Los autores agradecen a Christa Haase, Doris Weber y Brigitte Korte para la asistencia técnica. El trabajo en el laboratorio Weidinger el apoyo de subvenciones de la Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft WE 4223 / 3-1, WE 4223 / 4-1 y por la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie través de un Oskar-Lapp-Stipendium y Klaus-Georg-und-Sigrid- Hengstberger-Forschungsstipendium.

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El pez cebra adulto tiene una asombrosa capacidad para regenerar con éxito a muchos órganos y apéndices internos. Un conocimiento profundo de los mecanismos moleculares y celulares implicados requiere un análisis específico de tejido de las funciones de genes y vías de señalización. Hacia esto, el sistema de Teton ofrece una herramienta eficaz para la expresión génica espaciotemporalmente controlada en el pez cebra embrionarias y adultas. Las construcciones del sistema de Teton y la metodología descritos en e...

El pez cebra es un organismo vertebrado modelo bien establecido para estudiar muchos aspectos del desarrollo, fisiología, la enfermedad, y la regeneración. Con la creciente adopción de pez cebra como modelo para los procesos biológicos post-embrionarias, herramientas experimentales para la manipulación inducible, específico de tejido de la expresión génica o vías de señalización se han convertido cada vez más importante. En particular, los estudios sobre la regeneración de órganos y apéndice en el pez cebra adultos han sufrido de una falta de herramientas para la disección de los requisitos de espacio-temporales de las vías de señalización durante estos procesos regenerativos. Actualmente, tres sistemas diferentes se han utilizado para lograr condicional, expresión específica de tejido del gen en la regeneración de órganos del pez cebra adultos: el sistema Cre-lox, la expresión mosaico de choque térmico transgenes inducibles utilizando transgénesis somática mediada por transposón, y el sistema de téton 1 -3. Téton refiere a una variante de una tetraciclina-contsistema de activación transcripcional laminado, donde se activa la expresión en presencia del antibiótico tetraciclina o un derivado, por ejemplo, doxiciclina. El sistema Cre-lox, ya que hasta ahora se ha utilizado en peces adultos, se basa en una recombinasa Cre controlada por tamoxifeno (CreERT2), cuya expresión está restringida espacialmente por elementos reguladores específicos de tejido. Eliminación impulsado por Cre de un casete de STOP facilita la expresión del gen de interés dirigido por un promotor que debe ser activo en todos los tipos celulares 1. Creación transposón mediada de transgenes somáticas mosaically expresadas proporciona un sistema para la expresión del transgén inducible en linajes de células individuales. La inyección de embriones de pez cebra con un transposón Tol2 que lleva un gen de interés bajo el control transcripcional de un promotor de choque térmico resultados en individuos quiméricos típicamente llevan el transgén sólo en linajes de células discretas de un órgano de regeneración 2. Mientras que ambos sistemas permiten condicional tejido-spela expresión génica especí-, el sistema Cre-lox no es reversible, y la estrategia de etiquetado usando clonal basado en transposón sufre de su naturaleza estocástica. Por lo tanto, nosotros y otros han adaptado recientemente sistemas Teton transgénicas para su uso en el pez cebra, que facilitan temporal y la expresión génica controlada espacialmente que está en sintonizable Además y reversible 3-5. El sistema de Teton utilizado aquí comprende una línea piloto transgénico (TetActivator) en el que un doxiciclina (DOX) activador transcripcional inducible (mejoró transactivador de tetraciclina inversa, irtTA, corta TETA) está bajo el control de secuencias reguladoras genómicas específicas de tejido. En segundo lugar, se requiere una línea transgénica respondedor (TetResponder) que alberga un gen de interés bajo el control transcripcional del operador de tetraciclina (Tet elemento de respuesta; Tetre) (Figura 1A). Por lo tanto, el uso de combinaciones específicas de TetActivator y TetResponder líneas permite condicional tejido-específicaFIC manipulación de la expresión génica. Hemos utilizado recientemente el sistema téton para sondar para las funciones específicas de tejido de señalización Wnt / beta-catenina en el adulto regeneración de cola de pez cebra de la aleta 3. En el protocolo descrito aquí se describe un flujo de trabajo para la puesta a punto y la utilización del sistema de Teton en el pez cebra, en particular, para el estudio de la regeneración de la aleta. Esto incluye instrucciones detalladas sobre cómo generar líneas TetActivator y TetResponder transgénicas estables y un protocolo para la inducción del transgen en embriones de pez cebra y adulto. Además, se describen técnicas para la verificación de la expresión génica específica de tejido en los regenerados aleta, incluyendo un protocolo para la preparación de criosecciones de aletas de pez cebra adultos. Adicionalmente, se discuten consideraciones para el diseño del transgén TetActivator, la elección de un método de transgénesis, y detección de la expresión TetResponder. Por lo tanto, el objetivo general de este protocolo es la de servir como modelopara el establecimiento de un sistema de seguimiento téton funcional en el pez cebra para lograr la expresión de genes condicional específica de tejido, que se puede aplicar a cualquier tejido de interés. Hemos creado un vector TetActivator permitiendo I-SCE o la generación mediada Tol2 de líneas TetActivator estables utilizando secuencias reguladoras genómicas cortas (fragmentos potenciador; Weidinger base de datos plásmido laboratorio no 1247;. Figura 1B). Este constructo contiene un casete TetActivator que consiste en la variante mutante M2 del dominio inverso represor Tet fusionado con el virus Herpes simplex VP16 transactivación-dominio derivado 3F [irtTAM2 (3F)]. Expresión de la TetActivator (TETA) se puede monitorizar fácilmente ya que es co-expresada con la AmCyan fluoróforo desde el mismo marco de lectura abierto; un péptido p2a media saltar ribosomal, que debería dar lugar a la producción de la Teta y AmCyan como proteínas separadas en una relación 1: 5,6 1. El constructo también contiene un poylinker 5 &#39;de la TetActivator casete para facilitar la inserción de secuencias reguladoras genómicas de interés usando métodos de clonación convencionales. Además, hemos creado un constructo que consiste en el casete descrito anteriormente TetActivator además de un casete de selección de kanamicina (Weidinger base de datos plásmido laboratorio no 1180;. Figura 1C), que puede ser recombinado en un cromosoma artificial bacteriano (BAC) que contiene una gran región genómica ( por lo general en el codón de inicio de un gen cuya expresión patrón es para ser imitado por el transgén). Ambas construcciones están disponibles en el laboratorio de Weidinger bajo petición.

