelium proliferates and migrates over the wound. At 33 &deg;C, this process occurs within six hours post-amputation (hpa, Figure 1B)6,7. Next, underlying cells from different lineages (ex. bone, blood, glia, fibroblast) re-enter the cell cycle to form a proliferative blastema, while the overlying epidermis continues to proliferate (Figure 1D)8. Outgrowth occurs as cells proximal to the blastema re-differentiate into their respective lineages to form new tissue (Figure 1E)8. Depending on the level of the amputation, full regeneration is completed in a week to a month.
The expression of a large number of gene families, including wnt, hox, fgf, msx, retinoic acid, shh, notch, bmp, and activin-betaA genes, is up-regulated during specific stages of fin regeneration9-16. However, the roles of these genes and their encoded proteins during regeneration have been difficult to assess, unless a specific inhibitor for the protein exists13, a temperature-sensitive mutant exists or a transgenic animal (either overexpressing the wild-type protein or a dominant-negative protein) was generated7,12. We developed a reverse genetic technique to quickly and easily test the function of any gene during fin regeneration.
Morpholino oligonucleotides are widely used to study loss of specific proteins during zebrafish, Xenopus, chick, and mouse development17-19. Morpholinos basepair with a complementary RNA sequence to either block pre-mRNA splicing or mRNA translation. We describe a method to efficiently introduce fluorescein-tagged antisense morpholinos into regenerating zebrafish fins to knockdown expression of the target protein. The morpholino is micro-injected into each blastema of the regenerating zebrafish tail fin and electroporated into the surrounding cells. Fluorescein provides the charge to electroporate the morpholino and to visualize the morpholino in the fin tissue.
This protocol permits conditional protein knockdown to examine the role of specific proteins during regenerative fin outgrowth. In the Discussion, we describe how this approach can be adapted to study the role of specific proteins during wound healing or blastema formation, as well as a potential marker of cell migration during blastema formation.

In vivo Electroporation of Morpholinos into the Regenerating Adult Zebrafish Tail Fin

We describe a method to conditionally knockdown the expression of a target protein during adult zebrafish fin regeneration. This technique involves micro-injecting and electroporating antisense oligonucleotide morpholinos into fin tissue, which allows testing the protein&#x2019;s role in various stages of fin regeneration, including wound healing, blastema formation, and regenerative outgrowth.

En electroporación in vivo de Morpholinos en la regeneración de adultos de pez cebra Aleta de cola

Certain species of urodeles and teleost fish can regenerate their tissues. Zebrafish have become a widely used model to study the spontaneous regeneration ...

Regular Care and Maintenance of a Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Laboratory: An Introduction

This protocol describes regular care and maintenance of a zebrafish laboratory. Zebrafish are now gaining popularity in genetics, pharmacological and behavioural research. As a vertebrate, zebrafish share considerable genetic sequence similarity with humans and are being used as an animal model for various human disease conditions. The advantages of zebrafish in comparison to other common vertebrate models include high fecundity, low maintenance cost, transparent embryos, and rapid development. Due to the spur of interest in zebrafish research, the need to establish and maintain a productive zebrafish housing facility is also increasing. Although literature is available for the maintenance of a zebrafish laboratory, a concise video protocol is lacking. This video illustrates the protocol for regular housing, feeding, breeding and raising of zebrafish larvae. This process will help researchers to understand the natural behaviour and optimal conditions of zebrafish husbandry and hence troubleshoot experimental issues that originate from the fish husbandry conditions. This protocol will be of immense help to researchers planning to establish a zebrafish laboratory, and also to graduate students who are intending to use zebrafish as an animal model.

Regular Care and Maintenance of a Zebrafish Danio rerio Laboratory: An Introduction

This protocol outlines regular maintenance and care to maintain optimal conditions for zebrafish husbandry. The video illustrates the protocol for system maintenance, regular housing, feeding, breeding, and raising of zebrafish larvae.

