Integration of multiple imaging platforms to uncover cardiovascular defects in adult zebrafish
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Integration of multiple imaging platforms to uncover cardiovascular defects in adult zebrafish. / Bensimon-Brito, Anabela; Boezio, Giulia L M; Cardeira-da-Silva, João; Wietelmann, Astrid; Ramkumar, Srinath; Lundegaard, Pia R; Helker, Christian S M; Ramadass, Radhan; Piesker, Janett; Nauerth, Arno; Mueller, Clemens; Stainier, Didier Y R.
I: Cardiovascular Research, Bind 118, Nr. 12, 2022, s. 2665–2687.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Integration of multiple imaging platforms to uncover cardiovascular defects in adult zebrafish
AU - Bensimon-Brito, Anabela
AU - Boezio, Giulia L M
AU - Cardeira-da-Silva, João
AU - Wietelmann, Astrid
AU - Ramkumar, Srinath
AU - Lundegaard, Pia R
AU - Helker, Christian S M
AU - Ramadass, Radhan
AU - Piesker, Janett
AU - Nauerth, Arno
AU - Mueller, Clemens
AU - Stainier, Didier Y R
N1 - © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - AIMS: Mammalian models have been instrumental in investigating adult heart function and human disease. However, electrophysiological differences with human hearts and high costs motivate the need for non-mammalian models. The zebrafish is a well-established genetic model to study cardiovascular development and function; however, analysis of cardiovascular phenotypes in adult specimens is particularly challenging as they are opaque.METHODS AND RESULTS: Here, we optimized and combined multiple imaging techniques including echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and micro-computed tomography to identify and analyze cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish. Using alk5a/tgfbr1a mutants as a case study, we observed morphological and functional cardiovascular defects that were undetected with conventional approaches. Correlation analysis of multiple parameters revealed an association between hemodynamic defects and structural alterations of the heart, as observed clinically.CONCLUSION: We report a new, comprehensive, and sensitive platform to identify otherwise indiscernible cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish.TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: This study further illustrates the importance of the zebrafish model to investigate cardiovascular phenotypes including morphological and functional alterations as observed in human disease settings.
AB - AIMS: Mammalian models have been instrumental in investigating adult heart function and human disease. However, electrophysiological differences with human hearts and high costs motivate the need for non-mammalian models. The zebrafish is a well-established genetic model to study cardiovascular development and function; however, analysis of cardiovascular phenotypes in adult specimens is particularly challenging as they are opaque.METHODS AND RESULTS: Here, we optimized and combined multiple imaging techniques including echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and micro-computed tomography to identify and analyze cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish. Using alk5a/tgfbr1a mutants as a case study, we observed morphological and functional cardiovascular defects that were undetected with conventional approaches. Correlation analysis of multiple parameters revealed an association between hemodynamic defects and structural alterations of the heart, as observed clinically.CONCLUSION: We report a new, comprehensive, and sensitive platform to identify otherwise indiscernible cardiovascular phenotypes in adult zebrafish.TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: This study further illustrates the importance of the zebrafish model to investigate cardiovascular phenotypes including morphological and functional alterations as observed in human disease settings.
U2 - 10.1093/cvr/cvab310
DO - 10.1093/cvr/cvab310
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34609500
VL - 118
SP - 2665
EP - 2687
JO - Cardiovascular Research
JF - Cardiovascular Research
SN - 0008-6363
IS - 12
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