<table><tbody><tr><td>Breeding boxes</td><td>Aqua Schwarz</td><td>AquaBox 1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Compound fluorescent microscope</td><td>e.g., Leica, Zeiss</td><td>varies with the manufacturer</td><td>to image fluorescent tissue sections</td></tr><tr><td>Confocal microscope</td><td>e.g., Leica, Zeiss</td><td>varies with the manufacturer</td><td>to image fluorescent tissue sections</td></tr><tr><td>Cryostat</td><td>e.g., Leica, Thermo-Scientific</td><td>varies with the manufacturer</td><td>for cryosectioning</td></tr><tr><td>4&amp;rsquo;, 6- diamidino-2-phenylinodole (Dapi)</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>D9542</td><td>use 1/5,000 in PBS&lt;br/&gt; for visualization of nuclei</td></tr><tr><td>Doxycycline</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>D9891</td><td>prepare stocks in 50% EtOH at 50 mg/ml (97 mM)&lt;br/&gt; for TetResponder induction</td></tr><tr><td>Paraformaldehyde (PFA)</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>P6148</td><td>4% (w/v) paraformaldehyde in PBS, pH 7.5&lt;br/&gt; for fixation</td></tr><tr><td>1x Phosphat-buffer saline (PBS)</td><td></td><td></td><td>1.7 mM KH&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;PO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;, 5.2 mM Na&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;HPO&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;, 150 mM NaCl, pH 7.5</td></tr><tr><td>1x Phosphat-buffer saline + Tween 20 (PBT)</td><td></td><td></td><td>1x PBS with 0.1% Tween 20</td></tr><tr><td>Superfrost Ultra Plus adhesion microscope slides</td><td>Thermo Scientific&amp;nbsp;</td><td>1014356190</td><td>for collection of tissue sections</td></tr><tr><td>Stereo fluorescent microscope</td><td>e.g., Leica, Zeiss</td><td>varies with the manufacturer</td><td>for fluorescence-based genotyping</td></tr><tr><td>Thermocycler</td><td>e.g., Biorad, Applied Biosystems</td><td>varies with the manufacturer</td><td>for PCR-based genotyping</td></tr><tr><td>Tissue freezing medium (TFM)</td><td>Triangel Biomedical Sciences</td><td>TFM-C</td><td>for embedding of tissue samples</td></tr><tr><td>Tricaine (L-Ethyl-m-amino-benzoate-methane sulfonate/MS-222)</td><td>Sigma-Aldrich</td><td>E10521</td><td>for anesthesia&lt;br/&gt; use at 1 mg/ml in E3 embryo medium</td></tr></tbody></table>

