Brigham and Women’s Hospital

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Developmental Biology

Generation of Parabiotic Zebrafish Embryos by Surgical Fusion of Developing Blastulae

Elliott J. Hagedorn^1,2, Jennifer L. Cillis³, Caitlyn R. Curley³, Taylor C. Patch³, Brian Li^1,2, Bradley W. Blaser^1,2,7, Raquel Riquelme^1,2, Leonard I. Zon^1,2,4,5,6, Dhvanit I. Shah^1,2,3,4,5

¹Division of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Children’s Hospital, ²Harvard Medical School, ³Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ⁴Harvard Stem Cell Institute, ⁵Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ⁶Howard Hughes Medical Institute, ⁷Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

This protocol provides step-by-step instruction on how to generate parabiotic zebrafish embryos of different genetic backgrounds. When combined with the unparalleled imaging capabilities of the zebrafish embryo, this method provides a uniquely powerful means to investigate cell-autonomous versus non-cell-autonomous functions for candidate genes of interest.

JoVE Journal

Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Progenitor Cell Metabolism

Giorgia Scapin^1,2,3, Marie C. Goulard^1,2,3, Priyanka R. Dharampuriya^1,2,3, Jennifer L. Cillis^1,2,3, Dhvanit I. Shah^1,2,3

¹Nationwide Children's Hospital, ²The Ohio State University College of Medicine, ³The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) transition from a quiescent state to a differentiation state due to their metabolic plasticity during blood formation. Here, we present an optimized method for measuring mitochondrial respiration and glycolysis of HSPCs.

Biology

Partial Hepatectomy in Adult Zebrafish

Isaac M. Oderberg^1,2, Wolfram Goessling^1,2,3

¹Harvard Medical School, ²Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ³Massachusetts General Hospital

This protocol describes the procedure for removing the ventral lobe of the liver in adult zebrafish to enable the study of liver regeneration.