Os autores agradecem Christa Haase, Doris Weber e Brigitte Korte para assistência técnica. Trabalho no laboratório Weidinger é suportado por concessões do Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft WE 4223 / 3-1, WE 4223 / 4-1 e pela Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie através de uma Oskar-Lapp-Stipendium e Klaus-Georg-und-Sigrid- Hengstberger-Forschungsstipendium.

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O peixe-zebra adulto tem uma incrível capacidade de se regenerar com sucesso muitos órgãos internos e apêndices. Um profundo conhecimento dos mecanismos celulares e moleculares envolvidos requer uma análise específica de tecido de funções dos genes e vias de sinalização. Para isso, o sistema de Teton fornece uma ferramenta eficiente para a expressão do gene espaço-temporalmente controlada em zebrafish embrionárias e adultas. As construções do sistema de Teton ea metodologia descritos neste manuscrito fora...

O peixe-zebra é um bem estabelecido modelo de organismo vertebrado para estudar muitos aspectos do desenvolvimento, a fisiologia, a doença, e regeneração. Com a crescente adopção de peixe-zebra como um modelo para os processos biológicos de pós-embrionárias, ferramentas experimentais para, manipulação específica de tecido da expressão génica indutível ou vias de sinalização tornaram-se cada vez mais importante. Particularmente, os estudos sobre a regeneração de órgãos e apêndice no peixe-zebra adulto têm sofrido com a falta de ferramentas para dissecar os requisitos espaço-temporais de vias de sinalização durante estes processos regenerativos. Actualmente, três sistemas diferentes têm sido usados ​​para alcançar, expressão condicional específica de tecido do gene na regeneração de órgãos de peixe-zebra adulto: o sistema Cre-lox, expressão de mosaico de choque térmico utilizando transgenes indutíveis transposão transgénese mediada por somática, e o sistema de 1 téton -3. Téton refere-se a uma variante de uma tetraciclina-contsistema de activação transcricional laminadas, onde a expressão é activada na presença do antibiótico tetraciclina ou um seu derivado, por exemplo, doxiciclina. O sistema Cre-lox, uma vez que até agora tem sido usado em peixes adultos, depende de uma recombinase Cre controlado-Tamoxifeno (CreERT2), cuja expressão é limitada espacialmente por elementos reguladores específicos de tecido. Remoção Cre-impulsionado de uma cassete de PARAGEM facilita a expressão do gene de interesse accionado por um promotor que deve ser activo em todos os tipos de células 1. Mediada por transposão criação de transgenes somáticas mosaically expressas fornece um sistema para a expressão induzível do transgene em linhagens celulares individuais. A injecção de embriões de peixes-zebra com um transposão Tol2 portador de um gene de interesse sob o controlo transcricional de um promotor de choque térmico resultados em indivíduos quiméricos tipicamente transportam o transgene apenas em linhagens celulares distintas de um órgão de regeneração 2. Embora ambos os sistemas permitem condicional tecido-spea expressão do gene espe-, o sistema Cre-lox não é reversível, e usando a estratégia de rotulagem clonal à base de transposão sofre com a sua natureza estocástica. Assim, nós e outros recentemente adaptado sistemas Teton transgênicos para uso em peixes-zebra, que facilitam temporal e expressão de genes controlados por espacialmente que é sintonizável em adição e reversível 3-5. O sistema utilizado aqui téton compreende um controlador de linha transgénica (TetActivator) em que um de doxiciclina (DOX) -inducible activador transcricional (melhoria transactivador tetraciclina reversa, irtTA, curto TETA) está sob o controle de sequências reguladoras genómicos específicos de tecidos. Em segundo lugar, requer uma linha transgénica respondedor (TetResponder) que abriga um gene de interesse sob o controlo transcricional do operador de tetraciclina (Tet elemento de resposta; tetre) (Figura 1A). Assim, a utilização de combinações específicas de TetActivator e TetResponder linhas permite condicional tecido-específic manipulação da expressão do gene. Temos recentemente utilizou o sistema de Teton para sondar para funções específicas de tecidos de sinalização Wnt / beta-catenina no adulto regeneração da cauda do peixe-zebra fin 3. No protocolo descrito aqui nós descrevemos um fluxo de trabalho para set-up e uso do sistema de Teton no peixe-zebra, em particular para estudos de regeneração fin. Isso inclui instruções detalhadas sobre como gerar TetActivator e TetResponder linhagens transgênicas estáveis ​​e um protocolo de indução transgene em embriões de peixe-zebra e adulto. Além disso, descreve-se técnicas para a verificação da expressão do gene específica para um tecido regenerado em barbatana, incluindo um protocolo para a preparação de criocortes de aletas de peixe-zebra adultos. Além disso, nós discutimos considerações para a concepção do transgene TetActivator, a escolha de um método de transgénese, e detecção da expressão TetResponder. Assim, o objetivo geral deste protocolo é para servir como um modelopara o estabelecimento de um sistema de téton funcional em peixes-zebra para conseguir a expressão do gene específica para um tecido condicional, o qual pode ser aplicado a qualquer tecido de interesse. Nós criamos um vetor TetActivator permitindo I-SCEI ou geração Tol2 mediada de linhas TetActivator estáveis ​​utilizando sequências de regulação genômicas curtas (fragmentos potenciador; banco de dados plasmídeo laboratório Weidinger nenhum 1247;. Figura 1B). Esta construção contém uma cassete que consiste TetActivator da variante mutante M2 do domínio inversa repressor Tet fundido com o vírus Herpes simplex VP16-domínio de transactivação derivado 3F [irtTAM2 (3F)]. Expressão do TetActivator (TETA) pode ser facilmente monitorizada uma vez que é co-expressa com a AmCyan fluoróforo a partir do mesmo enquadramento de leitura aberto; um péptido P2A medeia salto ribossomal, o qual deve resultar na produção de TETA e AmCyan como proteínas separadas a uma razão 1: 1 5,6. O construto também contém um poylinker 5 &#39;do tetActivator cassete para facilitar a inserção de sequências genómicas reguladoras de interesse utilizando métodos de clonagem convencionais. Além disso, criámos um constructo consistindo do acima descrito cassete TetActivator além de uma cassete de selecção com canamicina (base de dados não plasmídeo laboratório Weidinger 1180;. A Figura 1C), o qual pode ser recombinado num cromossoma bacteriano artificial (BAC) contendo uma grande região genómica ( geralmente no codão de iniciação de um gene cuja expressão padrão é para ser mimetizado pelo transgene). Ambas as construções são disponíveis a partir do laboratório Weidinger mediante pedido.