use of the teton system to study molecular mechanisms of zebrafish regeneration

The zebrafish has become a very important model organism for studying vertebrate development, physiology, disease, and tissue regeneration. A thorough understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved requires experimental tools that allow for inducible, tissue-specific manipulation of gene expression or signaling pathways. Therefore, we and others have recently adapted the TetON system for use in zebrafish. The TetON system facilitates temporally and spatially-controlled gene expression and we have recently used this tool to probe for tissue-specific functions of Wnt/beta&#8211;catenin signaling during zebrafish tail fin regeneration. Here we describe the workflow for using the TetON system to achieve inducible, tissue-specific gene expression in the adult regenerating zebrafish tail fin. This includes the generation of stable transgenic TetActivator and TetResponder lines, transgene induction and techniques for verification of tissue-specific gene expression in the fin regenerate. Thus, this protocol serves as blueprint for setting up a functional TetON system in zebrafish and its subsequent use, in particular for studying fin regeneration.

Establecer un sistema de Teton funcional para la expresión génica inducible específico de tejido, TetActivator transgénicos y líneas TetResponder necesitar ser generado (Figura 1A). Esto se logra mediante la microinyección de TetActivator (Figura 1B - C) o TetResponder (Figura 1E) constructos en embriones de pez cebra temprana y posterior integración de la línea germinal. Construcciones TetActivator funcionales pueden ser generados ya sea por cl...

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Use of the TetON System to Study Molecular Mechanisms of Zebrafish Regeneration

Here we outline the workflow for using the TetON system to achieve tissue-specific gene expression in the adult regenerating zebrafish tail fin.

El uso del Sistema de Teton para estudiar los mecanismos moleculares de la regeneración de pez cebra

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10.6K vistas.  Ulm University. Here we outline the workflow for using the TetON system to achieve tissue-specific gene expression in the adult regenerating zebrafish tail fin.

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Kidney Regeneration in Adult Zebrafish by Gentamicin Induced Injury

The kidney is essential for fluid homeostasis, blood pressure regulation and filtration of waste from the body. The fundamental unit of kidney function is the nephron. Mammals are able to repair existing nephrons after injury, but lose the ability to form new nephrons soon after birth. In contrast to mammals, adult fish produce new nephrons (neonephrogenesis) throughout their lives in response to growth requirements or injury. Recently, lhx1a has been shown to mark nephron progenitor cells in the adult zebrafish kidney, however mechanisms controlling the formation of new nephrons after injury remain unknown. Here we show our method for robust and reproducible injury in the adult zebrafish kidney by intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of gentamicin, which uses a noninvasive visual screening process to select for fish with strong but nonlethal injury. Using this method, we can determine optimal gentamicin dosages for injury and go on to demonstrate the effect of higher temperatures on kidney regeneration in zebrafish.

Here we present a reliable method to study adult kidney regeneration by inducing acute kidney injury by gentamicin injection. We show that injury is dependent on gentamicin dosage and environmental temperature using in situ hybridization to label lhx1a+ developing new nephrons.

La regeneración renal en adultos de pez cebra por gentamicina lesión inducida

The kidney is essential for fluid homeostasis, blood pressure regulation and filtration of waste from the body. The fundamental unit of kidney function is ...

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Capturing Tissue Repair in Zebrafish Larvae with Time-lapse Brightfield Stereomicroscopy

The zebrafish larval tail fin is ideal for studying tissue regeneration due to the simple architecture of the larval fin-fold, which comprises of two layers of skin that enclose undifferentiated mesenchyme, and because the larval tail fin regenerates rapidly within 2-3 days. Using this system, we demonstrate a method for capturing the repair dynamics of the amputated tail fin with time-lapse video brightfield stereomicroscopy. We demonstrate that fin amputation triggers a contraction of the amputation wound and extrusion of cells around the wound margin, leading to their subsequent clearance. Fin regeneration proceeds from proximal to distal direction after a short delay. In addition, developmental growth of the larva can be observed during all stages. The presented method provides an opportunity for observing and analyzing whole tissue-scale behaviors such as fin development and growth in a simple microscope setting, which is easily adaptable to any stereomicroscope with time-lapse capabilities.

We present a protocol for capturing the dynamics of zebrafish larval tail fin regeneration on a whole-tissue scale using brightfield-based stereomicroscopy. This technique enables capturing the regeneration dynamics with single cell resolution. This methodology can be adapted to any stereomicroscope equipped with a CCD camera and time-lapse software.

La captura de Reparación de Tejidos en pez cebra larvas con Time-lapse Brightfield Estereomicroscopía

The zebrafish larval tail fin is ideal for studying tissue regeneration due to the simple architecture of the larval fin-fold, which comprises of two ...