Cuidado y mantenimiento regulares de un pez cebra (<em&gt; Danio rerio</em&gt;) Laboratorio: Introducción

This protocol describes regular care and maintenance of a zebrafish laboratory. Zebrafish are now gaining popularity in genetics, pharmacological and ...

Using an Automated 3D-tracking System to Record Individual and Shoals of Adult Zebrafish

Like many aquatic animals, zebrafish (Danio rerio) moves in a 3D space. It is thus preferable to use a 3D recording system to study its behavior. The presented automatic video tracking system accomplishes this by using a mirror system and a calibration procedure that corrects for the considerable error introduced by the transition of light from water to air. With this system it is possible to record both single and groups of adult zebrafish. Before use, the system has to be calibrated. The system consists of three modules: Recording, Path Reconstruction, and Data Processing. The step-by-step protocols for calibration and using the three modules are presented. Depending on the experimental setup, the system can be used for testing neophobia, white aversion, social cohesion, motor impairments, novel object exploration etc. It is especially promising as a first-step tool to study the effects of drugs or mutations on basic behavioral patterns. The system provides information about vertical and horizontal distribution of the zebrafish, about the xyz-components of kinematic parameters (such as locomotion, velocity, acceleration, and turning angle) and it provides the data necessary to calculate parameters for social cohesions when testing shoals.

The use of a 3D automatic video system that can track individual and groups of zebrafish is described. As application example we explore the effects of the NMDA-receptor antagonist MK-801 on shoals of zebrafish.

El uso de un sistema de seguimiento 3D Automatizado de Registro Individual y bajíos de adultos de pez cebra

Like many aquatic animals, zebrafish (Danio rerio) moves in a 3D space. It is thus preferable to use a 3D recording system to study its behavior. The ...

Rapid and Efficient Zebrafish Genotyping Using PCR with High-resolution Melt Analysis

Zebrafish is a powerful vertebrate model system for studying development, modeling disease, and performing drug screening. Recently a variety of genetic tools have been introduced, including multiple strategies for inducing mutations and generating transgenic lines. However, large-scale screening is limited by traditional genotyping methods, which are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Here we describe a technique to analyze zebrafish genotypes by PCR combined with high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA).&#160;This approach is rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive, with lower risk of contamination artifacts.&#160;Genotyping by PCR with HRMA can be used for embryos or adult fish, including in high-throughput screening protocols.

PCR combined with high-resolution melt analysis (HRMA) is demonstrated as a rapid and efficient method to genotype zebrafish.

Rápido y Eficiente de pez cebra Genotipado Utilizando PCR con análisis del derretimiento de alta resolución

Zebrafish is a powerful vertebrate model system for studying development, modeling disease, and performing drug screening. Recently a variety of genetic ...

An Assay for Lateral Line Regeneration in Adult Zebrafish

Due to the clinical importance of hearing and balance disorders in man, model organisms such as the zebrafish have been used to study lateral line development and regeneration. The zebrafish is particularly attractive for such studies because of its rapid development time and its high regenerative capacity. To date, zebrafish studies of lateral line regeneration have mainly utilized fish of the embryonic and larval stages because of the lower number of neuromasts at these stages. This has made quantitative analysis of lateral line regeneration/and or development easier in the earlier developmental stages. Because many zebrafish models of neurological and non-neurological diseases are studied in the adult fish and not in the embryo/larvae, we focused on developing a quantitative lateral line regenerative assay in adult zebrafish so that an assay was available that could be applied to current adult zebrafish disease models. Building on previous studies by Van Trump et al.17&#160;that described procedures for ablation of hair cells in adult Mexican blind cave fish and zebrafish (Danio rerio), our assay was designed to allow quantitative comparison between control and experimental groups. This was accomplished by developing a regenerative neuromast standard curve based on the percent of neuromast reappearance over a 24 hr time period following gentamicin-induced necrosis of hair cells in a defined region of the lateral line. The assay was also designed to allow extension of the analysis to the individual hair cell level when a higher level of resolution is required.