<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.

Para estabelecer um sistema téton funcional para a expressão do gene induzível específico de tecido, TetActivator transgénicos e linhas TetResponder precisa de ser gerado (Figura 1A). Isto é conseguido por microinjecção TetActivator (Figura 1B - C) ou TetResponder (Figura 1E) constrói em embriões de peixe-zebra primeiros e integração da linha germinal subsequente. TetActivator construções funcionais podem ser gerados por clonagem de sequê...

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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.

Uso do Sistema de Teton para estudar os mecanismos moleculares de Regeneração Zebrafish

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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.

A regeneração renal em Zebrafish Adulto por lesão induzida pela gentamicina

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

Biologia do Desenvolvimento

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.

Captura de Reparo de Tecidos em Zebrafish larvas com a Time-lapse Brightfield lupa estereoscópica

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.

SiRNA Nanoparticle-mediada-silenciamento no coração de Zebrafish 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.

Transecção medular nos 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 ...

Neurociência

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.

Stab ferida ferimento do peixe-zebra adulto Telencéfalo: Um método para investigar Vertebrados Cérebro Neurogênese e Regeneração

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 a regeneração muscular em modelos de zebrafish de doença 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 Lesão por Arma Branca do Adulto Óptico Utilizando Zebrafish e Medaka para Análise Comparativa da Capacidade 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>Transplante robusto de células de peixe-zebra para pesquisa de regeneração e desenvolvimento

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 em destaque: Mapeando a conectividade celular no sistema nervoso do peixe-zebra durante o desenvolvimento e regeneração

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.

Transplante de células de alta resolução em peixe-zebra embrionário e larval

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

Uso do Sistema de Teton para estudar os mecanismos moleculares de Regeneração Zebrafish

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