Nanoparticle-mediated siRNA Gene-silencing in Adult Zebrafish Heart

Mammals have a very limited capacity to regenerate the heart after myocardial infarction. On the other hand, the adult zebrafish regenerates its heart after apex resection or cryoinjury, making it an important model organism for heart regeneration study. However, the lack of loss-of-function methods for adult organs has restricted insights into the mechanisms underlying heart regeneration. RNA interference via different delivery systems is a powerful tool for silencing genes in mammalian cells and model organisms. We have previously reported that siRNA-encapsulated nanoparticles successfully enter cells and result in a remarkable gene-specific knockdown in the regenerating adult zebrafish heart. Here, we present a simple, rapid, and efficient protocol for the dendrimer-mediated siRNA delivery and gene-silencing in the regenerating adult zebrafish heart. This method provides an alternative approach for determining gene functions in adult organs in zebrafish and can be extended to other model organisms as well.

It remains a major challenge to develop conditional gene-knockout or effective gene-knockdown in adult zebrafish organs. Here we report a protocol for performing nanoparticle-mediated siRNA gene-silencing in adult zebrafish heart, thus providing a new loss-of-function method for studying adult organs in zebrafish and other model organisms.

Nanopartícula mediada por siRNA silenciamiento génico en corazón de pez cebra adulto

Mammals have a very limited capacity to regenerate the heart after myocardial infarction. On the other hand, the adult zebrafish regenerates its heart ...

Spinal Cord Transection in the Larval Zebrafish

Mammals fail in sensory and motor recovery following spinal cord injury due to lack of axonal regrowth below the level of injury as well as an inability to reinitiate spinal neurogenesis. However, some anamniotes including the zebrafish Danio rerio exhibit both sensory and functional recovery even after complete transection of the spinal cord. The adult zebrafish is an established model organism for studying regeneration following spinal cord injury, with sensory and motor recovery by 6&#160;weeks post-injury. To take advantage of in vivo analysis of the regenerative process available in the transparent larval zebrafish as well as genetic tools not accessible in the adult, we use the larval zebrafish to study regeneration after spinal cord transection. Here we demonstrate a method for reproducibly and verifiably transecting the larval spinal cord. After transection, our data shows sensory recovery beginning at 2&#160;days post-injury (dpi), with the C-bend movement detectable by 3 dpi and resumption of free swimming by 5 dpi. Thus we propose the larval zebrafish as a companion tool to the adult zebrafish for the study of recovery after spinal cord injury.

After spinal transection, adult zebrafish have functional recovery by six weeks post-injury. To take advantage of larval transparency and faster recovery, we present a method for transecting the larval spinal cord. After transection, we observe sensory recovery beginning at 2&#160;days post-injury, and C-bend movement by 3 days post-injury.

La transección de la médula espinal en el pez cebra larval

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Stab Wound Injury of the Zebrafish Adult Telencephalon: A Method to Investigate Vertebrate Brain Neurogenesis and Regeneration

Adult zebrafish have an amazing capacity to regenerate their central nervous system after injury. To investigate the cellular response and the molecular mechanisms involved in zebrafish adult central nervous system (CNS) regeneration and repair, we developed a zebrafish model of adult telencephalic injury.
In this approach, we manually generate an injury by pushing an insulin syringe needle into the zebrafish adult telencephalon. At different post injury days, fish are sacrificed, their brains are dissected out and stained by immunohistochemistry and/or in situ hybridization (ISH) with appropriate markers to observe cell proliferation, gliogenesis, and neurogenesis. The contralateral unlesioned hemisphere serves as an internal control. This method combined for example with RNA deep sequencing can help to screen for new genes with a role in zebrafish adult telencephalon neurogenesis, regeneration, and repair.

To shed light on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of zebrafish adult neurogenesis and regeneration, we developed a protocol for invasive surgery causing mechanical injuries in the zebrafish adult telencephalon and subsequent monitoring of changes in the stabbed hemisphere by immunohistochemistry or in situ hybridization.

Puñalada de Lesiones de la herida del pez cebra Telencéfalo adultos: un método para investigar Vertebrados Cerebro neurogénesis y Regeneración

Adult zebrafish have an amazing capacity to regenerate their central nervous system after injury. To investigate the cellular response and the molecular ...