Because many zebrafish models of neurological and non-neurological diseases are studied in the adult fish rather than the embryo/larvae, we developed a quantitative lateral line regenerative assay that can be applied to adult zebrafish disease models. The assay involved resolution at the 1) neuromast and 2) individual hair cell levels.

Un ensayo para la línea lateral de regeneración en adultos de pez cebra

Due to the clinical importance of hearing and balance disorders in man, model organisms such as the zebrafish have been used to study lateral line ...

Subcloning Plus Insertion (SPI) - A Novel Recombineering Method for the Rapid Construction of Gene Targeting Vectors

Gene targeting refers to the precise modification of a genetic locus using homologous recombination. The generation of novel cell lines and transgenic mouse models using this method necessitates the construction of a &#8216;targeting&#8217; vector, which contains homologous DNA sequences to the target gene, and has for many years been a limiting step in the process. Vector construction can be performed in vivo in Escherichia coli cells using homologous recombination mediated by phage recombinases using a technique termed recombineering. Recombineering is the preferred technique to subclone the long homology sequences (>4kb) and various targeting elements including selection markers that are required to mediate efficient allelic exchange between a targeting vector and its cognate genomic locus. Typical recombineering protocols follow an iterative scheme of step-wise integration of the targeting elements and require intermediate purification and transformation steps. Here, we present a novel recombineering methodology of vector assembly using a multiplex approach. Plasmid gap repair is performed by the simultaneous capture of genomic sequence from mouse Bacterial Artificial Chromosome libraries and the insertion of dual bacterial and mammalian selection markers. This subcloning plus insertion method is highly efficient and yields a majority of correct recombinants. We present data for the construction of different types of conditional gene knockout, or knock-in, vectors and BAC reporter vectors that have been constructed using this method. SPI vector construction greatly extends the repertoire of the recombineering toolbox and provides a simple, rapid and cost-effective method of constructing these highly complex vectors.

Subcloning Plus Insertion SPI - A Novel Recombineering Method for the Rapid Construction of Gene Targeting Vectors

Gene targeting methodologies can be used to generate transgenic mice with knockout, knock-in and tagged alleles. Here, we describe an improved method of recombineering in E. coli, that we term &#8216;subcloning plus insertion&#8217;, which can be used to generate custom gene targeting vectors rapidly.

Subclonación Plus Inserción (SPI) - Un nuevo método recombinería para la rápida construcción de la orientación de genes Vectores

Gene targeting refers to the precise modification of a genetic locus using homologous recombination. The generation of novel cell lines and transgenic ...

Nephrotoxin Microinjection in Zebrafish to Model Acute Kidney Injury

The kidneys are susceptible to harm from exposure to chemicals they filter from the bloodstream. This can lead to organ injury associated with a rapid decline in renal function and development of the clinical syndrome known as acute kidney injury (AKI). Pharmacological agents used to treat medical circumstances ranging from bacterial infection to cancer, when administered individually or in combination with other drugs, can initiate AKI. Zebrafish are a useful animal model to study the chemical effects on renal function in vivo, as they form an embryonic kidney comprised of nephron functional units that are conserved with higher vertebrates, including humans. Further, zebrafish can be utilized to perform genetic and chemical screens, which provide opportunities to elucidate the cellular and molecular facets of AKI and develop therapeutic strategies such as the identification of nephroprotective molecules. Here, we demonstrate how microinjection into the zebrafish embryo can be utilized as a paradigm for nephrotoxin studies.

Renal injuries incurred from nephrotoxins, which include drugs ranging from antibiotics to chemotherapeutics, can result in complex disorders whose pathogenesis remains incompletely understood. This protocol demonstrates how zebrafish can be used for disease modeling of these conditions, which can be applied to the identification of renoprotective measures.

Nefrotoxina Microinyección en pez cebra para modelar la lesión renal aguda

The kidneys are susceptible to harm from exposure to chemicals they filter from the bloodstream. This can lead to organ injury associated with a rapid ...