Examining Muscle Regeneration in Zebrafish Models of Muscle Disease

Skeletal muscle has a remarkable ability to regenerate following injury, which is driven by obligate tissue resident muscle stem cells. Following injury, the muscle stem cell is activated and undergoes cell proliferation to generate a pool of myoblasts, which subsequently differentiate to form new muscle fibers. In many muscle wasting conditions, including muscular dystrophy and ageing, this process is impaired resulting in the inability of muscle to regenerate. The process of muscle regeneration in zebrafish is highly conserved with mammalian systems providing an excellent system to study muscle stem cell function and regeneration, in muscle wasting conditions such as muscular dystrophy. Here, we present a method to examine muscle regeneration in zebrafish models of muscle disease. The first step involves the use of a genotyping platform that allows the determination of the genotype of the larvae prior to eliciting an injury. Having determined the genotype, the muscle is injured using a needle stab, following which polarizing light microscopy is used to determine the extent of muscle regeneration. We therefore provide a high throughput pipeline which allows the examination of muscle regeneration in zebrafish models of muscle disease.

Skeletal muscle regeneration is driven by tissue resident muscle stem cells, which are impaired in many muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy, and this results in the inability of muscle to regenerate. Here, we describe a protocol that allows the examination of muscle regeneration in zebrafish models of muscle disease.

Examinando la regeneración muscular en modelos de pez cebra de enfermedad muscular

Skeletal muscle has a remarkable ability to regenerate following injury, which is driven by obligate tissue resident muscle stem cells. Following injury, ...

Stab Wound Injury Model of the Adult Optic Tectum Using Zebrafish and Medaka for the Comparative Analysis of Regenerative Capacity

While zebrafish have a superior capacity to regenerate their central nervous system (CNS), medaka has a lower CNS regenerative capacity. A brain injury model was developed in the adult optic tectum of zebrafish and medaka and comparative histological and molecular analyses were performed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms regulating the high regenerative capacity of this tissue across these fish species. Here a stab wound injury model is presented for the adult optic tectum using a needle and histological analyses for proliferation and differentiation of the neural stem cells (NSCs). A needle was manually inserted into the central region of the optic tectum, and then the fish were intracardially perfused, and their brains were dissected. These tissues were then cryosectioned and evaluated using immunostaining against the appropriate NSC proliferation and differentiation markers. This tectum injury model provides robust and reproducible results in both zebrafish and medaka, allowing for comparing NSC responses after injury. This method is available for small teleosts, including zebrafish, medaka, and African killifish, and enables us to compare their regenerative capacity and investigate unique molecular mechanisms.

A mechanical brain injury model in the adult zebrafish is described to investigate the molecular mechanisms regulating their high regenerative capacity. The method explains to create a stab wound injury in the optic tectum of multiple species of small fish to evaluate the regenerative responses using fluorescent immunostaining.

Modelo de lesión por puñalada del Tectum óptico adulto utilizando pez cebra y medaka para el análisis comparativo de la capacidad regenerativa

While zebrafish have a superior capacity to regenerate their central nervous system (CNS), medaka has a lower CNS regenerative capacity. A brain injury ...

<meta charset="utf8"></head><body>Trasplante robusto de células de pez cebra para la investigación de regeneración y desarrollo

High-resolution Cell Transplantation in Embryonic and Larval Zebrafish

Development and regeneration occur by a process of genetically encoded spatiotemporally dynamic cellular interactions. The use of cell transplantation between animals to track cell fate and to induce mismatches in the genetic, spatial, or temporal properties of donor and host cells is a powerful means of examining the nature of these interactions. Organisms such as chick and amphibians have made crucial contributions to our understanding of development and regeneration, respectively, in large part because of their amenability to transplantation. The power of these models, however, has been limited by low genetic tractability. Likewise, the major genetic model organisms have lower amenability to transplantation. 
The zebrafish is a major genetic model for development and regeneration, and while cell transplantation is common in zebrafish, it is generally limited to the transfer of undifferentiated cells at the early blastula and gastrula stages of development. In this article, we present a simple and robust method that extends the zebrafish transplantation window to any embryonic or larval stage between at least 1 and 7 days post fertilization. The precision of this approach allows for the transplantation of as little as one cell with near-perfect spatial and temporal resolution in both donor and host animals. While we highlight here the transplantation of embryonic and larval neurons for the study of nerve development and regeneration, respectively, this approach is applicable to a wide range of progenitor and differentiated cell types and research questions.

<meta charset="utf8"></head><body>Autor destacado: Mapeo de la conectividad celular en el sistema nervioso del pez cebra durante el desarrollo y la regeneración

Here we present a protocol to transplant cells with high spatial and temporal resolution in zebrafish embryos and larvae at any stage between at least 1 and 7 days post fertilization.

Trasplante celular de alta resolución en embriones y larvas de pez cebra

Development and regeneration occur by a process of genetically encoded spatiotemporally dynamic cellular interactions. The use of cell transplantation ...

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